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The Muslim Brotherhood

The western world debates about Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: are they ok? are they “moderate”? Are they extremist? This report prepared for the Wiesenthal Center talks about their history and let me tell you, it’s some scary stuff. None of that “Non-Violent, ‘Secular’ Group” nonsense.

It’s long, but worth a read if you want to get some background on what’s going on over there. Click here for the report..

Trapeze

Hopefully by now you saw the trailer… Here’s the full story (and videos).

Thanks to a nice discount obtained through work, I signed up for a trapeze class at Trapeze Austin. These kinds of schools are quite rare, and apparently this is the only in Texas and around.

The trapeze platform at Trapeze Austin
The trapeze platform at Trapeze Austin

Their rig is located inside Soccer Zone in south Austin. On my class there were a total of ten people, about half of them with some experience, and the other half newbies.

Catcher trapeze
Catcher trapeze

Us newbies went through a small introduction in a low trapeze: how to hang, how to hang from your feet, etc. The we went ahead and took turns in the actual trapeze! I had both a harness, so the whole thing feels (and is) extremely safe.

Read more to see the full videos…

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A Kirsch finishes a half marathon

Jacobo (green) concentrates really hard to prevent throwing up, closely followed by a 70-year-old senior citizen who appears to be wearing adult diapers (orange)

This is my brother Jacobo. He ran the Miami Half Marathon on January 30th. This is particularly impressive because my family (myself included) is genetically engineered to prevent any kind of prolonged physical activity – with the exception of TV watching.

Congratulations! Slow-motion replay of him crossing the line embedded below: