We've passed the 300-post mark on the second Check-In thread, so here's number three.

My nephew (12 yrs old, going on 13) has been getting into fencing and archery lately and I've been considering what to get him for Xmas. A book on Historical European Martial Arts sounds like a fun idea to me, but I dunno if there's anything appropriate written to his age level.

If anyone can suggest something I'd be grateful.

Any thought on what this song might do?

Lyrics

What am I to be? What is my calling?

I gave up giving up, I'm ready to go

The futures left unseen, it all depends on me

Put it on the line to follow my dream, yeah



[Pre-Chorus]

Tried all my life I've tried to find

Something that makes me hold on and never let go



[Chorus]

Hero too, I am a hero too

My heart is set and I won't back down

Hero too, strength doesn’t make a hero

True heroes stand up for what they believe

So wait and see

So wait and see



[Verse 2]

What do they think of me? Who do they think I'll be?

I could not care less, I don't wanna know

Am I doing right? Am I satisfied?

I wanna live my life like it's meant to be



[Pre-Chorus]

Tried all my life I've tried to find

Something that makes me hold on and never let go



[Chorus]

Hero too, I am a hero too

My heart is set and I won't back down

Hero too, strength doesn’t make a hero

True heroes stand up for what they believe

So wait and see



[Bridge]

People will judge for no reason at all

Yeah, they might try

To say your dream's dumb, don't listen

They may look down on me and count me out

I'm going my own way

They may look down on me and count me out

I'm a hero, I've got music



[Chorus]

Hero too, I am a hero too

My heart is set and I won't back down

Hero too, strength doesn't make a hero

True heroes stand up for what they believe

Yeah, I'll be

Hero too, I am a hero too

My heart is set and I won’t back down

Hero too Strength doesn’t make a hero

True heroes stand up for what they believe

So wait and see



[Outro]

I have met so many heroes in my life

Gave me the strength and courage to survive

Gave me the power to smile everyday

Now it's my turn to be the one to make you smile

Old thread is old.

"Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased?"

The basic thrust of this song is spiritual healing.  "It's been too long, my spirit's been at war."  It seems to me it'd work on emotional disorders the way "I'm Alive" heals physical injuries.  Target the shell-shocked with "I'll Play for You" and let them say goodbye to their PTSD, crippling phobias, the psychological aspect of drug addiction....

In the House of Stone and Light
Written by Martin Page (1994)

O Mount Kailas, uncover me;
come my restoration, wash my body clean
I've been walking along a crooked path
where the walls have fallen and broken me in half

I'm telling you, I will not rest till I lay down my head
I'm gonna go in the house of stone and light
I shall not cry for the blind man I leave behind
when I go in the house of stone and light,
(yeah) in the house of stone and light

Holy Lady, show me my soul;
tell me of that place where I must surely go
Old man waiting at the gates for me,
give me the wisdom, give me the key

I'm telling you, I will not rest till I lay down my head
In the house of stone and light
I'll make my way, O gonna be such a beautiful day
In the house of stone and light
(ohhhh) In the house of stone and light

Let me in beneath my skin,
yeah, yeah, oh oh
In the house of stone and light
It's been too long, my spirit's been at war
Havasupai Shaman, let me be reborn
And I will embrace the sun upon my face,
come the day I awake the child inside
in the house of stone and light
And when I go I will op-op-open my eyes
in the house of stone and light
I will see you in the house of stone and light

I'm looking in beneath my skin,
yeah, yeah, oh oh
In the house of stone and light, I'm coming inside
In the house of stone and light, looking for the child
In the house of stone and light, see myself got such a good shelter
In the house of stone and light
In the house of stone and light, I'm gonna let this child come washing of water
In the house of stone and light, He's speaking softly to me
(I must go there, to find my soul, yeah)
In the house of stone and light, I can see so clearly now
(I will go there to find my soul, yeah)
In the house of stone and light, we'll keep on knocking on my door
(I must go there, to find my soul, yeah)

In the house of stone and light
(I will go there, to find my soul, yeah)
In the house of stone and light
(I must go there, to find my soul, yeah)


(Note:  The first line's reference to "Mount Kailas" is apparently linked to the Buddhist myth of Shambhala.)

Old thread is still vitriolic

Details here

Apparently, their precious "dress code" is more important than showing respect for people who fought for freedom.

previous thread was over 300 posts, so...

Lang Noi's new spin off/AU of her Naruto SI is now up to 5 chapters (starting with the 2nd one here)
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13724438/2/Dig-Two-Graves

On 5 November 1940, the British armed merchant cruiser Jervis Bay, a commercial ship hastily fitted with not-quite-obsolete 6-inch (152mm) guns, escorting a convoy of 37 almost-completely-unarmed vessels, encountered the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer – a heavy cruiser hull with not-quite-battleship-sized main guns.
Even the pocket battleship’s 150mm secondary guns, being more modern, had longer range and greater destructive power than the AMC’s armament, in spite of their slightly smaller bore. 
Ordering the convoy to scatter, Jervis Bay’s captain trailed a smokescreen and attacked the German.  Admiral Scheer’s captain kept beyond the range of the AMC’s weapons and blasted the British ship apart with his 280mm main guns, killing most of the crew.  It took just 22 minutes once the German vessel began firing.
Because Jervis Bay had bought time for the convoy to disperse, however, Admiral Scheer was able to sink only five of the other 37 ships.

“The convoy had scattered in safety while Jervis Bay, outgunned and ablaze, matched shot for shot with a German battleship.” — Douglas Reeman, Rendezvous—South Atlantic (novel, 1972, page 8)

Was in CoH this evening and checking to see who's been on recently I noticed something hilarious. I'm not sure when or why but once more Terrence is 'Leader' of the SG. The running gag continues apparently .

Seriously though I'm guessing its because Mag Flashlight hasn't been on for a certain amount of time. I could be wrong though.