Modern replicas of many of these historical weapons are often twice as heavy as the real thing. A field Zweihander would have been somewhere around 5 lbs.

Does anything other than the style of the skull and crossbones of his ex-tattoo suggest that he is in any way a Nazi or fascist?

Finally got my last PC switched off Windows. It feels good.

Fucking cool, and also remember to leave your phone at home, or at least on airplane mode.

They do, but I’m a little surprised by how well they’ve positioned themselves on this one. It seems to me that the most likely scenario is that the Republicans will give nothing on principal, the shutdown will go until November when the premiums increase, and the country will see that the Republicans would rather close the government for two months than spare them a doubling or tripling of their healthcare costs.

And all the while Trump trashes the government in an attempt to retaliate, without really understanding that the government provides services that people, his voters included, depend on. I’m not sure, “the Democrats made me do it,” will save him with anyone other than his cult members.

I am cautiously optimistic.

How did it never occur to me to ask where bee’s wax comes from?

I sort of don’t believe this. We’ll see what really happens.

“Leaks” are a good strategy to draw attention.

I am willing to deal with a cheesy lisp if you play a good game of Terraforming Mars or Gaia Project.