So it’s almost nine PM here in Pinellas County and for the day, the Pinellas County official rain gauge has registered over 2.5 inches of rain, and well over 14 for the year. That’s a sharp contrast to last year where we had only 10 and a half inches ofRead More

I get sorta pissed when I keep hearing die-hard fans or supporters – be it in politics or pro sports – confess their undying devotion towards one thing or another… and then cynically stomp on what they love or some item they are true-blue about. I mean, I just wroteRead More

A Whippets favorite Pastime Originally uploaded by artfuldodger9 Sleep! The TRUE breakfast of Champions!

It’s spring now and Florida’s weather is perfect. Touching near eighty with blue sky stretching as far as you can see. A wisp of cloud here and there and breezes just keep things right. Perfect weather and perfect to go out and do stuff in, right? So I got theRead More

I could use a photo here to show things off but that oak sappling I told everyone about in August? Well it’s got it’s spring growth spurt going and has gained four inches with it’s (still growing) new growth. It should reach 3 feet tall in the coming days, maybeRead More

OK, I don’t go for the Tex impersonation thing often but I got a kick out of this one… There’s a new sherrif in town.

So I’ve had my artificial means of hearing hooked up and running for more than six years now… I don’t brag about it much or talk about it much because every time I get confident in something audio-wise, I then get into a social situation and end up getting sentRead More

Hillary is Mom Jeans Inane, simple but funny… The name may be “Hillary” but I wouldn’t necessarily say it’s Mrs. Clinton… Though we get to assume it is.

How often do you draw conclusions with someone when either you are out of the loop or just not in contact with them? You know, obtusely, some things about them but you’re not living their lives… You’re not that up on their lives either. You just know them and youRead More

For whatever eason it possessed me to, I decided to read an article from CBS News about the McCartney-Mills divorce… (Paul McCartney and Heather Mills for those living under a rock) British divorce proceedings are closed to the public, making it tough for journalists to report on what’s going on.Read More

Valentines Day is over commercialized. It’s odd that t hsi very cynicism set myself up for a downfall yesterday. No, not that I forgot the holiday for a certain someone — it’s that I set myself up for the letdown by playing cynic with the cynic I had tagged asRead More

And make a habit out of it – we got at least two more this year. While we’re at it — lemme tip my cap to Casey over at St. Petersblog: REFORM, not RELIEF.

I’m in the middle of testing some new stuff that I normally would only do on a testing blog… But I would like to implment these things on several sites, so… Stonegauge may be a guinea pig for a while.

I’m going to a Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi bar tomorrow. I’ve never done Japanese meals — Sushi or Japanese prepared entries. That being said, I could use some advice on what to try or what to avoid. I’d like to get through this without gagging, or without throwing up andRead More

Courtesy of Current’s SuperNews:

1997. As I said in October, I had graduated from High School that year, forgotten in a huge senior class at East Lake High. There was one quality I had, though, that stuck out which people may remember me by — my hearing was shit. After graduating in June ofRead More

Stop the presses! Big news! Huge news! I actually posted on Boltsmag! Twice today, in fact! Like, Ohmigod! (why the snark? I’ve been avoiding Boltsmag for quite some time due various reasons expressed on the site tonight)

While I’m a big fan of the Die Hard franchise, that took a disappointing blow with Live Free or Die Hard.

So the Writers Guild remains on strike and what do we have in the mean time but reruns of shows, YouTube clips of the writers showing solidarity (and humor) and heavy sighing as we miss late night mainstays that are not broadcasting right now — like the Daily Show. IRead More

I saw this last week on Current before it aired on TV: This brought back memories of sorts — cuz I had come across a ridiculous protest online in the past… I ended up commenting at Current about it: This reminds me of the faux protests of Star Wars throughRead More

Back in July, I wrote a disgusted little message to myself: Note to self: People make time for what’s important to them. Be they friends, ideas, events, etc. Proof of this is someone’s trip to (South Florida) while not being able to stop by while only a matter of blocksRead More

Decidedly not the Daily Show, but a pro-writer parody: Usually when I have to deal with work stoppages, it’s putting up with pro sports: fighting between billionaires and multimillionaires. It’s not people taking care of their families or picketing arenas — it’s guys trying to figure out how to payRead More

One time of year I always love is when I have to depart from the sunny and just-too-damn-humid climate of Tampa Bay and wind my way to the original sprawl-town-USA locale of Los Angeles — which has actually started to go back to the concept of rail transportation and itRead More

OK, so lets start with soemthing short and undetailed: I graduated high school ten years ago back in June. Yup, that’s right, it’s been ten years since the summer of 1997 — when the Spice Girls were still somehow relevant, when that little probe touched down on Mars and shockedRead More

First off, I’ll be upgrading the site to the latest version of WordPress…. Knowing my regular reader (hi Kate 🙂 ) doesn’t check in THAT often, I can’t say this will cause much trouble. Of course, if you happen to actually look at the site and don’t happen to beRead More

…an ode to Suburban Hell: Pleasant Valley Sunday Gerry Goffin and Carole King The local rock group down the street is trying hard to learn their song to serenade the weekend squire who just came out to mow his lawn Another Pleasant Valley Sunday (Sunday) Charcoal burning everywhere Rows ofRead More

