Pig Iron

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.
- - - -W. H. Auden

That which has come to pass has passed, and knowing what I know now can not change it. Still, my soul, my heart, every fiber of my being cries out for that which is gone...and will find a way to bring him back.

DeVries

As I'm sure will become apparent, I am no longer associated with the DeVries Agency. If anyone is looking for my particular skills, I will consider their offers on a case by case basis.

RIP

What matters Death, if Freedom be not dead?
No flags are fair, if Freedom's flag be furled.
Who fights for Freedom, goes with joyful tread
To meet the fires of Hell against him hurled.
- - - -Joyce Kilmer "The Peacemaker"

One day, the mask will lie with you as well.

Deep Cover...

I'm about to get involved in some work that will have me out of immediate contact for a while. I won't be posting very much, and you probably won't be seeing me around.

I won't be totally gone, so if you drop me a line, I'll get back to you, but I probably won't answer the phone.

If there's an emergency, Pig Iron will be able to get a hold of me.

Rock and Roll all night

In an odd turn of events, I ended up spending two full days (no sleep for the wicked) with Mothman, Tess Turbo, Tommy Orgy, and Pulverizer. It was surreal, but they're 'good people.'

They're gonna be doing an tribute concert for Psychopomp, and it's sounding great. I encourage people to go.

Frankie!

I'm gonna be a mom! Or at least a piggie mom. This here is Frankie. Once he's old enough to leave home, he'll be coming to stay with me and Pig Iron. Pig Iron doesn't think we need any pets, but who could resist such a cutie? I've been studying all about taking care of pigs so he'll have a great home. I can't wait for him to be ready to come home!

If you're interested in other wonderful animals like Frankie, please check out St. Francis Animal Sanctuary. They're a great organization!

Project Genesis

Pig Iron and I were hired as part of a team to protect the Nigerian border from "incursion" by Project Utopia. For the most part, it was pretty boring. But we did run into something interesting...

One of our team members was murdered, and it looked like someone was trying to blame it on DeVries, maybe start something between us and Utopia. Working with Gabriel (not a bad guy, really), we tracked the assasin back to the Utopia camp. He stepped out of the trees to meet with Frost, and we saw it was Hiram. But instead of talking with Frost, he attacked him. It was then Frost revealed himself to be Mr. Freeze, the man behind Tracer's murder. He used his mind control abilities on Hiram's companions, as we attacked him. Pig Iron, Gabriel, and I were able to subdue Frost, and Deva, Slipstream and company convinced us to turn him over to Utopia for trial.

Somehow I doubt anything will come of it, but at least I tried to do the right thing. Have to be a better man (or woman) than my enemy, right?

Congratulations

Just wanted to say congratulations to Jake and Andy. We've been working together for a month or two, and they're both really great guys. Couldn't find two people more in love with each other.

Excerpt from N!TV Cribs

This week on Cribs, we're taking a look at the home of Elite Pig Iron. Here to show us around is Violet Lotus.

V: Pig Iron had some work to take care of, but he asked me to show you, and your viewers, around the house. So here we are. This is the garden, where I've put on display some of the many iron pigs he receives. We probably get at least a dozen a month from fans and admirers. These two here are *my* favorites. Let's go in through the garage and you can take a look at his collection. Over here, we have his motorcycles and his sports cars. *smiles* Sometimes, if I ask nicely, he'll let me take one for a spin. On the other side of the garage, he's got his work vehicles. Humvee, Urban Assault Vehicles, Tank...

N: Wait, did you just say tank?

V: Yep. Pig Iron has two tanks on the premises. You can see one of them here in the garage.

N: I know we're not in the States, but doesn't someone have a problem with that?

V: Well, he can do more damage with his fists than the tank can, so the officials didn't really find it to be much of an issue. Moving on, here in the back is the machine shop. Through this door, we'll go into the house proper. First, we've got a nice mudroom, complete with a shower, for getting rid of work dirt. Now, since we're coming from the garage, our next stop is the kitchen. All of the modern conveniences, although I'll admit the microwave probably gets more use than the stove. Over here, the walk-in fridge, freezer and pantry can store enough food to feed 25 men for a week...which is usually just enough for the two of us.

N: Ah, yes, those famous nova appetites.

V: Through there you can see the dining room. Nothing much out of the ordinary there. We eat in the living room most of the time anyway...which is right through here. We made sure the couch and loveseat were big enough to be comfortable if we fell asleep on them. They also have heat and massage, and built in tray tables with heating and cooling.

N: That's quite a home theater.

V: Oh no, that's just the TV. The theater is downstairs. We can take a look at that now. Here, across from the theatre, we've set up our work-out rooms.

N: Pig Iron must have quite a set of weights.

V: *laughs* Yeah. We had to get seperate rooms set up for each of us. My weights are trivial for him, and, well, I can't even lift one of his dumbells. As you can see, I also have a nice gymnasium going. Now, we can get to the bedrooms from these back stairs. The rooms we're passing are the guest rooms. We have four of them, with a full bath for each. Down here we have...

RIP

I'll miss you, Charlotte.

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