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R.I.P Kurt Vonnegut

I had been meaning to read Harrison Bergeron for a while now, and never did finish Slaughterhouse 5. It’s kind of a kick in the pants that it takes something like this to motivate someone like me to do something like read. So won’t you all join me in a toast to the great authorContinue reading “R.I.P Kurt Vonnegut”

Pride 34 Hyper-Caffeinated Play-by-Play

OK, I woke up about an hour after this was due to start. First thing I saw was what turned out to be the closing moments of Nakao-Drago. I was concerned that I had missed a lot, but apparently not; I’m told that was the first fight. Anyway, Nakao won that withwhat looked somewhere betweenContinue reading “Pride 34 Hyper-Caffeinated Play-by-Play”

Pride 34 Preview

Well, I’ve already done a ‘best of times, worst of times’ intro, so I guess we now go with the fall of the Roman Empire. A few short years ago the greatest fighting promotion in the world, Pride got poisoned by the lead water pipes of alleged Yakuza involvement and, slowly, what was once theContinue reading “Pride 34 Preview”

Memories of Kerbdog

Last, ooh… Saturday, saw the ten year anniversary of my purchasing On the Turn by Kerbdog. In the grand scheme of things, the album is just another one from a forgotten nineties rock band. Kerbdog were an Irish quartet who were signed to Fontana/Mercury at an early age, and released their eponymous debut in 1994.Continue reading “Memories of Kerbdog”