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About Me

I've been a Ski Patroller for 20 years, most of it nordic, but I've skiied alpine at Snow Valley for 5 years now. I've been a member of the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism) for 14 years, and I'm squired to Jarl Berus Wolfesonne. I'm married, to The Honourable Lady Seonag nicThomais, and I have one daughter, Lady Sunniva Isensmitsdohtir (who is 18, and lives with her mother). We all ski (well, my daughter snowboards) and we all play in the SCA. We have three cats and a dog. I drive a PT Cruiser convertible - I guess it's my "Mid-Life Chrysler".Pretty ordinary guy, I guess.

ABOUT THE PICS IN MY PROFILE: Some are marked (c)A.S. This indicates that the pictures are the property of Alex Sears, known in the SCA as Lord Alexander Gladstone. (http://www.photosbyalex.ca/)Some are marked (c)K.A. This indicates that the pictures are the property of Kyle Andrews, known in the SCA as Lord Eiric Anderson. (http://www.kyleandrewsphotography.com/) SCA photographs by both of these gentles can be found at: http://www.tworavens.org/gallery FAVOURITE QUOTES: "By having commanders who are capable and a lord who does not intervene, there is victory.." - - - Sun-tzu, The Art of War, c.500 B.C. "Medical science has so far surpassed natural selection, that there are now people with important responsibilities who are so stupid that 200 years ago they would have been eaten by something, going to the outhouse." Poe's Theory of Evolutionsee also: http://www.geocities.com/streonwold/

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Myself when I was 18 years old ... (Boy would "now-me" have a lot to tell "then-me"! Of course, "then-me" probably wouldn't have listened to "now-me" any more than I listened to "then-anybody-else") ... and anybody else with similar interests to mine! I'm not likely to add you to my friends list if I don't already know you, or if you don't, at least, have people I know on your friends list, especially if you have one of those busy backgrounds that make it hard (or impossible) to read your profile. AND NO CAM WHORES!

My Blog

Off to war

Well, the armour is fixed (better shoulders), sticks re-taped (and tipped), trailer is packed (new 6 X 10 trailer, not even full).  We're ready to set off to the 37th Pennsic War (in Pennsylvania...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:11:00 GMT

Beowulf and Grendel (warning - potential spoilers)

Sandy and I watched Beowulf and Grendel (2005) on tv last night. I'm disappointed.  After reading three translations of this tale, including the recent (2000) masterpiece by Seamus Henry, I expec...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:50:00 GMT

Home from Pennsic

How was Pennsic this year? It was really, really, really hot and humid  the first week. Then, on Sunday we got a sprinkle of rain, but it didn't cool anything down (it drizzled all through the Gr...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:58:00 GMT

Pennsic XXXVI - July 28 to August 12

  Pennsic is enjoying my presence again this year.  As a result I will be away from all computers until August 13, 2007I espect to post a full report, when I return.I hope all of my friends ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:47:00 GMT

I am NOT a conservative ...

... and rarely do I find myself in accord with political Conservatives, whether provincial or federal.  Today, however,  Stockwell Day rejected a Federal ban on handguns:http://ca.news.yahoo...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:18:00 GMT

Mexico!?

Why are Canadians still going to Mexico?  The authorities there seem incapable of keeping the peace (and don't seem to want to) or of investigating crime with anything resembling credible compete...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:01:00 GMT