Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!

Welcome race fans… Ok that’s enough of that. But do check out the SIR Season Opener; May 27th http://www.racesir.com/

I added a couple new things to the blog today: The Newsreel searches Google News for your chosen keywords and displays an ever-updating list of their search results. The Video Bar does the same for Google Video and YouTube searches, and even lets you play the videos without leaving your blog! they play above the most recent post. Check them out on the right hand side of the page.

Not a lot to talk about on this dreary Sunday morning. No race to watch today as it was last night, I don’t play football today as we have moved it to Monday due to the long weekend, can’t cut the grass as it’s still pretty wet, so what to do? I guess there is a hockey game on later to watch, but I am not that into hockey. I do enjoy the sport, just not a die hard. And, on top of it, I am a Flames fan so I have not had a ton to cheer about except for the past few years.

One thing I will do today, and that I do everyday, is check out the Rider Fan message boards. Yes, I am a media guy and I read them all the time. Always did before I was on the air, so why would I stop now? I don’t hide the fact I am on there - many people know who I am. I am not going to get into one versus the other because that is a battle that has been waged far too many times and I am not interested in going anywhere near said war. I call it a war, but to be honest it has not really come up in a long time so ‘nuff said. I do enjoy reading a lot of the posters’ comments on the message boards as there are really a number of well-informed, football-savvy people on there. I don’t post a lot myself as I have a few other outlets to share my opinions. There are a few who really seem to have some sort of an agenda or something else going on. Those I just skip over to the next post. Recently others have questioned the anonymity of hiding behind a user name on a message board and, to be honest, I do question it as well. Everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, certainly, but what I question is: Would you say the same thing to the person’s face? Would you walk up to Charles Thomas and say, “You suck, you are not even worthy of a uniform” etc. Or would you walk up to Danny Barrett and say…well, I don’t need to get into specifics on that one, nor do I care to. The same can be said for the call-in shows. We do appreciate the calls and love the opinions, but again, I have to ask would you say it to the man’s face?

Back to the message boards. Do I read every thread? Nope. Why? Not sure. Sometimes it’s the topic I am not really interested in, or sometimes it’s the person who started the thread, but hey, to each his own, right? I only have four people on complete ignore because I just got so tired of what they had to say. If you are not a member of Riderville yet you really should pony up the cash (it’s only $25/year). There are lots of very well informed football fans on the site to interact with and, this year there is even a specific “Ask The GM” section where Mr. Tillman answers questions personally. He also posts in other parts of the forum and it really is a treat. So, that plus many other great things, really does make it worth the money to join. In the end, we are all fans and we all have opinions and any outlet to share thoughts and opinions is a good thing in my book. So keep posting Rider fans (And play nice would ya.)

I would like to apologize to all non-race fans who may have taken the time on my advice to watch the NASCAR all-star race last night as it was BORING. If that was your first time, please don’t think that is the best the sport has to offer. It was an OK race just not a good race or a great race like this one has the potential to be. I still say put these guys on a short track and let ‘em go at it. Not that I mind Charlotte, but the all-star race at Bristol or Richmond would be killer in my opinion.

Today’s Lyrics

“Just get me to the airport put me on a plane

Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane

I can't control my fingers I can't control my brain

Oh no no no no no”

Enjoy your long weekend Sunday hope you find something to do today. As I said earlier in the week, get out there and explore this great province of ours. You will enjoy it, I promise.