The Glowing Edge — Boxing, rock, and laundry in the burb nest.

Cyborg Defeats Coenen

January 31, 2010

This was one of Cris Cyborg’s best fights yet. The savage beauty of her power-hand hammers dropping from standing and partially in-guard positions is undeniable. These are the blows that ended the Cyborg-Carano fight so quickly last summer. I am impressed that Strikeforce challenger Marloes Coenen withstood so many of them before the fight was [...]

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Snow Day

January 30, 2010

It started coming down in earnest about 7 pm on Friday night, and by then the Ice was over his misery at being forbidden to go to a skating party that was due to run until 11 pm in a town 30 miles away. The First, however, had already made good his escape and was [...]

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Cris Cyborg to Fight Marloes Coenen on Strikeforce Miami This Saturday

January 28, 2010

Christiane “Cyborg” Santos is on an eight-fight winning streak and plans to take down Marloes Coenen in Miami this weekend just as quickly as she took down Gina Carano in San Jose last August. Cyborg has an incredible strike game (look for one-hit knockout power) and you can expect her to dominate on the ground. [...]

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Gaultier Women Box in Corsets During Fashion Week

January 25, 2010

All I can do is stutter, and periodically I break into uncontrolled laughter that sounds like hooting. I did a quick screenshot so you can hoot too.
When I first saw the pictures from Jean Paul Gaultier’s runway show and realized he’d done the entire thing as a toughs and dominatrix-toned boxing… thing, I was floored. [...]

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Water-Powered Boat

January 17, 2010

As you can see, the Maker has been at it again. This time he put together a water-powered boat made from paper plates, a cup, a straw, some blue painter’s tape, and a wad of gum (which he borrowed from one of his brothers).
When I saw the working demonstration, this craft had already been tested [...]

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Jucifer Melts Down Volume 11

January 16, 2010

I still can’t believe I convinced my husband – the man who took me to see Air Supply, Billy Joel, and Billy Squier in concert when we were dating — to go with me to a hardcore metal show.
We swung by the drugstore on the way so I could pick up a fresh box of [...]

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Olive & Henry

January 15, 2010

Henry, from the day we brought him home from the shelter, was 17 pounds of orange-striped irritable. He’s not cuddly, playful, or even nonchalant. He bites. And he prefers that you just leave him alone, permanently.
Henry grew on us like a mild but contagious virus. We actually like him, for reasons that only therapy would [...]

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Boy Bling

January 14, 2010

I had a vague idea that the Maker was collecting can tabs, but I had never seen this monstrously marvelous super-G chain of eco-money until he came downstairs with it on.
As you can see from the sheer number of tabs — would you guess 500? he doesn’t know how many there are — he’s been [...]

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Tri-Color Salad

January 13, 2010

My office mates are convinced I have no love for them. I do feel a little bad, but I can’t help it. Onions are just so delicious! And onions, tomatoes, and yellow pepper with a bit of olive oil and Balsamic vinegar are absolutely heavenly.
And given how cold and crappy it is outside, doesn’t this [...]

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The Amount of Fun You Can Fit In A Sock

January 7, 2010

Beanies fit nicely into a sock. Stockings are the best part of Christmas for this very reason.
We’ve always been light on the gift-giving: each child receives two to four gifts under the tree, plus a stocking. The husband and I don’t exchange gifts at all (why on earth would we need to?). For some unknown [...]

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