Opportunity Assassins v2.0

Welcome back to the New Breed of Lazy.

As you can see, there have been quite a few changes around here. Mainly, a new web design makes our already kick-ass blog even more kick-ass...and here you thought it just wouldn't be possible. Well, this is really only stage one because as I said before, we have a lot of new things coming down the pipeline. So what can you expect in 2013 (or whenever we get around to it)?

Well, both of your beloved Opportunity Assassins writers have our own side blogs which we have lovingly linked to in our "Good Reads" section. As we grow this year, you'll see some better integration of both of our Sports and Tech blogs into OA, but we really have to figure out the best (or easiest) way to do that.

In addition, we will be adding a new rants section because if you've turned on the TV lately or fired up the Facebook machines, you've seen that there's plenty of shit to rant about.

Really, all in all, you'll see more activity coming from the two of us as soon as we can agree on how we want it to be delivered. Thanks for hanging in there while we get our shit together.

Finally, I just want to wrap up with a few credits for the blog design and the fancy new images in the carousel.

Satellite Dish
Procrastination
Podium
Tools
Clock
Blog Template

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Opportunity Assassins: State of Affairs

I know many of you are wondering "What the hell happened to the geniuses over at Opportunity Assassins?" The others among you aren't wondering what's happening, because what's a procrastinator without procrastination. Well, wonder no more.

The Opportunity Assassins haven't necessarily taken a leave of absence, but we've been toiling behind the scenes to bring you far more worthy content instead of half assing our posts and generally being bored by repetition. We love the format of our Lazy Ass Reviews and the ratings from our Opportunity Assassins Album Reviews have been nothing short of magical, but the real world schedules of the two of us have left little time for attacking the items on our plan sheets.

So what do we have up our sleeves? Well, first off is a revamp of the Opportunity Assassins blog. While many love the look of things here (especially the large image in the background), general readability can be vastly improved. Second, instead of having a set posting schedule, we'll be far more sporadic and only post when the mood strikes or the creative juices are flowing. Third, we'll be introducing some newer and better content. We here at the Opportunity Assassins have a good amount of ideas beyond the video and audio based entertainment industries. I have a general affinity for technology while Pete has a thirst for most if not all things sports. On top of this, we both have plenty of reasons to rant about any and all things but no place to put such rants. Opportunity Assassins will be the perfect home for these until we can find the time and resources to create the website we've been after from the start.

Anyway, that's it for now. Stay tuned...there's much more to come.

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Fight against SOPA and PIPA

All today (Wednesday, January 18, 2012), in a show of opposition against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), Opportunity Assassins will be going dark. Please take action today by going to www.fightforthefuture.org and sending a message to your representatives opposing the bill. Also, share the link with all your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ or wherever you can.

Please do everything you can today to keep the internet free for tomorrow.
This is extremely important to make sure we can very quickly deliver you to the best distractions on the web.

We are The New Breed of Lazy.
We are the Opportunity Assassins.

We oppose SOPA and PIPA.

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2012 Winter TV Preview

It looks like 2012 is bringing with is a handful of new TV shows attempting to fill the shoes of some oldies but goodies. With the end of longstanding staples of my living room Rescue Me and Smallville and the impending end to the notoriously difficult to kill Chuck, I’m looking for some new fixes. The most difficult part of filling out a watch list is that it’s insanely easy for a new TV series to be given the axe even before the initial season ends. On top of that, I don’t have early access to pilots, so I have to judge these shows based solely on their trailers which, of course, never reflect a series’ possible staying power. This is where I come in.

Over the years I have honed my incredible skills to determine a series’ fate far before the viewing public have made their decision. This skill doesn’t include seeing the future of shows about Hogging, Swapping, Picking, Trucking, or really any other bullshit reality series along those lines. That’s why I won’t include them here. Also counted out are any shows I have no chance of even watching: Think MTV, Lifetime or any SyFy series (I’m a nerd, but my tolerance for 70’s caliber CGI is extremely thin). This leaves all readily accessible new shows on the big four networks if they have any plus channels like FX, HBO and Showtime that have spawned great shows that I’m extremely likely to want to watch.

Here’s how this works: I watch the trailer for each show only and based on that will make an uneducated snap judgement on a few counts: Whether the show will be good or bad and why, when or if it will be cancelled and an overall grade on a 10 point scale. Let’s start the show.

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The New Breed of Lazy

Welcome to Opportunity Assassins, where productivity comes to die.

As it turns out, there are millions of distractions out there that keep all of us from getting our work done. This is one of those things. What we've come here to do is help streamline the process so you spend less time finding distractions and more time actually being distracted. We are, after all, professionals. Taught by the very best and inspired by our hero: the godfather of lazy himself, Mr. Al Bundy.

Al Bundy: Formally Lazy

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