Scrimshaw

Back in the day, when I didn't feel like writing but wanted to do something creative, I decided to try my hand at scrimshaw. 

Never got good at it, but I did a couple pieces that were okay. The images here are the faux-ivory grips on a S&W M-52 .38 Special mid-range wadcutter target pistol.

These are, The Shadow (top) and a copy of a Vaughan Bode cartoon, from Cheech Wizard.

White Death

Tapered off, then quit, eating sugar and chips and ice cream six weeks ago, to see if I could lower my triglycerides. Getting labs done today, so we’ll see.

The result so far is that I went from 196 pounds (89 kilos) to 188 pounds (85 kilos).

Skeletal muscle up 1.2%, body water up 0.6%, body fat down 1.1%.