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Ryan harbors a constant fear of losing his keys, prefers flip flops and will always choose cereal if it's an option. He maintains his own blog, Giddy Up America and hasn't gotten a speeding ticket in over the year. He has previously contributed work to UPROXX & Heavy. Ryan is on Twitter: @ryanoconnell79

• Me & Taylor Swift: Buddies or Not Buddies?

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/11/2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Would Taylor Swift and I be buddies or not buddies? There’s only one way to find out.

• Still Foo After All These Years

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/10/2014 • ( 4 )

  

  It seems hard to believe, but the Foo Fighters are almost twenty years old

• Shimmy Shimmy Ya: the Yeah It’s Fall edition

  By Ryan O'Connell on 11/03/2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A collection of tunes to get you through Fall- the good parts, the bad parts, the in between parts

• The NBA Preview: Where Predictions Happen!

  By Ryan O'Connell on 10/30/2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Looking ahead at 2014-15 NBA Season with predictions, interesting things and more

• Investigative Journalism: Current Swell

  By Ryan O'Connell on 10/24/2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Learning more about the Canadian band Current Swell

• Pouring One Out for The Bridge

  By Ryan O'Connell on 10/23/2014 • ( 3 )

  

  FX cancels The Bridge after two seasons. Sadness ensues.

• Jams o’ the Day: When the Garden was Eden soundtrack

  By Ryan O'Connell on 10/22/2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Today’s jams of the day come courtesy of the latest ESPN 30 for 30 documentary, When the Garden was Eden

• Finish ’em Up! Let’s Go!

  By Ryan O'Connell on 10/21/2014 • ( 1 )

  

  A final run of questions leading up to the series finale of Boardwalk Empire

• Staten Island Strong

  By Ryan O'Connell on 10/21/2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Staten Island’s The Budos Band are back with their latest (and coolest) album, Burnt Offering