Been doing some projects at the Stormhold Tuesday nights.

Ever since Sir Wulfram brought along his mace made with the Kong dog chew-toy I have wanted one. So, Monday, went to Highpoint to buy one from Pet's Paradise. Stripped the head off my old mace and puzzled over how to securely fasten the Kong stuff-a-ball chew toy to the rattan haft ( Read more... )

The SCA Rules of the List are the following nine rules ( full version )

Friday night, packed and went to Margi’s to stay overnight before going to Stickjox (pdf). Ro/Vandel was also staying there and the Steward, Bad Adam, was visiting when I arrived.

Stayed up late talking, slept in. (Margi made me removed the [not worksafe] wallpaper I had put on her -- work -- laptop on the grounds that it wasn't worksafe: ( Read more... )

Have been re-reading Duchess Elina's The Armored Rose as part of the preparation for giving my collegium on asymmetric fighting at Stickjox (pdf). Duchess Elina takes a women are different-but-equal approach. Reads rather differently given that I having been intensively thinking about the basis and logic of homophobia in particular and bigotry in ( Read more... )

Saturday was the Cairnfell Royal Visit outside Ballarat. I slept in. I was supposed to bring the Baronial Pavilion. Got out to the shipping container, realised it would be an enormous chore to lug it down the hill into the car. Rang and found it was raining at the site, so scrubbed that idea ( Read more... )