Who or What is -_- ?

Like a poorly managed viral marketing campaign, I've probably let the once mysterious symbol become a little stale.  Alwell.  -_- is the unpronouncable (to my knowledge) team name for our newest ECBer, Brian Stevens, a man who works with emoticons like Picasso worked with paints or Chuck works with production functions. Stevens is a budding Nationals fan (with a New York past) who comes to us with a preexisting fantasy (hockey) rivalry with John. I also overheard him say that given the outcome of the draft and his experience with the Zech family, that this league was going to be even easier than he thought.  We'll see.

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