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Welcome back, chaps. As Your Friend and Humble Narrator reflected on the thrilling action of GW6, the film Gates of Heaven came to mind. It's a documentary by Errol Morris about a pet cemetery that gets run out of business because pet owners and zoos were sending their animals' carcasses to the rendering plant (to be processed into food for other animals) instead of the cemetery. As a result, the ~450 pets interred at the Gates of Heaven cemetery were forcibly evicted, and had to be dug up and relocated to another pet cemetery. The concept of a documentary about pets' final resting sites was so out of the ordinary, upon hearing Morris' idea, fellow documentarian Werner Herzog promised to eat his shoe if Morris ever finished it. Morris did finish it, and at the film's premiere in Berkeley, Herzog indeed boiled and ate his shoe. This actually happened How does this relate to Dude Fiesta? The awards will explain ...

Good Morning  Afternoon! Apologies for the late release. Your dear friend and humble narrator spent more time this week at the negotiating table than the keyboard. By Friday night I was feeling like Brian Burke looks after the NHL draft. Burke at the 2016 draft: He probably just traded a pick and a prospect for another inch of hairline advance. Sad he retired before he could fill his entire forehead with hair After a hectic Thursday that saw over half the teams in the league involved in trade talks, my sources tell me that the reps for Jacko, Lampard's Lads, and Virgil's Big Fucked ACL went to bed with a handshake deal in place for a 6-player, 3-team trade. All that was left to do was sleep off the beers (important part of negotiating), and confirm the trade. Thriving in the chaos. Breathing it in. Cut to 8:30am Friday: a flash of lightning, a clap of thunder and a trade proposal sent to  Fulham's MJ Statue.  And they call Cla...

Sorry this post is so late, I had some technical issues turning this into a blog from 2005.  It feels like months have passed since GW4, so let’s jump straight into the highlights to refresh everyone’s memory!