I'm Back!

Sorry about my recent absence from this blog. I haven't been idle - overworked if anything. Not only have I been doing actual paid work for the last few weeks (lucky me, in present circumstances) but I also seem to have moved up a bit in the Libertarian Party, which means a fair amount of unpaid work in my spare time.  Combine that with an increasingly nasty domestic situation which has now been resolved (not in the way I would have liked, but it's been resolved) and my internet time has been a bit limited of late.  I'm back now anyway, and I'll try to post fairly regularly on this blog as well as the North West Libertarians blog.

I've actually just had a busy long weekend.  Friday night I was down at the gun club.  I used up most of my ammo thinking it was about time I got my eyes tested, because I couldn't seem to get the front sight of my Winchester in focus - then I realised it had a bit of fluff on it!  I'll remember to check next time.  Saturday was all about shopping, doing some repairs about the house and cleaning up my spare room.  Sunday was unusual - I chaired the first meeting of the North West Branch of the Libertarian Party at a boozer in town.  Lots of fun, and the first of many such meetings I expect.  A lot of the meeting was taken up with discussion of our upcoming election campaign. 

Then there's what I did last night.  I've been wanting to get more exercise, so I decided to learn the traditional British martial art of quarterstaff fighting.  I had my first lesson last night - all about posture and warming up, no sparring as yet.  I expect it will be a while before I get up to this standard:

 

 

Or even this:

 

 

 

But you've got to start somewhere, haven't you?  I reckon it'll be a good art to learn.

 
21.4.09 23:14
 
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