Chain Maille Juggling Balls?!?

It will probably come as a surprise to most of you that my birthday was back on January 16th. We're not going to go into how old I am because that's not the point of the post. Some of you may remember that last Thursday I was doing some show-and-tell with my favorite birthday present. My wife was able to combine 2 of my hobbies into one gift. The first is obviously juggling, and the 2nd is chain-mailling. Anybody who is a Thursday night-er has had to have seen my kids (Matt and Becca) sitting on the floor sometimes with rings and pliers making small bits of chain-maille jewelry.

Anyhow, enough of this rambling on and on. Below is the link to the eBay store that my wife got the balls from, the seller has a few different types and the price is quite reasonable at $17-$20 per set.

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/lyncher2003

As always: try to keep your balls off the floor...

Howard

A THJ "Library"

The School has been generous enough to provide us, not only the gym space we all know and love, but also our very own cabinet space in the adjacent "kitchen." That's where we keep the Boom Box and CD collection.

And what I would like to do is start a collection of useful juggling documents in aforesaid cabinet. So I will be taking a purple plastic envelope over to the gym today. In it will be the latest Brian Dube catalogue, the latest JugglingStore.com catalogue, and a recent issue of Juggle magazine. A sign on the envelope will encourage readers to browse through the enclosed documents, but return the documents to the folder rather than taking them home...
That way, we'll continue to have them!

Please feel free to contribute other documents to the "library" if you feel they will be useful to others.

Local Jugglers

Here is a nice article with video links about local jugglers Jake and Marty LaSalle. They grew up just down the road in Kennett Square and are some of the best jugglers that I have ever known. Enjoy

The New York Times Jan 4, 2009

They were just on the news. Marty thinks you can tell that he just woke up, but the question is can you tell which one is Marty? The video is under the famous faces section, titled "family circus."

Fox News Video

Incredible Stacking Routine

Many of us have seen, and been awed by the nine cigar box stacking routine. Well, here is a stacking routine that goes way beyond that. Give it a try (if you've got 22 cigar boxes, or the equivalent thereof)!

JuggleWiki

Is everyone familiar with JuggleWiki?

I'm particularly fascinated by the pattern animations. I remember a site from few years ago with similar animations, but I believe JuggleWiki has a more comprehensive compendium. And there's all neatly arranged in siteswap notation for the juggling nerds.

Update on Tournament

I won I won I won I won!!!!!!!!!!!!! First place in four events in my age division, which consited of two people. But actually, combining my age division and the division above mine, I still would have taken first (that's five people total). I now have four shiny medals to hang....but where to hang them.............

"Sport Stacking" (Cup stacking) Tournament!!!!

I'm so excited. I have officially signed up to be in a tournament on November 22. Wish me luck!!