GTL!? GCL...That's how I get down!!

Gym, cook, lounge...that's the way, gym, tan, laundry is so 2009 anyways.

Its time for the Loomisms of the wizeek.

I'm tryin to get on here and lay it down three times a week, we'll see how that goes, especially with me heading to K-Sizzle Thursday through Easter Sunday, gotta throw it down.

Jam of the week.

This was redic hard (That's what she said) A lot of hot tracks were layed down this week that have been bumpin' in the Concorde...but I had to go with an old favorite that I got reacquainted with in Rolla for Saint Pat's. Obviously Lil Weezy spits hot fire, but this is one of the greats. "Hate to see her go, but love to watch her leave, have her goin back n forth...soccer team" "Call me Mr. Flinstone, I can make your BedRock" and "I love your sushi roll, hotter than Wasabi, I race for your love...Shake N Bake...Ricky Bobby" Yeah, the song is BedRock by Young Money featuring Lloyd. It's hot fire.


Game of the week.

Angry Birds for iPhone.

This is the dumbest, most-addictive game I've came across on there in a long time. They have made my doogan sessions more enjoyable and the repeat commercials more enjoyable over the past week. The bad news is I beat it today. The good news is I haven't unlocked all the achievements....its simple. You got a bunch of birds and you've got to kill the bad guys and throw yourself through obstacles to get at it. Best .99 I have spent in awhile. That includes the dyno-mite breakfast burrito at McDiesel's last week and the .99 download of the song I just told you about.

Loomism of the week.

Okay, this was unplanned, but this will be another one referring to hot and I will be unveiling my "Loom Spectrum of Hotness" so you get a better idea of what I'm throwin down. So Ii was watching How I Met Your Mother re-runs last night and it was the Playbook episode, which is probably my second favorite epi of all time. Who doesn't love a HIMYM ref anyways? So in honor of the playbook and Ms Stinsfire...stinsfire will be my loomism of the week. It will now trump fire, hot, and lava as you can see below:

Actually...on second thought...Ii will not reveal the entire loom spectrum of hotness just will give outlines of the meter below:

Hahaha...yeah, I can hear the new NBA JAM that's coming out for Wii in the fall...."HE'S ON STINSFIRE!!!"

Beer of the Week:

Another close call, but this beer may possibly be the best pale ale that I have tasted out on the market...which doesn't mean everything, but I fancy myself quite the taster....it is made by Three Floyd's Brewing Co based in Munster, IN and the brewery added a brewpub in the past fiver so years...and it is the bomb. Unfortunately they only distribute to KY, IN, IL and MI as of right now...so the closest venue is in Indy. I'll tell ya what...that roadtrip up there is pretty bad (I-double nickel) but the end result is amazing, probably my second-favorite brewery, especially since AB sold out to the Belgians and Sam Adams has over 80% of their product brewed by SAB Miller...they did put on a pretty impressive tour though when I was out there.

Okay...here is quite the treat for the ten or so of you that actually read my blog (High Five). I have spent some time and compiled the best NCAA Men's teams that I have seen (and remember) since I've been alive. This list is a tad bias, but should be enjoyable for you as well. Fell free to post comments about who you think would win, I will unveil my winners and overall at a later date. Basically, with March Madness aka "The Pittsnogle" going on, I got curious on who exactly was the best. As of late we have not been privied to quite the spectacular teams that we have seen in the past due in part to the NBA's eat and run rule. I think they should make them play two years in college basketball and keep the tournament field at 65, but that is a later blog for a later date. This list is easily debatable, but it does not include that talented 85 squad which included the likes of Perkins, Jordan, and Worthy. But whoever I deem the winner Ii will compare them to that squad, I just didn't think it was fair to compare teams that I don't remember obsessing over and watching endlessly. I included a play-in game to add some spice...Let me tell ya...it was not easy just panning it down to 17, but a whole Pittsnogle would have been even more time-consuming and ultimately produced the same result. On with the teams:

17. 1990 LSU

This team was comprised of the biggest and baddest player the NCAA had ever seen since the arrival of Wilt the Stilt or Bill Russell. This was Shaq "Neon Bordaeux" O'Neal. He was intimidating and charismatic, teamed with the big goon Stanley Roberts they started two men over 7 feet. At this time this was unheard of. At this time Orvy Reddenbocker also came out with neon popcorn. I went through multiple bags and astonishment at this big galloot's game. Oh yeah, they also had Chris Jackson (later Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf), Maurice Williamson and Wes Sims. Formidable team.

