I'm going on a date with a girl for the first time this Friday. I'm kind of scared. Articles like this are not helping.

Thank you for bringing up the giggling problem. I hate that reaction because I'm prone to it and it makes me feel powerless to stand up for myself. I giggle in extreme stress - the first time I saw my father have a seizure right in front of my face I had to leave and let someone else take care of him because I was…

Do you guys do melees? That's what got me hooked on the SCA. I don't care for one-on-one combat, I want to be on a shield wall. Once the adrenaline gets going I tend to forget about weight under the pressing terror of 'oh god he's trying to kill me.'

This is why my SCA armor is leather. Until I have the endurance and strength to keep up, I'm sticking with my light stuff and living with the resulting bruises. However, I do have to question their "swing the limbs and impaired breathing" additional cost. How did they determine this? Did they just stuff some…

SCA here. I don't mind the armor so much, it's those shields that are going to be the death of me. Those suckers are heavy and at least with armor the weight is distributed across the entire body.

This is my first year for Pennsic. I've been around for about six years now but health and job has always stopped me in the past. Health has been stopping me from fighting but the other weekend I decided I've had enough and was able to armor up and fight long enough to authorize. Not sure if I'll be doing much…

The more I learn about the Norse the more I love them. Not just because they had Loki and Loki did crazy shit like turn into a mare and get pregnant.

Crap, that reminds me, I gotta send in my reauthorization paperwork before Pennsic.

Brilliant! I'm going to go see if I can't do that now.

I think it only counts as bragging if the thing you're talking about is desirable. ;)

150% more likely!? Oh my god... that is horrible. I have a woman doctor... I wonder if this is part of why she's been extremely resistant to sending me to anything even remotely psychological related. I take meds that are also used to control anxiety disorders and she's always wanted me to stick to the lowest dose…

I have never been stung by a bee, wasp, hornet or other assorted flying insect. Whenever one lands on me I just don't move until it leaves, or move very, very slowly to shoo it off.

It is my sincere hope that these kids someday look back on these clips at age 25 and think about how amazing it is that they turned out perfectly fine despite everyone's best efforts.

Actually, the place I was at was ahead of the environmental laws. They figured that if emissions had to be reduced by Y, than in two years time they'd have be reduced by 2xY and went ahead and did the work now instead of having to go back and refit everything later at higher cost and shorter timeframe. So when the…

Oil spills happen more often than we think, I believe. When I was interning at a refinery there was a small spill and people hauled ass to get it contained and cleaned up. There was no way to prevent it - lightning stuck one of the units and shut it down and the runoff pool was already full from earlier rainstorms. …

Timely, I'm wanting to get a camera before a camping trip in August. Leaning towards the EVIL right now as I've got a cellphone so I want a significant upgrade if I get a dedicated camera, but I'm still a novice. How well do these things hold up to wear and tear? I'm taking this thing camping, mind you.

And here I thought we were somewhat past the "holy crap, there ARE girls on the internet!" stage.

Nonsense, I'm sure this AnonPlus will be tasteful, secure, and open to any demographic without fear of harassment or privacy infringements. I mean, look whose building it! The champion of the little people, right?

4chan meets Facebook was the first thing that popped into my head too when I read this. I eagerly await the impending trainwreck this will become.

Did he take the picture on a cellphone?