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OR Might not live blog now.

Just got invited to a draft party. I'm outtie.

NFL Draft Live Blog

OR: If you're gonna be a nerd, might as well go all the way.

I LOVE the NFL Draft. It's better than Christmas for me. A good way to think of the draft is this: NFL coaches are chefs. The players are the ingredients. The GMs are the grocery shoppers. The draft is the day when everybody does their shopping.

I love the over-analysis. I love the reaches and the players who slip due to character concerns. I love Mel Kiper and Todd McShay fighting like an old married couple.

I'm going to do a live blog today to express my utter joy. I have my analysts waiting in the war room: CO Kiper Jr. (Redskins homer and huge sports fan). Shim McShay (Pats fan, but still a nice guy and smart sports guru). And Stef Young (Seahawk through and through. Guarantee some funny comments come from here). I'm Boomer, I'll be here all day. God speed. The Rams are on the clock.

Cardboard Classic

So in Steamboat there is the Cardboard Classic at the end of each year. Last year I volunteered to be in charge my work's first ever entry into the Classic. It took a lot of work but we made a great replica van (I work for a ski rental delivery company). This year we decided to make a NASA space ship. It ended up looking very nice. Unfortunately we didn't spend as much time making sure that it was structurally sound. As you can see from the video it ended not so smoothly. I was in the front by the nose so everyone landed on me. I didn't hurt from what I remember. I don't remember much of that though as I was drinking vodka, orange juice, PBR, and champagne before hand. Oh well, what are you gonna do.

Music Thoughts

Every once and a while I try and write a bit about some of the music I am listening to or a new album that I'm digging. They usually are pretty boring and crappy posts but I am going to write another one anyways. So read it up chumps.

Lately I have been digging the new Black Keys album "Attack and Release." It is definitely a change from their last album "Magic Potion" but it still kicks *ss. Definitely a big reason for the Black Keys coming out with a bit of a different sound is due to the producer Danger Mouse. He is famous for being the producing half of Gnarles Barkley and mixing Jay-Z's "Black Album" and The Beatles "White Album" resulting in the "Grey Album." His influence can definitely be heard but he does a good job of not taking over the album. He still gives plenty of room for the guys to make their dirty guitar work. This is an album of bluesy guitars and hip-hop influenced beats. Their first single "Strange Times" definitely has the most Danger Mouse influence. Another song that has a Danger Mouse feel (besides the banjo riff) is "Psychotic Girl". My favorite songs on the album is "I Got Mine" it is the Black Keys in their finest laying down a heavy guitar riff with a heavy beat. My other favorite song is "Same Old Thing," a great guitar lick with a flute riff (Danger Mouse all over this one). While this album is different than their previous work it is still a great rock album.

Rating system for this album...pinky(bad), ring finger, pointer, thumb, middle(awesome)...I give it the middle finger.

Death Cab for Cutie have a new single out "I Will Possess Your Heart." It is not a bad tune. I think this is DCfC's attempt at being psychedelic or something.

I give it the thumb...