16. 1990 Loyola Marymount

This team no one had heard of was an 11 seed and would be comparable to the George Mason of 2006 and the Gonzaga's of the early 2000's. They were quick, and had an element of physicality and finesse. They were lead by future NBA All-Star Bo Kimble (exiled to a life with the Clip-joint) and Hank Gathers. This is an unusual story as Gathers actually died on the court during the NCAA Tournament which was tragic and led people to guess what might have happened. These guys were incredible, I'm sure there is something on YouTube about them.

14. 1999 UCONN

Rip Hamilton. Khalid El-Amin. Jake Voskuhl. Scoring. Speed. Big Man. They walked over everyone and really pushed Jim Calhoun to the front of media attention. Rip Hamilton was obsurd....he reminded everyone of Ray "Jesus Shuttlesworth" Allen. I decided that each school was only allowed one team. I wouldn't mind seeing Hamilton's team take on Allen in their prime. Wow.

13. 1997 UTAH

Keith Van Horn and Andre Miller had multiple 7-footers on the bench. So much in fact that at times they would put three on the floor (If you round up for the listed at 6' 11" Van Horn). Who doesn't remember Miller running a mistake-free game with Van Horn and Britton Johnsen hitting clutch jump shots and Mottola and Doleac twin towering down low? Majerus was on the forefront with this team. They never really took over the spotlight for too long. I will admit I painted my face once with Philly D to watch them play. Van Horn won the NCAA Player of the Year for three years in a row. Yeah. He was that good.

12. 1997 Arizona

Lute Olsen always had good guards. Always. Some years they were better than others...especially when he straight up ganked Loren Woods from Wake Forest (this was when they were good...Tim Duncan, Tony Rutland, Rusty LaRue, etc.). But this was a different year. This is the team that slayed the mighty KU squad (I hate KU) and sent them packing. Ii remember being a gigglebox almost as much as when Farokhmanesh lit them up at the EJ Dome recently. Mike Bibby, Mike Dickerson, AJ Bramlett, Melvin Simon, and Bennett Davison were an impressive team of finesse and shooting. Difficult to match up with their speed. They were fundamentally sound, which I love.

11. 1997 Kansas

I hate Kansas. But this team was extraordinary. They had the all-time leading three point shooter in the Big 8 and their school's history in Billy Thomas, a versatile big man in Raef LaFrentz, a scorelord in Paul Pierce and a future Kansas City Knight (ABA Franchise) in Ryan Robertson. Jacque Vaughn had just left him the keys to the offense the year prior, which they had a solid team then. Roy Williams could sure find the talent and get them to go to a crappy state. This team also had McDonalds All Americans in Lester Earl and TJ Pugh. And a guy who had no talent rather than mugging people, Eric Chenowith. I'd like to see this KU team play against Rex Walters, Adonis Jordan, and Greg Ostertag....and then see The Haley twins and Nick Sutherland show up with Doug Smith and Melvin Booker and give them all they can handle. I'm obviously not going to let them win.

10. 1993 Arkansas

This team won the national championship with the inauguration of Nolan Richardson's "40 Minutes of Hell" gameplan. It worked. With Corey Beck and Scotty Thurman's timely shooting and Corliss Williamson eating rebounds like only Sir Charles could this team was one to recon with. Mike Anderson was on the bench assistant coaching then. I love Mizzou.

9. 1994 UCLA

This is the team that Mizzou should have somehow beaten in the Pittsnogle. Tyus Edney's end to end layup. Ugh. They did have the O'Bannon brothers, Toby Bailey, Cameron Dollar, JR Henderson and none other than George Zidek. The Bruins were solid that year. This is back when the Pac-10 was good. This team could shoot and penetrate.

