Ah, yes.

Thucydides eloquently expresses the war being an inevitable outcome of the Athenean empire outgrowing its mark, thus frightening Sparta and other neighboring states into war. However, Thucydides somewhat fails to acknowledge the full extent of Athens' draconian methods, which served the sole purpose of making the others all the more vulnerable. Therefore, I'd say it's rather shortsighted to chalk the war into the natural progression (and decline) of states.

Well, excuse me!

Seriously, while there may be a whole lot of sceptics on the forum, I for one have literally grown up with unexplained phenomena left and right. Not something you could carelessly write down as 'supernatural', but basically strange things that'd proven difficult to rationalize. There may be completely natural explanations to everything, I wouldn't know.

My mum and sister are pretty big on this stuff, although they wear it well - particularly mum, who once alerted me of a warm spot in their bedroom. I checked it out, and sure enough, there was heat in a place where there shouldn't possibly be any. We both also noted a sweet smell in the room, vaguely resembling the scent of cookies in the oven.

I talked her down from it, real gently, explaining as far as supposed paranormal activities go, this basically qualifies as a textbook example. She got into her head that whatever apparition might've lurked there was obviously benevolent enough to allow her a good nights rest.

Whether one chooses to believe it or not, either way, one shouldn't be too quick to dismiss the possibility of apparitions. Particularly when dealing with a sensitive character like my mum, telling her it was all in her head would've no doubt resulted in a sleepless night as she'd try to convince herself the heat just wouldn't be there.

So, every time I see a film about haunting, I can't help to smile on how clueless people appear to be when confronting the phenomena. My advice would be the Arthur Conan Doyle routine: When the impossible has been eliminated, whatever remains, however improbable, must be true.

Frankly, I don't see ghosts as 'impossible', as I've yet to come across any indismissable evidence to point otherwise. You can only play the joint hallucination card so many times before it gets old.

John Hillcoat's The Road is probably the best American picture I've seen in a decade. Have always been keen on Hillcoat's output (Ghosts of the Civil Dead, The Proposition) and Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) writes fine stories.

The show was canceled when Axl learned the US Airways Centre is nicknamed "The Snake Pit".

But yeah, a tour almost happened earlier in the year. It all went wrong in May or so.