This past month was pretty crazy for everyone at Load.com.  At the beginning of the month we attended the 2007 Photoshop World conference in Las Vegas as a vendor.  Paul Korol, our VP of Business Development, came into town for the show and we worked the booth for two days.  We had great turnout at our booth and received great feedback from attendees at the show.

We also announced the release of YouLoad 2.0 and gave everyone an opportunity to check out the "good stuff" by offering a 1-Month FREE Trial to the YouLoad Enterprise service.  One of our current YouLoad Enterprise subscribers, Create Magazine, stopped by our booth and took a photo of Paul and me and hopefully we'll show up in Create Mag's VOICE: Where in the World section (no pressure Julia) ;).

Overall, we were thrilled with the response we got at the show and we've been happy to see the growth of the service and the feedback from customers over the past couple of months.

Nick's Sports Fix
Well, the baseball season is almost over and I see that teams are figuring out a way to choke down the stretch.  I have to say that the New York Mets continue to shoot themselves in the foot and the way they're playing, it would be a shame to have them stumbling into the playoffs.  It's rough because I love Jose Reyes and David Wright and I think Willie Randolph is one of the classiest coaches in baseball.  That said, I'm rooting for the Phillies and I hope the Colorado Rockies knock off the Padres so there's some hitting in the NL Playoffs.

Barry Bonds a Giant No More!
I know all of you Barry-haters are probably ecstatic that his time in SF is done.  In all honesty, I'm sad to see him go and I think the Giants will miss what he brought to the team. However, I don't like how he handled the media during his departure and it only adds fuel to the fire for reporters that simply can't stand the guy.  Performance enhancing drugs or not, he's simply the most impressive hitter I've ever seen in baseball and I'll be hard pressed to find anyone that makes me stop to watch an at-bat the way Barry did.  So, my hope is that he'll join an American League squad, hit for a couple more years and let me enjoy him in his last couple of years.  Here's to hoping he ends up in Anaheim, Oakland, or at least some AL contender so I don't have to watch him disappear into obscurity as many fans rejoice in his demise.  After all, most of America's baseball fans drank the Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa Kool-Aid, so I don't want to hear about Barry Bonds.

Cubs Win! Let's Hope Steve Bartman can make a great play!
Well, the off-season spending and the hiring of manager Lou Piniella (always calm and collected) helped turn this franchise around.  Admittedly, I'd love to see the Cubs in the series because it would make for great ratings, great storylines, and might actually make people watch baseball this postseason.  One thing is for certain, Steve Bartman won't be anywhere near Wrigley field.  You remember Steve don't you?  He's the guy that was blamed for the Cubs' collapse in Game 6 a few years back.  Nevermind that blaming a guy in the stands for a team's failure is the biggest load of crap ever because there's no guarantee that Moises Alou would have caught that foul ball.  Nevermind that the Cubs choked the rest of the game to help usher the Marlins into the World Series.  Nevermind that it completed a Cubs/Red Sox double-choke in that year's playoffs.  I'm hoping Chicago goes to the World Series so people stop talking about Steve Bartman and start talking about the great team that Lou Piniella has assembled.  I love Alfonso Soriano, Jacque Jones (former Twin), Derrek Lee, and all of the hard-nosed Cubs that make them fun to watch.  Go Cubs!

Patriots...could...go...all...the...way!
Isn't it enough that Tom Brady gets two beautiful women to illegitimately have his child out of wed-lock?  I mean the guy is on his way to becoming Ben Franklin or Wilt Chamberlain.  But then, he also gets to quarterback the best team in the NFL as he single-handedly resurrects Randy Moss's career.  If it wasn't for the fact that Peyton Manning makes the best commercials by an athlete, I'd be willing to have Tom's kids too!  The frickin' guy is amazing and I don't see anyone stopping them.  So you can be sure that I'm anxious to watch the Colts vs. Patriots game later this season, because I think both squads will be undefeated going into that match-up.  Yup!  That means I think the Pats will crush the Bengals on MNF!

USC Trojans look weak, and it breaks my heart to say it!
If you've ever read my blog, you know I got divorced in the past two years!  One of the hardest things I've ever had to deal with.  But, one thing good that did come out of my marriage was my conversion to USC football.  I was introduced to USC intimately because my ex-inlaws and my ex-wife's family were SC alums.  So, I was baptized into the Trojan culture with SC vs Notre Dame and it's been nuts ever since.  Mind you, this all took place the season before USC became good, so I feel like I'm not a complete bandwagon jumper.

Now, that said, SC is going to break my heart this season because Cal is going to whoop up on them.  I don't see any defensive back that can contain DeSean Jackson and USC's receivers look too inexperienced to step up in a game of this magnitude with National Title implications.  Don't get me wrong, I want USC to win.  I want them to dominate and for Booty to take a step towards the Heisman.  But if their play this season is any indicator, I am going to hope and pray that the week they play Cal is the week they wake up.  Otherwise, this will be DeSean Jackson's Heisman campaign coming-out party.

That's all for now, let's hope I see you guys again soon!
I'll try to post something soon.  I may actually post my mortal-locks of the week so we can see if my picks are better than Colin Cowherd's on ESPN Radio.

Until then...have a great week and GO ROCKIES!