8. 1995 Georgetown

How did this team not win it all? Allen Iverson, Victor Page, Jerome Junk Yard Dawg Williams, Othella Harrington, Jahidi (Playin' with the Wizards) White, Ya-Ya Dia, and Boubacar Aw. Amazing defensive pressure and John Thompson's best team Ii ever saw. Yes Ii remember Ewing and Mourning and the overhype of Harrington. But Iverson was something special. I remember buying his Nike Georgetown jersey and shorts and rockin' it to Antioch Middle School once a week. He was amazing to watch, Ii really had never seen anything like him. They were solid.

7. 2006 Florida

Noah. Horford. Brewer. Green. Humphrey. Speights. Wow, all upperclassmen with the exception of Speights. Dominant and heady team. Destined to win it all from the beginning of the season. Noah is still ugly...but he is rich. Horf-dawg was an animal and Brewtastic was a suffocating defender. This team was quite impressive, but never seeemed that great because you would get bored watching them annihalate the competition.

6. 1992 Michigan

Okay. This is the team that lost due to the Webber time out. This was the fab-five in their sophmore year. They had 7 footer Eric Riley off the bench and sharpshooters Dugan Fife and Rob Pelinka. They were a joy to watch. They are the ones who started the big shorts fad. They started the black socks and black shoes fad. They were fun to watch and an amazing story. I would know...I read the Mitch Albom book "The Fab Five" cover to cover at least twice a year. Man were they fun to watch. I remember rockin my maize Michigan shorts to school for after school activities and rockin' Michigan anything. I had Michigan boxers and told everyone Ii wanted to go to school there and get my engineering degree. They were icons. To me, they were role-models

5. 1997 UNC

Of al the incredible teams that Ii saw Dean Smith and now Roy Williams put together...I think this may have been the crowned jewel of teams. Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Ed Cota, Shammond Williams, Ademola Okulaja, Brendan Haywood...among others. This was the toughest school to put a team out for. This was by far the most athletic team and clutch. I loved watching them. And yes, I still own my vince Carter #15 UNC jersey and Ii wear it when they play Duke. Ii also despise Duke. When I'm not pimpin' it, Ii put it on my giant Mickey that Ii found in a Rolla thrift store for $3.

4. 1988 Syracuse

It was tough to pick this team over th 96 and 2003 teams. But this is the team that dumbfounded me and got me really into college basketball as a kid, rather than watching Mizzou and Kansas. Billy Owens, Derrick Coleman (who I always played with Kenny Anderson on the Nets whenever someone cried and had to be the Pacers on NBA Jam), Sherman Douglas, and Rony Seikaly. All would have solid NBA careers. This team dismantled others for fun. Unlike watching Florida, Ii never tired of watching them. They had it all and Jimmy Boeheim knew how to coach them. He is still to this day my favorite NCAA coach ever (sorry Norm Stewart).

3. 1996 Kentucky

Okay, if you read around almost everyone's opinion was that they were the best in the last quarter cent....I disagree. They were impressive and had some players...Ron Mercer (shoutout to Phil Mercer on the Culdy championship team who teamed up with Shaq Anderson and did work), Derek Anderson, sharpshooter Tony Delk, Antoine Walker, Walter McCarty, Nazi Mohammed, Mark Pope, Turner and Sheppard. This team would have beat the 1992 Monster Mash and Travis 'Deuce' Ford team 9 times outta 10. You get the gist...they were good.

2. 1990 UNLV

Jerry Tarkanian rarely needed his trusty towel to munch on with these guys. Stacy "The Plasticman" Augmon was long and athletic (That's what she said), Anderson Hunt (MOP of the 1990 NCAA Final Four, the MOP of the Tourney went to Oliver from Ga Tech...the team that finished 18th and therefore out of contention), 7 footer George Ackles, Greg Anthony as the consistent point and playmaker, and the outstanding Larry "Grandmama" Johnson. This guy even appeared on Family Matters and balled with Stephen Urkel and Eddie Winslow. Yeah. Everyone loved him, Charlotte drafted him and teamed him with Zo Mourning to make a swift move to the NBA franchise, fairly quickly for an expansion franchise. This team was in your face run and gun and they may be the most fun team to watch on this list.

