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Our relationship lasted until after I graduated. She left her husband and I’d left school, and she came over to my apartment one day and we talked about doing it properly. Continue reading
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My Dark Vanessa
Posted in Pretensions toward cultural theory, Reading with tags Andrea Dworkin, Bessel Van Der Kolk, facebook, Kate Elizabeth Russell, My Dark Vanessa, The Body Keeps the Score, trauma on August 2, 2020 by Jarrod Boyle
Wonder Woman Should Join the Lingerie Football League
Posted in Journalism, Love letters, Observation, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men, Ridiculous curiosity with tags ball gag, bondage, facebook, homophobia, Lingerie Football League, Matt Samartzis, NFL, The Atlhttp://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/11/wonder-womans-kinky-feminist-roots/380788/antic online, William Marston, Wonder Woman on January 27, 2016 by Jarrod Boyle
I have come late to the Lingerie Football League. Like most things of this nature, it appeared on my Facebook feed courtesy of my good friend and arbiter of all things that ride the cutting edge of bad taste, Matt Samartzis. Continue reading
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Bruce ‘Preacher’ Macfie
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing, Martial Arts with tags 'John' Wayne Parr, Aaron 'Azzatron' Smith, Adam Bailey, Adam King, Baris Nezif, Bruce 'Preacher' Macfie, Con Listris, Corporate Box Gym, Evolution, facebook, JWP, Malaysia, Michael Schiavello, Muay Thai, Odin 'Damage' Daniels, Pops Tri-Ming, Preacher Elite, Scott “Cannon” Bannon, Shannon 'Shaggy' King, Shannon Forrester, Soren Mongkontong, Street Heat K6, Thai Fight, The Contender, Wanlop Sitpholek on August 31, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
International Kickboxer Magazine, May/June 2015
2015 marks an auspicious year in the career of Bruce ‘Preacher’ Macfie. He has given two decades of his life to the sport of Muay Thai and intends to retire – once and for all – on a high note. He discusses a career as colourful as his hair with Jarrod Boyle. Continue reading
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Adam Goodes: A Great Australian
Posted in Journalism, Pretensions toward cultural theory, Real Men with tags aboriginal, Adam Goodes, AFL, All-Blacks, Ancient Greece, assassination, Auckland, Australian of the Year, Cassius Clay, Chris Chrisopoulides, facebook, Football, haka, Indigenous, John F. Kennedy, K1, Malcolm X, Maori, martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, New Zealand, Stan Grant, trolling on August 1, 2015 by Jarrod Boyle
Desperate Romantic: My Life as a Stalker (A Lamentably True Story)
Posted in Acts of devotion, Love letters, Observation, Real Men with tags Delbard rose, Erin Gill, facebook, intervention order, iTunes, stalker, Valentine's Day on December 1, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
10: The Reason She’s in the Tower
“You need to cut all the ‘knight in shining armour’ bullshit! Look, if she’s in a tower, it’s because someone has put her in there for a reason! She’s been put there because she’s fucking crazy!’
– Erin Gill.
I have been labelled a stalker once before. Continue reading
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Hagiography
Posted in Ben Edwards, Journalism, Kickboxing, Observation, Peter Graham, Real Men, Statement of intention with tags art, Badr hari, Ben Edwards, BJJ, Boxing, facebook, Glory 16, IMC Prospect, International Kickboxer Magazine, Karate, Kempo, Kickboxing, Kyokushin, Peter Graham, Ralph Waldo Emerson, sport on May 31, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
“What a night. What can I say? Badr Hari is an animal. I was just too banged up to keep going. To my loving wife Silvia, my now-two little girls; you keep me strong.
“To my friends who have always been there for me, thank-you as you are all awesome. To my students at IMC Prospect: train hard and always do your best.
“Last, but not least, my fans; from the Kyokushin and Kempo karate people and the BJJ, MMA, Boxing And kickboxing fans who follow me and even the ones who do not or cannot, thank-you from the bottom of my heart.
“You are all part of who I am.”
Post-fight dedication from Peter Graham, taken from facebook, 30/05/14
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I logged a post about Ben Edwards previously to this one. I was assigned to interview him for the most recent International Kickboxer Magazine and, towards the end of our conversation, he came out with something profound. Continue reading
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Home-Made Pornography OR, The Girl in the Red Photo and the Trouble She Caused
Posted in Love letters, Pornography, Writing with tags Dickens, facebook, Nietzche, Oscar Wilde, Paul Schrader, Pornography, Shakespeare, the void, Tolstoy on January 30, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
More than anything else, this piece has gotten me into a lot of trouble. And, I expect, will continue to do so. Even though it was inspired by one woman, it has come to involve a number of others, none of whom were happy about it. Continue reading
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Corbett Versus Spong II: It’s On!
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags facebook, Glory World Series, Gokhan Saki, IFMA, IOC, K1, MTA, Muay Thai, Nathan Corbett, Olympics, Paul 'Hurricane' Briggs, Richard Walsh, Rising Promotions, Steve McKinnon, Total Carnage, Tyrone Spong, WMC on August 10, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
Nathan ‘Carnage’ Corbett has recently signed to the Glory World Series with his first designated opponent being Tyrone Spong. Spong is widely considered to be the best fighter at his weight in the world. This was also the case when Nathan knocked him into the middle of next week back in 2009. Spong has gone on to distinguished showings in K1 and the Glory World Series, while Nathan has remained undefeated since last they met.
Trainer extraordinaire Richard Walsh gives us the low-down on what’s to come. Continue reading
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Corporate Scum
Posted in Journalism, Observation with tags corporations, facebook, Fox News, Monsanto, Snopes, Toxic milk on July 6, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle
The above image is currently doing the rounds on Facebook. Apparently, the site ‘Snopes’, subtitled ‘Rumor Has It’, says the claim is undetermined as either true or false. The two studies which published the info can be viewed at
http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/monsantocorn.asp Continue reading
