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My Interests

My interest are sports: my number 1 sport is Ice Hockey. My favorite teams are in the NHL are the Chicago Blackhawks and the Knoxville Ice Bears in the SPHL. My 2nd favorite sport is soccer (or as everyone else in the world calls it football). On the national level I cheer for World Champion Italy (since '82), but now I have become a member of Sam's Army and the USA (the World Cup did suck). On the club level I like 29-Time Italian Champion Juventus (Serie A), Tottenham Hotspur (EPL), Stuttgart (Germany), Boca Juniors (Argentina), Chicago Fire (MLS), Red Star Belgrade (Serbia), Falkirk (SPL), Hereford United (Non-League), Pumas (Mexico), Santos (Brazil), Penarol (Urugary), Marseille (France), Osasuna (Spain), Sparta Rotterdam (Holland), Urawa Red Diamonds (Japan), Sydney (Australia) and a course the Mighty, Mighty Atlanta Silverbacks (USL). My personal favorites are Juventus, Tottenham, Chicago and the Backs. I also like American Football in which I have three fantasy teams (FC Hooligans, FC Ultras and FC Barra Bravas). I also take part in a picking pool known as the OJ Simpson Memorial Cup (anyone wants play next year let me know). My favorite NFL team is the 5-Time Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys. Another great interest of mine in Gaming. I own an X-box and right know I am playing Star Wars: Battlefront II and the excellent HalfLife 2.

I'd like to meet:

Old & New Friends anyone else

Music:

I love a wide range of things. My personal favorite is 80's College Rock. Bands like REM, 10,000 Maniacs, Dead Kennedy’s and other bands like that. I also like 90's Grunge, late 80's/early 90's Shoegazer bands (Lush, My Bloody Valentine), 70's Super Rock (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin) 60's Jam Rock, 80's New Wave, Reggae, Gangsta Rap, Heavy Metal, and Techno, classical, 40's Big Band. Lots of stuff.

Movies:

I like a wide range of movies. Some of my favroites are the Star Wars movies (in order 1st to last: Ep-5 ESB, Ep-4 NH, Ep-3 ROS, Ep-6 ROTJ, Ep-2 AOTC, Ep-1 PM) Lord of the Rings, the Alien movies, James Bond movies, oh and a personal favorite series the Japanese Godzilla movies, Godzilla rules. I like Hong Kong action movies, Harry Potter, WWII movies like Saving Private Ryan. Movies I am beginning to hate are remakes of anything!

Television:

Well science fiction is my favorite area of TV and my favorite show of all-time is the BBC series Doctor Who (and the new episodes are A+). Also the two spin-offs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures. After that comes the Avengers, X-Files, the Prisoner, Life on Mars, Buffy, Babylon 5, the new Battlestar Galatica, the original Night Stalker, Lost and Star Trek original, TNG and DS9. On the comedy front I would have to say Monty Python, the Young Ones, Blackadder, Ab Fab, Sinefeld and my new favorites are My Name is Earl, the Office and 30 Rock.

Books:

Doctor Who Books (Human Nature, The Also People, Just War are my favorites), The Fountainhead, The Communist Manifesto, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

Heroes:

Who are some of my heroes (in no order): My Mum and Dad, Michael Moore, Keith Olbermann, Paolo Rossi, Roger Staubach, Vladmir Lenin, Cha Guevara, Chris Chelios, Bobby Hull, Jontathan Towes, Pat Kane, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Robert Holmes, Paul Cornell, Bernice Summerfield, Darth Vader, Karl Marx, "The Legend" Alessandro Del Piero, Emmitt Smith, Bono, Natalie Merchant, Keri Byron, Dennis Kucinich, Greg Palast, Matt Aloisio.

My Blog

Semifinals

Semifinals Italy v. Germany Well if you dont know I am a big fan of the Azzurri, going back 24 years. So I am thrilled at Italy's first World Cup semi-final in 12 years. Italy did what I expected in t...
Posted by Commissar on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 08:02:00 PST

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals Germany v. Argentina (@Berlin) Well, there is hope this game can live up to the hype. This will be a rematch of their two World Cup Finals (1986 & 1990) and it is just the quarterfin...
Posted by Commissar on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:49:00 PST

Rest of Round of 16

England v. Ecuador (@Stuttgart) This should be an interesting match. There are reports of a bust up between Steven Gerrard and David Beckham and Ecuadorian players have commented that they might take ...
Posted by Commissar on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 07:55:00 PST

Round of 16 (Saturday)

Round of 16 So it is when the World Cup gets even better. The Round of 16 is where you are one and done. So, here are my picks and why for Saturdays Round of 16 openers.   Germany v. Sweden (@Mun...
Posted by Commissar on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:45:00 PST

Group F thru H

Group F Winner: Brazil; Runner-up Australia Well I hit this one on the nose, not only did I pick the group I got every game in the group right. Who was surprised that Brazil won this group, for the ou...
Posted by Commissar on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 03:42:00 PST

Group E

Now I am on to Group E. The Group E review will a little longer since it features Italy and the USA. GroupE Winner: Italy; Runner-up: Ghana Well it is on to what turned out to be the "Group of Death."...
Posted by Commissar on Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:23:00 PST

Review of Groups A thru D

The group stage of the World Cup are coming to an end and now is a good time for me to review how my crystal ball worked (I guess that clearance model might not have been the best choice). So, in thi...
Posted by Commissar on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:05:00 PST

Univision vs. ESPN

Well, the World Cup is almost a week old and I will have to say it has been nothing short of wonderful. However, anyone who knows me knows that I will always have a gripe. One of my major ones is the ...
Posted by Commissar on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:40:00 PST

Knockout Round Picks

Knockout Round Preview Round of 16: Well now for my pre-tournament picks for the knockout stage. The first game is Group A winners Germany v. Group B runner-up England. There could not be a better mat...
Posted by Commissar on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 10:27:00 PST

Group Picks

Group A GER 2-1 CRC POL 1-0 ECU GER 1-1 POL ECU 1-3 CRC ECU 0-2 GER CRC 1-1 POL   Group B ENG 1-1 PAR TRI 0-3 SWE ENG 2-0 TRI SWE 3-1 PAR SWE 1-1 ENG PAR 2-1 TRI   Group C ARG 3-2 CIV SCG 0-...
Posted by Commissar on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:18:00 PST