Just a note to anyone reading this blog: I have never written a blog before, so I range through several topics that are interesting to me without any real coherent force binding the thoughts together. I hope that that is fine for everyone, as it gets even more chaotic with my changing writing style as I am oft to try new things or be creative. I've already had one person comment that I should save it for my creative writing class. I also will admit that I can be a little late in my writing; I am busy with college and it takes a bit to write a good post, so I might be a few days behind a good story. One last note-I renamed my blog "Coma Slide," a name that only the lacrosse players (and then only some) reading this will understand. I had a more artsy creative name before, but I thought it was not fitting for a sports blog. In lacrosse, a slide is a shifting of the defense to help someone out when they lose their assignment. Picture someone attacking the goal from the outside; if he burns his defender, another defender needs to "slide" over to pick him up, denying him a clean shot on the goal. A "Coma Slide" occurs when the defense slides directly across the crease, usually as a last ditch effort to stop a goal. Picture an attackmen bringing the ball up from behind the net, trying to get enough of an angle to get a good shot off on the goalie. As soon as he gets above the goal-line, the defenseman on the other post slides across and attempts to hit him as hard as he can. Usually, the attackman will not be able to see the sliding defenseman; the combination of a big hit and having it come from the blind side is what makes it a coma slide-the intention is to hit the player hard enough to put them in a coma, although it is not meant literally to harm anyone. I employ the reference in the sense that I hope to have the strength of a logical argument on my side, thereby in any sort of debate being able to close the door and prevent a point from being made. No violence necessary, and I don't mean to insult anyone by any of my counter arguments, most of the time I just have a different opinion.