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Chuck Norris doesn’t shower. He takes bloodbaths. And that is what the Chuck Norris Fan Club, Shanghai’s best dodgeball team, has unleashed upon the league since its creation last spring. CNFC is undefeated for life, an amazing run that includes one league championship (the first ever), and a run that was nearly brought to an end last night by the talented Golden Balls.

It was a tense match, with tempers flaring (as they always do when talented teams meet). The Golden Balls had CNFC down 3-2, but the Chuckers wrested victory from their opponents with a thrilling finish that featured a truly inspired performace from one Coley Dale.

It was a battle that brought back memories for Chuck Norris Fan Club. In the championship match last season CNFC was brought to the brink of destruction – yet survived. Though they trailed 2-1 and later 3-2, CNFC came from out of nowhere, much like their hero, to defeat their laughing foes and savor the sweet taste of victory.

I know we haven’t been posting much lately. I’ve been trying to get Xianyi to write about her new job, which she started on Monday, but she is reluctant. I was going to write something about the ridiculous Chinese habit of making up blatant lies as excuses for changing schedules, e.g., a guy setting up a gig for us in Nanjing says that the company hiring us had to move the date because they “knew” – nine days ahead of time – it was going to rain on the appointed day, so they rescheduled for the following week, because they “knew” – sixteen days ahead of time, that it would NOT rain on the new date. I suggested that the company get out of the advertising business and into the weather forecasting racket, because they stood to make a killing. This humor was lost on my friend, who thought they had given a perfectly reasonable explanation for the changing of the dates.

Anyway, here is an album’s worth of great photos from our super-awesome show at Live Bar last weekend. Enjoy.

Since the official Georgia Sam website isn’t getting much play yet, here’s a clue to the weekend’s activities, kids…