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Posted on 05/03/2008 8:48:06 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
LOL! Great face. :~)
Congrats on catching your second kitty. We bet that the mommy cat is po’ed. Well done. You have ‘the gift’. OB & LSA
Awwwww....
BTW, the digging activity you see is the coffee shop who put in a new line for cable today. They ran it from my pole over here, and they cut my fax line. If you’re reading this, I’m guessing they didn’t cut any of your stuff. ;~)
They didn’t cut anything, but they did park across my drive, and didn’t even bother giving me a nod when I had to off-road it to get in. And they tore up my driveway some, too.
Fun.
I’ve been watching Becky’s parking story, and I can kinda commiserate. ;-) Think I should hire a towing company?
Aw...cute pictures. They really are pretty cats, both of ‘em. The orange one looks like he could have some of the same genes as that poor little mama cat awhile back — different face than Butters.
Could be I suppose! I gotta wonder how many daddies we are dealing with, because there were so many different kittens.
The only other strange cat I’d seen was that siamese mix, and none of these look like they’re his.
Evenin’ folkses... just checking in.
[sip]
This vacation idn’t going the way I expected. I’m supposed to be hauling dirt. Too wet for that. But I powerwashed lots of stuff today.
Too wet? Have you gotten rain today?
It was wetter yesterday, pretty much all day. Today it’s been on and off all day. Lots of short little squalls. One of them is kicking up right now. The bottom is dropping out on the barometer. Sumpthin’s coming.
But overall wet enough that we don’t want a pile of dirt in the driveway just yet.
Huh - it just started drizzling here about an hour ago. I don’t think it rained at all yesterday?
More rain coming, though, tomorrow.
yah. Oh well...
I think I've mentioned a few things this year, but I haven't really talked about it much yet because I wasn't really sure I'd stick with it in the long run. But what the heck... it's been a lot of fun. I suppose if anybody is going to “get it”, it's this group... :-)
A few months I joined a historical fencing club. Not classical fencing. Think medieval longsword, sword & buckler, quarterstaff... that sort of thing. Very different stuff. Another point of clarification: It's ~not~ ren-faire or reenactment or role-play. That stuff is fun for some, but it's just not for me. This is really about finding out how these weapons were actually used in real combat.
This is an international study group that is trying to recover the long lost history of European martial arts. It's as academic as it is about practical fighting. But it is very intense. I'd post the link to the site, but we all use our real names over there and I don't want to connect my profile here to there, beyond what I've given away by this description. If you're curious, I'll freepmail the address.
I've been reading a lot, and have been to several practices. I've learned many interesting things already. But this last Saturday was an full-on all-day class with instructors coming in from far away. Wow. What an experience. Very intense.
A couple of interesting things I've learned right off the bat:
— Everything you know about sword fighting from movies or stage or re-enactors is wrong. Dead wrong. Yes, sad to say, even LOTR and even sadder... Princess Bride. But that's OK. They're still good movies. :-)
— The European martial tradition is every bit as ancient, as spiritual and elegant and lethal as the more familiar Asian martial tradition. After the advent of firearms, the European techniques simply stopped being taught, and much of it has been lost to time. But we're finding that there is a wealth of information in old, old texts that provide a fine foundation for recreating and hopefully preserving this rich part of our cultural heritage.
— Cutting things with a real, sharp longsword leaves a lasting impression.
I got interested in this because of a sword I bought. I've always wanted one. As sort of a personal heritage thing I bought a Viking sword several months ago. The more I looked at it the more I wondered how it was properly used the way they did it. One thing lead to another and... presto... suddenly on Saturday I'm swinging a longsword around getting my @ss handed to me by somebody who really knows what he's doing. :-)
It's also a ~seriously~ good workout. Which don't hurt me none, either.
Of course, that one sword has turned into several. A couple more sharps (not for practices) and a few steel blunts and wooden “wasters” that are for practice.
So... there's that.
You should ping some of the other guys that like sharp things to that :~)
Cool. The good news is, it opens up a lot of new gift ideas for a guy who is really hard to buy for till he gets a new hobby. :~)
Heh. Well, yes... I suppose it does. I'll attempt to hint appropriately. :-)
You better, or we’ll end up getting you some schlocky costume stuff. ;~)
Ack! Not costumes... :-)
I’ll try to come up with something.
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