tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post8783468668789302174..comments2024-03-17T03:00:40.295-05:00Comments on StoverBlog: Semi-intellectual rumination.MWShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04072845997157010606noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-83865666890473328802009-12-18T18:52:32.937-06:002009-12-18T18:52:32.937-06:00Matt,
I'm in. Just give me the when and where...Matt,<br /><br />I'm in. Just give me the when and where and I'm all over it. <br /><br />Same goes for me and Grego taking turns whoopin' up on ya.Dornicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17630801219715090749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-29071619113244501712009-12-18T15:52:52.441-06:002009-12-18T15:52:52.441-06:00Ok, super nerd alert, but I bet someone on here wi...Ok, super nerd alert, but I bet someone on here will have some thoughts on this. <br /><br />I was watching Star War Episode 4 today with my 3 year old. She asked if Han Solo was a Jedi. It occured to me, that throughout the Expanded Universe Han is decidedly not force sensitive. And yet, I have the feeling he uses the force, the same as the jedi. He's just not conscious of it. He's got Craig R. Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035069133966513912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-26863940309497881542009-12-14T16:39:04.775-06:002009-12-14T16:39:04.775-06:00I would attend Stovercon. It's not too often t...I would attend Stovercon. It's not too often that you can hear an author speak about the state of the science-fiction genre, followed up by someone getting punched the fuck out.<br /><br />I bet it would be as unpredictable as it sounds. =OKnightfallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390837840619877391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-54405127104501978352009-12-13T23:04:26.630-06:002009-12-13T23:04:26.630-06:00"The interesting thing about martial arts is ...<b>"The interesting thing about martial arts is that the more you know -- and especially the more years you spend in training, the less likely it is that you'll ever be in a street fight. You don't start fights, and the kind of people that do, well . . . they tend to edge away without making eye contact; they're looking for victims, not opponents."</b><br /><br />Like these Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-62140407912944412772009-12-12T12:49:53.361-06:002009-12-12T12:49:53.361-06:00I'd buy 50 tickets. One for myself and the res...I'd buy 50 tickets. One for myself and the rest to sop up some of the unfiltered AWESOME that would be floating around.Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-41812409347347472872009-12-12T10:51:36.347-06:002009-12-12T10:51:36.347-06:00Be not afraid.
In fact, you should be LESS afraid...Be not afraid.<br /><br />In fact, you should be LESS afraid of the recreational fighters than the other guys (not Guy, though he scares me too -- people who get cut off drinking in a bowling alley are NOT to be fucked with).<br /><br />The interesting thing about martial arts is that the more you know -- and especially the more years you spend in training, the less likely it is that you'll MWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072845997157010606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-64856695098383933542009-12-11T22:04:32.116-06:002009-12-11T22:04:32.116-06:00I am now thoroughly terrified of the people in thi...I am now thoroughly terrified of the people in this thread.<br /><br /><br />Also, of Robyn. Let me never run into her in even a somewhat dim alleyway, because I might just shit myself and spare anyone the shame of dealing with me.Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-6808661880368834402009-12-11T18:01:55.297-06:002009-12-11T18:01:55.297-06:00For the record, Dornicus is freakishly tall, yet h...For the record, Dornicus is freakishly tall, yet he whimpers like a girl :D<br /><br />Anyways, Mikey, we should totally spar next time you're in town. I will pwn you.<br /><br />One time I was sparring my combatives instructor. This guy is a 6'3 250 lbs guy, solid muscle...that was an awesome fight. I lost, but it was the first time I actually made a name for myself inside my class.<br /WarlordGregohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688003244079321589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-45924008097630649052009-12-11T14:46:36.513-06:002009-12-11T14:46:36.513-06:00East Coast?
