Favorite Albums of 2008 (in no particular order other than alphabetical)

Apes & Androids - Blood Moon

Dr. Dog - Fate

Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes

Ben Folds - Way to Normal

Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads

The Killers - Day & Age

The Kills - Midnight Boom

Late of the Pier - Fantasy Black Channel

Idina Menzel - I Stand

Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer

Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

Martha Wainwright - I Know You're Married, But I've Got Feelings Too

Hot Pink Mess

The only difference here is Katie Couric's blinkage, other than that Palin is one hot pink mess!

She just doesn't like squirrels. She calls them "Tree-Jews."

Is this who we want running our country when McBush mccroaks?  She's not even from a state connected to the U.S.

10 little known facts about Mrs. Palin:  

1.)  Now that there's a chance she may live in the lower 48 states, the polar ice caps may now return.

2.)  She kills polar bears with her bare hands...it's not global warming after all

3.) Paid her way through college by hunting yeti pelts

4.) She doesn't like squirrels, she prefers to call them "tree-jews"

5.) She finished second in the Miss Alaska pageant

6.) She earned the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" because of her intense "play"  (see urbandictionary.com for definition if need be)

7.) Has sons named Track and Trig and married to an eskimo named Todd (how pedestrian)

8.) Doesn't want "the gays" to marry, but is okay with not discriminating against them 

9.) Hunts and eats mooseburgers! How un-American!

10.) Member of the NRA and Pro-life (boo)

"Dear Lord, please let America win all the Gold so we can melt it down and take back our economy from China"

you decide.

english was boring in high school. so J and I formed this:

Japsprenchagesealishalikanian

we communicate with dolphins on an island in the south pacific.

Chuckles the Clown

This is my boss....  

please watch the video it will enhance your health:

Chuckles The Clown on Mister Rogers

tR/Fo

Barack & Roll '08

Barack Obama Made Me A

Rick Derringer - "Barack And Roll, Hoochie Koo"

Starship - "We Built This City (On Barack And Roll)"

The Ramones - "Barack 'n Roll High School"

The Ramones - "Barackaway Beach"

B-52's - "Barack Lobster"

Falco - "Barack Me Amadeus"

Elton John - "Crocodile Barack"

Joan Jett - "I Love Barack 'n' Roll"

David Bowie - "Barack 'n' Roll Suicide"

Belle and Sebastian - "This is Just a Modern Barack Song"

Blue Oyster Cult - "Cities On Flame With Barack And Roll"

Dropkick Murphy's - The Baracky Road To Dublin

Scorpions - "Barack You Like a Hurricane"

The Clash - "Barack the Casbah"

Kiss - "Barack And Roll All Nite"

Hitler as a Child.

it may not stay like this for long....so I enjoy looking at these standings!

I heart Baltimore :)

TEAM        W    L        %       GB

Baltimore    8    5    .615        -
Boston         7     6    .538     1.0
Toronto       7    6    .538     1.0
New York    7    7    .500     1.5
Tampa Bay  6    7    .462     2.0


Streaks: W1
Last 10: 6-4
Home: 6-1 Road: 2-4
Runs Scored: 59
Runs Against: 56

St. Paddy's - Drink Up Bitches!

this pic really sums it all up.

I should be recapping St. Paddy's weekend in NYC...but i'm still recovering... haha no really there's just a lot that went down.  I will be presenting this with pictures cause I'm too lazy to write all this shit down!

mom making b-fast...

traditional Irish b-fast. 

people.

haha drunk before noon.

hot mess and McNanigans is angry cause she's not Irish.

um. well, the pictures seem to stop after the parade.   haha

We hung out with the Emerald Society @ Pier 92.  Lots of Irish fuzz (pigs, filth, our friends with the talking broaches... whichever you prefer.)  They pissed off the pier (isn't that illegal)  and some chick passed out right in front of us.  I'm still trying to find that pic. It was classic!   it's a blur from there.   so insert your own drama here--->

love all over ya!

tR/Fo

for real!?!?

what is wrong with people today? population control needs to be enforced!  well, at least people need to be tested before they procreate!

