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Sensationalism surrounds MMA fatality

MMA Lightweight Michael Kirkham died Monday after his professional Mixed Martial Arts debut. Story can be found here. http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/Fighter-Dies-in-South-Carolina-After-First-Pro-Bout-25374 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/mma/post/2010/06/second-man-dies-in-us-from-injuries-sustained-in-a-mma-fight/1?csp=34 His autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, according to MMAJunkie.com http://mmajunkie.com/news/19729/tuesday-autopsy-scheduled-for-south-carolina-mma-fighter-who-died-after-pro-debut.mma It's a shame, and tragic, that a fighter with an amateur career between 1-3 and 3-3 (depending on the source) thought that the time was right to go pro. Also very strange is a fighter who stood 6'9" fought as a lightweight (155lbs). As a guy who stands 5'5" and 165, I'm amazed he could maintain function after cutting to make weight. Based on how most people view cutting weight, and the consensus is that it sucks something fierce, Kirkham must have bee

The evolution of music

If a band puts out an album that doesn't sound like the same as the album they put out 10 years ago, don't complain about it. Of course they don't sound like they did 10 years ago. You're not in college anymore, and neither are they.

Oh goody, another blog

Social networking sites suck for blogging, and any other blogs I may or may not be responsible for have long since slipped into disrepair. So, I begin a new blog. I hope to make this something of a mil-blog, only less military and other random crap. But first, a few things about me. I'm just shy of 26 years old. I'm in the Army, which I love. I'm married to a beautiful woman the name of Rebecca (if I put some effort into the blog and post photos, you might even get to see her, you lucky dogs) and I've a 5 month old son whose name is Declan. They're my life, my love, and my pride. I would personally move Heaven and Earth for them. So you can imagine I am unlikely to hesitate to utterly destroy anyone who intended them harm.  I come from an officer-free military family. My wife's family is almost entirely Police, Fire, and Rescue. So I get along just fine with my in-laws, who understand and appreciate the similarities in attitude that comes with the civil service