Shit, I'm in Iowa City 8 months o...East Coast?<br /><br />Shit, I'm in Iowa City 8 months out of the year (except around Christmas and over the summer); if you're still in Chicago, I'm sure I could find the time to hit the ring when I'm in town visiting some friends of mine. If I remember right, the drive to downtown is just about 3 and a half hours.Dornicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17630801219715090749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-5081112223180444742009-12-11T14:44:19.568-06:002009-12-11T14:44:19.568-06:00Cool. Sounds like Robyn is a true outlier, huh? Gi...Cool. Sounds like Robyn is a true outlier, huh? Gifted on a lot of dimensions. Lucky you!<br /><br />I was actually first introduced to Heroes Die through my Jeet Kune Do instructor. It was a homework assignment. He used to come up with cool ways to expand your training indirectly like that. <br /><br />After that was boxing, and I also left the ring in 2004. Now I train cage fighters and regularCraig R. Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035069133966513912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-23712261923454879462009-12-11T11:13:17.480-06:002009-12-11T11:13:17.480-06:00No shit?
Y'know, I met a guy in Costa Rica la...No shit?<br /><br />Y'know, I met a guy in Costa Rica last year -- a kung fu guy (Shaolin? I disremember) who turned into a competitive full-contact kickboxer; he, too, is 6'8" and about 230, and For about ten months now I've been trying to figure a way to get to the East Coast so that I can get in a ring with him. If I ever manage to get out that way, maybe I should put you and MWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072845997157010606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-70426455078200367422009-12-11T08:42:55.939-06:002009-12-11T08:42:55.939-06:00Matt,
Are you sure Robyn isn't an alias for R...Matt,<br /><br />Are you sure Robyn isn't an alias for River Tam?<br /><br />Just a thought. <br /><br />By the way, at 6'8" and 230lbs, I feel your pain in terms of many people being smaller and faster than you in the ring. <br /><br />And, really, outside the ring, except in a dead run. <br /><br />Not that I won't still kick Grego's ass all over town any day of the week, Dornicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17630801219715090749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-20528846664103798472009-12-10T23:28:30.593-06:002009-12-10T23:28:30.593-06:00Oh Robyn this. Oh Robyn that. Robyn's just soo...Oh Robyn this. Oh Robyn that. Robyn's just sooooooo great. God, you think you were madly in love with her or something. <i>Jeez.</i>Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-24563688134464884032009-12-10T22:38:02.107-06:002009-12-10T22:38:02.107-06:00Oh, and Doc?
Robyn actually picked up martial art...Oh, and Doc?<br /><br />Robyn actually picked up martial arts with the same uncanny ease. Her only organized physical training prior to the Degerberg was ballet -- though she grew up on a farm, so she was already stronger than most men in her weight class.<br /><br />For glove-testing in savate, the technical part of the test is a series of drills performed with a parter, most of them involving MWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072845997157010606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-60550305725293917682009-12-10T22:29:20.416-06:002009-12-10T22:29:20.416-06:00I haven't been in a ring since 2004, I think. ...I haven't been in a ring since 2004, I think. I was kind of the opposite of the Warlord -- I'm 6'1" and I went around 210 - 215, and I mostly had to fight guys much, much smaller and much, much faster, except when I was actually in a match, which somehow I always ended up (being a super-heavy) giving up 50 or 60 pounds. I can testify that being labeled by a well-trained fighter MWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072845997157010606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-42446114860932049032009-12-10T20:35:18.976-06:002009-12-10T20:35:18.976-06:00I don't fight, really.
