Comments on: from the comments http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/from-the-comments-85.html thoughts, questions, original art and content and links to stuff we think is of interest; a group blog dedicated to pretty much everything. by people you would like to meet at a party; proof of intelligent life on the planet; inhabited by Internet hunter gatherers in the pre-apocalyptic realm; a destination that offers constellations of stimulating links to popular (and not so popular) culture; a group blog dedicated to culture: art, design, music, food, architecture, science, travel, movies, books, typography, politics, etc.; inclusive of geezers!; a delightful mixture of orange words and pictures of well, the insides of a stuffed animal–delightful all the same; the social network I never thought I’d join. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:16:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Links and Thinks » Best Bruce Lee story ever http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/from-the-comments-85.html/comment-page-1#comment-301158 Links and Thinks » Best Bruce Lee story ever Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:31:20 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15454#comment-301158 [...] Best Bruce Lee story ever  And real, unlike the Nokia commercial above.  I asked him if what he did on TV (see video below) was a fake. He just smiled and the next thing I knew the tennis ball I had been bouncing against the sidewalk was being batted this way and that by Lee’s hands, fists, knees, feet and head, almost too fast to see. (via Clusterflock)  Print This Post |  Email This Post | SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Best Bruce Lee story ever", url: "http://blogs.app.com/links/2008/12/02/best-bruce-lee-story-ever/" }); [...] [...] Best Bruce Lee story ever  And real, unlike the Nokia commercial above.  I asked him if what he did on TV (see video below) was a fake. He just smiled and the next thing I knew the tennis ball I had been bouncing against the sidewalk was being batted this way and that by Lee’s hands, fists, knees, feet and head, almost too fast to see. (via Clusterflock)  Print This Post |  Email This Post | SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Best Bruce Lee story ever”, url: “http://blogs.app.com/links/2008/12/02/best-bruce-lee-story-ever/” }); [...]

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/from-the-comments-85.html/comment-page-1#comment-298228 Sheila Ryan Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:03:25 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15454#comment-298228 <em>Dreaming ourselves perfect again</em>. Dreaming ourselves perfect again.

]]> By: Doc http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/from-the-comments-85.html/comment-page-1#comment-298226 Doc Sat, 29 Nov 2008 02:01:16 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15454#comment-298226 you know, that memory was wistful the moment it occurred. yesterday we were talking about dreaming ourselves perfect again? the second Lee popped that tennis ball i <i>knew</i> that was not possible for me, never would be, and that unasked for insight made me incredibly sad. it wasn't that i thought i could <b>be</b> Lee, or achieve his mastery, but until that exact second i had never had my physical limitations so starkly presented to me. i still sometimes dream of that meeting. it never varies an iota from what happened except for this: as Lee strikes the tennis ball time slows down to 3/4 fps and i can see the tennis ball stress and tear as Lee's fist strikes it. then the ball is suddenly 20 feet away, a total ruin. you know, that memory was wistful the moment it occurred. yesterday we were talking about dreaming ourselves perfect again? the second Lee popped that tennis ball i knew that was not possible for me, never would be, and that unasked for insight made me incredibly sad. it wasn’t that i thought i could be Lee, or achieve his mastery, but until that exact second i had never had my physical limitations so starkly presented to me.

i still sometimes dream of that meeting. it never varies an iota from what happened except for this:

as Lee strikes the tennis ball time slows down to 3/4 fps and i can see the tennis ball stress and tear as Lee’s fist strikes it. then the ball is suddenly 20 feet away, a total ruin.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/from-the-comments-85.html/comment-page-1#comment-297119 Sheila Ryan Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:25:44 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15454#comment-297119 I'm having a wistful kind of day. I’m having a wistful kind of day.

]]> By: Cindy Scroggins http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/from-the-comments-85.html/comment-page-1#comment-297117 Cindy Scroggins Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:09:48 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15454#comment-297117 Me, too--in a wistful kind of way. Me, too–in a wistful kind of way.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/11/from-the-comments-85.html/comment-page-1#comment-297010 Sheila Ryan Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:14:46 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15454#comment-297010 When I read Doc's recollection this morning, it just made my day. When I read Doc’s recollection this morning, it just made my day.

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