The best 18 days of our lives

It has been 18 glorious days since the evil CLJ sentenced www.originalsportsmusings.blogspot.com to death. He's been given the ability take over and kill www.originalsportsmusings.blogspot.com since July 31. Yet, today August 17, in the year of our Lord 2009, we sit hear today - alive, well and enjoyed globally.

Now I know the questions that our millions of followers are wondering:

1) Why would anyone want to kill the potential profit juggernaut that is www.originalsportsmusings.blogspot.com?

2) Why do you think 18 days of hearing Mike Vick's old cell mates yell "dead man walking" have been glorious?

3) How can CB40 actually like Kelly Clarkson?

Well I can't give good answers to questions one and three. However, I will explain my thinking on question two.

As is our ritual, every day we've been able to wakeup, run to our PCs, Macs, iPhones, BlackBerries, or whatever is your favorite method of following www.originalsportsmusings.blogspot.com, and we've been able to continue receiving, following and developing our favorite website since Al Gore first created this wonderful Internet.

Over the past 18 days, all of you have been able to enjoy the literary masterpiece that is www.originalsportsmusings.blogspot.com. Likewise, over the past 18 days, all of us have been able to continue working at the best job we've ever had, even if we are still waiting on that first pay check. However, over the last 18 days, none of this was supposed to happen.

Just like all of you, I went to bed on July 31, 2009, expecting that was going to be the last time I ever saw www.originalsportsmusings.blogspot.com. Yet, for 18 days, to our surprise and elation, we've awaken to one more beautiful day with our beloved site. That is 18 sunrises with Art V's Mets rantings. It's 18 sunsets with the Hat's Olympian athletes search. And of course 18 moments with the swimsuit models of the day - ok, maybe there were a couple days where there were multiple moments, but none of us have gone blind yet...

Anyway, I guess what I'm saying is this is all time that none of thought we had left. I've always been told that when one cheats death, even for a short period of time, that a breeze blows crisper, the sun shines brighter, and a bird sings even more beautifully.

This is what we have all experienced together for the past 18 days. None of us know when CLJ will hit the delete key on this wonderful experiment, but what we do know is that every day we have left is a day we were never meant to have together and that makes each day glorious, in my opinion.

Get To Know Your Musers: CB40

Who are your favorite teams college and pro?
Mets, Jets, Knicks, Islanders <-- A combined 23 years without a championship and counting!

Who is your one favorite sports team above all others and why?
The New York Metropolitans. I have been a baseball fan far longer than any other sport was even on my radar, and the Mets have had a special place in my heart since I could barely walk. I was old enough to enjoy the championship run in 1986, and even today, the words, "It gets by Buckner, the Mets win!" bring back a rush of excitement and joy like no other, reminding me what it was like to be 7 years-old and just relishing every moment.

People say baseball is one of those sports that is passed down from generation to generation, and that's another reason why the Mets are my favorite team. Being able to go to the ball-park with my family when I was a kid was so much fun, and even better are the times we get to go together now. The bond created through baseball fandom is truly special, as is the connection formed from wishing the Yankees nothing but pain and misery from now until the end of time. I am half-kidding, but not really :-)

Who are the five women on your Celebrity Exemption list?
Maria Kanellis, WWE Diva
Angelina Love, TNA Knockout Champion, part of the regime known as The Beautiful People
Stacy Keibler, former WCW Nitro Girl/WWE Diva/Dancing With The Stars contestant
Alyson Hannigan, of American Pie, Buffy, and How I Met Your Mother fame
And yes, Kelly Clarkson, which gives all my fellow musers the thrill of a lifetime

Honorable Mention: Rachel Nichols, ESPN :-)

What's the worst thing you ever said to a woman?
The worst thing I ever said, not really sure. I used to be shy so perhaps the worst thing I did was not say something to an attainable girl I had feelings for. How's that for brute honesty?

What is your favorite sports moment?Most heartbreaking?
My favorite sports moment, as mentioned before, was the Bill Buckner error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. In 23 years, nothing has really topped that kind of elation.

My most heartbreaking sports moment is easily Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS, Mets vs. Cardinals, which I witnessed in person at a jam-packed Shea Stadium. Endy Chavez makes the most amazing catch in Mets (if not all of baseball) history, only for the offense and bullpen to blow it all later on in the game. The actual moment that crushed me was Yadier Molina's game-winning home run against Aaron Heilman, though Carlos Beltran's backwards K to end it all is a close second.

What team would you purposely wish harm upon because you hate them beyond all rational thinking?
You know, this may surprise some people, but I never forgave the Washington Capitals -- specifically Dale Hunter -- for cheap-shotting Pierre Turgeon after Turgeon scored a huge goal for the Islanders in the 1993 NHL Playoffs. This completely messed up the Islanders for the rest of the Playoffs, despite beating the Penguins in the following series, and I just never quite got over that. So F Dale Hunter, F the Caps, and F Ovechkin.

What is your favorite movie quote?
Sentimental: "Dad, you want to have a catch?" -Field of Dreams

Comical: "Look! It's Enrico Pallazzo!" -The Naked Gun, which features the best baseball scene from a non-sports movie EVER, so it deserves some kind of recognition

If Sports Musing Readers take away just one piece of knowledge from you, what do you want that to be?
Honestly, I am going to go serious on this one, as this particular quote really did and still does resonate with me: "Don't give up, don't ever give up." Jim Valvano

"Boy, me and you are gonna PARTAYYYY"

CB40 here crashing the party. I'm the reason for the Kelly Clarkson mention in the first poll, mainly because everyone's jealous of my impeccable music taste and fondness for the greatest pop singer of our generation.

But this is SPORTSMUSINGS, or should I say THE ORIGINAL SPORTSMUSINGS, so let me get to it.

Here are some quick favorite random sports movie Quotes:
--"Boy, me and you are gonna PARTAYYYYY" -Sinbad, "Necessary Roughness"
(OR "Welcome to Foot........BALL!" -Kathy Ireland)

--"Who the Hell is Happy Gillmore?" -Verne Lundquist, um, hello!
(OR "The Price Is Wrong, Bitch! -Bob Barker)

--"Where's the Wolf?" -The Coach from Teen Wolf :-)
(OR from a recent episode of HIMYM: "They have a Teen Wolf on their team, Kenny!" -Jason Segel)