Lindy Hop Update

Sorry I haven’t written in awhile, but I’ve been crazily busy. Mostly with dancing. Believe it or not, I really am filling up a majority of my free time with it. So let me tell you about all the dancing I’m doing this month.
First the weekly events:

Wownet - Every Tuesday night. [...]

Swing Dancer Geeks

Lindy Hoppers are a weird little community. This comic from Penny Arcade says it all (courtesy of the discussion boards on Yehoodi).
Having an unusual hobby is weird enough, but when that hobby is social and time-consuming, it’s easy to understand how people can think you’re a geek.
So far we’ve been lucky. Most people [...]

Why study when you can dance?

I should really spend my entire day studying today. I mean, this is a serious off-campus academic program, and I should take my academic work just as seriously as I would at home. I should never go out and do something fun instead, such as swing dance in London and get home at [...]

The Meat Market

I don’t normally go club dancing. In fact, with the exception of swing dancing, I’d never gone clubbing in Britain. Until last night.
First of all, if you haven’t been clubbing in the U.K., you don’t know the definition of the word sketchy. Having been there with several girls from our trip, I [...]

Box Sets

Here’s one for those people who think that copyright laws don’t really matter, from the folks over at Marginal Revolution. It’s referring to the sales of Elvis’ rereleased “That’s All Right.”
Under current EU law, sound recordings are classified as “performance” and copyrighted for a period of 50 years. This is not to be confused [...]