Thursday, January 19, 2012

Colts Peyton Manning Calling It Quits?!

Hey there.  The NFL has been good to me.  It has brought me many great times with my brother and I'm happy to see that those great times are now including my son.  His love for the game is increasing with each year and I'm thankful that we all got to experience our first NFL game together.  Throughout the years, I have seen great players come and go.  Barry Sanders, Joe Montana, John Elway.  At the same time, I've seen perennial busts.  Ryan Leaf, JaMarcus Russell, Akili Smith.  But you know what?  That's why I love the game.  You just never know who will emerge a star and which ones will fall like no other.  So when word gets out that one of the greats is thinking retirement, the sports world listens.  Peyton Manning has been plagued by neck injuries.  He's had like 3 or so neck surgeries in a little over a year.  It doesn't take a doctor to say that playing in the NFL after so many surgeries on the neck may not be the best of ideas.  Recently, the Indianapolis Colts have cleaned house.  They have fired couches and executives and there is speculation that Manning might be next to go.  With the Colts holding that #1 pick, Andrew Luck could very well be on his way to Indy.  And if that's the case, what's to happen to Manning?  If we are to believe Rob Lowe, yes... that Rob Lowe, Peyton is planning on retiring.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Strike Against PIPA/SOPA. The Day the Internet Went on Strike.

Hey there.  Users of the internet are one of the most diverse groups to be ever found.  Angry users, funny users, serious users, working users.  Bloggers, journalists, game addcits, shopoholics... the list goes on and on. It would be amazing if something where to be able to bring this vast group to stand as one.  It's a task that would seem to be impossible.  Well... today... it happened.  Internet users and websites everywhere are taking a stand and striking against the proposed SOPA/PIPA bills that will soon be voted on by Congress.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Metallman's Reverie Has a New Look

Hey there.  Notice anything different?  No!  I didn't get new glasses!  It's my blog design!  You like?  My good friend at The Amazon Addiction made it for me.  I was in dire need of a new look and though I'm a fan of black and white, the site just needed an overhaul... and it needed it badly.  So now I have buttons, share buttons, some color, and nice scheme that works well for me.  I'm pretty damn happy with it.  I may be tech savvy and what not, but I just don't have much of the know how to mess around with the html code and get something like this done.  I feel that if I tried and spent the time on it, I would be able to do it... but I can't even find the time to play Modern Warfare 3, let alone screw around with some html code.  lol

Catherine Game Giveaway

Who wants to win Catherine for the Xbox 360 or PS3?!?!?! Enter below using the rafflecopter widget for you chance to score one of the best games of 2011. Also, before I get to the description, a special thanks to The Amazon Addiction for making the new Metallman's Reverie blog template. To show some thanks, you can gain some additional entries by following The Amazon Addiction on Twitter, FB, and Google +. Now... back to the game!

Dead Island Game Winner

Hey there!  It's time to announce the winner of Dead Island!  This giveaway has been the best turnout ever for this site and I am extremely grateful to all that have entered.  There were many tweets, likes, and blog posts and I must say that it was pretty cool to see such heavy activity.  Now... before I announce the winner, just a quick reminder.  If you leave a blog post, you must include the blog post link in the extra info field.  If it's not there, I can't verify and that's 10 entries that were stricken from Rafflecopter.  Sucks to say, but I had to remove a few entries because a url was not present.  Now... on to the winner!

Motivational Monday - Payback

Sometimes... you need to watch who you step on to reach your goals