Nathan Adrian, Swimming, USA - SOO HOT!
Can't remember this beaut's name. Team USA, Track & field.
Friday, August 3, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 2012
London Olympic Husbands - 2012
The following hotties are my Olympic husbands. It's better that I post these pics than talk about my life. Enjoy!
Tom Daley, Diver, UK
Mark Dalton, Gymnast, USA
Ryan Lochte, Swimmer, USA
Danell Leyva, Gymnast, USA
More Jake Dalton. Ripped huh?
Sam Mikulak, Gymnast, USA
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Focus People!
This article is from today's New York Times. It is very true. Wake up! Their are more important issues than Colombian prostitutes and other little bits of drama people cling too.
Focus, People!
By CHARLES M. BLOW
The general election is off to an inauspicious start.
We are already lost in the weeds of the inconsequential.
Like kittens chasing a spot of light on the floor, the public and the press are jumping about with excitement and outrage over ancillary issues. Even there we are doing so by creating false equivalencies.
For instance, an Obama supporter, Hilary Rosen, made an unfortunate remark about Ann Romney’s being a stay-at-home mom, and the president quickly distanced himself even though Rosen apologized.
On the other hand, one of Mitt Romney’s supporters, the inflammatory Ted Nugent, made despicable and threatening comments about the president’s re-election, and Romney only soft-pedaled away from him, even though Nugent never apologized.
This is what we’re discussing — a manufactured mommy war and a rhetorical warmonger.
And while we’re distracted, recent polling suggests that the race is tightening.
This all makes me want to grab every American by the shoulder and say, “Focus, people!”
This will be a long election fought with hundreds of millions of dollars over relatively few voters in the middle. There is unlikely to be a knockout punch or a trump-card issue. There will be many ups and downs, faux pas and faux issues. But we shouldn’t lose sight of what really matters — what this and every presidential election is really about.
It is about the size and function of government in our lives — whether we value social safety nets or social Darwinism.
It is about how the government collects and spends money and whether those activities are ruled by a spirit of fairness or disproportionately favor the most well off.
It is about whether rhetoric criticizing the size and influence of government ends where individuals’ bodies begin. Whether you believe, as I do, that all liberty begins with personal liberty. That none of us has the right to impose our beliefs and values on others. That each of our bodies is sovereign, to be governed as we so choose, without the interference of government, so long as our individual choices don’t impede or encumber the liberty of others.
This is about each of us being able to love, and marry, whomever we chose.
This is about women having unfettered and unfiltered access to a full range of reproductive options, which is most fundamentally about the physical and economic well-being of both them and their families.
This is about how we prioritize and provide direction and incentives for our educational system so that we produce citizens who are well equipped to compete in a tightening global job market.
When you consider the gravity of the real issues, the minor ones drift away like the seeds of a dandelion.
This is about the judges the winner of the election would nominate, particularly to the Supreme Court, and how those nominations might balance or further skew the justice system.
This is about war philosophies: how easily a president is willing to commit troops to war, how he might execute a war once it commences and how willing he is to end it.
It is also about whether we will deal humanely with people who are in this country illegally, many of whom have been here for decades, many of whom work and are otherwise law abiding, many of whom have been raised and educated here.
When you consider the gravity of the real issues, the minor ones drift away like the seeds of a dandelion.
Neither candidate is perfect on every point, but they are not equal. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the Democrats and Republicans, have radically divergent views about the direction of the country. One is progressive; the other is regressive.
Romney and the Republicans are running a campaign of opposition and retrenchment. They want to repeal, restrict, restructure, reclaim and restore. They want to take the country back to a reality that exists only in their imaginations — and to a world that will never exist again — and freeze us there.
But that’s utterly unrealistic. There are no cryogenic chambers for countries. The world is dynamic, and as a country we must be dynamic in it. There is no going backward to get ahead. This is not a board game.
Social mores are changing. The global economy is changing. World security is changing. We need a president who understands and appreciates those changes and can articulate a core conviction about how to guide us forward through them.
That man simply isn’t Mitt Romney.
I have no personal gripe with Romney. I don’t believe him to be an evil man. Quite the opposite: he appears to be a loving husband and father. Besides, evil requires conviction, which Romney lacks. But he is a dangerous man. Unprincipled ambition always is. Infinite malleability is its own vice because it’s infinitely corruptible by others of ignoble intentions.