Dad Guilty of Putting Baby in Microwave
By JUAN A. LOZANO, AP
2 hours ago

GALVESTON, Texas — A young father was convicted Tuesday of badly injuring his infant daughter by putting her in a microwave, with jurors rejecting his claim that he was insane at the time.

Jurors deliberated about four hours before finding 20-year-old Joshua Mauldin guilty of felony injury to a child.

After the verdict, jurors began hearing testimony in the punishment phase of the trial. Mauldin faces anything from probation to life in prison.

Mauldin pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, saying he was having a psychotic episode when he put his then 2-month-old daughter, Ana, in a hotel microwave for 10 to 20 seconds last May while her mother and grandmother were away.

Prosecutors and Mauldin's defense attorney, Sam Cammack III, had no immediate comment after the verdict.

Mauldin sat emotionless as his daughter's foster mother detailed in penalty phase testimony how Ana's wounds still need to be cleaned every day and how she screams during the painful process.

The witness, Heather Croxton, said she hopes to adopt Ana, who is now 1 year old. Another trial scheduled for next month will seek to terminate the parental rights of Joshua and Eva Mauldin, who lives in Arkansas. Croxton's husband is a step-cousin of Eva Mauldin.

Croxton said Ana will need more operations to remove scar tissue and reconstruct her left ear, but she said she is more worried about the day Ana finds out what happened to her.

"I can only imagine how (she) would feel, knowing that the man that was supposed to take care of her did this to her," Croxton said as she cried. "As far as telling her the truth ... I don't see how we cannot tell her. She's going to want to know how she got those scars."

Cammack told jurors during closing arguments Monday that mental illness was probably the only explanation for his client's actions.

"Joshua Mauldin has been somebody with mental illness from the time he was 10 years old until the time this offense was committed," he said.

But prosecutors countered that Mauldin was driven by anger that he was in a loveless marriage and was stuck in a new town with a baby he didn't want to care for.

"All (Mauldin) has done is try to wrap himself in some psychiatric flag and say, 'I did it and I was crazy,'" Galveston County prosecutor Xochitl Vandiver told jurors. "That's what he's trying to pull on you all. Don't fall for it, because it is a lie."

Officials say Ana suffered second- and third-degree burns to her left ear, cheek, hand and shoulder and needed skin grafts. Before putting her in the microwave, Mauldin had punched the baby and put her in the hotel room safe and refrigerator.

At the time, Mauldin had just moved to Galveston, about 50 miles southeast of Houston, from Warren, Ark., to become a preacher.

"He knowingly hurt that baby because he was angry with her," Vandiver said.

Cammack said Mauldin was a loving father who tried to run into traffic and kill himself after realizing what had happened.

But Vandiver said that Mauldin has a history of lying, including about being mentally ill, to get out of trouble. He initially claimed his daughter was severely sunburned.

The state defines not guilty by reason of insanity as having a severe mental illness that prevents someone who is committing a crime from knowing that it is wrong.

Lesbian Boy - "Knees"

The legendary band without a fan!   

love ya unca Mike!


tR/Fo

Shades of Gray.

You need to read this book...NOW!

"Shades of Gray: A Novel of the Civil War in Virginia"


tR/Fo

Steven Seagal pt deux

Haha.

I just bought some Steven Seagal energy drinks. one of each! I haven't tried them yet...