You know, I tried to find the perfect way to write up a story about my night last night but “Do I have to say the words?” seems perfect in describing it. What I thought was obvious had to be stated. What I thought was apparent, had to be admitted.Read More

I like reading Stephen King in Entertainment Weekly (side note, Uncle Stevie — sorry but I let my subscription run out after 15+ years as a subscriber. Too much tabloidism now in the magazine and not enough industry coverage) and a couple of months ago I read Stevie’s Wonders whichRead More

Well, the daylight slips away, And I start to forget her name She loved me for such a long, long time Unlike any other lover of mine She was so different, But in the end, the same Slowly, her name fades away Our time just passed, I thought it’d lastRead More

Paraphrasing here, but 10-07-2007, astrologer for King Features, Francis Drake says that those born today (IE — me) “could be in for the year of your life….aim big” Stay tuned to see if anything of the sort happens to Johnny.

You know those movies where a guy gets stuck between two women? Or maybe even just thinking about a divorce and the children who get caught in the middle of it: You’re being pulled two ways, you want to be with evreyone and help everyone but it ends up feelingRead More

My buddy David sent along this story about a deaf person’s Starbucks encounter and brought back “pleasant” memories of being treated in the same degrading way in the past. Of course, this time, the hearing impaired person got the comeuppance. Cruel in a way but with how horrid you canRead More

For a couple of years I had my writing online on various extensions of this domain name. Basically it was one short story and about a hundred poems that I had decided to put online. Being the busy bee that I am and having other things to do online, IRead More

I am not an IT guy. I am not a professional network administrator. I am not even an able bodied person. I’m a month off friggin’ head surgery for God’s sake! With that in mind, I would appreciate it if someone would stop saying “You don’t, you can’t, you don’t,Read More

So it’s exactly a month since surgery-eve and I’m doing ok physically… Aches and pains still but I’ll manage. Not wanting to go out in public much due to my eyes not being tip top, nor my hearing, or my hair for that matter. I’ll live though. There are someRead More

Where is the hyped Trillian Astra — Trillian 4.0 — upgrade?

The only thing that blows harder than being stuck in one location while recovering from a major operation is being stuck in one location while recovering from a major operation AND that location being under renovation. I mean, I’ve been home about 3 weeks so I really shouldn’t be bitchingRead More

You know what’s hectic? Getting a thousand things on your mind you want to accomplish, only being able to accomplish a fraction of them because you’re depending on other people, and not starting on other things because you lack the focus to follow up on your thought. It’s maddening. It’sRead More

I have something else I want to talk about just because I’m sort of impressed by how things have gone… Another’s improbable journey to success without really trying (much). I have a fetish for acorns and trying to grow saplings. I’ll admit that right now and you could probably searchRead More

So where was I? Oh, yeah… Dwelling on inevitability. Surgery. All that joyous stuff that makes life grand for me. August 7th, 2007 was an extremely surreal experience in that my focus had to be elsewhere instead of impending doom and gloom (thank you Oren Koules, Jim Sherrin and DougRead More

Author note: Written at Boltsmag.com and archived at RawCharge.com. Regarding tge Tampa Bay Lightning’ being sold to Absolute Hockey.

It didn’t hit me until yesterday. July’s over and my operation is scheduled for August 9th… That’s next week. So much I don’t want to do, so much I want to avoid, so much I want to be irresponsible about… and no time for it.

I’ve been struggling to figure out what is the name of the Typeface being employed by the Tampa Bay Lightning in their (alleged) new logo layout: In all honesty, the closest typeface I can find to font being employed in the logo is the Star Jedi typeface — yeah, that’sRead More

It’s not bad enough that I’m going under the knife in a sensitive procedure early next month… I gotta have an angiogram the day before the operation to boot. First off, the description of an angiogram doesn’t make it sound so horrible — they’re checking the blood flow in arteriesRead More

Note to Self: There is a reason why you like HP printers. They’re pretty easy to use if you’re not being bullheaded. They also have never sucked when you have used them. And of course, it’s a lot simpler to clear paper jams than fidgeting with buttons or trying toRead More

More than three years ago I wrote about the end-of-life of my original DVD player. It was a pretty sweet machine and I was sad to see it go. Especially sad when I’ve tried the competition. My first replacement player was a Toshiba progressive scan blah-blah-blah that was purchased inRead More

A couple of years ago, I wore a chin goatee on the norm… Sorta liked it. Sorta got annoyed trying to keep it at a good length and not let it end up becoming a goat/troll thing (I do not want to do the Lou Albano thing). As things haveRead More

I haven’t written much about my health the last few years… Mostly because Stonegauge is syndicated on the ever-so-excellent Tampa Blab where some of my blog colleagues (who know me better from my endeavor at Boltsmag or my participation at Sticks of Fire) can get wind of this stuff andRead More

No offense to Anthony Kiedis, Flea or the rest of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers but I just can’t get my head around their slightly funked-up version of the Beach Boys classic, “I Gget Around” Found it on YouTube just tonight while looking for a better live performance of theRead More

Note to self: People make time for what’s important to them. Be they people, ideas, events, etc. Proof of this is someone’s trip to Jupiter while not being able to stop by while only a matter of blocks away during upteen days of past. So it goes, and so itRead More