Not only has he at some point in his political life been on both sides of more issues than I have energy to list here, he has made clear during the primaries that he is willing to shift to the far right on far too many issues to be the right president for modern America.
He has signaled that war with Iran would be on the table. He has said that he would seek to take financing away from Planned Parenthood. He embraced the Paul Ryan budget. He has called Arizona’s draconian immigration law a “model” for the country. He has said that he would “propose and promote” a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
He said this week that he might eliminate the Department of Housing and Urban Development and trim down the Department of Education.
He has said that he “favored justices like Roberts and Alito, Scalia and Thomas” for the Supreme Court and found the nomination of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic on the court, “troubling.” He has said that he would like to see Roe v. Wade overturned.
Romney’s willingness to shift so far right would set us too far back.
We need a president who understands the winds of change, not one who simply twists in them.
We are already lost in the weeds of the inconsequential.
Like kittens chasing a spot of light on the floor, the public and the press are jumping about with excitement and outrage over ancillary issues. Even there we are doing so by creating false equivalencies.
For instance, an Obama supporter, Hilary Rosen, made an unfortunate remark about Ann Romney’s being a stay-at-home mom, and the president quickly distanced himself even though Rosen apologized.
On the other hand, one of Mitt Romney’s supporters, the inflammatory Ted Nugent, made despicable and threatening comments about the president’s re-election, and Romney only soft-pedaled away from him, even though Nugent never apologized.
This is what we’re discussing — a manufactured mommy war and a rhetorical warmonger.
And while we’re distracted, recent polling suggests that the race is tightening.
This all makes me want to grab every American by the shoulder and say, “Focus, people!”
This will be a long election fought with hundreds of millions of dollars over relatively few voters in the middle. There is unlikely to be a knockout punch or a trump-card issue. There will be many ups and downs, faux pas and faux issues. But we shouldn’t lose sight of what really matters — what this and every presidential election is really about.
It is about the size and function of government in our lives — whether we value social safety nets or social Darwinism.
It is about how the government collects and spends money and whether those activities are ruled by a spirit of fairness or disproportionately favor the most well off.
It is about whether rhetoric criticizing the size and influence of government ends where individuals’ bodies begin. Whether you believe, as I do, that all liberty begins with personal liberty. That none of us has the right to impose our beliefs and values on others. That each of our bodies is sovereign, to be governed as we so choose, without the interference of government, so long as our individual choices don’t impede or encumber the liberty of others.
This is about each of us being able to love, and marry, whomever we chose.
This is about women having unfettered and unfiltered access to a full range of reproductive options, which is most fundamentally about the physical and economic well-being of both them and their families.
This is about how we prioritize and provide direction and incentives for our educational system so that we produce citizens who are well equipped to compete in a tightening global job market.
When you consider the gravity of the real issues, the minor ones drift away like the seeds of a dandelion.
This is about the judges the winner of the election would nominate, particularly to the Supreme Court, and how those nominations might balance or further skew the justice system.
This is about war philosophies: how easily a president is willing to commit troops to war, how he might execute a war once it commences and how willing he is to end it.
It is also about whether we will deal humanely with people who are in this country illegally, many of whom have been here for decades, many of whom work and are otherwise law abiding, many of whom have been raised and educated here.
When you consider the gravity of the real issues, the minor ones drift away like the seeds of a dandelion.
Neither candidate is perfect on every point, but they are not equal. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, the Democrats and Republicans, have radically divergent views about the direction of the country. One is progressive; the other is regressive.
Romney and the Republicans are running a campaign of opposition and retrenchment. They want to repeal, restrict, restructure, reclaim and restore. They want to take the country back to a reality that exists only in their imaginations — and to a world that will never exist again — and freeze us there.
But that’s utterly unrealistic. There are no cryogenic chambers for countries. The world is dynamic, and as a country we must be dynamic in it. There is no going backward to get ahead. This is not a board game.
Social mores are changing. The global economy is changing. World security is changing. We need a president who understands and appreciates those changes and can articulate a core conviction about how to guide us forward through them.
That man simply isn’t Mitt Romney.
