Today I was given access to some more excellent photos of Sunday, taken by an entirely different friend, Emily Chesley. Emily is a painter (the fine arts kind), and the daughter of two old college friends.
First, a picture of me signing a copy of West Oversea. (You know I’ve got a book out, don’t you? You can order it here.)
Here’s an aesthetic and pleasing subject—my right cheek. Fortunately I’d shaved that morning.
And finally, Lars Walker terrible in his wrath.
You don’t get moments like that playing golf, my friends.
The last photo is terrific, save for the two folks behind you. “Look, boy. Fightin’ Vikin’s. They’re in season this time of year.”
I guess that’s why God invented Photoshop.
Boy, those shields really take a beating. It’s a wonder they last a season, judging from the looks of Ragnar’s.
Do your wrists and shoulders likewise take a beating, just from the shock of the impact?
My shields generally last about a season. Ragnar’s shields last much longer, because I don’t hit as hard as he does. This one of his is several years old (and ought to be retired, frankly).
I generally go home with some bruises and sore joints. Also some abrasions on my right arm, from getting it scratched on that ragged old shield.
Smite him, Lars! Smite him!
Lars, I recently found a used book about Vikings–called Vikings!–in which someone had left many clippings of decades old tabloid articles about Elizabeth Taylor. Can you please interpret the meaning of this Viking-related oracle?
(Sorry for being so off-topic, but the oracle compels me!)
It’s self-evident. Elizabeth Taylor was married to Richard Burton, who originated the role of Arthur in the Broadway musical, “Camelot.” However, the role was played by Richard Harris in the movie version. Harris starred with Kirk Douglas in the movie, “Heroes of Telemark,” set in Norway. And Douglas also played a Norwegian in the movie “The Vikings.”
Elementary. What do they teach in these schools nowadays?
Impressive. You are the Norse Sherlock Holmes–or the Norse Monty Python, I can’t decide which.
Lars, where is your sword in that third photo? You appear to have it right on Ragnar, behind his shield about to split open his gut.
You can see my sword right in front of his gut, just above the belt.
Right. I think I see it. I was wondering about the flow of action there.
I think that fight was a draw. I may very well have “killed” him there, but I believe my dramatic face may be the result of being “killed” myself a moment before.