Again, with the greatest of intentions, the focus on my physical condition renews. It is easy, when stuck in the moments of worry and doubt, to let the days slip away while you stare something else, trying to escape either the worries from without or the voices within ( Read more... )

For the most part, this requires brainpower.  In other words, one needs to think beyond emotional flare-reactions and knee-jerk responses ( Read more... )

Heads up. This is probably a shocker, but I have opinions. The "news" has been filled with conflicts that have drawn a great deal of ... discussion... about the police, and our world.

( very long, and about controversial subjects. Klik on by with that knowledge. )

Gaming review: Mechwarrior Online.

( Cut, because likely of interest to only a few, and I get a bit longwinded when geekin' out on stuff. )

One thing I have noticed as a difference in Rapier vs. heavy is the absolute necessity of full body harmony. In armored combat, we can “get away with” more disconnected movement because of the speed of the engagement. It is only when one starts to operate in the Rapier-speed fights (like fighting a Sheridan or Bedford in armored) that the inherent ( Read more... )

Woooow.

5 hours in the car. Solid 1 hr 10 minutes fighting.

Worth. Every. Gorram. Minit!!!

Lots to work on, lots to fix, lots of rust to polish off. But every bit of it feels good. Real good. Looking forward to fencing next week, and local heavy is well on the "possibility" table.

I love the blues. More than anything, I love the kind of blues that makes guitars bleed and the world just ooze with the passion.

I also know better than to listen to it in certain frames of mind.

Just because I know better, doesn't mean I don't jump into it with both feet, or ears, as it were. But maaaaan.. what a ride....

On communication. Is it ever appropriate to *expect* a partner, lover or anyone else for that matter, to read and be responsible for responding correctly to non-standard communication? (the "be responsible for appropriate re-action" is the key phrase ( Read more... )

7 words from Unique ( Read more... )

This Dolivar fellow leads an entertaining life.. even if he is a bit longwinded.

( Capt's Log, entry 3 )