First Birthday

"It was twenty years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play," Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Oh God, I'm quoting Beatles lyrics, I have got to stop reading Dan Shaughnessy. I'm slowly morphing into him.

It wasn't quite 20 years ago as The Beatles said, but rather one year ago on February 11, 2008 that The Man, The Myth, The Legend of the Awkward Mornings Beat Boring Nights/Chicks Dig McLovin Blog site became reality/realized.

Now, one quick year later, after 150-plus Blog Posts and nearly 3,000 visitors to the site, I'm wishing the site a Happy Birthday.

In reflecting back on the past year of blogging, I am still amazed that people actually come to this site to check things out and read some the postings. Though, I still get a kick out of the strange, roundabout ways that people get to the site from Google.

I know I wrote about this way back in July, but in looking at some of the ways people got here lately, I thought I would share some of the highlights (I swear these are actual Google searches):

"You bet your sweet ass I hate the Red Sox." Okay, gotta be a Yankees fan, probably loves A-Roid. Also probably wrote this one, 'You bet your sweet ass I hate Boston.'

"Preteen Ballbusters", C'mon, girls bust guys balls for what seems like an eternity, is it fair for a 10-year-old girl to be going out and busting balls on a 10-year-old boy whose happiness in life consists of mostly video games, the Internet and the fact they saw some porn on Skinemax while Mom and Dad were out of the house for the night.

"Does Jon Bon Jovi drink alcohol?" This is the question that is keeping all of America and the rest of the World on the edge of their collective seats. I know I won't be able to sleep peacefully through the night until I get an answer.

"Girlfriends, who needs them?" Obviously not this person, since they are Googling about it.

"I want to fuck Maria Stephanos", which goes well with the 'Maria Stephanos Fantasy' search string that was entered to get to this site. Someone is very clear about what their goals and priorities in life are. This is a man (or woman) who knows what they want most in life. Honestly, this may have been me, I can't remember. I may have drunk Googled it. I'm not sure. If it wasn't me, I'm curious what else the search returned for results beside my site.

"Is Christopher Knight taking HGH?", Probably asked by the same person who wants to know if Jon Bon Jovi drinks alcohol. Does Peter Brady really need HGH? Is doing some HGH all it takes for a 40-something has been to hook up with a 20-something model? If so, then sign me up in a few years.

"Mike Felger is a piece of shit." Hey, that's not nice. I like Felger, a poor man's Jim Rome (Felger, that prissy boy, metrosexual, talks to a microphone. Good head of lettuce - thanks, Jim for stopping by). Plus Felger's married to 'The Wood'. You have to give him some points for that.

"MILF convention, sights, sounds, under the table," yes, all of it. There needs to be a MILF convention, preferably held under a table, with lots of sights and sounds.

"Oakland press box food." Is it in high demand? Aren't there any good restaurants in Oakland? Are people in the Bay Area making fake press passes so they can have a taste of the good life by sampling the gourmet, five-star spread that is available 91 times a year in the Oakland Press Box?

"Retirement is boring, let's fuck please," Seriously, what did people do before the creation of the internet and the birth of Google? This is the kind of stuff people want to know about?