On my Grandmaster's visit this year, I expected to learn much about Tai-Chi. The cane form and 18 Lohan were top on my list when I thought about the upcoming event. There's one thing I didn't expect to learn though, and I use it every day.

We had our picnic at Crosby Farm Park in St. Paul, along the river. The shelter there has a couple of bathrooms with hand dryers rather than paper towels; I suppose that's to cut down on the amount of material that the maintenance crew has to pull out after events and for general maintenance. Anyway...

I was cooking on the grill, so I spent rather a large time in the bathroom washing my hands to keep cross-contamination between raw food, cooked food and food for vegetarians to a minimum. I was a little frustrated with the speed at which I could dry my hands with the drier in there and I was lucky to run into Grandmaster on one of my forays. He said to me "Not fast! Slow; like Tai-Chi." and explained that the drier would work better if I took my time instead of violently rubbing my hands together.

I've tried this technique in many bathrooms since then and it is reliable; hard to remember to do, but reliable. Try it sometime.

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