I started looking at my Summer Movie Preview edition of Entertainment Weekly (at newsstands everywhere starting today) and came across a picture I just couldn’t believe… I mean it REALLY had floored me… On page 52 there is a preview for White Chicks and it’s Shawn “SW1” Waynes and MarlonRead More

Damn you Metrocall / Weblink Wireless!!! I start a conversation with my friend Michelle around 5 PM on Friday through my text messenger. “Hey Hey” with Michelle’s standard “Howdy” response. Well, after that Howdy from my AFI loving friend, I couldn’t send nor receive messages from anyone on a cellphoneRead More

So John’s an admitted gimp, right? On his way to recovery and John the Gimp looks into work between little things this week and what happens when I call Abilities of Florida to see if they could assist me with finding a job? I find out their phone number forRead More

Pat Tillman, former NFL player who gave up the game and turned his back on millions from the Arizona Cardinals to join the Army Rangers after 9-11, was killed while involved in the hunt for Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. I know at the time he joinedRead More

I posted last night about Hit for the Cycle and Charles Hamilton’s quest to bike to every MLB baseball stadium. I also posted about how crappy the Devil Rays game was for him and how much of a hard time the Rays gave him. Well, in an attempt to makeRead More

Paythe Rays is what Charlie Hamilton had to sum up his experience at Tropicana Field. Hamilton happens to be biking to every single major league ballpark to raise money for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute… So instead of donating tickets or being treated special — the Rays made it impossibleRead More

Rehabbing is fun. No I am not some muscle bound guy – anyone who knows me knows that isn’t the case… Yet I have been having a hell of a lot of fun working out and trying to get back into shape. I’m impressing everyone who sees me with howRead More

R U Smart? I know a few too many people who would fail this test… And what kind of person am I if I find this completely hysterical and correct at the same time? :tongue :biggrin

I’ve been paying attention to the Comic Strips in the paper this week out of curiosity… I really didn’t expect there to be anything of note until I looked at Get Fuzzy (growing to be one of my favorites) and Doonesbury… Get Fuzzy is running a series this week withRead More

Long time since I played along with “Unconscious Mutterings” — Virginia:: Wolfe Soft:: Core Carol:: Hall Vanity:: Fair Feminist:: Hypocrisy Alias:: Gonzo (I have no clue where that comes from) Coward:: Bush Beer:: Stein Chance:: Gamble Honest:: eluding Some strange words that I put together. Anyone want to post someRead More

One of my favorite movie lines in cinema is issued by Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in the original Godfather movie. Shortly after his nephew’s baptism Michael and his crew have his brother-in-law, Carlo Rizzi, in the family house, and Michael confronts him over the murder/execution of his older brother –Read More

I decided to spin some tunes and do some writing – which hasn’t come easy the last couple of weeks — today. After some audio bullshit and sound card problems I finally got everything running smooth and I had a re-awakening from a song I used to love in MiddleRead More

When pissed off or upset…. When aggrivated and / or bitter When expecting something that never comes — Take it out on exercise equipment.

Nowhere man, can you see the truth at all?

There are a couple of news stories I have come across on the Current Events forum on Skyscraperpage that have really got me irked right now, let me give you snippets of both: Mother sues Coors over son’s death RENO, Nevada (AP) — The mother of a 19-year-old killed inRead More

I’ve been torn this evening on my mood for the day as it has changed over and over again from positive to negative to positive again. I’ve been walking around without the walker today – and when I say that I don’t mean walking and leaning on shit but walkingRead More

I’m watching part 5 of the Beatles Anthology and they are performing Baby’s In Black… There has been a lot of talk about how many screams were happening at the concerts and how the concerts were being ruined by it – you couldn’t hear the performance. Well, John and PaulRead More

RonFontana: ders or at least Mark Lindsey the lead, called Arizona. not great but made me think of you, just cause of the title, ever hear it? I had sent my father a message with regards to the wi fi network and he accidentally sent htat message to me… IRead More

Now John is stumbling around the house a bit — sans a walker. For the first time in a very long time I am trying to make some headway around the house without a metal walker clutched in my hands… It’s difficult because I am still leaning against things andRead More

I didn’t want to post this on Boltsmag and ridicule another Tampa Bay Lightning web log, but after reading the journal in question and this post — I just want to gag…. :puke tb_lightning: *eagerly awaiting the Lightning to lead the series 2-1* *eagerly awaiting the Lightning to lead theRead More

3:50 this afternoon — give or take a few minutes… I finally saw it in person… I finally got to marvel at the technological wonder known as the Segway Human Transporter. I went to a guys house here in Palm Harbor and got to see and try the Segway. NotRead More

I am as happy as a pig in shit right now. For a couple of reasons but first and foremost — because I just solved a bane of my existence. I paid $160 bucks or close to it for 2 pieces of a WiFi Network — A Router and aRead More

The biggest reason I am glad I am deaf is pointed out by Matt at Defective Yeti Absolutely no love lost for the fact I can’t be awoken because of mother nature :biggrin

Anyone who’s read this Blog for a while or has gone through some of my previous posts will know full well that I am interested in the Segway HT. I have yet to see one up close, I am yet to ride one… Well, that changes tomorrow. With me gimpingRead More

