Bobby and Kate, making do for a weather-delayed David, taught the quick-stop (swingout with outside turn hard anchored through 8).

- (3+4) Lead preps arm for outside turn
- (4-5-6) Lead turn Follows from body/right arm bringing left hand overhead, at which point Lead reconnects, anchors with body over left foot, and brings his left arm downward. Bobby indicated that it is possible to alter the timing of this after 5 to make it hit on 7 or some such.

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David covered a Texas Tommy, which has a rapid spin (5-6) for the follow with a "pronounced pop".

Important points:
- Lead must start the Follow moving before the turn "begins"
- It's important not to make hand movements too noisy. Keep hands steady and level.

Differences from standard swing-out:
- (1-4) are about the same with a left hand prep during 3-and-4 where lead positions the Follow's arm so that it is at her side for an easy throw from Lead's right hand to Lead's left.
- On (5), as Lead steps down-line, he also throws Follow's right arm straight down, and catching it in the next instant behind her back using his right hand. Follow will start spin clockwise.
- On (6-7), Follow should be spinning fast. Lead steps in place while passing Follow's right hand into his Left, using it to stop her spin.
- (7-and-8) triple step. Re-acquire counterbalance as usual.

Notes to self:
- Don't let the follow get to far away from you through 5 - otherwise you might miss the right hand catch.
- You can get a similar spin from the follow using a free-hand push-turn on 5.

Balboa class covered Triple Bal.

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In listening to the audiobook rendition of Harry Potter, I have come up with a small innovation that would save wizards a lot of trouble. Why not just add a wrist strap to their wands. They don't weigh that much and it would prevent the whole disarming bit. Maybe magic power makes one complacent.

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After 3 months of full-time retainer wear, I am now instructed to wear it 12 hours a day at night. I am most pleased with this.

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Just tested out Team Fortress 2 from The Orange Box. I kept getting an error message "Server is not responding" no matter what server I tried to connect to. Solved it with a simple firmware upgrade for my Netgear router.

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David covered lead's right-hand passes and turns.

Started with Lead's right to Follow's left (LRFL).

• The Lead steps back on 1 causing the Follow's right side to roll away from the Lead implying a snap/turn when the Follow steps on 2.
  
• For 2, Lead has 2 options: stepping left, or stepping right. In both options, David had the Leads turning clockwise (to the right), though stepping to the right looks more dramatic and allows the option of maintainting the LRFL hold through the turn.

Continued with similar turns for Lead's right to Follow's right (FRLR).

• FRLR passes require a bit more nuance. On 1, Lead pushes forward on the FRLR hold to effect a similar right side roll.
  
• By 1.5-2, Lead should have brought the follow forward and stepped to a side.
  
• Otherwise same deal.

  Balboa class people mentioned coverage of Crab Walks and "the Snake".
  

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So maybe people who have my RSS on their feed readers might see this and maybe no one will but since my buddy Mondo seems to be faithfully blogging again, I figure I can do so as well. Though I don't have any poker game highlights to share.

December was a month of recreational changes for me. I put my Netflix on hold on account of having too many movies and TV shows to watch, combined with too many games to play given new acquisitions of a Nintendo DS and a Nintendo Wii. Both are proving to be very time consuming with innovative games.

I played First Night Alexandria with my band, Jumping for Strangers. It was very nice. Lots of kids dancing and lots of new faces. We may have a self-recorded bootleg to post at some point soon.

Tonight, David Rehm's Level 3 Lindy and Balboa start up with the most swiss-cheesed schedule yet. One week on. One week off. One on, Two off. Three on. Stop.

You go, David!

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