Before I got all anthropological on everyone’s asses, this blog was all about the NFL. It was a great three seasons, really. I got to write about my Pittsburgh Steelers as they won a Super Bowl. I had fun liveblogging games with my cell phone in sports bars and having beer-soaked fans in replica jerseys ask me, “Dude, what the hell is that?” I even got great footage of Pam Oliver’s backside.

The Internet is a fickle place, though, and less than a year after I had called up Sports Bloggers Live and predicted the rise of Willie Parker, a wily bunch of Deadspin commenters got together and stiffarmed the entire pro football blogging world. We were all doomed. Sure, some of us got on board with the FanHouse and got monthly checks for our musings, but we just weren’t the new cool anymore. We got our asses kicked three times a week on the average and twice on Monday morning, and there was nothing we could do to stop it.

So happy anniversary, Kissing Suzy Kolber. And thanks for making us all look like utter shite.

Bastards.