1. 1991-92 Duke

Okay, I hate the devils. But besides making fun of Thomas Hill for crying like someone stole his lunch money, I even liked watching them. This is the team with the Laettner shot. Bobby Hurley and his overbite, Grant Hill before he drank Sprite, Cherokee Parks, Brian Davis, Antonio Lang and the crybaby. Christian Laettner was America's son then. He hit the shot against the monster Mash and UK and was a professional and a leader. He won a gold medal on the Dream Team and well...you know the rest. But this team was deadly and is what Coach K used to get on the map. He even got to make a college basketball game for Genesis....which I will now play after I get done writing this rediculously long blog. My dinner was solid though, baked garlic chicken, corn and green beans...I'm gonna tag some Rocky Road Breyers right meow also. Props to Mama and Papa Loom for getting me the bottle of Smoking Loon wine (which they aptly changed to Smoking Loom) I had a glass while Ii wrote this and it was pretty good. Anyways, I will attach a bracket (Because everyone knows Ii love brackets) and I will divulge the answers after the college basketball season has concluded in Indy, most likely on Tuesday evening. If anyone wants to email me their guesses or whatnot feel free to do so. I'm so glad Ii decided to write a blog. Loomisms is the bomb yo.

How about lavender?

How about not.

Classic Jim Nantz in the Flo-TV ads. He will be calling the final four with Gus Johnson wannabe Clark Kellog. What a disgusting misfit bunch of teams. In my prime bracket I was 0 for 4....OH FOR FOUR! Redic. I've always gotten at least one team. Sadly Baylor used their athleticism as a crutchy crutch and refused to box out, Ii don't know many teams that get out offensive rebounded 23-9 and still win. Disgusting. You know what else is disgusting!? The NCAA venue process. I was in shock seeing the ticket prices for the venues and the fact that they were a ghost town in the middle and upper deck (hahaha...upper deck) at Reliant in Houston, especially. I am all for having the Final Four in a huge venue and packing everyone in, but its not gonna be the hottest ticket in town if you can get them. They should have played at Scottrade in STL and the Toyota center in Houston...etc.

I ran across an interesting article (http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/27/1840924/the-ticker-gus-johnson-edition.html) about Gus Johnson calling the K-State game. It was utterly hilarious. With the week winding down, I will be attempting to attack the following in the upcoming week:
My MLB Predictions
Bracket Monday (like to make this a usual thing...but we'll see where it goes)
Loomisms of the week
Start up on April Awareness

With that I give you the top five college basketball announcers:

Feezy-Dick Enberg. The classic voice of calmness and understanding. I'd love to see him in a Gus Johnson and Billy Raftery sammich. Sandwiched by crazy, how's that for breakfast at Wimbledon big guy?

Fourman-Jim Nantz. hahah, if he does more flo-tv ads he may sneak his way up the board.

Thrizzle-Kevin Harlan. This guy really is a class act.

Ace&Gary-
Gus Johnson and his magic specs. Not sure if you heard him on Saturday, but he busted out a line "Don't let the smooth taste fool ya" Elegant, refined and perfect with Len Elmore. Pretend the A is an L. Then youu can pick up what I'm puttin down.

Top Dawg-This is Obviously owned by Raftery, he is the top dawg and gets virtually no respect. Him and Vern really do a fantastic job, and he needs a calm guy with him, like the guys needed roofalin on the Hangover....hahaha. I wish once he'd get the opportunity to call the final game. Jam him in the booth with Nantz, or better yet, phone booth everyone in one booth while they all fight over being heard. Quality Television.

