YBIG 7-A-Side Charity Tournament

As I mentioned recently, I took part in a charity football tournament in aid of Aoibheann's Pink Tie and Heart Children. It was a great day and despite losing 4 of our 6 matches (I know, we're shit) I had a lot of fun. A big thanks to all those who contributed. The final tally of money raised was over €12,000 which is brilliant.

Here is a picture of our team, formed by the wonderful Irish fan community YBIG.

By the way, one of those teams that we lost to was the Irish Amputee Football Team. That's right, we lost to a team of one legged football players (with a one handed goalie too). I'm putting that down to the fact that they're all brilliant and not that we were shite.

But, the big attraction on the day was Irish footballing legend Damien Duff. He was refereeing some games and generally taking part in the fun as he is an ambassador for Heart Children. Everyone was trying to get a picture with him and I'm no exception. I get very embarrassed asking people for photographs (which explains my expression below) but he was extremely nice about it all. It's always good when your heroes turn out to be gentlemen.

Weekend Justice #219: Don't Put Metal in the Science Oven!

I popped my head back into the hall of Weekend Justice this past week. You may find that I'm a little quieter than usual. It's not that I had nothing to say, it's just that I got a bit distracted by Google+ Hangout's paint function...

Sorry (not sorry).

I join the usual cast of misfits; Widge, Jon, Serv, Leigh, Kim, Tuffley, Scott, Rob, and viking JJ. We talk about such things like:

Flash vs. Arrow

Aaron's Frank report

Happy Agent Coulson Day

Constantine pilot

Marijuana legalization

J.J.'s gun story...again

Hawaii Five-O

Rob's Mom Podcast Review

Potato salad Kickstarter

Game of Dinklage

Rob vs. his record collection

To listen to the podcast CLICK HERE or to download directly CLICK HERE.

Comics: Current Top 10

In 2013 I reviewed every single comic I read. It was both fun and difficult to write about all of them. You can follow that journey HERE.

This year, comic reflection has been very limited. Partially because I was too busy to keep writing about it but also because I was dropping books like flies. I realised after my 2013 challenge that I was reading a lot of comics purely out of some sense of loyalty to the characters or creative team and that I wasn't always enjoying actually reading them. With that in mind, here is a little update on what I'm reading and loving now that we've entered the second half of 2014.

There are still a few comics that I'm buying which I'll probably bail on soon but here are ten that I absolutely love:

In no particular order...

Rocket Raccoon - (Marvel)

One of two comics on this list with only one issue out so far but both have really impressed me with their debuts.

This is a fun, colourful, funny comic by Skottie Young and I'm convinced it's going to be huge. HUGE!

The Drive-In of DOOM! - Spawn

Your favourite comic-book-movie-audio-commentary-podcast series is back! This month we once again delve into the mirky depths that is the 1990s to take a look at Todd McFarlane's Spawn.

Join us as we discuss the excellence of John Leguizamo, the general shitiness of 90s comic book adaptations, and how Michael Jai White deserved better than this.

To listen CLICK HERE or to download directly CLICK HERE.