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Marty

Shoot the puck!!!

About Me

I'm your basic Yinzer. Love sports and music. And with music, it's all types. Everything from Trans-Siberian Orchestra to The Switch.

My Interests

Sports (specifically Pittsburgh teams; Pirates, Steelers, and Penguins). I like to sleep, though I'm quite deprived of it (4 kids will do that!) Gotta have music on at all times. I guess my favorite type is whatever mood I'm in at that time.

I'd like to meet:

George Bush would be cool. Lots of questions I'd like to ask, without a camera or microphone in his face. As far as celebrities, not too many actually. I think it's one of those things where I'd come away feeling let down. But, one would be Michael J. Fox. He'd be really great to just sit down, and chat with. Oh yeah...John Cusack. I have liked every movie that I've seen with him. Just an all around really cool guy. I wouldn't mind if Slash offered to teach me to play guitar, either.Mike Lange is the best announcer in the NHL, maybe all of sports. His goal calls for the Pittsburgh Penguins are memorable. Enjoy his top 10:

Music:

The Switch (theswitchx.com),Trans-Siberian Orchestra (trans-siberian.com), Jennifer Cella (myspace.com/jennifercella her voice is phenomenal), Chris Caffery (chriscaffery.com), Alex Skolnick (alexskolnick.com), Guns'N'Roses ("Sweet Child O Mine" is one of the greatest love songs ever written), Donnie Iris & The Cruisers (parallel-time.com), Bruce Springsteen (before he got all political..."Hey Bruce...just shut up and sing!"), Cheap Trick, Paravel (Rest In Peace...sniff, sniff), Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, The Silver Halos (thesilverhalosband.com), Sarah Kelly (www.sarahkelly.com Who said Janis Joplin was dead...she's alive and living in Rockford!!), and ya gotta check out Motorpsychos (motorpsychosrock.com)

Movies:

Rounders, Anything by Kevin Smith (Clerks is one of the greatest ever, Mallrats is dead on, as is Chasing Amy. I even liked Dogma...yeah, go ahead, roll your eyes.) High Fidelity...man, that movie's great. The Godfather (I and II, III pretty much sucks), Goodfellas (You think I'm funny...how am I funny? What, am I a clown to you? I amuse you? How am I so funny??), Glengarry Glen Ross, Scarface, Mr. Mom ("220...221...whatever it takes"), Tommy Boy ("I was checkin' to see...I was lookin' at...I'm sorry, I'm retarded"), Rudy, What's Up Doc?, Rocky (The first is the best), Jaws (The first is the best)

Television:

Rescue Me (Gotta love Dennis Leary),Pretty much anything new that FX puts on (the really good ones only last one season), WWE Raw (hey, SHUTUP!!! I like it!), any TV poker shows

Heroes:

Anyone who has the guts to stand up for what they believe is right. Jesus was, is, and always be the ultimate hero. A hero doesn't have to be a celebrity, or someone famous...there are heroes all around us. We just have to take the time to discover them.

My Blog

This is why we wake up every day.

Found this from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Sunday, May 4.  If you're not touched by this, you're not human. .. --> EDITORIAL START -->.. --> template:C:..tomcat..webapps..content..template...
Posted by Marty on Wed, 07 May 2008 12:41:00 PST

Is it wrong to wish that...

Britney Spears would just off herself?  I mean, seriously, it's not going to end well for her.  I think we can all agree on that.  At least then, after a while, we can all stop talking ...
Posted by Marty on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:12:00 PST

What does today’s music mean?

So I'm talking to my brother the other day about music, and we pretty much agree that the majority of the music today sucks.  Now, before you go saying, "That's because you're old Marty...get a l...
Posted by Marty on Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:13:00 PST

Be honest

So I'm on vacation last week, and I'm driving down this road, and I see a little church.  The sign outside it references Colossians 3:15, which says, "Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts,...
Posted by Marty on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:00:00 PST

They're staying...and all is right with the world

Well, unless you've been living under a rock, you know that the Penguins, the city, and state have finally hammered out a deal in the 11th hour that will not only keep the Penguins in Pittsburgh, but ...
Posted by Marty on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 11:01:00 PST

The Pens and the morons who run this city and state.

I don't get it...I just don't get it.  Ok, it's quite apparent that the Pittsburgh Penguins need a new arena.  Actually, strike that, the city of Pittsburgh needs a new arena.  Has for ...
Posted by Marty on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:13:00 PST

Valentine's Day '07...

Ahhh...Valentine's Day is upon us once again.  Yes, Valentine's Day...the king (or queen) of all the Hallmark-conceived pseudo-holidays.  You know the one, where you're either stressed becau...
Posted by Marty on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:49:00 PST

A new slogan for a new year...

My kids, brothers and I were sitting around on New Year's Eve playing a friendly (yeah, right) game of Acey Deucy, when at around 11:45 my brother Greg looks at the clock, takes a long sip of his Jack...
Posted by Marty on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:50:00 PST