Sports Blog 2: Electric Blog-aloo

I always wanted to be a webmaster. I used to want to be a "Beastmaster" but that was so 1982.

Actually, I have no idea what being a webmaster means but I've wanted to say it for so long. Or ... write it.

They say in this day and age, with the all the noise and clutter out there competing for your eyes, ears, brains and downstairs man-areas, you only have a few seconds to grab the audience’s attention ... which is why I am starting my blog with a BOOM.

I will be LIVE-BLOGGING the Washington vs. Pittsburgh Stanley Cup playoff game!

4:04 PM (West Coast style). The puck is dropped and ... I’m out. I will NEVER ... I repeat, EVER, live blog again.

So, you’re wondering what in the hell is a Sports Blog2: Electric Blog-aloo? Well, if you caught the reference (let’s call it an homage: Homage sounds better) then you are ready to ride the wave that is, according to my father, called “the computer Internet”. Of course, he also just left me a message saying he “saw the new X-Wolverines movie with the guy that hosted the Emmys” so he’s been known to get details wrong from time to time.

If you don’t recognize the reference, then watch this and you will be totally up to speed.



There. Now we are all ready. Here’s what you can expect from this blog:

1. Hard-hitting subjects like “Shaq: Most overrated player in the history of the NBA. Most under-rated actor/athlete in the history of movies.” Or “Why can’t sports be like an episode of “Entourage”? Or why breakfast sucks?

2. Open-minded conversation. A give and take between writer and audience. A safe haven to follow our new president’s lead and elevate the conversation. A chance to bag on myopic, idiotic, fat, dumbass, pasty, wearing-a-Youkilis-jersey-to-work-because-it’s-the-nicest-thing-you-own Boston fans. See how I elevated?

3. You will also be treated to a daily download of what I eat (orange, Trader Joe’s granola, tuna sandwich, Peeps), how many dropped calls on my iPhone (four today) and whether or not I flossed (I did not). Things that won’t be tolerated: jean shorts, fanny packs of any kind, cell phones and/or Blackberry’s/iPhone’s clipped to your belt (you can only look like an asshole if you are in the business of saving lives), cats, mustaches, water parks, the show “Weeds” and any band that has a number in their name ... MatchBox 20, Third Eye Blind, Five For Fighting ... you get it.

I will end my first post with a question: All-time greatest CRAPTASTIC MOVIE (I made up that word and own it)?

I say:

1. “Road House” – Swayze rips a dude's throat out.
2. “Armageddon” – Anything with Keith David and I’m in.
3. “Reign of Fire” – One word: Dragons. I will watch any movie with a sub or a dragon.

Have at it, people!