A little intro. to kick off this whole blog thing

Well I thought I'd give this blog thing a try. I'm doing this mostly to talk about sports, random rants and to just bring up things that really make no sense. If anything maybe your entertained.

For the record to all who read this, I'm a huge Hokie and have been my whole life. As for professional sports I'm a fan of the Cincinnati Bengals, Oakland Athletics and Detroit Red Wings. I only state my teams up front to avoid any accusations of being band wagon and all that other nonsense.

Quick history behind why I pull for the teams I do. Virginia Tech: too easy my dad went to Tech and he started taking me to games when I was probably four years old. I also went to Tech and I'm a very proud alum. Cincinnati Bengals: As a little kid I had a fascination with their helmets and I loved their uniforms. I got a Cincinnati Bengals t-shirt as a Christmas gift when I was probably seven or eight years old. Since then I've stuck with the Bengals through all the loosing seasons. Yes, it is painful. Oakland Athletics: Well I was a big Rickey Henderson, Mark McGuire, José Canseco and Dennis Eckersley fan. As I got older I also appreciated the fact that Billy Bean can be as successful as he is and not have to buy all his talent like the New York Yankees. Detroit Red Wings: OK so I didn't really pick up on hockey until 1993. I bought a video game for my Super Nintendo, NHLPA 1993, loved Steve Yzerman and the Wings just stuck with me ever since. Growing up in Virginia you're sort of at a hockey disadvantage. Also for the record growing up in Virginia does not automatically make you a fan of all the D.C. teams, if anything I hate them because of that fact. D.C. is not Virginia and also distance to closest city should have no bearing on what team you pull for.

Outside of talking sports I'm mostly doing this whole blog idea to get things off my chest and talk about things that drive me nuts. I'd consider myself pretty opinionated and I don't really do a good job of not expressing it. I've always felt that a little controversy and difference of opinions is interesting. So don't expect to read anything sugar coated as I honestly don't care if people disagree with what I believe. I've never been one of those people that give in to peer pressure kind of people.

So anyway enough with all this intro. I'll start posting some things of a little more interest from this point on. I just felt it was probably appropriate to do some sort of introduction. Oh yeah I'm a terrible speller so trust me there will be mistakes!