Friday Links

- In honor of Josh of Josh's World getting married, he asked several bloggers to write guest posts while he is away on his honeymoon. I guess this serves as a better gift than towels. Anyway, here are the posts:

- Are You Married or Happy by Nicky D.
- Cards of Love by Alex
- A Piece of Cake by me.

- Check out this amazing goal by Marco Matias of my favorite British soccer team, Sheffield Wednesday.



- A cool story about the Biloxi Shuckers, a minor league baseball team that had a 54-game, 2800-mile road trip. [ESPN]

- Did you know the Steelers have a team chaplain? Did you know his name is Ocho Cinco? Well, actually it's Chad Johnson, but not that Chad Johnson. Here's a fun quote for those of you upset about the Steelers signing Michael Vick.

Winning is important and the NFL is a business, but the Steelers have values beyond that. "It is part of the Steelers' core values. Coach Tomlin is such a phenomenal person beyond football and such a caring man. He is about the business in raising young men. That is the rarity in him. He really cares about these guys beyond football and they can feel that." Johnson said. Johnson's work is an extension of the Steelers mission.

"We care about people. It is not just a mantra or slogan or idea in theory," he said. "This is a service-oriented organization." [Behind the Steel Curtain]

- Congratulations to Ithaca College on being named one of the 25 healthiest colleges in the U.S. Clearly this is a recent ranking as there is no mention of people eating Rogan's pizza 2-3 times a week (or everyday during Finals Week also known as "Week of Rogan's"). [Greatist.com]

- Mike Tunison aka Christmas Ape among many others left Kissing Suzy Kolber. The site is basically dead now. [KSK]

- Finally, Lisa Kudrow joined Taylor Swift to perform "Smelly Cat."

Found In My Basement: Mix Tape

I ran a series last year called Found In My Basement where I wrote about items that I, well, found in my basement. I thought it was a terrific idea, but then my camera broke, and I apparently stopped going into my basement. However, while trying to find one of Ziggy's toy mice (I have no idea where they are), I ran across some old cassette tapes including "Sean's Rogan's Mix" named after the pizza place in Ithaca, New York partly responsible for my freshman 15 and sophomore 15. This mix was probably made in the fall of 1993. Here are the contents of the tape:

Side A

American Pie - Don McLean
Sing Hallelujah - Dr. Alban
All That She Wants - Ace of Base
Hotel California - Eagles
Because the Night - 10,000 Maniacs
Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band
Mr. Vain - Culture Beat
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Down Under - Men at Work
Linger - Cranberries

Side B

Plush - Stone Temple Pilots
The Sounds of Silence - Simon & Garfunkel
Superman - John Williams & the Boston Pops
The Sign - Ace of Base
Everyday - Phil Collins
Orinoco Flow (Sail Away) - Enya
Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton
We Didn't Start the Fire - Billy Joel
Come Baby Come - K7
Roll the Bones - Rush

Wow! I have no idea where to begin. Not one, but two Ace of Base songs? Enya? Who puts an instrumental on a mix tape? Classic rock together with I guess what you could call club music at the time in Dr. Alban, Culture Beat and K7. How many of you have even heard of these performers? I hope to redeem myself in other mix tapes I created, but I'll have to do more searching in order to share what else I found in my basement. (A cliffhanger?)

By the way, if I created a new mix tape today, Land Down Under would still make the cut. All of a sudden, I feel like eating a Vegemite sandwich!