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About Me

I've lived in Myrtle Beach for almost two years now. Prior to moving to Myrtle Beach, I lived in Indianapolis for over 13 years. I've worked in a variety of places, from managing a music store to working in the operations area of a financial services firm to the NCAA national office and a company that runs football camps for kids. Currently I work in a family-owned retail golf store.My interests mostly include sports, music, movies and playing cards (poker, euchre, spades, hearts). I know more useless trivia than almost everyone. I also will play virtually any fantasy sport. Football, check. Baseball, check. Hockey, check. Golf, yep. NASCAR, guilty. Soccer, that too. Even pro basketball before it sucked.I also like to coach and referee soccer. My job won't let me do it as much anymore though. A lap around Monaco...or I-40 through the Smoky Mountains? It's hard to tell the difference.

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My Interests

MLB Team: Toronto Blue Jays,NFL Team: Cincinnati Bengals,NHL Team: New Jersey Devils,Soccer Teams: Southampton (ENG), AS Roma (ITA), Columbus Crew (USA)College Sports: Butler (anything), Virginia Tech football, Coastal Carolina football,F1 Driver: Jenson Button

I'd like to meet:

The ultimate love of my life! HA HA! In reality, I'd like to use this to connect with folks from my past and keep in touch. If I make new friends from this, that's cool too.I've meet a bunch of B and C list celebs and athletes. So I'm not easily star struck. Some of the "stars" I've met, in no particular order...Tom Wopat (Luke Duke), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Biz Markie, Kevin Dubrow (the late lead singer of Quiet Riot), Stanley Burrell (that's MC Hammer to you), Mike Vanderjagt (former Colts kicker), Brian Noonan (old NHL player), Derek Anderson (Browns QB), Ken Hamlin (Cowboys safety), Darnell Hillman (of ABA Pacer lore) and Sarah Fisher (IRL driver).

Music:

Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds, Foo Fighters, Terri Clark, Chely Wright, Jimmy Buffett, Fountains of Wayne, Linkin Park

Movies:

Hoosiers, Victory, Slap Shot, Caddyshack, Happy Gilmore, Major League, PCU, UHF, Clerks, Mallrats, Dogma, Office Space, Airplane, Blues Brothers, Wayne's World, Princess Bride, Top Gun, Bond Films, Star Wars III-VI, The Bourne Trilogy

Television:

Pardon the Interuption, 24, CSI:Miami, House, My Name is Earl, The Office, South Park, Drawn Together, MythBusters, Rescue Me

My Blog

The Long Strange Trip It Was

Well, I survived my week of vacation to Cincy. Here's a little bit of a recap of the trip.Monday - Mom and I load up my car and hit the road around 8:15 a.m. My mom has a newer car, but it's a Monte...
Posted by Mike on Tue, 27 May 2008 06:17:00 PST

A Complete Random Mess of Ideas

Ok, It's been a while since I blogged. Been way too busy with other stuff. So instead of one single topic, you're getting a bunch of random thoughts about what's going on with me.Soccer refereeing s...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 09 May 2008 06:36:00 PST

Butler in the News...

Sure, you see this title and think I’m going to write something about the Butler basketball team that just had its 30-4 season come to an end in the second round of the 2008 NCAA Division I Men...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:48:00 PST

Number Ones on February 1

There's a cool site on the Internet that can tell you the number one sone on any date in history dating back to the 1890s (how they kept track of that way back when, I don't know). The site is h...
Posted by Mike on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 02:20:00 PST

Battling Boredom

It's mid-Winter in Myrtle Beach. What's happening? Nothing! Absolutely Nothing! The usually busy beach town is quiet. The debates have come and gone. The Democ...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:07:00 PST

The Somewhat Great Debaters

Over the past couple of weeks, Myrtle Beach has become the center of focus in the ongoing battles to become each party's respective nominee for President. A couple of weeks ago, the six Republic...
Posted by Mike on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:49:00 PST

Holiday and Year in Review

Greetings to all. Hope everyone had a happy holiday season. Mine was pretty uneventful. I got the pleasure of working Christmas Eve day in the store, but it wasn't too bad. Our...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:35:00 PST

What’s on my DVR?

I don't get to watch as much TV as I used to. These 10 hour work days are taking their toll. Especially when I'm on a stretch of working 9 days out of 10. But I thought it might be k...
Posted by Mike on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:26:00 PST

The Company Christmas Party and The Kids Aren’t Alright

We had our employee Christmas party last night at the Dunes Club here in Myrtle Beach. To accommodate everyone, it means the stores close down at 6 p.m., one of the few nights that the stor...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:38:00 PST

There Is No Correct Answer

So the college football regular season has come and gone. And as usual, the end is usually unsatisfactory. The Bowl Championship Series will once again claim to crown a national champion.&...
Posted by Mike on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:15:00 PST