The King of Pop is Dead.... who cares

Has there ever been a person who fade out of the direct spotlight and into this bizarre area of pop culture as quickly as Michael Jackson? Will the undisputed king of pop be remembered for his dance moves, the music video thriller or his uber bizarre ranch - "Neverland", his nose job, or the numerous accusations of inappropriate behavior with young boys? I never understood Michael Jackson's music, well, I never could get past Michael Jackson to appreciate his music. But nonetheless - The King of Pop is dead... Now move on

An Upset for the century!

Well it happened! The greatest sports upset since the 1980 USA Olympic Ice hockey team upset the “unbeatable” Soviet Union occurred today. After backing into a semi final match against España (that is Spain for all you non Spanish speakers) thanks to a unlike 3-0 victory over Egypt and a 3-0 drubbing Brazil gave to Italy the US team took the pitch against Spain. To put this in context, Spain hasn’t lost a game since 2006. In this tournament Spain has not yielded a goal to their opposition! In the minds of many US soccer fans keeping the game in reason would have been a moral victory and scoring a goal could have been counted as a victory! Against all these odds, the US came out on top 2-0 over the Spanish juggernaut. Simply a thrilling victory for US soccer fans everywhere. What the highlights here

In a really sad news conference, Republican Governor Mark Sanford announced today he had been having an affair for over a year with a woman in Argentina. Gov. Sanford was thought by many as a possible presidential candidate in 2012 and was currently serving as the head of the Republican Governors Association. This story was rather bizarre as Governor Sanford had seemed to disappear for a week leading up to this news conference. It’s reported that he was in Argentina while his staff reported he took a weeklong vacation to go hiking. When will republicans learn they are completely bankrupting their moral arguments with their political leaders failing to walk the walk?

On Tuesday night Eric led his baseball team with 3 hits, 4RBI’s and solid defense in the field! Its tough to keep track of all that is going on with the brothers as they are constantly on the go. But I always enjoy hearing about what they are up to listening to their ridiculous stories! Finally – I will be traveling north this weekend to visit my Family as John, Nellie and the baby will be visiting as well. This will be the first time in a long time that most of our family will be together in one place. Needless to say, John and I will be fighting it out on the Crystal Mountain links for golf champion on the family! Regardless of what happens in the match (lets be real, John doesn’t have a chance at beating me) it will be great to see the family. Who knows we may even make it out on the lake to catch some bass!

Everyone is doing it, why not me!

Well, it seems that everyone is staying in touch with the world now through either a blog and or twitter. So, being that I am the last one to truly get on this band wagon, I announce to the world that the blog and twitter band wagon is full. Yes, for all you who want to know what yours truly is doing at 8:23am, you can now find out via my blog, twitter, or facebook. You have so many ways to stalk me, feel connected with me, without ever having to talk with me! For those of you who have trouble with sarcasm, you just got hit with a big iron pan of sarcasm right over your old dome. But on a serious note, for those who really care, you will be able to see what I am up to, read about things important to me, and maybe, just maybe on a good day learn something from the old' blog of Mattyso.

First things first - As you know, or may not know. I was studying in Spain for nearly four months. What a great time. Now that I'm back here in the USA, I'm once again working for the greatest hockey tape company on earth, Howies Hockey Tape. www.howieshockeytape.com
We have recently launch a new product, the first of its kind, the "Hockey Lace Belt". You can see said product at www.hockeylacebelt.com and find them in hockey pro shops accross that country this fall. Well, you will find them if I do my job and sell them properly that is!

Until next time my friends - shoot low stick said everytime

Mattyso