2. I got to play with three cute little kids today.
3. My wife and I went to our first "Strengthening Relationships" class, and I think it went well.
Let's just get this out on the table now: I like "The Deadliest Warrior" on Spike. I'm a geek, so it interests me when they club dummies and measure how hard they dummy was hit and how much damage that caused per square inch. I'm also a D&D nerd, so I like how they use an odds simulator to know who would win out of one thousand times (or whatever number it is). I'm also something of a history buff, so I like how they explain the culture of each warrior, and why they would have used the weapons they did. If you don't know, The Deadliest Warrior is a tv show that takes all of the available information about a type of warrior in history, and matches them up against some other warrior. So, Samurai vs. Gladiator, was one of the match ups. To say the least, it's very interesting.
But, aside from all the other types of nerd that I am, I am definitely a Psych nerd, so my favorite episodes are usually those where the culture of the warrior is still somewhat alive. The best episode of all (or at least the one that most readily comes to mind) is Comanche vs. Mongol. The reason why this is so great, is because the guy who is showing the Comanche weapons has grown up a Comanche, and thinks he is still fighting for the tribe... always. He feels a need to make jabs at the Mongol guys when the Comanche weapon wins, and scoffs when it loses. What makes it even better is the Mongol guy who is also making the same jabs and scoffs. It always gets heated, and they always sound like idiots. Testosterone fueled arguing, is there anything funnier? Probably, but not by a lot. Anyway, I just find it funny.
Sounds cool, as long as they don't take it to the next level of nerdosity and start up with something like Jedi vs. Klingon.
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ReplyDeleteI wouldn't be surprised.
That looks like a really cool show. I am a total history nut. I used to watch this one series that showed you how they made all of the siege engines and stuff. (I also read alot of medieval history and fantasy books). My hubby was watching the show one day and he commneted on this one engine, calling it a catapult. I was like "Thats a Trebuchet". He wasn't as impressed with me as I was..lol.
ReplyDeleteI think I've seen a few episodes of that same show. They made the catapult right? And showed how deadly accurate it could be. I love stuff like that.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Each engine they made they used the traditional methods to. No modern day tools.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's for sure the same show. SO COOL!
ReplyDeleteI like seeing the ballistic dummies getting really mashed up. I work for Dish Network and it is a bonus to get to see everything that happens in on this show HD. Like when the Monks used the two blades linked together to slice through that ballistic dummies belly and it nearly chopped it in half. I like how they slow it down after they test a weapon out and you get to see the blade slip through or little bits of bone and jelly flying depending on what they are using. I hope they keep it up and keep making more episodes.
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ReplyDeleteI also enjoy that part. I especially like when they chop pigs up. I don't think I've ever seen them slow that down though... I assume it would gross people out. I do hope they keep making them, and even use some of the single components they've already used for new match ups. I think Comanche vs. Apache would be interesting (and funny).