Aside from drawing, my biggest time eater is hockey. Specifically, Washington Capitals hockey. I'm a Maryland native and have lived within spitting distance of the nation's capital my entire life. I am a season ticket holder at Washington Capitals games and I make a lot of noise when I'm there. I do this by blowing a large, plastic horn. When I belt out three blasts, the entire arena responds by yelling, "LET'S GO CAPS!" I do it because it infects the oft-quiet fans in DC with energy to root for the team, which in turn can give the guys on the ice some pep in their step. People around the arena know me as the Horn Guy, and kids love my sheer volume. I'm sort of like a cheerleader, except I'm not a paid employee of the team. I'm just a fan who wants to support my team.

Bob Cohn from the Washington Times wrote an article about me. You can see the online version of the article here, but the print edition is way cool. There's a huge picture of me blowing my horn on the front page of the sports section!

Before this I was a bit of a micro-celebrity, meaning I was well known to maybe a few thousand people, but now I'm in a national periodical, which may garner some more attention. My friends tease me for being a media whore, but I don't seek the scrutiny, it finds me. What do they say about the squeaky wheel getting the grease? In my case the deafening freak attracts the media.

The article was published on Thursday, January 17. That night there was a home game. During one of the intermissions a reporter from the Capitals Radio Network on WTOP came down from the press box behind me to interview me for a few minutes. That led to a whole new round of playful banter from my friends.

Even before all this, the Caps told their video production people to make a series of videos highlighting Caps "Superfans" and interviewed me for one. It's available to see here.

So, many of you know me as a guy who draws weird shit, and now you also know me as the dude with the horn at Caps games!

Sam






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