People who read SLBD with any form of regularity know that over the weekend of February 6th/7th 2010 there was no game call, pregame or post game analysis on SLBD. This was done out of a personal need to feel what it was like to not have the pressing concerns of the blog, research, writing and setup going on surroudning a hockey game. I needed to remember what is was like just to plop down and watch a game.
It had a resounding positive impact in my personal/home life. So to that end SLBD will be shutting its doors. From the start my passion for the Penguins and hockey have driven me to be on top of information regarding my beloved team and to deliver it to a small porition of the Penguins fan base. My desire to make sure people who were cut out of radio or television coverage drove me to call the games on Twitter.
What I wasn’t seeing is the negative impact that this was having on myself, my (actual) work, my wife, children and friends. No offense to anyone who comes here to read but all of those things are more important that writing and maintaining SLBD.
The feedburner accounts and Y! Pipes that drive the hub of information around here will be purged. There is no need to continue to draw on feeds that will no longer be in use. This will occur throughout the day Monday February 8th. The Twitter accounts associated with auto tweets will go dormant and be deleted over the next month. The @SLBD2, @SLBD_InGame, and @SLBD_PensNews accounts will also be eliminated. My primary Twitter account has already been changed to @Ozman_51
I just want to be a fan again, with my friends and family. Writing and maintaining SLBD had become what some of the people around me deemed a “second job”. I’m already busy enough with one.
If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with me using the contact form.
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Sorry to hear about this, but it’s definitely understandable. I had just learned about this blog since I started my boycott of the Post Gazette and found this to be a great source of information. Best of luck and welcome back to being a normal fan.