Re: Juggling shaped hole in normal people's lives?

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> Hi there :)
>
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> It seems to me as if some of these interests somewhat "connects". Its
> easy to see how eg. human languages connects to computer languages as
> they both are based around a logical structure, and therefore should
> speek to the logical-minded person. Martial arts as well as juggling
> are both based on motorical skills and allows one to express himself
> through his body. Okey? but what about programming and juggling then?
> i.e is a programmer more likely to become intrested in juggling than a
> non programmer? If so what does programming and juggling has in common?
> Is the opposite true? Is a juggler more likely to become intrested in
> programming than a non-juggler? I find this kind of things intressting
> as it's not the first time I see this "patterns" in how people act and
> what hobbies theyr'e into. Maybe its just me having to many intersts
> and to much time thinking about them =)

I know a lot of programmers and computer people (not counting r.j.ers), I
am the only serious juggler amongst them. Any that do juggle struggle
with the 3 ball cascade and certainly don't know any tricks.

Some people like to have a hobby/interest/pastime which is very different
from what they do at work or from what they 'normally' do.

Juggling and football (soccer) are my unpredictable hobbies/interests, the
predictable (or at least unsurprising) ones are reading (sci-fi, fantasy),
computer science (Artificial intelligence - machine learning), chess (and
other 'brain' games) and computer games. I have a lot of other more
casual interests that may be fed only once or twice a year if that
much/often.

I don't think non-jugglers have a juggling shaped hole in their lives,
after all, I don't have a hole in mine shaped like any of the
hobbies/interests I don't indulge in.

As for what to chat about down at the pub, there never seems to be a
shortage of topics and even if there is, people just go back to old
arguments and/or stories and rehash them. "Remember when ..." is a good
starter for 10. If you haven't heard the same story at least 20 times,
then you must be new :-)

Cheers,

Kelhoon

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