So, since the hockey playoffs are just about over (F the Red Wings, anyway) and I have no interest in the NBA Finals, we’re about to move into the worst part of the sports year - the “Baseball Only” months.  And since my beloved sad-sack Royals are once again completely out of the playoff picture, my interest in baseball rivals that of Clay Aiken’s interest in women.  Although, he was used for the taco sauce in his 47-year old agents burrito of love in the most disturbing artificial insemination this side of Melissa Etheridge.  Anyway, back to the subject at hand - there is football news to be shared.  Granted, it’s the Canadian League, but still, football is football, right?  (Work with me here, OK?)  Both stories come to us from Toronto:

*Most of you DCCMM P-1’s probably don’t remember, but the CFL back in 1995 tried to expand into the US, placing several teams in non-NFL cities, Memphis being one of those.  The Mad Dogs (no, I’m not kidding) boasted the best defense in the league, but their offense was more inept than Joey Dorsey at the free throw line.  The centerpiece of the so-called offense, QB Damon Allen, finally announced his retirement after a 23-year “career” in the CFL, the last 5 with the Argonauts.  Allen is the younger brother of former NFL great and Al Davis’ favorite player (), Marcus Allen.  Quite the talented family, no?  (Well, at least in Marcus’ case that’s true…)

*And in other Argo’s news, they traded their kicker to Edmonton.  Now, you may be asking why anybody could possibly be interested in a story about a kicker.  Well, I’ll tell you - they replaced him with the almighty, self-proclaimed GKOAT (Greatest Kicker Of All Time), Chris-Chris himself, Mike Vanderjagt.  Yes, the former Colt “Idiot Kicker” and former Cowboy great (who was waived in favor of Martin Gramatica) is back in organized football - OK, the CFL - where he won 2 Grey Cup titles with Toronto back in the mid-90’s before heading to Indianapolis.  All is well with the world now, right?

Anyway, that’s all I got for now - let’s do this again soon, shall we?

Stay hard.   -MLM

Pianist Envy, originally uploaded by mlm93.

All hail Rev. Billy C. Wirtz and Victor Wainwright, live at Wet Willie’s on world-famous Beale Street in downtown Memphis…

The greatness that is Collective Soul!, originally uploaded by mlm93.

Killer show, just awesome…

Southaven at it’s finest!, originally uploaded by mlm93.

Springfest, about 25 minutes before Collective Soul~! goes on

For those of  you who ever wondered how much you would have to make to move to another city, based on your current salary, CNN has given us this super-cool… well, tool (sorry, guess I’m a poet and didn’t know it - HA!).  Click here to calculate the salary you’ll probably never see… sorry, my negativity is showing through.

Stay hard.   -MLM