A Little Housekeeping for 2010

It’s the start of 2010 and I’m back after my second major hiatus from the blog. The first one I took early in the fall after getting lazy and losing interest. No major events, just laziness. This most recent break can be attributed to grad school applications, studying for the GRE and, of course, the holidays.

But now, I’m back with a new emphasis on discipline, and just in time for the BCS National Title game, featuring Austin’s-own Texas Longhorns. I talked some BCS National Title Game on Monday night on the Austin Citysphere podcast, so make sure to check that out if you didn’t catch it live on Blog Talk Radio. It was my first time appearing as a guest on someone’s podcast, so it was a different experience. All in all, I think it went well for my first time.

On the title game-front, I’ll be sure to have some sort of preview of the championship game posted here by Thursday, looking at some aspect of the game I’m interested in. But before that, I’ve got a few random administrative bits to talk about.

The first is that there are going to be some format changes around here. For the last few weeks, I’ve been posting the Morning Hangover first thing in the day, featuring links to different articles about players and teams in Austin, and then trying to write posts containing original content later in the day.

We’re going to scrap that feature for the time being. As easy as it is for me to get posts up in that format, I’m sure it’s boring enough for you, the reader. And I feel lazy because I’m not actually writing anything.

Over the next two and a half to three months, I’m going to be extremely busy at my Clark Kent job. With that, the freedom for me to write whenever I want will be gone. And I’ll be limited to working on, at most, one post per day. Instead of using my time first thing in the morning to put together the Morning Hangover, I’m going to spend that time actually writing, much like I’m doing right now. So for now, expect less-frequent posts, 2-5 per week, but more meaty content (whatever that actually means). And hopefully, stuff that you enjoy reading.

The next bit of news is big for me. I am joining the team at the San Antonio Spurs blog 48 Minutes of Hell, which is affiliated with ESPN’s TrueHoop Blog. I will lead the 48MoH coverage of the Austin Toros and contribute some Spurs-related pieces at my leisure. This is very exciting for me, as I’ve been a reader of 48MoH for some time now and the NBA is the league / sport I am most passionate about. With the amount of readership the guys at 48MoH have and the quality of content they put out, it’s really a big win for me.

So while there won’t be a lot of Toros coverage on ATX Sports, I’ll be sure to link here to the stuff I write for 48MoH. But, if you don’t feel like waiting that long, you can just follow me on Twitter and get it straight from the source.

So with all that out of the way, we move into 2010. If I remember correctly, this is the longest I’ve made it updating a blog on a (sometimes) regular basis. Seven months and some change isn’t exactly setting the world on fire, but I’ve had some decent success thus far.

I’m excited to see where it takes me this year. Is there anything you can do to help out? Well I’m glad you asked. As I mentioned before, you can follow me on Twitter and laugh at any jokes I attempt to make in 140 characters or less. In addition, you can subscribe to the ATX Sports RSS feed. It’s completely free to subscribe and the more subscribers this site has, the more legitimate it looks. The last thing you can do? Tell your friends. Spread the word about this site as much as possible. The more people who talk about it, the better the chances it has to last and maintain my attention.

Other than that, enjoy the site and have a great 2010.

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