I might keep them for decoration.


tR/Fo

Clintonite Stabs Obama Supporter... Meanwhile McCain Prepares for Winter

FEBRUARY 25--

"Meet Jose Antonio Ortiz. The Pennsylvania man allegedly stabbed his brother-in-law in the stomach after the pair quarreled about their respective support of Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

According to cops, Ortiz, 28, stabbed Sean Shurelds last Thursday night in the kitchen of an Upper Providence Township home. According to a criminal complaint, the 41-year-old Shurelds, an Obama supporter, told Ortiz that the Illinois senator was "trashing" Clinton (apparently in regard to recent primary and caucus results). Ortiz, a Clinton supporter, replied that "Obama was not a realist." While not exactly fighting words, the verbal political tiff led to some mutual choking and punching. And, allegedly, a stabbing in the abdomen.

Ortiz, pictured in this mug shot, was charged with a felony aggravated assault count and two misdemeanors and jailed in lieu of $20,000 bail. Shurelds was flown to Hahnemann University Hospital, where he was admitted in critical condition."

From: The Smoking Gun











Meanwhile, John McCain is storing nuts for winter.

Why does Steven Seagal have an energy drink?   

Especially one called "Asian Experience."

Steven Seagal now can add “Energy Drink formulator” to a list of over speculated talents that include action star/actor, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and Aikido black belt. Maintaining an unrelenting schedule that would tire younger entrepreneurs, the 54-year-old ( because I believe he is a robot within)

Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt Energy Drink™ is the result of Seagal’s travels in Asia in search of the ingredients believed to keep many locals disease-free for life. Seagal says he discovered the benefits of Asian Cordyceps (one of the most rare and treasured herbs used in Chinese and Tibetan medicine for thousands of years) while researching immune builders in Asia. They promote energy, vitality and longevity. Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt is all natural with no sugar added. Thank you for being our Asian Liason, cause without you we would never have found "Lightning Bolt" (um said with some sarcasm.)

“I have traveled the world creating this drink; there is none better,” says Seagal, who lived in Tibet and Japan in the 1960s and 1970s while learning Buddhism and martial arts. “I have included in this drink everything I could to strengthen the body.” - Seagul   

Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt is truly a new generation of Gourmet Energy Drink due to the appealing taste and health benefits. Gourmet being that it only costs $1 @ Wal-Mart

Thank you Mr. Seagal for making me stronger and aiding me in having an "Asian Experience"

Continuation... Gaylord.

Friday:  got to relax most of the day. watched a few movies. McRick made me watch Cat's Eye, an ancient Stephen King novel turned into a movie.  James Woods was in it... the only redeeming factor oh and a very tiny Drew Barrymore.  Then I watched Fight Club... thank god for Chuck P.  oh and Brad Pitt & Jared Leto. prowl.  I had to brush up on my fighting skills... who knows what's gonna happen in the city with these crazy bitches!  but seriously. i'm a pansy...i'd run.  i digress. 

  

That evening we went to see Toby Keith.  Who knew there were so many cuntry fans in Jersey.  We walked into the venue and I felt like I was at Wal-mart in Hanover. It was scary! haha  The evening wasn't as painful as I had imagined.   The Big Dog Daddy puts on a good show and well he's very patriotic. (and probably drive a Fix Or Repair Daily) He's does have nice teeth for a redneck. Lots of RW&B confetti and pyrotechnics. There needs to be a little disclaimer with patriotism...you can support and defend your country...as long as your not gay or have flat feet.  I guarantee I was the only gay out of 17,000 Toby fans, but it's cool.   Then we had to climb Mount Everest to get to the car. We parked on the top of the parking structure, like 8 stories up. boo.   

To the city we headed. We met up with Kass and her friend Jess. They were in the fashion district getting their hair did for like 8 hours.   We hung out there for a few. Got a free drink and free fumes.  It was the closest to gay I got all weekend.   But it was taken away as quickly as it had entered. :(   We then headed to Cafeteria  "amped-up comfort food plus an unquestionably hip Chelsea setting, 24 hours a day."    They sat us in the basement at first. It was filled with stale air and mcbitches, who told us we couldn't sit at the big person table cause we only had four and it was reserved for five.  We were told to sit at these miniature tables like 2 feet high with eggs as chairs... what?   We said nay and went back upstairs for some fresh air and a real table.  The food was good, the service a little subpar, but the waiter was cute. I had fabulous meatloaf sliders and shared mac'n'cheese with McRick. I think we were there til like 3/4? I don't really recall even though i didn't even have a drink. It's amazing how time flies in NYC.   

