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For those on LJ only, I have moved my blog activity from here to ecclecticantagonist.wordpress.com I haven't figured out how to syndicate it over here yet, but for the foreseeable future all my activity will be over there.
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It is proving a bit difficult to analyze and express what went on this last weekend at the Tournament of Chivalry. There was a lot going on for me, to be sure. It was a very rich and productive experience for me.
I had worked over through the week, so we could leave early Friday. Dayton is quite a trip, and none of us wanted to get there late. The ( Read more... ) -
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To all Princes, Dukes, Counts, Barons, Knights, and Men of coat armor who be not enemies of the King our Lord, or who are not cast out of the Culture of Chivalry do I, Baron Robert Downey, send heartfelt greetings.
I have assurances that the Heralds of the Great and Dread Baron Willhelm, and the Fierce and beautiful Baronwa Alzbeta have spread word ( Read more... ) -
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Had an excellent weekend. Vicki and I Wound up going to Springfield to hang out with Melissa and Brad. We stayed at their house so we could head to Indiana early enough in the morning to be at Duke Felix’s practice.
Saturday night was tremendous fun. They took us to an amazing Indian restaurant. We had six different dishes. Everyone agreed the Fish ( Read more... ) -
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“Just because I am the King’s man does not make the King my brother”
I don’t know where I got that quote, but I like it. It’s got some interesting connotations.
In any case, I am back to work from being at Pennsic. I always have a hard time posting about pennsic. It is just so big. A lot of times I feel physically and emotionally wrung out and ( Read more... ) -
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Pennsic Dueling society?!?! This is an AWESOME idea ( Read more... ) -
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Pennsic crunch is really in effect now ( Read more... ) -
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Recently, a perennial subject has come up on my radar. It comes up every once in a while. It has come up again in a couple conversations with friends that “I HATE MELEE”.
This isn’t entirely true. Far from it, but like all good myths, there is a grain of truth to it. Lord knows I haven’t been silent on the subject in the past, so it is ( Read more... ) -
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Last night I went over to Brian's for some more practice. We worked on Giocco Stretta stuff, and came to some simple conclusions. The problem we are perceiving is that in Giocco Larga I am starting to make it work. All this time in armor lately doing the things over and over have started to pay some real dividends. But when I get into close play, I ( Read more... )