Writer, editor, and freelancer. Instructor at Sword Play Fencing in Minnesota (swordplayfencing.org). Strong opinions about writing, fantasy/sci fi, swordsmanship, and beer. Pretty mellow about everything else.
I am a fencing coach in a movie. I only teach rich adults and am impeccably coifed despite being engaged in physical activity all day. I own a huge, perfectly clean, woodpaneled studio. I will grudgingly host actual duels with sharps, and am somehow appalled when someone gets genuinely stabbed.
July 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I am a fencing coach in a movie. I only teach rich adults and am impeccably coifed despite being engaged in physical activity all day. I own a huge, perfectly clean, woodpaneled studio. I will grudgingly host actual duels with sharps, and am somehow appalled when someone gets genuinely stabbed.
George Lucas as a great idea guy who could put together a talented team, which collaboratively made amazing stuff: absolutely a legend, deserves no end of respect. George Lucas as an auteur who had a singular vision that should not be gainsaid because "it all rhymes": needs a swift kick to the ego.
June 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
George Lucas as a great idea guy who could put together a talented team, which collaboratively made amazing stuff: absolutely a legend, deserves no end of respect. George Lucas as an auteur who had a singular vision that should not be gainsaid because "it all rhymes": needs a swift kick to the ego.
This one is pretty niche, but razor sharp swords, except in a very few specific cases, are actually a really bad idea. How sharp swords should be was hotly debated throughout history. Apparently, one legendary Abbasid master advised menstruating women should not even look at a sharp sword.
June 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This one is pretty niche, but razor sharp swords, except in a very few specific cases, are actually a really bad idea. How sharp swords should be was hotly debated throughout history. Apparently, one legendary Abbasid master advised menstruating women should not even look at a sharp sword.