Saturday: Pub Crawl. We started around 1ish, in the afternoon, at Jack Demsey's, where McRick and I met up again with Kass and Jess aka Tits McGee and Legs McPhee.
Then if I remember correctly we headed to Queens to pub crawl in the Irish section. We hit Donovan's Pub, which supposedly has the #1 rated burger in NY. So we went to try it out.  Not bad...not the best i've ever had, but not bad.  Outside the restaurant we ran into this old man that gave us candy. I was a little nervous cause they say "never take candy from strangers" but he was sweet...so what's the harm.  Then to Saint's & Sinners, which involved us walking in and turning around and back out. It was the least Irish pub out of them all...it was kinda clean and fancy inside. Not our scene. Then we went over to Sean Og Tavern were we hung out for a few. Played some pool, met some Irish and drank some beer.  I tried Guinness for the first time. I'm not a fan. It left this weird taste in the back of my throat.  I really tried, but I only made it a few sips before I gave up.   We met two interesting characters...McBrian and McVinnie.   McBrian and I were apparently best friends. He was quizzing me about my sexuality and then kept apologizing for it. It was fun to listen to him...because he was wasted.   

McBrian and McVinne took us over to Maguires? where I had a Jager-bomb (just one though, I was behaving myself that night) They had a guitar shaped table with a fiddle and banjo inside. It was sweet. After that we headed to  KC Moores? for some karaoke. I'm not a fan of karaoke. I don't really understand the fascination, but it's fun to watch nonetheless.  McRick and I headed out fairly early cause I had to wake up at like 7am to get to York for L&J's tea party the next morning.   

I am decidedly a voyeur. I would much rather people watch than join in.  As McRick said, i'm a Type B, but then again she also said I wasn't presentable. haha.  Really she meant approachable.  Which I know is true, why should I feign that I want to talk to people when I don't. I'm proudly anti-social.   I did have an awesome time this weekend, but then again I was hanging out with three beautiful ladies...all of which were Mcstraightees, but it was a still fantabulous. 

This is Pappy. He is on a Gnome exchange program.  I don't know much about him other then he was living in Brooklyn and now he is currently residing in River Edge NJ with McRick.  He watched me sleep all weekend and apparently he is chiseling something out of stone. Luckly he didn't steal my breath.   

If you wish to learn more please contact the all knowing Wikipedia.com  

Or call 1-800-Go-Gnome.

This was a lot to recap but now "i'm done, i'm done, i'm fucking done!"

Love all over ya!

tR/Fo

currently listening... Flogging Molly :)

NYC Take 2 or How One Should Limit Thyself to 3 Jager-bombs not 6ish.

Where to begin...

       I made my way to Jersey quite easily this time, thanks to Alice my new GPS friend.  McRick and I headed to the city and made it on time for a show. I believe it was our first. We went to see Rufus Wainwright @ Radio City Music Hall. I've never been. RCMH is a beautiful venue and I had a fantabulous time. Sean Lennon was the opener. Even thought John Lennon was his father, he bored me.  He and Rufus did perform Across the Universe together which was beautiful. Rufus sounded amazing as did the hall itself. Unfortunately he did not do one of my favorites "Hallelujah" but he did sing some Judy Garland which made up for that. It was the last show of the tour so it went on forever, which I can't complain about because I was sad to see it end. 

