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Sorry No-s is taking up all the oxygen lately...
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 6:04 pm
by reinhard
They'll get theirs when the shovelglove book comes out
Re: Sorry No-s is taking up all the oxygen lately...
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:35 pm
by KC 7707
reinhard wrote:They'll get theirs when the shovelglove book comes out
Does this count as an "official" announcement?
Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:18 pm
by lmt2pt
May I make a request for some "women's work" moves when the shovelglove book comes out. I'm working on a few now, but I'd love to see the ladies historical precident represented.
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:28 am
by jules
Butter churning was largely women's work.
As was stoking the oven. There's a stronger bent towards people giving militaristic names but a lot of the moves could have something more "feminine".
And I don't think the shovel movement itself need be restricted to my more manly counterparts. Just b/c Reinhard's crazy idea came from male coal shovelers in a French novel doesn't mean women didn't traditionally use shovels in gardens, farms, etc.
Does anyone do a "hoe the garden" move? I think it would be a bit similar to the canoe paddling move I, and many others, do.
jules
p.s. oh yeah, you gonna write a shovelglove book Reinhard?
Posted: Fri Apr 18, 2008 1:42 pm
by reinhard
Sadly, nothing official (or unofficial) to report just yet. Though one way or another, I'm sure it'll happen someday.
Thanks for the "woman's work" tip. There are a few already, and I've tried to keep the "canonical" movements very manual labor oriented (even though military analogies keep creeping in as alternate names and non-canonical moves), but obviously there's plenty of room for improvement (and plenty of untapped historical precedent, I'm sure). Specific ideas very welcome!
Reinhard
spilling the beans
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:21 am
by storm fox
I've been all Secret Squirrel about it, but I'm working on a zombie-themed Shovelglove workout. I'm such a nerd!
Reinhard, please write a shovelglove book.
Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:34 pm
by reinhard
Zombies -- awesome!
I would love to write a shovelglove book -- but I need an advance to justify to myself and my family the sleep deprivation I now know from experience that would entail (even more because it would have to have pictures). Depending on how the no-s book does over the next few months (especially January!) maybe I'll be in a position to put a proposal together. Thanks for the vote of confidence!
Reinhard