First and foremost, I haven’t written much about the earthquake. Fifty thousand dead and no-one to blame.
It’s awful, anything I said would be trite.

Tonight at Sasha’s there’s a benefit for the victims in Sichuan- it’s 180RMB for the event, all of which goes to charity since the sponsors are giving the beer and BBQ for free.

No doubt you’ve already given money, blood, or deep thought into how you want to help- but I just thought I’d put in a plug for a good event that is going to raise a lot of money.

I’ll be there too so say “Hi” if you see me. Be warned that in real life, I spit when I talk.

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Secondly, in an effort to stop the brewing gang war between Lei and T can I say that next week’s Shoe Tuesday will be a special “Reader’s Shoes” edition.

Email a photo of your bestest “kicks” (that’s cool people talk for “trainers”) to j_creegan at hotmail dot com with a subject that says something about shoes (not “Congratulations! You have won the Irish lottery!”) and I’ll run an anonymous poll to see who really has the best in town.

All proceeds to charity.