Those who stayed in on this beautiful spring day (at least in Florida) got to see exactly how to beat the Lightning. Aggressive checking and a backstop worth a damn will do wonders… Moving on to Nassau Collesium…

I recently saw the original Star Wars Trilogy on film (pirated Version — Han Shoots First, bitch! 🙂 ) and was sorta’ sick because of how corny C3PO and R2-D2 were in the movies… But I can also remember how I was watching the movie and would see Artoo beep-blip-bloopRead More

Here I am — someone who can blog through his ass and back again and a wanna’ be story teller and what has happened? My shit attitude on top of some creative shortcomings has limited me when it comes to actually doing any writing. I’ve struggled with a few paragraphsRead More

I know some people are still looking for pictures of Tyler Crotty behind the president Others are looking for full video clips — NerdySouth has what you want, NerdySouth has what you NEED… And of course, here is our hero (he’s my hero because he can fall asleep during aRead More

Does it trouble anyone else that March Madness lasted till mid April? Just an observation… :wink

I keep stating to friends that I am at wit’s end right now. I am waking up in the morning with no idea why I should get out of bed. I read the paper and maybe have a bite to eat when I DO get out of bed and thenRead More

Rest in peace, Kurt. Dumb I’m not like them But I can pretend The sun is gone But I have a light The day is done But I’m having fun I think I’m dumb or maybe just happy Think I’m just happy my heart is broke But I have someRead More

Well, CNN has apologized for denying what Letterman aired on TV the other night. Not only that but one of their anchors proposed she appear on Letterman as a “Stupid human trick” in the future :tongue Personally I find this entire situation from a political standpoint, absurd but not unexpected.

Trying once again with Worth1000.com — I’ll probably come out middle of the pack on this one if not low… I think I did a good job photoshopping this image but there are TONS of outstanding entries.

With Boston’s tie against Washington, the Bruins can do no better than tie the Lightning for most points in the conference. Meaning for the first time in their history, the Tampa Bay Lightning are regular season Eastern Conference champs and secure home ice advantage throughout the playoffs! :woot Lemme sayRead More

I wanted to get some thoughts out after watching some of Richard Clarke on Hard Ball with Chris Matthews. I’ve been thinking about Clarke and his non-partisan dealings with the media and the 9-11 commission and it got me thinking back to my own political journey. I know I amRead More

I happened to catch Letterman last night, usually I hold out for Conan O”Brian or am busy surfing hte web and chatting when Letterman is on but last night I tuned into Letterman and what happened? I caught the best opening of the show in years… Not that he’s hadRead More

From Paul who runs Witty Librarian… Just saw this on the Trib’s web site. John, go ahead, I’ll cover my ears now… **space provided for John F. to scream a scream of the damned so loud it would shatter the world** ….sigh

Graphic Manipulation is a bitch… Just look at my piss poor Worth 1000 entry….. **sigh** buttons and graphics are one thing but making things look realistic while they are complete fake isn’t.

Someone close to me once told me that a lot of the current music out there makes you want to get up and dance. They were obsessed with Lenny Kravitz at the time (and remembering a song from High School that Lenny was wailing at the time I broke in,Read More

How pathetic? A little troll with the IP address 168.213.1.133 posts about 1000 times under an entry in this blog to tell me I’m “Gay” and that my “mama is gay”. To whoever has this intelligence deficit — thanks for your comments and showing how pathetic both you and yourRead More

I’ve alluded before on Der Stonegauge that I was an early adopter of the DVD format. In 1998 I had the money to blow so I went out and got a player before the format even took a firm hold on society. Over the years, my Panasonic DVD-A105 has shownRead More

I have had two songs stuck in my head in recent days — well, more than in just recent days, they’ve been with me for years on and off at times and I couldn’t identify either of them. One was a Top-40 song that I had heard on the heRead More

Nice, Altoid’s now offers breath-strips much like my fave Listerine Cool Mint breath strips…

I came across someone I had been searching for over the last seven years on Classmates.com just now… Someone i used to have a mad crush on and someone I was too scared to admit I was interested in. But that was 10th grade and High School… A long longRead More

The thing that sucks the most about living in Palm Harbor is not the fact that this neighborhood is “the boonies” when it comes to having my friends come over (it’s far removed from Tampa, St. Pete and other areas, or so it seems) but the fact that I amRead More

I haven’t been much of a fan of Universal the last few years. They’ve had some good movies but they tend to be a little, shall we say, over-occupied with franchise building… The same can be said with every major studio right now (Fox – X-Men, Warner Brothers – TheRead More

White House staff organize surprise party for President to mark one-year anniversary of Iraq War | GWBush04.com Washington — White House staffers arranged a well-deserved surprise party for President Bush today, in honor of the one-year anniversary of the Iraq War. Invited guests arrived at the White House in secret,Read More

I was reading about global protests from yesterday’s 1 year anniversary of War in Iraq and, while reading a local article on local protests of the war, came across this gem of a quote that absolutely infuriated me with it’s ignorance: “Man, did I ever come to the park atRead More

You CANNOT hold a conversation by having “Hi”, “N/M J/C” and “Hello?!!” as your entire vocabulary online. If you can’t hold a conversation or won’t try to talk to someone, you are better off either in a chat room or just offline, period.