The Rookies

…and that’s the last time I’ll go on a hang gliding adventure tour with Shawn Kemp and Vin Baker.

Oh! Hello there! Welcome to The Rookies Interviews, where I, Shakey, quiz Deadspin star commenters on their transgressions and tribulations. Last week, we had Stev D. The week before, the mighty Gourmet Spud. This week? Well we have photoshop extraordinaire and long time Deadspin commenter twoeightnine, one of the oldest and most heralded names in the Deadspin commentariat. The owner of his own T-Shirt website and former member of WithLeather, he is now partaking on a photojournalist extravaganza all over the world. You can follow his journeys through Twitter. But enough of my words, why don’t we get this interview KICK STARTED!?!
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It seems like everyone and their mom takes joy in  partaking of two of the latest trends to sweep the blogosphere. The first trend, which makes me want to stab someone in the jugular with a sickle, is inspired by those “25 Things” notes that made their bones by becoming a fad on Facebook. Note: If you are a friend of mine and you tag me in one of these stupid things, you will face my never ending scorn. I don’t know who told certain people that they were interesting, but they’re not soooooo shut the fuck up.

The second trend is not nearly as annoying (probably because it has nothing to do with Facebook) and involves comparing figures from the sports world with figures from the rest of the entertainment industry on the basis of sheer looks. We did it yesterday and we’re doing it again today. Get some, Chris Cooley.

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I’ve said this before in DUAN, but doesn’t Chris Cooley and Deadspin Editor AJ Daulerio look strikingly similar? Could Daulerio really be a burly Pro Bowl Tight End masquerading as a sports blogger? Conspiracy theorists all agree that I’m full of shit. Read on and make your own decision.

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