"Finding this type of research is rare."
Matthias
Goodies
Crack a Book:"Worth it just for the stories"
 "Cortez did not roll over Mexico easily"
"Author of "The Prince" was really a bleeding heart."
Tribes
*Ratbag's Lair,
Blacksmiths,
By the Hand,
English Civil War Society of America,
Faire Folk,
Faire Game,
Historical Costumers,
knife smithing,
Landsknecht,
Medieval Europe,
Metal Working,
NorCalRenFaireFolk,
Pikemen & Polearms,
Renaissance Military History,
St. Michael's Guild,
The Renaissance,
Trebuchets,
Muster infoGender
Male
about me
I am Matthias, the 5th son of a dirt farmer from Stryia who decided being paid in gold as a pikeman was better than relying on the random bounty of the earth shared with 4 older brothers so I enlisted in the armies of the Holy Roman Empire as a pikeman.
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What's in the works
This is an oldy, don't know the source:
Mon, December 25, 2006 - 7:21 PM
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The Coneheads' Night before Christmas: 'Twas the nocturnal segment of the dinural period preceding the Annual Yuletide celebration, and throughout our place of residence, kinetic activity was not in evidence among the possessors of this potential, including that species of domestic rodent known as Mus musculus. Hoisery was meticulously suspended from the forward edge of the woodburning caloric apparatus, pursuant to our anticipatory pleas... read more 
...urge... to throw camera.... against wall...
Sat, December 16, 2006 - 11:29 AM
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It wouldn't fit in the damn scanner! Yes, we know what you're thinking. Finally. A kitchen implement that requires development of it's own combat style. Here at Global Corporate World Headquarters, hereafter known as "The Shed", we strive to put the imminent martial threat back into that overly serene campfire. And to salvage failed dishing projects. Long handled frying pans were a lost tech probably when they started using brittle cast... read more 
Six straight weekends of living in the dirt, over indulgance, and exposure to ten thousand complete strangers without a sniffle.
Mon, December 4, 2006 - 9:45 AM
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One weekend in a house with a couple of 2 year olds and I get nailed by some rabid coronavirus strain that has lain dormant in a dust bunny for countless eons awaiting the day it could awaken and make my life freaking miserable. I knew a nurse once that called childen "God's little petri dishes." Luckily I'm quite the stoic sick person not prone to dramatizations.... read more 
Fun things to tell people about the mancatcher:
Thu, November 9, 2006 - 7:25 PM
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1) Mostly non lethal 2) German mariage counciling 3) It's for removing thieves, heretics, and mimes. 4) Cat bathing tool 5) Wife catcher 6) Period Hello Kitty toy 7) Field chastity belt 8) Like all English weapons the best type: imported. 9) It's a kinder, gentler, polearm... 10) They make the Emperor smile.
Doh!
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