The Sci Fi Catholic Yak Module
Yeah....sure Deej....likely story 
Xena and all--I'm gonna play with my boom-sticks tomorrow...I will be assisting in a Beginning Handgun class in a couple of weeks and need to brush up on a few things...especially since it's been since last fall that I've shot.. plus my beloved priest is letting me borrow his .44....fun fun fun That would be a nice little present to get with my "stimulus" check....
Oh yes Deej...I'll have your comics back on Sunday... finished up the last one today while I was waiting for one of my work trucks to get worked on..the second one was the best...volume 3 was a little darker..
Deej - your policeman must be the close cousin of a certain undercover gendarme with whom I had a eventful conversation in the Munich trainstation on the morning of New Year's Eve in 1990...
Sara - Aaaaah, the .44... how delightful! It's been far too long.
Just today I was reminiscing about the shooting sports with a friend who, in his youth, spent 8 years driving the tow vehicle for a 105mm howitzer in the army. Now that's a boom-stick!! Why can't the clergy get some of those? (Aside from Fr Erik, of course, who already has one in his garage, no doubt.) I shall have to send a memo to my bishop at the earliest opportunity!
Sara--better give him that stack of comics soon, or you might find your car mysteriously smellin' like barf after Mass. I'm jealous of your booming adventure tomorrow--my rifles languish. I'm going to be teaching others how to smite heretics tomorrow, so please pray for me because it's serious stuff.
D.G.-If you figure the scent out, you might next try cinnamon rolls & then sell both as aphrodisiacs. Several studies have shown that men find these smells really sexy.
the second one was the best...volume 3 was a little darker..
The second is definitely the best. It is probably one of the best comedic graphic novels ever written. I'm quite fond of some of the later volumes, though, especially the ones where the female lead changes into her deerskin outfit. Er, wait--
D.G.-If you figure the scent out, you might next try cinnamon rolls & then sell both as aphrodisiacs. Several studies have shown that men find these smells really sexy.
I don't buy those studies. Yeah, I like the smell of baking cinnamon rolls and Tollhouse cookies, but not in that way. I think the scientists are getting their appetites mixed up.
Xena-- good luck with your class tomorrow...I'll be praying for ya... We also have Carmelite meeting on Sunday so will pray for you and you community. The interesting about girls and firearms is that guys are split into two camps--those who think that ladies who are good with firearms are fantastic, and those who feel that women should be home barefoot pregnant and getting dinner on the stove instead of taking up space on the range... will be interesting to see the reaction when I take out the .44..of course it will take a few rounds to get used to it...
Deej--I AM noticing that Thorn's skirts seems to be getting shorter and shorter, and she WAS wearing a lovely off-the- shoulder blouse in one scene.. hhmm.. and Jeff Smith definitely protrayed her as a very lovely young teenager..I was majorly laughing over the rat creatures in vol 2....was definitely not expecting the comedy line
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach....another good scent is pumpkin pie, as well as apple crisp.. or so I've been told
Smiter--Fr Erik does have an impressive firearm collection, although I'm not sure about the Howitzer...and I myself was in West Germany in 1990, I was with the US Air Force stationed down south in Stuttgart..and I must have had a REALLY GREAT time that New Year's, cuz I don't remember... I know I started out at one club....
I did have a confrontation one time with the polizei...not fun....be sure to always wear a seatbelt when you're driving on the Autobahn .... and definitely don't have a smart-ass friend with ya...
Smith definitely protrayed her as a very lovely young teenager.
Maybe. Following the vague backstory, I put her age at about 20. It's funny, though--back when Smith's blog had a chat room, a lot of fans spent time trying to guess her age, and it seemed most of them placed it somewhere near their own. Guesses usually ranged from 14 to 18. I was about the only one who put it higher, but my reason was simple math: 5 + 15 = 20.
The interesting about girls and firearms is that guys are split into two camps...
Ah, girls with guns. No true lover of campy sf could be opposed to girls using guns.
Sara--thanks for the prayers! And the guy who gave me my deer rifle for an important birthday was later responsible for my being barefoot & pregnant. What a guy. We used to shoot pianos together on dates, I with my rifle and he with his shotgun....I owe St. Joseph big time.
D.G.--glad to hear these experiments aren't an occasion of sin for you
Xena--it was a LOVELY day at the boom-stick range... 65 and sunny even though it was raining earlier..
I didn't do too bad considering it had been since Oct that I fired... I started out with the .38 at 25 yards..18 rounds within the three center rings..acceptable.... the .38 is my current weapon of choice.
Then brought out the .44..that was a very pleasant experience!! Although I only got a few rounds in the center--most were a little low and a little to the left--I don't think I did too bad for the first time firing it. Does have considerable noise and recoil..A little more practice and I should do just fine..And yeah--the guys were impressed when I brought it out...They were calling me "Dirty Harriet"..and this one guys said a gal handling a big gun like that was extremely HOT..ok, whatever...although the guy sitting next to me gave me a dirty look and wouldn't even talk to me cuz my gun was bigger than his.. After I blew out the center of my target with my SKS he packed up his stuff and went home..no doubt grumbling that this woman should be home baking cookies for her grandkids instead of making guys look bad.. If all goes well and the weather is decent I should be back next weekend.
Now gotta clean guns...
Deej--what gave me a clue about Thorn's age--coming from a girl unless Jeff Smith got it totally messed up-- was when she mentioned "walking around the fair", and that "the boys are cuter.." that's the talk of about a 13 to 16 year old girl....I know cuz I WAS one.. girls any much older than that don't "walk around the fair"--they'll find a place to hang out with their girlfriends, and usually don't refer the fairer male sex as "boys", especially cute ones...
Maybe so, but I figure she can't be sixteen, because that would make her one year old during the flashbacks, and that just doesn't jive.
As far as her behavior and emotional maturity go, she develops rapidly from child to adult over the course of the series. See my essay "Romancing the Bone" for a full explanation.
Sara--that sounds great! I can't do handguns myself because of an old wrist injury (why I shoot lever-action), but handguns are def. very cool.
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although the guy sitting next to me gave me a dirty look and wouldn't even talk to me cuz my gun was bigger than his.. After I blew out the center of my target with my SKS he packed up his stuff and went home..no doubt grumbling that this woman should be home baking cookies for her grandkids instead of making guys look bad..
Maybe he was unhappy because his wife never joined him at the range, but foolishly preferred to bake cookies? There are women dumb like that; mustn't assume men have a corner on silly prejudices.
you may have made that up, but it made me laugh
maybe your next experiment should be about salt since you love it so much.
Ah, salt. One of the world's two greatest seasonings, the other being red pepper. And of course, if you mix salt and red pepper with the third greatest seasoning, white vinegar, and age it in white oak barrels, you get Tabasco, which is the very nectar of the gods. It goes great on the kitchen sink omelette, which, it so happens, is the very ambrosia of the gods.
I guess they're already thinking about the sequel... even if the second makes half as much as the first that wouldn't be too bad
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