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Pittsburgh Magazine just did a great article on the Burgh.

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KDKA: what a station!

There are thousand upon thousands of reasons that I love KDKA News.  My love affair with them is borderline creepy at times, I admit.  If I want news, KDKA is where I go.  The only time I switch to one of the other stations is if I want to see their take on a particular story after I have seen it on KDKA.  For example, Penguin player interviews (which would only happen during the playoffs because the other stations barely freakin cover hockey during the rest of the season!!! WTF is up with that?!?!?!?!?) 

 If it were not for David Johnson, who is an excellent newsman btw, WPXI would not still be in existence.  In my perfect world, John Fedko would not even exist.  The only reason I have to ever mention him is to make fun of him.  I can’t stand the guy.  With or without the suspenders, with or without the mustache, fat Fedko or skinny Fedko, I simply detest his very being. 

Sally Wiggin is a bright spot of WTAE, but ever since they lost Joe DiNardo, they lost me as well.  Admittedly, they are not half bad and have some other decent new personalities, but when compared to KDKA, they are left in the dust.

In the next few posts that I add on here, I’ll give you some of the many, many reasons that I love KDKA.  If you don’t love them already, I hope to convince you.  I started to list the personalities and their many fine qualities, but it is way too much for one mere posting.  Therefore, I’ve decided to break it down into smaller posts.   Stay tuned in the days following for more of my love for KDKA.

Reasons for this blog

1. Communication: 

I have friends on facebook, friends on myspace, friends on twitter, and friends who are on none of the above (some of these friends refuse to join any social networking sites however they use my password to spy on people….oh, yeah…you know who you are).  Some of these friends I see every day and some I haven’t seen in years.  It has become a chore to keep up on status updates as well as filtering out all of the extra information I get from these sites.  Seriously, I love Mafia Wars but I don’t need to know what weapons each of my friends buys every five minutes. So I decided to connect them all with my blog.  If you want to know what is going on in my life or those around me, just pop on here every once in a while and I’ll keep you posted.  If you couldn’t give a rat’s ass or a tinker’s damn about me, please feel free to never come back again.  No one’s forcing you to be here.

2. Culture: 

I have friends that still live in the area, but may be living under some kind of river rock.  They have no idea what is going on in this wonderful region we live in.  For those of you who asked me mid-May if hockey was still going on…..SHAME, SHAME, SHAME ON YOU!  Most recently, a friend asked me what this G-Summit thing was all about.  

Also, there are some of you who have moved away.  Whether it was just across the river, across the Mason-Dixon Line or even across the pond, there is no reason to lose touch with your home. And Pittsburgh will always be your home.  I will attempt to keep everyone updated on the goings on in Pittsburgh and surrounding areas.

3. Creativity:

In my day to day life, any sense of creativity or thinking outside of the box has been sucked right-the-hell-out of me.  I feel a need to express my opinions and ideas.  Again, if you don’t want to read about them, DON’T. It’s a free country, even though all the crazy rednecks out there would have you believe otherwise.

4. Contributions:

 Anything about cultural goings on in the Burgh and surrounding area are welcome.  Email them, text them, tweet them on twitter, IM me on facebook, or leave a comment here.  Anything is welcome from info about our local sports teams to good places to eat to traffic tie ups and road construction.  If you are of the Pittsburgh Diaspora and want to tell a random story about your good old days as a Yinzer, please let me know.  I’m dying to hear them!! 

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