Bad idea bear strikes again

On Saturday, Z. decided- for reasons I can't begin to explain, or even fathom- that it would be a good idea to try to chop a concrete block in half with his broadsword, while wearing armor, and to be filmed doing it by yours truly. He caught me in a weak moment- I had just woken up- and I agreed; we went outside, and checked to make sure that there were no pedestrians around; after a brief spoken intro, he began hacking at the block with his broadsword... and I saw sparks flying... and I thought, You know, I can get this on video just as easily from, say, well to one side. On the video (which I should be posting later), you can see the viewing angle suddenly change as Z continues to hack... and then you hear a sudden clang, as I pan the camera down to the roughly six inches of sword blade which has landed exactly where I was previously standing. Note to self: the next time Z asks for help with videoing something, no matter how groggy- do not. As a friend said when I related the story: "God, he's such a bad idea bear."

(From the ridiculous to the sublime: will be also posting photos from the awesome wedding of the lovely schmidtybooger and Joe (WINOLJ, AFIAK.) Yay!)