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Michael

Speaking Truth To Power Since 1977

About Me

My name is Michael, I'm living in the Pittsburgh suburbs at the moment. I'm educated at Penn State with a degree in Communications.
I have professional radio broadcasting experience during my time there and also worked as a PR/PA guy for the Penn State Lady Icers. I learned from that experiences what it was like to do it for the love of the game.
I am a huge hockey fan also! I guess it's in my blood now ever since the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Cup in the 90's. I have been teaching myself how to ice skate. Still, a little slow going backwards, but I can't practice that often with the risk of turning a little midget player into a speedbump during the all skate sessions.
My friends would probably describe me as "considerate", "kind", "thoughtful" and a "genuine knight".
How Well Do You Know Me
1) The weblog that I currently author is titled what?
Hockey Fanatic Central
Confessions of a Hockey Fanatic
Mike's Life Among Hockey Players
This Title is My Blog
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My Interests

hockey, Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto, X-Files, Slovakia, Penn State University, Trish Stratus, radio broadcasting, writing, fan fiction, ice skating, Playstation, knights, Canada, NHL, Cowboy Bebop, Homestar Runner

I'd like to meet:

I would like to meet interesting people with similar interests or former classmates.

Music:

Evanescence, Live, Disturbed, Lacuna Coil, Roxette, Bryan Adams, Bee Gees, Diana Krall, Linkin Park, VNV Nation, Ben Moody, Trapt, Atomship, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace

Movies:

The Punisher, X-Files: Fight the Future, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Cowboy Bebop, The Saint, A Knight's Tale, Ghost in the Shell, Waiting..., Miracle

Television:

The X-Files, Angel, Smallville, Fuzzy Channels, Family Guy, Law & Order: SVU

Books:

Kingdom Come by Elliot Magin

Heroes:

Mario Lemieux, Don Cherry, Manon Rheaume, "The Punisher" Frank Castle, LuFisto, Laura Ingraham, Ryan Reynolds

My Blog

They didn’t learn it from me

I was always told from when I was little that my brother and sister looked up to me. They said that they were able to learn from my life experiences, that I was the trailblazer, so my siblings could b...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:26:00 PST

Cheaters Never Prosper

Nobody likes a bully. Especially people like me who had to put up with it during my youth. And now I have to reflect on this Superbowl 23 that the once "shock the world" alternative underdog Patriots ...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:09:00 PST

Nobody Likes Black Jellybeans

 I have been working a lot lately and one of the few times that I had to think at my job, I have to relay this observation.Since working at the store, I have had some influence over the promotion...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:38:00 PST

Die For Your PS3?

Most of my closest friends know that I use the Playstation gaming system quite often as not only as a hobby, but as something that could allow me to escape the life that has become what it is.But with...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:58:00 PST

9-11 Where were you?

My parents generation all belong to a 'club' that is identified with the phrase "Where were you when Pres. Kennedy was assassinated?" Today, our generation is marked with the tragedy of 9-11 which lea...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:01:00 PST

A to Z

A is for age: 29 B is for beer of choice: Labatt Blue C is for career right now: Radio D is for your dog's name?: Hadley (family dog) E is for essential item you use everyday? Bed F is for favori...
Posted by Michael on Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:37:00 PST

Cleveland Sucks!

Of course I realise the redundancy of my blog's title, but tonight, I would have a prime example of just how much it sucks. As I am driving back last night from Erie, PA on I-79, I am able to pick up...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:46:00 PST

See Friends. See Wolves.

So, I took a little vacation trip to Erie, PA as is the tradition in my family. It's actually really starting to get like Kennywood where every quare inch of the area has a sentimental memory sewn in ...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 04:09:00 PST

Pittsburgh Pirates Vs. Chicago White Sox

As I am typing this, I am on my laptop computer watching the Pirates play the Chicago White Sox (the defending world series champions). But I also have some press credentials in the press box here, co...
Posted by Michael on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:17:00 PST

Where have you gone, Kerri Strug ?

It's been a real treat the past few days as a lot of personally nostalgic TV has shown itself. Spike and G4 tv have been showing a lot of the classic episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and I a...
Posted by Michael on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 09:04:00 PST