My name is Mike.

I am a 27 year old wild and crazy guy from Long Island, NY who is engaged to the most wonderful woman - Samantha. I actually met Sam through Chris in a way - as he created the best Ford truck site on the internet in a former life.

As you may have surmised, I am also into pickup trucks and I am a contributing writer and photographer for www.truckblog.com. Being around Chris has it's benefits and drawbacks - he has cost me a small fortune in camera equipment over the years. However, the benefits are still coming for me.

Back in August I decided to combine several hobbies; writing, photography and hockey. What resulted was one of the busiest New York Islanders hockey blogs around - www.islesblogger.com

In early September, my website was one of twelve ed by the NY Islanders to participate in their Blog Box project. The Blog Box receives press passes for home games, unheralded access to players, coaches and other people within the organization. It has been an absolute blast so far - and brought being a season ticket holder to a new high (not everyone has season tickets however).

That's pretty much me in a nutshell.