Chakaal is the kind of name your friends give you when they can't remember the one your Mom gave you. The name comes from the Groo Wanderer comics by Sergio Aragones. Chakaal is a 6'+ swordswoman who is pursued by Groo, who has a crush on her.
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I was given the name by a fellow Markland member who could only seem to remember that I intimidated him in sparring matches.Hence I, who am 5'2" on a good day, am identified with an amazon type warrior babe from a comic book. I hadn't seen the comic when I got the name, so I had no idea what I was in for. "Six feet tall? Good with a sword? I'll take it", I said... | ||
Birdo
here was a rescue, essentially. I got Birdo from a fellow in Wilmington (DE)
back in 1994, he's somewhat of a
Jazz had been with me since 1990 and would have been twenty in November (2005) if he'd made it another 9 months. But, after a few weeks of worse than usual appetite and steady weight loss as measured at the vet office when getting fluids, I had him in for bloodwork. Jazz showed severe liver function problems, I was advised he was very unlikely to live long. He had seemed lethargic lately and barely ate anything in the last two days.
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He's been accused of being a space cadet, but he's actually a rocket scientist. Well, a computer engineer supporting rocket scientists. Ahem. That's Birdo on one side and Kalani on the other. Sometimes he looks essentially the same except it's Coco instead of Kalani, and the bit about being way more Grey. |
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Links: Irish Breakfast Band Irish Fiddler and teacher Brendan Mulvihill My Dojo: Shotokan Karate of Hampton Roads |
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nervous bird, very clingy and emotional.
He was very attached to Jazz and to Kalani, both of whom have passed on. Now
he has a new cat and again has a little red-headed sister, neither of whom
were intentional. p.s. New Bird :
This is my husband. He's more grey these days, something about being a
middle aged white guy does that to a fellow. His glasses are much nicer,
though.
Kalani
came to us from our Vet - she was essentially abandoned. We got her very
plucked, but she had allowed a bunch of feathers to come back for this
picture, but then she yanked them all again. Darn it...
