Month: February 2014

Mark Wahlberg comes home…

Mark Wahlberg comes home…

Dorchester has missed you buddy…welcome back Dot Rat! http://youtu.be/Onf8Xd19h-M http://youtu.be/3alDL5F8C6M Follow Dan Van Kirk on Twittah! www.twitter.com/danielvankirk

The fastest car on the planet is American…

The fastest car on the planet is American…

Say it with me…..America makes the fastest production car in the world. Doesn’t that just feel good? Look at this sexy beast… Now, I’m sure there’s a few of you not into this sort of thing. But you have to consider the engineering behind getting 

Dodge Ball Time!

Dodge Ball Time!

I know….there’s something flat out sexy about watching someone eat a 70 mph fastball. You can keep telling yourself  “I just love to compete” or “I like to exercise”…. but lets face it…Dodge Ball without the headshot is like Hockey without the fighting. You need a few people to get cracked in the grillepiece to keep it interesting.

Of course, when a few Dot Rats get together for a Dodge Ball tourney you know it’s going to be interesting.

The time is fast approaching for the 2nd annual Dodge Ball tourney to support the  Leahy-Holloran Community Center. The event will be held March 8th and there’s currently 25 teams competing. You can still join in….here’s the current lineup.

1) Team Cavata
2)Team N. Murphy
3)Team Dodgefathers
4)Team Beers
5)Team Deeza
6)Team J. Flaherty
7)Team Omega Moo’s
8) Team C. Brooks
9)Team Blvd Boys
10)Team SST 
11)Team Average Joes
12)Team Crossfit 617
13)Team Joseph Trabucco
14)Team Eric Doyle
15)Team Scott Murphy(AKA Losers)
16)Team Bobby Traft
17)Team Marcus Egan
18)Team Jimmy Foley
19)Team Eddie Hood
20)Team Timmy Galvin
21)Team Joe Flynn
22)Team Galvin Colin
23)Team Henry Ennen
24)Team Robert Collins
25)Team Shawn Wilshire

Charles Conners is running the tourney and if you would like enter a team or lend support in any way you can contact him at charles.conners@boston.gov

Should be a great time for a great cause…get in touch with Charles ASAP!!

Here’s a highlight from last years tourney….

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Coffee with a Tenor…

Coffee with a Tenor…

Years back I end up crossing paths with this burly Irish kid from Lynn. Being the prototypical young Dot Rat, I didn’t care much for people outside my own neighborhood but this kid was different. It seemed no matter what he did, it was with 

The Zumwalt is coming…

The Zumwalt is coming…

Just in case it didn’t already suck to be a Somali pirate. The nation that brought you the simultaneous triple sniper shot from the back of at listing ship has decided to change the game again….why?   And you thought Maine was full of a 

MVP…

MVP…

I just wanted to send a shout out to fellow Dot Rat Kevin Hayes for capturing the Beanpot MVP with 2 goals during the tourney.

Fietelberg from Barstool Sports wrote that this tip by Pat Brown was possibly the filthiest he’s seen. I would have to agree…

Congrats Boston College!

Vine – feitelberg – Barstool Sports

Semper Fi Dot Rats…

Semper Fi Dot Rats…

So I reached out on FB a few weeks back asking everyone to let me know if they had a loved one in the military. I want to give each and every one of these amazing young adults a little spotlight here on the site. 

Keep fighting!

Keep fighting!

Fight Training from Dot Rat on Vimeo. Cool video right? There’s something about watching fight training that digs at your core and motivates you. The boxing scene around Boston has been buzzing over the past couple of months starting with the premiere of The Fighters 

Boycott Coke?

Boycott Coke?

Oh…you thought I meant the drug? By the time I finish writing this, the topic will have been mulled over 3 million more times over the internet. I try and stay away from topics that get beat down….but why is everyone offended with this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrvcnbSoz-c

Of course you have a giant portion of donkeys that say “how dare Coca Cola disgrace our national anthem by having it performed in a foreign language”. A statement so void of an atom of IQ that everyone who uttered it should question the validity their own existence.

In the mid 1800’s my ancestors stepped off a ship onto American soil. Their native language was Irish which was almost destroyed by the British before they even got here. Even with English as primary language their brogues were fuel for disdain among the blue bloods here in the states. They were a lower form of life, subhuman in fact, they didn’t deserve to be here and weren’t going to contribute a thing to this country. Even with a large portion of this nations immigrants learning our Bill of Rights, Constitution and national anthem before they even get here, it’s somehow ignored to this day and considered patriotic to take the same stance as the blue bloods so many years ago.

I wonder how our ancestors would feel about our behavior as a nation?

Watching foreign folks sing your nation’s most beloved songs should not enrage anyone. It’s the ultimate tip of the cap and such a wonderful sentiment,  we are after all a nation of foreigners…unless of course you’re Native American.

If you want to be Patriotic, stop beating up on people who may want to become American and start investing in your country by buying American.

As you were!

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The Bieber effect…

The Bieber effect…

Ever wonder how middle aged Italian guys feel about Justin Bieber? (Language Warning)