WooHoo DannyinJapan is 34 today!

[Dave Rishar]

what book is that?
i am curious....

oh, the anal probe isnt so bad, once you get used to it. Especially if your grey has big, pretty eyes, well most of them have big pretty eyes, but some of them are bigger and prettier than others.
I'd say female, but they are asexual clones.

The book is, "Secrets of the Samurai, The Martial Arts of Feudal Japan," by Oscar Ratti and Adele Westbrook. The title is fairly misleading and the first third or so of the book is dedicated to Japanese history and society throughout the various eras in general. The ninja get only a small section, unfortunately. The authors also seem fairly hung up on the perceived overall superiority of any Japanese weapon to anything else ever made in the world. (If that's not opening a can of worms, I don't know what is.) Lots of information, though, and plenty of drawings so that someone of my comprehension skills can follow along. I found the section on swimming in armor (katchu-gozen-oyogi?) particularly interesting, having sank in full kit a month or two ago.

The problem: the listed price on the jacket is $39.95. That's simply too much. I snatched it off the B&B bargain bin a ways back for $9.99, which was more than fair.

As for probing...I don't actually get probed at work, but I often come away with the feeling that I have been, if you know what I mean.

 

[Bill Martino]

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