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I returned to fencing practice last night, and now I'm really sore. They moved it to a new location that has better lighting and I was there to help break it in ( Read more... )

1) (Assuming everything goes well with escrow) Get the house fixed up and move in ( Read more... )

Arte of Defence: An Introduction to the Use of the Rapier William E. Wilson

Black Dogs Part 1: House of Diamond Ursula Vernon

The Brotherhood of the Disappearing Pants: A Field Guide to Conservative Sex Scandals Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer

By the Sword: A History of Gladiators, Musketeers, Samurai, Swashbucklers, and Olympic Champions ( Read more... )

I'm way behind on my book reviews and pretty far behind on my reading in general, so here's everything from the last four months.

Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
Ursula Vernon a.k.a. ursulavYou may recall that I gave Vernon's previous novel Black Dogs: Volume 1 a less than glowing review. I'm happy to report that with ( Read more... )

I can't believe the weekend is over already. It feels like I just got out of work yesterday.

On the plus side, I did some art this weekend, including finishing a mini painting that I've been meaning to get back to for weeks, and I'm feeling much better so I'll be able to go back to fencing practice on tuesday.

Also, website update tomorrow

I'm just getting over a cold that I've had for over a week, and kokeshikitten has just come down with it. I've been feeling too crappy to do any art, or much of anything else. Due to a number of unrelated events, illness included, I haven't been to fencing practice in a month. I can't wait to get back to it, and my art.

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Spada: An Anthology of Swordsmanship in Memory of Ewart Oakeshott
Members of Swordplay Syposium InternationalI started reading this some months back but had to stop because a lot of it was going over my head, but now that I've been doing some fencing and understand the basic concepts and terminology, I was able to understand it (mostly). Basically ( Read more... )