She must havedesigned it herself. The inside said, "I hope you're upfor It tonight". Signed with love. I was happy thatshe enjoyed my "gift" so much. ...As I went to close thescreen, I inadvertently hit the people/chat icon andwas directed to a chat area. I quickly exited andbefore I could sign off, I received an IM asking why Ileft so quickly. I told the sender I had hit the wrongicon - sorry to exit so quickly. Then the next IMcalled me by name. I replied curious how they knew myname. The reply. (waving at the broken bokutou) You can't win either, can you?Kaoru: That's not true. The essence of the Kamiya Kasshin school is the sword that protects life. The idea is not to kill your opponent, but to control him. (Holding out the bokutou, now only a foot long) Therefore, one can fight without a blade, even with only a hilt.Kamatari (raising the bladeless staff): You don't sound like you're bluffing. But I've got a broken-weapon technique too.Misao (thinking): He's not smiling anymore.. . she was really geting to me.. and I wasn't very good at this. I said there was one very attractive girl i had recently had my eyes on, but told her there was no way she could ever know. Hoping I wasn't being too obvious, I asked her if she was married, and how many k**s did she have. Yes, and 3, she replied, all older than you and moved away.. all except the husband. He's probably at home now cutting grass or working on his old car. "But that's a different story", she said... "and I. With lives of the mind, it was the thought that was most important. The other interesting aspect to this approach is that a context was never offered along with the fact of the thought. You never knew what was going to come next."Yes, Mom?" I said."I was ruminating on your masturbating this morning, and it struck me as odd that, whereas we as parents pay close attention to every aspect of our children's well-being, learning, and physical development while they're small, we virtually ignore.