R.I.P. Hatchi-Tachi

How fire is March Madness? Seriously. It's redic every year and every year everyone gets into it EVERYONE. This, of course, has to do with the Karen's and Jim's of the Office who don't follow basketball but throw down a five-spot and are instantly addicted. We watch guys with terrible hair and goofy glasses talk about it all week and it dominates our everyday discussion. I've talked to more people about this than I ever have about work it seems. The real king of March Madness is Billy Raftery. This guy is no joke. Anyone who loves the simple things in basketball and gets that excited about them, then can instantly calm it down and be professional is a role model, not a Minitour one either, this is real deal Holyfield. "Send it in big fella, the KISS!, and a little lingerie on the deck" symbolize that this guy is spicy. The RIP is the fact that one of the CBS greats, Dick Enberg, who does it all, NFL, MLB, Wimbeldon, US Open, and NCAA basketball is retiring after this year. He is really a class-act, but he landed a gig for the Padres, a team that makes the Royals look like the 2003 Marlins, in his hometown. Hopefully they will let him sneak away yearly for a fortnight and breakfast at Wimbledon. It seems like good things last forever, until they are toast mcghost and then we can't have enough of them. I am more guilty of it than anyone. Think about it, you HAVE to get a drink at last call, but you had free reign on them all night. You could have watched college basketball since November, but now that it's March and captain random chose teams and wants to talk about it with youu youu cannot get enough of it, until next year, its like the tidal wave that leads us to Opening Day, which is by all accounts the SHEEZY. Or the Olympics, which grabs your interest gradually from the beginning and then the last week of it youu cannot believe you could ever live without it and you are screaming at the tv what horseshit it is that there was a point deduction on a jump in figure skating or that you will stay up til 2am to watch some nutjobs do flips in midair jumping off ice. This sets the stage for the final chapter on my 57" Hitachi.
My credit was too poor to get it right when I graduated and was settled in at my job in Texas. So I ate nothing but mac n cheese and pbj so I could walk in at month's end and get it. I'd always wanted it and was enamored with it from the get go. The first thing I did was hook up the NES and play some original Mario Brothers and khackle with glee. This behemouth is the old-school, big-boy rear projection tv and I was in love with it. I took it everywhere I moved to until finally, new ayo technology got the best of me and I had to spring for a good deal on a double-nickel" LED. It is wicked sick, spicy even, but I finally got the ol' Hatchi-Tachi sold on Craigs List for three bills. Kinda sad to see it go, but it is what it is, now it leaves more room for activities (Stepbrothers)! Back to the dance, (Can you feel a severe loomism coming on?) I'd like to give a shout-out to thuggins on getting to the final four in the Ethics bowl against Calipari. No, Kelvin Sampson is not awaiting the winner. Seeing the ugly, throwbackish uni's West Virginia was rockin made me think back...five years ago to be exact...to the unhearalded run the Mountaineers had that year under class-act coach John Beilein. That team was lead by a tatted-up, oversized goofball named Kevin Pittsnogle. This guy was redic. A near seven-footer who could drain threes and had post moves to match? Don't believe it....believe it.


This guy thought he was NBA-ready and so did all the casual March Madness fans. This guy was what Adam Morrision and his All-time 'stache were before it happened. Sadly, this guy is suffering from a thyroid disorder and now weighs over 300 pounds. He attempted a comeback with the Albequerque Thunderbirds of the D-League last fall but retired for personal reasons. He is now living with his wife in a small town teaching middle school and being an unpaid high school assistant basketball coach, hope he is doing well, I wish him the best. We never really think about the March Media-Darlings. Too often they don't graduate, don't reach their dream of the NBA, and just kind of disappear into the abyss. So from now on, when I think of the "Dance" I will refer to it as the Pittsnogle. I hope youu do as well.

I know I am no literary genious...but it seemed like that would be a solid place to end this blog. From now on, I'm gonna try and hit you with a Top Five list of random sheezy. Why not a top ten? I'm not David Letterman...don't have the face for it. Plus, its more effortless...and this I dig. So in honor of the double overtime shock-fest that Xavier and Kansas State put us through Thursday night, I figured that I would throw out my top five college basketball games that I have seen. Ever.

