Ah ha.

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I've been finishing off the beef and veggies.  Not bad really, though I did overcook the cabbage a bit.  Now I remember some of the *cough* lore *gurgle* regarding cabbage.  Was that...  ?  No.  Okay.  Anyway, it seems there is some truth to it.  For whatever reason, my system is nearly immune to cabbage... lore.  However, when I overcook it... my... immunity... is reduced.  As I think back on things, my guess is I am not fully immune to cabbage, just so much so that the only thing I get from it is a slight package delivery benefit.  Even overcooked, that process just speeds up a bit.  Must be part of how and why lye doesn't even effect my system.  I don't know if it is iron in there, but it certainly is different.  Rotten meat, lye, cabbage... it's more a matter of taste.

The nap was wonderful.  Oh, dreams.  Luxurious, silkily sexual but not in a raw nature, notions of the softness around sex.  The smoothness of a woman's skin, the softness of her flesh, the pleasure of the curves only a woman has.  Unadulterated by lusts or greed, just a beautiful session of the wonder of it all.  Several, perhaps many, such dreams.  It's actually how I... interpret sex when awake and with a lover.  I don't know if that makes me an odd man out, but it's... not about the "kill".  It's about being present to, and different from, not about getting or even giving.  I told you I was different.  Yeah, never mind.

My scope arrived today.  I am letting it warm up before handling it much.  Mildot (dash, really, but mildot spacing), 3-9x 42, reticle in the first focal plane, and with a very solid reputation as to turret mechanics.  It's not a true extreme long range item, but it should get to 1,200 meters if I wished.  My use is more limited, 200 to 800 meters, really.  I may, in time, choose to get into true long range target shooting, but not for a year or two.  This scope will allow me to do a work up of some fundamentals, however, so that I would be more fully prepared for longer ranges.  If you get the fundamentals down, a bit of practice, a touch of math, some physics, and more practice, these things will easily see you to those longer ranges.  My dream is for a .338 lapua magnum, if I go in that direction.  I guarantee, it would be much cheaper to work up a standard load and get the fundamentals down on that, before moving on to the bigger bore.  At that point, hopefully, I would just be fidgeting with a couple of caliber peculiarities and, probably, still struggling to handle wind.  Wind, of all the variables, is the one that will simply take time, gaining tons of experience.  Basically I will have to put up with lots of fail until I master wind.  And the only time to master that is to get out when all hell is blowing.  All other variables can be manhandled with math, or even programs these days.  Though a careful evaluation, close study, and lots of practice, are still needed.  But wind, at longer ranges?  That's where the magic is.  Learn to read wind, learn the patterns especially, for when there are several wind directions going on, and know when to shoot, and you will become a king in that field.  Then again, if the .338 care and feeding looks a bit tight, I might look in the 7 mm area, a straight, or mag, or something necked down... dunno.  There might be something in there with pretty serious range that is a little more reasonable to feed.  Not sure, but I suspect so.  Hey, a boy and his toys.

It is a wonderful day.  I think I'll take care of the cabbage feedback, then hit the kitchen a bit.  I didn't do the dishes from last night, but I did set them to soak.  I will wash, soak again in soapy water, sweep, perhaps mop.  I did wash out the toilette the other day, with cleaner now on hand, so I may hit the bathroom just a touch as well.  If everything works out, I may be ready to steam vac the living room tomorrow, or at least start taking the room down so as to get to it.  Yeah, that would be nice.  A day or two of drying, then I can begin tearing my bedroom down and get that steam vacuumed as well, before putting it back together.  You know though, I really could use some smaller dollies, to move furniture by myself more easily.  I may get into town tomorrow, and look for flats with wheels.  Coasters don't really cut it, solo.  I can lift and carry all of my furniture, I just can't always carry it through small doors and get it around corners well.

Later.