This is from my friend Fluffy the Wonderwolf, the extremely good artist out of Washington State who also loves cats and is nice to me, oddly enough.  I just asked her if I could use her character but upon reflection thought it best to let her artwork speak for itself.  This is the new header art off of her Google+ page.  Y'all might remember her for this:                      The best rendering of a certain saucy fellow that I have ever seen.  Fluffy is just the greatest!        And here is Allison, the Maine Coon!

     I live in my head.  Here I am tending Monster's grave, having allowed the rain to solidify earlier disturbance.  Saki said he wanted to lead a bayonet charge, after having turned down a commission.  But Saki was a genius and a hero, and I am neither.  With the M1, you rip upwards to the sternum and hit the butt with your right hand, and pull back ready for another thrust.  The throat is the preferred target, as it goes in easy, comes out easy, and is a sure kill.  Given time one could show some flash and follow with a horizontal butt stroke to the head, but that is just showing off.  It does work.      In the first World War, less than one percent of wounds were from edged weapons.  This means that a) most of the wounds were from flying metal, or b) bayonet wounds were overwhelmingly fatal.  To draw the wrong conclusion could lead you to think like the French army after helmets were introduced, i.e.  that helmets increased head wounds exponentially! (a true story).