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The Passing of True Talent

It is with great sadness and bittersweet admiration that I bid farewell to one of the most amazing and influential Fantasy writers this world has had the pleasure of knowing.

On Sept 17th, Robert Jordan, known as James Oliver Rigney Jr. to his friends, passed away at age 58 due to a rare blood disease. He was best known for his best-selling novel series, "The Wheel of Time," but was also a man of great accomplishment in other aspects. A graduate of The Citadel, South Carolina's state military college, Rigney worked as a nuclear engineer at the old Charleston Naval Shipyard before taking up writing full time in 1977. He served two tours of duty with the Army in Vietnam. He was decorated several times, including winning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Bronze Star.

Jordan's loss will be distinctly felt in the world of fantasy literature, leaving behind a yet unfinished 12th book to his series that may never see publication. Evenso, the legacy he created in his "Wheel of Time" series will carry his name into stuff of legends. And he will forever have a special place in my heart for opening my child's eyes to the wonderful possibilities of the imagination.

Bless you, Robert Jordan, and Rest in Peace.

~Kit

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I'm on my way.... to Adventure!

I know some of you have been wondering where I went, so I thought I would let you know that I'm going to be MIA for about a week. The time for my cruise has finally arrived! Hurrah!

I'll be tooling about the Gulf of Mexico (hopefully dodging Hurricanes and the ilk) for the next five days, completely without worries, stress, or internet. I hope everyone has a great week and I will see you next Friday!

Ta!

~Kit

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I Introduced My First concept!

So, After much thought and consideration on the subject, I decided that a concept needed to be added to the Vin about Wolverine's Claws. Many people have uncertainties or misconceptions about the mechanics of Logan's claws, and since I've spent a good seven years or more studying the details of it, I felt I could give a fairly acceptable explanation for the site.

Now it sits, in pending.

But just in case G-Man or LAMP come back to me and tell me, "you're Crazy!" I wanted ot post my concept in my blog. For Posterity's sake.

Wolverine's claws have often been considered a mystery in their functional nature. Discovered to be bone in [[Wolverine:vol:4250]] Vol 2. #75 (1993), the foot-long weapons housed in his forearms sit in trenches created by a series of linked muscles unlike anything in normal human physiology. Each individual claw is surrounded by a silicon sheath to maintain/prevent sepsis from foreign matter still residing on the claws when they retract. This silicon would also promote healing and regrowth of broken bone claws, were they not covered by the Adamantium bonding. The point of the claws rest just behind the bend of the wrist axis, allowing for freedom of joint movement, and the external, Adamantium part of the claw sheath (something that no longer exists in more recent Wolverine illustrations) contains an inert silicone bushing that acts as a resilient body seal.

(A brief overview of the Claw/forearm structure)

While Logan can bend his wrists with his claws retracted or fully extended, he cannot, in fact, extend them with a bent wrist. Such an effort would torque the line of his claws' exit point, distorting where they would surface. But more importantly, attempting to unsheathe his claws with an unaligned wrist is impossible, simply because the muscles could not function to push them out. The linked musculature in Logan's forearms operate both consciously and unconsciously, responding to his brain's mental command to extend his claws by tightening themselves into a straightened channel that expels each claw like a trigger. A smaller group of muscles in the backs of his hands (past the wrist bend axis) activate individual locking mechanisms on the claws, so that impact with objects will not drive them back into Logan's arms. Even fully extended, part of Wolverine's claws remain inside his hands and surrounded by the unique set of muscles, creating a foundation to resist trauma (keeping them from being torn out of his body). It is these muscles that pull the Adamantium-coated blades back into his forearms.

(See? Out of the backs of the hands)

There has been some controversy over the point of extraction for Logan's claws, particularly since the development of the X-Men Movies. The claws do not and cannot unsheathe from between Logan's knuckles, but actually from the backs of his hands. Were the weapons to slide out from between his knuckles, it would impede Logan's ability to properly use his fingers, or to utilize his opposable thumbs.

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