There's Your Karma, Ripe As Peaches

You'll find me to be a rabid supporter of Arsenal FC and England football, as well as a penitent but loyal Oakland Raiders and New York Yankees fan. I have no affection for the Men's US National Soccer Team and find the MLS to be more painful to watch than an exorcism... I will eagerly bash both without regret. Actually, I bash everything without regret but that is neither here nor there.

RANDOM FAQ:

• Why are you so pissed all the time?
  
• I am naturally wound a little tight and have a pretty short fuse... it also doesn't help matters that I suffer from a serious Napoleon complex and have a chip on my shoulder about a mile wide. I'd say a vein pops out in the middle of my forehead around 10-12 times each day, usually over mundane things like slow walkers on the sidewalk, jerks ordering 8 complex foot longs at Subway, and the way Stuart Scott's glass eye ever so subtly drifts to the left during the hour on Sports Center.
  
• Are you American?
  
• I hold dual nationality with the United Kingdom but give the United States two enthusiastic thumbs up, except, again, when it comes to soccer.
  
• How are you a Yankee fan and a Raiders fan too?
  
• I've been conditioned from birth. I had no say in the matter and don't care to change things now but the state of affairs in Oakland is testing my resolve.
  
• Are you down with the sweet baby Jesus?
• I'm Jewish but Jesus seems like a right bloke and I'm down with a lot of the message.
  
• Can you speak the Jewish language?
• I speak Hebrew, if that's what you mean. I also speak bagels & lox. So get at me if you want to know about that tasty goodness.
  
• R u German? U got like an arian (sic) look goin!
• My father is an American Indian and my mother is a random English white woman, so I don't think they'd let me play in their reindeer games. I have a form of albinism that results in a significant lack of pigment in my hair and eyes. I know I look like Hitler Youth but I'm an Apache Jew... too bad it's not 1942; I could join an infiltration unit.
  
• Were you an athlete in college?
• Yep
• Are you who I think you are?
• Nope. That girl's in Playboy. I have not been paid to make sexy time in videos and magazines.
• What does There's your karma ripe as peaches mean? What's it have to do with sports?
  
• It's a quote by Jack Kerouac, my favorite author. He wrote a book called Desolation Angels, which focuses on Kerouac's attempt to grapple with with what he sees as the emptiness of all things and the sad reality of his own personal struggles with life, love, and death. It's a bit of the anti-On the Road. The title of my blog comes from this book, so, as I'm sure you can surmise, it has nothing to do with sports. This used to be more of a personal blog and sports talk was limited to my favorite teams and popular topics that dominate the news. Somewhere along the way, my focus changed without my realizing it but at the core, nothing has changed as far as topic fodder is concerned. So while sports dominate my posts these days, don't be surprised when others pop up pertaining to my personal life or random happenings in the world.
  

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