Expect very few posts from me in the next few days, as DotM Hell Week is upon us. Here's today's hilight:

We learned the "Ankh-Morpork Handshake" in self-defense today. Of course, the teacher wasn't aware that it was called the Ankh-Morpork Handshake, but I recognized it from the description. This is the niftiest class. I probably forgot to mention here that I'm now taking a self-defense course for my P.E. requirement, which is quite interesting. The teacher usually makes me play the "attacker", because I'm the tallest in the class. In addition to the Handshake today, she also taught us several techniques for incapacitating an attacker that grabs you from behind, so I got to spend about 10 minutes attempting to dodge blows, while clinging to the instructor in a bear hug. My only vocalizations were the occasional tiny "meep?" and "der". Yeah, that was interesting.