       McRick and I grabbed some pizza which we hurriedly chowed down in a cab ride to Wicked Willy's (i think) it's kind of a blur from there.  We met up with Kassie and um others. McRick couldn't drink cause she just lost half of her wisdom... but she was kind enough to take care of Kass and I. They were doing karaoke and well I was drinking. what i'm not sure but it contained Chambord! so yum. then Kass and I began our Jager-bombs... also yum. They're like liquid crack!  (For those of you who don't know me I am quite the lightweight-a cheap drunk whatever you prefer to call it)  By the end of it all I had 2 or 3 of the sweet but strong Chambord drinks and well 6ish Jagerbombs...  

        McRick kept trying to get me to drink water, while these Irish men kept giving me drinks, which I took til I got to the shot of vodka, I knew I couldn't stomach that one.  I vaguely remember the rest of the events of the evening. I remember a lot of stumbling and nausea.  Kass bitched her way out of McRick's care and went on her way home.  I apparently slept at some random diner for an hour and a half while McRick was having breakfast with Ivan and...and someone else. I was barely alive as you can see by the pic below. 

       We made it home by seven in the am. I was out, but oddly enough I woke around 12 with no hangover. Poor McRick had to work at noon... god bless that girl I don't know how she does it.

 

To be continued...I'm tired of typing  

(please look forward to Toby Keith, Gnomes, Hair Salon Hangouts, and Pub Crawling)

I'm gonna watch Saw IV to see how terrible it actually is...then bed. I'll write more when I'm awake and more witty.

Love all over ya!

tR/Fo

Eat mor chikin...as long as it's not on sunday.

 

It was an unsuspecting sunday afternoon when one miss J craves a chick-fil-a.  We venture out on the windiest day, well...ever, only to be disappointed by this American franchise! Oh Chick-fil-A how dare you tease us with your tasty chicken treats and Polynesian sauce on the holy day.  We were forced to settled for KFC! (and a hard taco for miss L)  This fails in comparison. Miss J and I shared a "chicken snackers meal" only to find out that it was a roll with a lot of shredded brownish green iceberg lettuce and two chicken balls...yes balls. They were the size of a Whopper (the delicious chocolate malt treat, not the artery clogger from Burger King.)!  We left defeated, dirty, and still hungry.  I'm am disappointed, not only by the KFC snackers, but by the idea that Sunday is not a day for chikin.

Here's a little history on the companies religious background:

"Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy is a devout Southern Baptist who has taught Sunday School for over 44 years and whose religious beliefs permeate the company to this day. The company's official statement of corporate purpose says that the business exists "to glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us and to have a positive influence on all who come in contact with Chick-fil-A." The chain invests heavily in community services (especially for children and teenagers) and scholarships. Cathy's beliefs are also responsible for one of the chain's distinctive features: All Chick-fil-A locations (company-owned and franchised, whether in a mall or freestanding) are closed on Sundays."

“Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and directing our attention to things more important than our business. If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work. Through the years, I have never wavered from that position."
—S. Truett Cathy

-thank you to wikipedia for all of the wonderful information it provides.

love all of ya!

tR/Fo

Support the Rabid

I should be looking for a job, but instead here's what i found out about rabies...

Rabies (Latin: rabies, "madness, rage, fury"), a.k.a. hydrophobia is a viral zoonotic disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in mammals. In non-vaccinated humans, rabies is almost invariably fatal after neurological symptoms have developed, but prompt post-exposure vaccination may prevent the virus from progressing. There are only six known cases of a person surviving symptomatic rabies, and only one known case of survival in which the patient received no rabies-specific treatment either before or after illness onset. (thank you wikipedia)

Most definitely not funny... unless it's John Stamos (below) or Meredith Palmer (above)

[Race for the Cure]

You may think only three Americans die every year from rabies, but you'd be wrong. Four Americans die every year. This cause is important.

Love all over ya!

tR/Fo

Currently Listening : "We are the World"  haha no that would mean i care.

Seriously Currently Listening : "Business Time" Flight of the Conchords

.New Jersey Or How NJ Hates Left Turns & Alleys.

Oh New York, how I'm not sure if I love thee yet or not.  It was an interesting weekend you provided for me. 

