Selections from "the list of nicknames Chris Berman will almost certainly use when mentioning Seattle Seahawk 1st round pick Russell Okung"

Okung Fu fighting
Okung pao chicken
Iron Okung

Okunga din
Okung on Eileen
Okungry like the wolf
Okunger strike
Okung all ye faithful
Okunga Galunga
Okung and the restless
Okungry hungry hippo
Budapest, Okungary

Some random thoughts

• What we need is something like craiglist, only without all the surprise trannies. That Craig's got some kooky friends.

• Remember that conversation they had in Stand By Me about Goofy? I think it's time we have that same talk about Joakim Noah.

• I can't be the only person who thought someone had hacked a website and added gobblygook nonsense as the top trending search phrase when I read that volcano name.

• In the immortal words of the great Lloyd Dobler: Bavarian Dutch-style pretzels.
  

Once more with feeling

The last entry I wrote for this blog was when my grandma had a stroke; that was July 2008. Since then, predictably, a lot has changed. The main change is that I've moved from Seattle to New York.

I had imagined that when I last wrote that entry, it would be the final one for The Pope of Chilitown blog. I felt it had run its course, and if I ever came back to blogging I would just choose another blog title and start over. I even chose a few names, Simpsons-based just like The Pope of Chilitown: Some Magic Animal, and Quality Side.

So why resurrect this blog now, after almost two years? For an answer, I'll turn to another Simpsons' reference: I'm a lazy, lazy man.

So here I am. The main reason I'm trying to get blogging again is because I've been studying Web marketing, SEO, etc., for professional development, and having a blog is a good way to practice some things. I really need to build my own website, but... see above.

So we'll see. My old practice was to write epic posts every few weeks/months. Now, I'm going to try to post shorter entries, but more often. Some things I will almost certainly post about include sports, movies, television, music... random links and videos and maybe some books or something. We shall see.