I've always been a proponent of the right to own guns; lets face it, at 6' 3", and too many pounds I'm still not a match for eight high-schoolers with baseball bats. And I'd imagine its even worse for the ladies. Here, a young mother deals with what might be a hazardous situation; fortunately she's prepared (Oh, don't worry, they're PROBABLY just the power company crew working on ending the black-out.... Riiiiiight).

"Six Sigma - Right" Before long it became painfully obvious they were actually gunning for me. Those golf balls could hurt!<br>\r\n\n

"TCS Endeavor, from Echo Wing Lead; Its not a sensor ghost; I've got a visual, but I swear, I've never seen a ship that looks like THAT before!" A friend of mine is a devout Albedo fan, scouring the comic book shops while on business trips for the missed back issues. I like 'em too, but am adicted to the Wing Commander/Descent Freespace style space fighter/shoot-'em-up. Steve Gallacci's ships make sound engineering sense, but as we've discussed, they lace a certain "romantic appeal".... Here the pilot of a Wing Commander Universe Interceptor gets the first look at a visitor. Oh, and if you haven't ever read any of Steve's most excellent works, you should! \n

From the '60's to the present, the M-163 helped guard the skies against all sorts of nasties. Of course, now the FIM-92A heat seeking shoulder fired missile is there to help too. Not sure if the Dragon is Russian or Chinese, but its definitely a "red".... Sorry, bad joke. The venerable Vulcan also did real well against ground targets too.....

Antonia from FurryMuck; she wanted something risque, which this one is not; it however does lead into the picture to follow (grins)

Latest in my "Girls with Guns" series. The .44 caliber AutoMag was a '70's classic, but ill-fated. You had to hand-make your own ammunition from .308 rifle ammo cases. At least until High Standard bought the rights and convinced Federal to make the ammo.... but High Standard went bankrupt shortly thereafter. Here a Mouse Lady awakens in the middle of the night. Intruders? She reaches into her nightstand for her pistol... Pity the poor intruders!\n

"Banth" Ive seen a lot of 'taurs go by on the furry archives recently, and thought I ought to do something along those lines. In his "John Carter of Mars" series, Edgar Rice Burroughs described the Banth as the "Martian Lion." Big beast, with eight legs. Here's a morphic Banth (Banth'taur?) on the plains of Mars.\n

Not really sure just where this one came from, but.....

A Husky-morph poses with her Barrett sniper rifle after achieving a "vehicular kill" at a range of almost a mile. Latest in the "girls with guns series"

Me and my Lioness. Not much else to say.

Taj, my fan-fiction character from Anthony Pryor-Brown's "Thystra" universe practices his swordsmanship. Is that "Fencing for Dummies" he's working from? Hard to say........ His story is on www.furnation.com/jonwI/Stories.html\n

Another of those pictures from the six sigma course doodles; Hemmed in, cornered.... feelings like that were not unknown at that seminar.... Shame on me for taking it out on poor Bhunni.....

Its not often that I get the supporting picture done before the story, but... Here's a character I'm trying to work into Taj's Saga; Meet Bhunni, the wizard-wanna-be's "familiar". Dunno what she's mad about (not until I write the story anyways).\n

Bhunni tries to fashion something to wear from a single long piece of ribbon; not sure it came out QUITE as desribed to me, but.....

Over the years, I've seen a lot of pictures of chicks with bikes go by. I have to admit, I can't get worked up over motorcycles, not even Harleys (I know, blasphemy...) However THIS is one bike I'd love to have, ESPECIALLY with her sitting in back. Thanks to Zassa of FurryMuck for posing for the picture!

Callahans (Of FurryMuck), where everyone's got your number... Kittiara's bar in FurrySpace is one of my favorite hangouts. She SAYS Spyder Robinson doesn't mind, but that's probably because he's never actually BEEN there. Or at least I've never seen him there. An interesting place.

You know the feeling; you know its there somewhere, but you CANNOT find what you need in the index or the table of contents..... Taj and Bhunni have a small problem, and the spell, ANY spell that will solve it seems to be eluding them......

A young Wizard-wanna-be starts with the most basic of spells, casting light. From a series of fan-fiction stories I've started, set in Anthony Pryor-Brown's "Thystra" universe. If you're interested they can be found at www.furnation.com/jonwi\n