I have no personal gripe with Romney. I don’t believe him to be an evil man. Quite the opposite: he appears to be a loving husband and father. Besides, evil requires conviction, which Romney lacks. But he is a dangerous man. Unprincipled ambition always is. Infinite malleability is its own vice because it’s infinitely corruptible by others of ignoble intentions.
Not only has he at some point in his political life been on both sides of more issues than I have energy to list here, he has made clear during the primaries that he is willing to shift to the far right on far too many issues to be the right president for modern America.
He has signaled that war with Iran would be on the table. He has said that he would seek to take financing away from Planned Parenthood. He embraced the Paul Ryan budget. He has called Arizona’s draconian immigration law a “model” for the country. He has said that he would “propose and promote” a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
He said this week that he might eliminate the Department of Housing and Urban Development and trim down the Department of Education.
He has said that he “favored justices like Roberts and Alito, Scalia and Thomas” for the Supreme Court and found the nomination of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Hispanic on the court, “troubling.” He has said that he would like to see Roe v. Wade overturned.
Romney’s willingness to shift so far right would set us too far back.
We need a president who understands the winds of change, not one who simply twists in them.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
It Doesn't Get Better
Check this video out from FCKH8.com. Careful playing at work if people around you are sensitive to swearing.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Republican Hypocricy
I have too much time to read every article in the newspaper lately. Boy is this country a mess. Instead of working together or helping the little guy we fuck 'em over. This cartoon does a good job showing what I mean. Enjoy!
Friday, March 16, 2012
Still Dumpin'
Not much has changed for me here. Surprise! I guess the only good thing is my car insurance will be a little cheaper . . . $1,983 instead of $2,200. Still absolutely ridiculous.Spent most of the week down in Connecticut with my family and baby sitting my nieces. Love those two little girls. They kept me on my toes and provided endless entertainment.
Nothing new on the job front. In this situation, no news is bad news right? lol. Financially I've prepared myself to be unemployed until summer 2013. Mentally, I'll be spent by August of this year. No one is hiring . . . and if they are I'm not hearing back. It's not like I'm a bum either. I have a great background, resume and education. Some people tell me I should settle for anything . . . I'm not that desperate yet ( I don't think . . .) but not to mention, the field of higher education pays shit to begin with (educators get paid shit!) so taking an even bigger cut is really out of the question. I'd rather go on welfare and collect food stamps.
Still waiting on approval for medical insurance.
*sigh*
Life sucks, then you die . . . isn't that how the saying goes? Maybe I should just prepare myself mentally for it to continue to suck until I kick the bucket decades from now. I just feel absolutely hopeless on all fronts in my life. All attempts to dig myself out are just not working. UGH!
Thursday, March 8, 2012
In the DUMPS
As I drank my way into 2012 on NYE, I had a lot of optimism for the new year. This was going to be my year! It was going to be my year after I spent all of 2011 re-building several areas of my life. As of March 8, 2012 - it's hardly been my year.After two weeks of feeling very hopeless, unhappy, sad, (you name it), I realized that yes, I'm depressed again. Hate dealing with depression. Have been treated for it in the past and achieved positive results. This time just seems more awful than ever.
Everything is weighing me down all at once. My car needs to be registered in Massachusetts now (was in CT, long story, issue with grandparents estate etc.). Since I live in a "high risk" neighborhood as the insurance agent said, my yearly car insurance will be $2,200! No that is not a typo . . . $2,200! I'm fucking unemployed! That's $183 a month!
Found out on Tuesday night that I cannot extend my lease past July 1, 2012 because my landlord is going to gut and renovate the apartment for two months. So I need to move. Who the fuck is going to rent to an unemployed guy with a dog and no job? The only good out of this is hopefully my new neighborhood will result in cheaper car insurance. If this doesn't work out I'll be moving back to CT to live with my parents . . . at age 32. FUCK MY LIFE!
And to top if off again . . . I have no health insurance. COBRA is wicked expensive ($6,800!). I'm waiting to see if I qualify for this subsidized insurance for unemployed people in Mass. According to my calculations I don't (getting paid commission messed up a lot of things! another blog post!) but I'm crossing my fingers that I do. Last night I walked into CVS to pick up my prescription. It is necessary for me to live. . . seriously. Knew it would be expensive, was willing to fork over $200 for it just for this month until I'm insured again. Prescription gets rung up . . . $667! I politely told the woman to keep it and walked out the door.
