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The Bravest Man in England

October 31st, 2009

From the excellent Great British Nutters comes this tale of Colonel Fred Burnaby. Victorian and Edwardian England was a time of heroic exploits but Burnaby stands comfortably head and shoulders above most. A 6’4″ cavalry man, an expert swordsman, runner, rider and boxer and fluent in several languages he was also an irascible adventurer. Click [...]

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Photo Essay: Bystanders capture and hold — chicagotribune.com

October 6th, 2009

With a hat tip to desjardin of Metafilter, comes this Photo Essay. 4 people spent at least 8 minutes grappling with a thief, getting bitten, kicked and bled on. 8 minutes is a pretty good response time, but a hell of a long time to be fighting.

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Belgian Self Protection

July 13th, 2009

The ACDS is a well established self protection school based in Belgium. Well known for frequently hosting Richard Dimitri, they have relaunched their website. It’s in French but well worth the effort of understanding, especially their articles section

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Herts Alcohol Counselling Service

February 28th, 2009

Those who know me well know that I very rarely drink. I had issues with drink as a younger man and, whilst it never became a huge issue, it is something I have to watch. A very good friend of mine, Mike, works as an addiction counsellor and has started a charity focusing on helping [...]

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7 Things

January 10th, 2009

Z, that erudite and suave mofo at hipsterplease.com has tagged me with this little meme. It’s kind of him to do so, and so here goes 7 weird and wonderful facts about me 1) Due to an unsympathetic ambulance driver and hospital staff I was born in the wrong city. In the North East of [...]

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Censorship is Damage

October 4th, 2008

As linked from any number of places, here is Pat Condell’s monologue about Sharia Law in the UK. I agree with much of what he says, and I’d encourage you check out his other vids. Oh, and sign the petition as well

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Not jealous, not a bit!

July 24th, 2008

Roger Siggs of the Rocky Mountain Swordplay Guild has posted some pictures from their recent spear seminar with Greg Mele. What had me most interested was their excellent training space. Knocks the socks of the dingy church halls we usually train in.

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Some Coolness

June 17th, 2008

I’ve come across some corkers this past week. In no order: Star Wars Imperial March: Cryptae et Dracones Dr G’s HEMA and XKCD Mashup

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Sam Harris Needs Your Help

May 5th, 2008

Sam Harris, he of the debates with religious nutters and Letters To A Christian Nation is looking for people to complete some online surveys. Help him out by going to samharris.org

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David Shrigley

May 2nd, 2008

I bought his book ‘Ants have sex in your beer‘ yesterday and it is rather good. I’ve been a fan of his ever since the Platform for Art exhibition of his work at Gloucester Road tube station. I stuck a load of photos of these up on an old moblog a few years back. Time [...]

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