Number Fizzle: The Crybaby game. Gonzaga v. UCLA, 2006 NCAA Regionals. Gus "Big Specs" Johnson called this game magnifiscently as UCLA, led by Laker Jordan Farmar came back and stole the game from Adam "Stache" Morrison after being down by 17. Redic.

Four-Skeet: 1991. UNLV v. Duke. Tarkanian. Towel. Undefeated season. Lost.

Three-Dub: 2009 Big East Tourney. Syracuse v. UCONN. Six OT's. This game was Luda. Back and Forth, give and take. Loved it. Spicy.

Number Twozle: Michigan v. North Carolina, April 5, 1993. This is commonly referred to as the "Time Out" Game. Solid.

Ii was addicted to the Fab Five as a kid. I read Mitch Albom's book, aptly named the Fab Five, like at least five times. I was the first to rock the authentic Michigan game shorts to school and I loved their loosey goosey shorts and black socks. That started the trend of awesomeness. So, obviously, whatever they were up to I was watching. They played great throughout the tourney and left a trail of mischief ultimately leading to Steve Fisher's demise. He now coaches at San Diego State and Webber takes a verbal beating from Sir Charles on Inside the NBA.

Uno: 1992 Duke versus Kentucky. Laettner is the media-darling of the moment and went on to be an average to terrible NBA professional. He went from johnny clean-cut to tatted up Rodman wannabe. He did win a gold medal though.

Honorable Menionisms: Shoutout to the Xavier-KS State game, this was an instant classic, but somehow didn't squirm into the top fizzle, obviously I hate KU and am also not too fond of Calipari so the 08 Championship, while a great game, Ii was going to hate the result regardless so be happy Ii even gave it a shout-out. The Syracuse-KU final was solid and even though I wasn't pleased with the result, the MU-UCLA showdown finished by Tyus Edney was pretty insane.

The Alpha and the Loomega

Okay...this is something that I have been pondering for quite some time. I really enjoy reading Joe Posnanski's blog (joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog) and a few others as well, and if Barney "The Barnacle" Stinson has one, I know it has to be cool...and I want it. So this probably won't be a daily thing...but if you guys know me, I am a seriously random person...I jump from topic to topic and rarely sensor myself, so this could be good for some insight on certain topics (Which will mainly range from Royals/Chiefs/Lakers/Mizzou to video games to hot tracks to beers) but I will always try to give out a song of the week, beer of the week, and word/Loomism of the week. With that being said, let's get derrty with it. But before I get my type on, realize that I am not a card-holding member of the Grammar Natzis, but my ramblings should be coherent enough for you to get some idea of what I am talking about...probably just a little bit more than a Nance email...hahaha

Loomism of the week:

Let me hit you with some knowlegde...I love making up stupid stuff or repeating ridiculous things that I hear along the way....yesterday I was working out and it came to me....from now on Ii am going to implement the word spicy in a new meaning....you know when you see a girl walk by and you're like hmmm..she's hot, but then you are still thinking about how saucy she was a few minutes later? That's spicy. When my main man Wesley Johnson drops a straight butter move on some fool and drops a jumper like it's hot? Spicy. I'm still thinkin about him droppin it on Zaga last Sunday. Spicy. How spicy is Syracuse right now? Yes, spicy is a lingering feeling of heat, like you were rockin some bomb-diggity wing sauce or poppin Super Hot Tamales like it was your job. Spicy. Yeah, I like that.

