Sublime

Ian never did anything by halves; any interest became a vocation. Speedway rider Ivan Majors was Ian’s hero and he drew parallels between himself and the dashing world champion,

He sprang forward with a yell, and seized his master’s sword in his left hand. Then he charged. No onslaught more fierce was ever seen in the savage world of beasts, where some desperate small creature armed with little teeth, alone, will spring upon a tower of horn and hide that stands above its fallen mate.

Technically way up on world-record schedule, his goose was already cooked. What the crowd the witnessed was a pure display of heroism. But science teaches us this is useless unless paired with impeccable pacing. Afterwards, Bobridge described it as, ‘The closest you can come to death without dying.’

In 1963, boxer Milo Savage fought judoka Gene LeBell in a contest meant to show the superiority of American boxing. Things didn’t go as the organizers hoped. LeBell threw Savage to the ground and choked him unconscious. It was the first sanctioned mixed martial arts fight in the United States.

he could not help admiring Han van Meegeren, who created an entire fake early period for Vermeer.