minipoem!

Clinch

Close the eyes, and
feel
an osmosis
of tension, and will.

At equilibrium,
pause.

And go.

Release the muscles,
whips cracked
into liquid tension

to fill the void
between bodies:

momentary violence,
released.

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Xuemei's Nice Meal of Yesterday:
-honey-garlic chicken breast
-orzo with spinach
...in less than ten minutes - take that, Iron Chef

Indian arms and armor - some of these are truly odd (all the images are at the bottom); everything from katars from India to jambiyas from the near East to kukris from Nepal, and all sorts of other weird axes, swords, cudgels, &c

Tucson article; interesting outside perspective, I guess (via Carolyn)

Skinjet? (via Wyatt)

Xuemei's Nice Meal of the Day:
-potato and green pepper stirfry with garlic
-beef and spinach soup
-rice