It started in Jersey or how jersey hates left turns and alleys. I hate jersey, it's official.  so damn confusing!  But I digress.   I met up with Miss A in Hackensack/River Edge @ The Party Box, obviously a box full of parties.  Then ventured to her apt, dinner, then the city for the big game. Jax vs. NE.  I don't follow football, but I had no choice but to follow the game. Unfortunately the Jaguars lost, but they put up a damn good fight.  We were watching the game at the Mean Fiddler in Hell's Kitchen.  It was infiltrated by skinheads/army/cancer patients (not sure which)  Anywho after the game they started to play 80's music and I definitely can't argue with that since I was made in the 80's, but then somehow it digressed into gangsta rap.  Irish pub my friend!   Met some awesome people, had a Jager bomb for the first time, and watched a football game in it's entirety.  

Then Miss A and I headed over to Obivion.  Fancy little lounge in the Meat Packing district I think.  More free drinks ( i've lost count by now.) Shady restrooms in the basement or as they were called Water Closets.  They were playing random campy porn on the TV and more gangsta rap.   but cool nonetheless.

Next we were off to Level V (which is five in Roman Numerals, right? but no it's the letter V)  Another fancy little lounge this time underground.  We met up with her friend David and some other little man. They were very nice. Miss A was talking to the little man and I was talking to David. Now by this time (it's like 4ish in the morning)  i was tired, a bit tipsy and my ears were on fire from the music and to top it off David had an accent, plus I wasn't really listening.  anywho he offered me the unmentionable (a lil nose candy)  Random, what? He's like "you know, sniff sniff, but you can't tell Miss A." Me: "Um ok, no thanks." then he just walked away. But before that he told me last time he was @ Level V he met Derek Jeter (oh no no no how i despise the Yankees.) So needless to say we got off to a rough start. Offering me drugs, talking about Jeter. The latter of the two is the worst!  

Moving forward. They were closing. we got kicked out.  Then david and little man took us to some other club (i don't even know the name cause we went in the back/side door). said there was an after party, but they didn't know the owners and this place was closing. so we hung out there as long as we could then left. Little man got a cab and went home.   David, Miss A, & I went back to the Mean Fiddler to check on her friend ( by now it's 5am) Well the Fiddler was closed her friend no where to be found. We're standing in front of the Fiddler and ( this is the best) David says "you know how to get home right?" to Me. "I'm in the middle of New York City with miss A as my ride, of course i don't how to get home!"  he was gonna pawn me off to the city so he could getting a lil sugar.  I think not!  Miss A told him several times that I was staying with her for the weekend, but he didn't seem to get it.  So this cab appears out of nowhere and he storms past miss A and I and gets in the cab. No "nice to meet you" "have a good night" nothing. and he's gone. So I told Miss A about the Unmentionable and she was appalled, so needless to say as far as I know her and david are no longer friends.  

We get a cab and head back to 33rd/34th and get on the path back to Jersey.  She pays for parking, we get in her car to exit the garage and she can't find the ticket. so we wait (what feels like an eternity 'cause I'm tired and have to pee!)  finally the parking guys lets us through and we're on our way home. we stopped at a diner and got some breakfast. (hot chocolate and banana pancakes!) After that we're back to her apt and to sleep we go. 

Sunday was lazy, watched another football game. ending up spending the night again cause they had some winter storm advisory.  We watched "Hot Fuzz" & "Paris Je T'aime"  The Monday met for lunch at this Mediterranean place (also a new experience, I had eggplant for the first time...not really a fan, but the kabobs were awesome) After lunch I was on my way back to Pa. It was a little sketchy getting out of Jersey, but I made it home safe and sound.

It was quite an interesting adventure into Straightdom.  But fun nonetheless!!  oddly enough I'm ready to go back (to the city...not straightdom!)

Love all over ya!

tR/Fo

"Fascist!  Hag!"

Currently Listening : "I Love NYC" Andrew W.K.