1st Post

Hey everyone, my name is Drew and I am the owner of this new blog. Since this is my first post, an introduction of myself and what I intend to write about here seems like a logical entry. To start, I don't know jack about blogging. I don't know what makes a successful blogger nor do I care. I am just doing this as a fun little hobby and view it as a good way to keep my numerous thoughts on certain subjects in one place. If others end up enjoying reading what I have to say, fantastic. If not, oh well.

On to introducing myself. I am a 22 year old student at New York University where I am majoring in Real Estate. I am currently enrolled in what I expect to be my last semester which will be followed by my nightmare graduation in the new Yankee Stadium (hey, at least I won't have to have it in the old one where so many of recent baseball history's nightmares reside). I was born in Bensonhurst, a neighborhood in southern Brooklyn and lived there for the first 7 years of my life. Then I moved to Nassau County on Long Island and have been there ever since (discounting my time spent living in NYC for college). I also attended Chaminade High School in Mineola for anyone familiar with the Long Island high school scene. Ethnically, the prefix -multi suffices. Italian, African-American, Cherokee, Irish, Swedish, and Iroquois blood all course through these veins and I'm sure I'm not even aware of some others. I've always thought my multi-ethnic background gave me a better perspective than most on racial issues although I really long for the day in this country where there is no such thing as a "racial issue". I feel as if all four of your grandparents were born and raised here, then you're an American through and through. There will be other times to discuss that, however, I suppose.

That brings me to the blog. The name of the blog is meant to describe what I plan on writing about, which is a wide array of topics since I have a fairly wide array of intellectual interests. While I claim no expertise in any of these subjects (with the possible exception of baseball, Mets baseball in particular) I am knowledgeable in and intend to discuss the topics of politics, economics, sports, Mets baseball, rap music, history, and poker. I have no idea what kind of balance will emerge regarding what subjects are covered more or less than others. I also assume that such a wide range of topics is probably a negative in terms of popularity of a blog. It seems to me that most successful blogs stick to one or two main subjects and people interested in that topic become daily readers. I really don't know of many people who would actually be interested in reading about all 7 subjects I listed and I have a tendency to go on what I call "stints". "Stints" just referrs to my tendancy to become very focused one or two of those 7 topics for weeks or months at a time and then refocusing on another for a similar length of time. If I notice that it has been a particularly long time since I last covered a topic, I will probably try to dedicate an entry to it. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep at least some people interested enough to keep checking in. If not... like I said before, oh well.