Track of the week:

"All I Do Is Win" by DJ Khaled feat. T-Pain, Luda, Snoop Dizzle, & Rick Ross

Seriously. Download this joint. It is seriously Spicy. I can't wait to go back to KA and blare this while I play Beer Pong with Hoef-diesel. This is definitely going on the Loom All-Time Beer Pong get smoked Album....maybe Ii will unveil this sometime....hmmm

Beer of the week:

Okay, this is a tough one. Like molasses tough, 1985 Chicago Bears tough, Nigerian Nightmare Christian Okoye tough. I'd really like to push, but as Tony Kornheiser drops on PTI, pushing is for the weak, case in point...Wilbon! I'd like to thank ESPN for putting my main man Kornheiser back on the air. He makes the show and is really with it. Okay, procrastination over. I am going to go with Boulevard's Boss Tom's Golden Bock. It is seriously exceptional. I know I am a bit biased to Boulevard's product...but...wow. I remember drinking these with KY last year while Ii was laid off in KC, they only had it at select bars in kegs for like six weeks. Due to its popularity, they decided to bottle it this year. Good choice. The only other Mai Bock that can touch this is Gordon Biersch's. Pretty fantastic. But wow, what a choice for beer of the week. I'm glad I have DVR, because I am totally having one-two of these during Survivor....how awesome of a comeback is it for that show? I know I've said this a million times...but Ii would watch just about anything in HD...now that it is in High Def and they brought back my two favorite Survivor's of All-Time, Boston Rob and Colby, I was hooked from the get-go. Heroes versus Villains....who wouldn't like to see that on every reality show, much less every sport or in a mega-movie...how would the Joker get along with the guy with a screw loose from Die Hard? Man, I could go on and on about these...but seriously, can Jeff Probst be thrown into one season and actually participate and they have the winner of Heroes v. Villains host the show? Just for a season...it would make me instantly halt the "Probst is a goofball....etc jokes...at least for a minute," you host the show....you should be able to handle it...just my opinion...but it's true.....here's a shot of my first Boss Tom's....enjoy that

Video Game of the week:

This is perplexing. As anyone who knows me knows, Ii have to be the first to have things and I get hooked on them easily. Sonic & Sega AllStar Racing came out a week before MLB 2K10, so that should have given me ample time to beat it and get sick of it prior to getting overly addicted to having the KC Royals win a pennant. Wrong. Sonic Racing is an addictive little prick and the online is so smooth. I love Sega. I miss them being in the console war, because, seriously, SEGA is spicy. Go ahead. Name the top three consoles of all time. Obviously, #1 is NES....duh....but then #2 has to be a Sega dreamcast...who doesn't remember playing Crazy Taxi for the first time, or coming into my room and seeing me raise my Leonard Nemoi Seaman and teach him to do and say cool stuff? Or Spaceman and I turning up the Sub and the Speaks from 4-5PM and playing NBA 2K1 and shaking the house everytime the ball would bounce. Yes, spicy. Then number three has to be an XBOX. This one, however, is debateable. Which will be discussed in future Loomism blogs. I have one planned out that is gonna be sick, like lava hot, and you guessed it...spicy. Everyone knows that I love brackets. I love making them. Ii love predicting them. I love filling them out. If someone is inviting me over for a gathering...I normally bring posterboard so we can record the awesome that is about to go down....then flip it over when we are done and make merit/demerit sheets for the youngest ones there. Who couldn't forget the classic Carter v. Loaf of 2009? Epic. Breaking up a sausage-fest was the downfall of one of these competitors. But classic to say the least. I'm sure ESPN the Ocho will pick it up in the years to come. Man, this is fun stuff. Back to the bracket thing though....I will be having "April Awareness" which will only sort of rival "March Madness." I will be setting up a bracket of 65 of the best games of all time and go through them slowly to crown a final four and a best of all time. It's gonna be Legen....wait for it.....Dairy! I will obviously have automatic bids for each of the systems and the power conferences will be NES, Dreamcast, XBOX, Wii, and X360. Obviously there will be some dark horses from the SNES, N64, and Genesis out there. I'm so amped I want to do it right now (That's what she said), but in the spirit of April Awareness, I will wait. Selection show should air on either G4 or ESPN 8...they are fighting for the rights....as...we....speak.....no, as....you....read....this....hahaha

Obviously no one will probably read this, but if you did, I hope you enjoyed it. My "I" key tends to stick and I tried to get all the dub I's out, but if I didn't, Ii hope it didn't agitate you too terribly bad. More to come!