A Toast

Being that it's St. Patrick's Day Weekend, I find it only fitting to raise a toast to one and all who read The Beatdown Blog...

Here's to a long life, and a merry one.
A quick death, and an easy one.
A pretty girl, and an honest one.
A cold pint - and another one!

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Beatdowners!

Words To Live By

Trust your gut. Above all else.

Something We All Need To Remember As We Stand At A Crossroads

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

For Mom

Hard to believe it's been 7 years. I miss you every day. This one's for you, Mom.

Ann R. Stone, 8/15/44 - 2/23/05

I designed the Sears Tower, I make two grand an hour, I cook the world's best duck flambe...

T-minus 35 days 'til St. Patrick's Day!

Radiating Awesomeness

I'm still pretty new to the whole Dubstep thing - I really do like quite a bit of it - big, big fan of deadmau5 (even his non-dubstep, club/trance/house stuff)...Skrillex is pretty good, too.

I recently came across this gem and had to share.

This is Nero.

"Guilt".

AWESOME song, and a WICKEDLY EPIC video.

This Is Not A Rebel Song, This Is Sunday Bloody Sunday

On January 30, 1972 - a full 9 months prior to me even being born - in a small town called Derry in Northern Ireland, 26 protesters were shot by British police...14 of them died. Many historians say that this one day - this one event - was the most significant, the most horrific, and the most violent event of the far too long conflict in Northern Ireland that later became know simply as "the Troubles".

January 30, 1972.

Sunday, Bloody Sunday.

This entry into the Beatdownblog is dedicated to the memories of:

Paddy Doherty (31)
Gerald Donaghy (17)
Jackie Duddy (17)
Hugh Gilmour (17)
Michael Kelly (17)
Michael McDaid (20)
Kevin McElhinney (17)
Barney McGuigan (41)
Gerald McKinney (35)
Willie McKinney (26)
William Nash (19)
Jim Wray (22)
John Young (17)