The League of Shadow

For those that don’t know I am a huge Kansas City fan. I was so happy when I heard the news that King Carl Peterson was ending his reign of terror in Kansas City. Carl Peterson, while a good operations and team executive, is a horribly harsh negotiator. While in regular business this is great, in football it means big name talent will not likely show up and high draft picks will be late to camp.

Peterson out; Scott Pioli in! Clark Hunt and Peterson were able to amass a 32 Million dollar overage in the salary cap, so Pioli should be able to do some prime shopping.

I expect a couple of things from Piloi. I expect him to take a solid shot at signing Spagnuolo away from the Giants to replace Herm Edwards as Head Coach. The next thing I would assume he would do is evaluate the situation in New England with Matt Cassell. He is still young and a solid starter that won 11 games last year. Piolo drafted Cassell when with the Pats. I think he would do that in order to free up the 3^rd overall pick, for an impact defensive end, more offensive line help, or a linebacker.

If Cassell is not there then I assume Pioli will draft (Bradford/Stafford/Sanchez…..please Bradford…no Stafford, the UGA pansy) with that pick. Welcome Scott Piloi. Clean this shit up and let’s get this team moving towards a championship!

#5. Dreamsicle

Yummy and orange.

#4. Oreos

No double stuff here.

#3. Hairbo Gold Bears (Gummi Candy)

Except no substitution for the Hairbo product if you love Gummi Bears.

#2 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

Add these to anything…. cupcakes, ice cream, cosplay….it just becomes better. Sooo good.

#1. Dairy Queens seasonal Thin Mint Blizzard.

Thank you Girl Scouts, Thank you.

This is not a list of the all time best toys. This is the top five all time best gifts from Santa.

#5  Sears: Bat Mobile

This was such a surprise for me. I have no idea how old I was (it was young), but I was blown away. My Mom had also made a Raggedy Andy style kid sized Robin and had him in the car to ride with me. In my stocking were Batman underoos, and a hand made blue felt cowl and cape. Awesome.

#4 He-Man: Castle Grayskull

 This was the coolest toy ever (on that day). As a little kid it was the only evil looking thing I owned, plus this was my first year of playing with He-Man and I had THE playset. 

#3 Star Wars: Millenium Falcon

 This was a fun toy/spaceship/playset. IT had lots of things to do all over the place. Plus it was the mother-fucking Millennium Falcon YO! The 2008 Falcon blows this on out of the water and Hasbro should be ashamed of the $140 price tag as it makes this a collector toy and way too much for parents who are not insane. No I don’t have the new one….My wife would not allow it. I did really want it though…

#2 Transformers: Jet-Fire

Really this was just a sweet-ass Robotech toy. This is the most solid, well built, Transformer of all time…probably. I have no idea why, but I always loved this toy. Jet-Fire would make the list of all time toy line figures for me. (not character, but toy)

#1 G.I. Joe: The Cobra Terrordrome!!

To this day this is the greatest toy ever. Even on a list of all time best toys this would have a shot, if not totally lock down the number one spot. This was one of those toys that I knew even at that age, we couldn’t afford, but I dreamt about this damn toy. I never questioned it then, but I think I need to ask my Mom how the hell she even managed to get this for me. Do I even wanna know? (NO not that…I meant maybe she held someone at gun-point) jerks.