I mean, I spar in my c...I don't fight, really.<br /><br />I mean, I spar in my combatives class, and I love a good scrap...I'm pretty good for a guy my size (150 lbs, I usually spar guys that are at least 200 lbs)<br /><br />I wouldn't ever consider fighting professionally though. <br /><br />I have experience with Chito-ryu (Okinawan) and a few mixed martial arts classes. <br /><br />Army combatives is WarlordGregohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688003244079321589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-73839623725346887732009-12-10T19:04:43.438-06:002009-12-10T19:04:43.438-06:00I was thinking about Robyn's preternatural ski...I was thinking about Robyn's preternatural skill with the handgun. It makes some sense, with all that sensitivity based martial arts training, control and understanding of lines/angles should translate over to what is essentially another martial art. <br /><br />I think it's like when the master (who has 4-5 disciplines under the belt) and the average Joe both go to learn a new martial Craig R. Dawsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14035069133966513912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-55989447858586965382009-12-09T17:27:32.122-06:002009-12-09T17:27:32.122-06:00Also, I don't own the Kimber. My brother in la...Also, I don't own the Kimber. My brother in law does...but since we're neighbors, I can shoot it anytime I want. He is trying to get his wife to let him buy the .22 conversion kit, but he got laid off at work.WarlordGregohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688003244079321589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-46744873646848362452009-12-09T17:24:53.203-06:002009-12-09T17:24:53.203-06:00Matt, you're right about the round. I had hear...Matt, you're right about the round. I had heard it was a 5mm round (which is .22)<br /><br />Anyways, military can't buy anything that a regular civilian can't. We don't get access to AP round or anything like that, just get what uncle sam gives us (which is either a 9mm pistol round, or a 5.56 rifle round)<br /><br />In the military we cannot use personally bought rounds, weaponsWarlordGregohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688003244079321589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-66802724862402326642009-12-09T16:02:35.461-06:002009-12-09T16:02:35.461-06:00He wasn't a civilian, but I don't think in...He wasn't a civilian, but I don't think individual military members get to go out and buy AP rounds. Perhaps unless they're specifically force protection or MP types.Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-7660276450253298672009-12-09T15:52:55.895-06:002009-12-09T15:52:55.895-06:00Well, to be fair, the 5.7mm FMJ cartridge was spec...Well, to be fair, the 5.7mm FMJ cartridge was specifically designed to penetrate light body armor. That round is not available to civilians, but, y'know, he wasn't a civilian.<br /><br />We're not interested in its AP characteristics, we're interested in its high muzzle velocity and flat trajectory, because we're target-types. It is reputed to be exceedingly accurate for timedMWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072845997157010606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-40252558569600450942009-12-09T14:15:43.441-06:002009-12-09T14:15:43.441-06:00He used a FN Herstal 5.7. The news wants to wet it...He used a FN Herstal 5.7. The news wants to wet itself because it keeps calling it the 'cop killer gun.' Anything they can get hysterical over.Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-41881552822195762962009-12-09T10:29:52.220-06:002009-12-09T10:29:52.220-06:00Guy --
And this is why I love you.
Greg --
The ...Guy --<br /><br />And this is why I love you.<br /><br />Greg --<br /><br />The FH guy was using .22s? An initial report said he was using 5.7mm pistols, but I've been unable to confirm. This is a point of mild curiosity to me because when Robyn was picking out her pistol, it came down to a choice between the Witness and an FN 5-7 (which fires the same 5.7x28mm cartridge as the P-90). She MWShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072845997157010606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-82197416998059796122009-12-09T06:52:12.558-06:002009-12-09T06:52:12.558-06:00Robyn is badass. Dude. Seriously.
Speaking of Zom...Robyn is badass. Dude. Seriously.<br /><br />Speaking of Zombie Apocalypse, have you read any good zombie fiction? I've read World War Z, Dying to Live, and Day by Day Armageddon. They were all really good, with Dying to Live being the weakest showing of the three. DbDA has a sequel coming out soon. If you like survival horror (even if you don't, I'm not a big fan of the genre), you WarlordGregohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12688003244079321589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7013600.post-27349013079874420242009-12-08T23:53:46.555-06:002009-12-08T23:53:46.555-06:00Ha! I have a motorcycle, which means I can escape ...Ha! I have a motorcycle, which means I can escape both Robyn and the zombies! Or negotiate safe passage for her in exchange for not getting killed until I died from it. Options.<br /><br />I'm part Apache. And Irish and German. Oh yeah. I have befriended bears and wolves. I have been shot and stabbed and thrown and fallen from great heights. I have broken bones with my bare hands. I have beenGuynoreply@blogger.com