



This blog will document Senai Shiferaw's recovery from his leg break (tibia/fibula) during his soccer game with Roma. This blog will not stop until he is back on the field playing for Roma.
Every generation has its idols. Guys who were our heroes. Guys who defined "cool". Guys who drive chicks crazy. My generation produced a ton of these guys. Michael Jordan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lebron James, Alexander Ovechkin and, of course... yours truly. OK, so I didn't have a Top 10 single. I did have the one thing every teen idol needs. A fan. Bora Gokcenlik, my best friend. Bora is a 2nd year college student, and, to put it mildly, he thought I put the moon in the sky and told the stars to shine. It was kind of flattering, I guess. It was also kind of nauseating. And the worst thing was no matter how hard I tried to ignore it wouldn't ignore me. Not to seem insensitive, but a man of my years had more important things to think about, than a little Bora. I was no Superman. Not really, anyway. But if Bora needed a hero... so be it. He had plenty of time to grow up, and figure it out on his own. After all, a little stardust in the eyes never hurt anybody. Least of all, me.
There are a lot of great records in sports. Rocky Marciano fought to victory in forty-nine straight heavyweight prizefights. The University of Oklahoma won forty-seven college football games in a row. But in the annals of sports... there was one record that surpassed them all. One destined to go unbroken for time. I had beaten Eddy Kibambe at NHL 09. As near as I can remember Eddy beat me like seven hundred eighty eight times in a row in NHL. Give or take a hundred. It was a streak that went all the way back to grade 11 - maybe even before. Not that I was some kind of all-star. It's just... I was that day.

P is for the Pharmacy where we first met
E is for the Extra Hours of Xbox you provide
R is for the Real long doodoos I’m having.
C is for the Cant stop Wont stop attitude
O is for the Overall delight you give me
C is for the Calming feeling I get when you’re around
E is for the Enchanting connection we both sense
T is for the Tylenol 3 can suck it

I've decided to call out the grand champ on NHL. Abel Asefaw. 