Thank god I have a few pills left over from a lower dose a few months ago. My doctor is writing me a 10 day prescription that I will pay for and hope it gets me through until insurance begins.
Moral of the story to those who think unemployment programs are lucrative and generous - They're NOT. And if you're a middle class guy like me you get stuck in the middle between programs using federal poverty guidelines and what the government thinks is a lucrative salary. (High $50k in Boston isn't anything but lucrative).
Some reading may say - get a job! Gladly take one! But their aren't any . . . the politicians and Wall St. will have you think the economy is on the rebound. It's not rebounding on main st. 30 resumes sent out so far, no bites or call backs. No response to follow up calls.
"God doesn't give you more than you can't handle. I just wish God didn't trust me so much" - My grandmother. Memere, send help. I need it!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Desktop Favorite
It's been a while since I've objectified any men on this blog. No more! Enjoy! Our two men here are: "Chet Haze", aspiring rapper and son of Tom Hanks. Heterosexual (shame!). And Glee cast member Daren Criss also heterosexual (shame!)
Btw, love men who aren't afraid to show they have some chest hair!!
Btw, love men who aren't afraid to show they have some chest hair!!
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| Chet Haze |
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| Chet Haze |
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| Daren Criss |
Saturday, March 3, 2012
Catholic Governors & Marriage Equality
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| Gov. Gregoire, Washington |
Proof positive, the real meat and potatoes in the Catholic Church rests not with the clergy or Vatican but with those in the pews.
Catholics aren't afraid to speak out against the hierarchy anymore. Why should we be? They lost all crediability with the sex abuse scandal. 10 years later and we're still dealing with it.
Same-sex marriage is no threat to the Church . . . two loving men or women should be allowed to publicly proclaim their love for one another in front of family and friends. . . and get the legal benefits too!
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| Gov. O'Malley, Maryland |
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| Gov. Cuomo, New York |
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
SNL - "Really" - The All Male Birth Control Panel
Hysterical! Glad they're highlighting the crazy this whole "discussion" has created.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Long President's Day Weekend
Just got back from an extended family visit to Connecticut. I was happy to spend some time with my bro and my two beautiful nieces who recently turned 1 and 3 years old. Seriously, where has the time gone? I'm pretty tired . . . didn't sleep much. The kids wake up early and I'd hear "Uncleeeeee . . . ." around 6:30am each day. Uncle is not a morning person or an early riser.Some good news for once - I have a job interview on Thursday. I'll let you know how it goes. Wish me luck ok? :-)
and I'm so tired I can't even continue to type this! More to come tomorrow, night all.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
2012 Westminster Dog Show - THE REAL WINNER
Ladies and gentlemen . . . here's the real winner of the Westminster Dog Show for 2012 - Mr. Cooper of Boston!! You can keep the trophy, just mail me the check. He needs to continue eating his high quality organic dog food.
(Oh look at me, I'm hiding under the covers)
Monday, February 13, 2012
Love & Single Awareness Day
Readers of my blog have read plenty about my trials and tribulations in the love department. Finding love seems like a monumental task at times . . . keeping it seems impossible!
I do believe in love and certainly hope I fall in love again (and fucking keep him! Bitch is getting tied to the bed, sorry, I digress) We all know it can be great one day and shitty the next.
I get frustrated when people confuse love with lust, desire and sex. Love is more than sex. Sex is one of the instruments to help keep your loving moving a long. And when in love you've got to be willing to put up with the good, bad and the ugly. Guess that's why I haven't been Love's champion over the past 14 months . . . I don't have the patience for dealing with the bad and the ugly.
One of my favorite quotes from the movie Juno sums it up perfectly:
Your homework for tomorrow if you're in love - remember why it is you fell in love with him/her, why you want to stay with them, and what you're going to do between now and February 14, 2013 not to fuck it up! After all, us single folk need someone to vicariously live through. :-)"In my opinion, the best thing you can do is to find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you. The right person will still think that the sun shines out of your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with."-Juno
Sunday, February 12, 2012
RIP Whitney Houston
Controversy, sure . . . but that is life. Very talented. By far, the best National Anthem ever sung at the Super Bowl or any event. It's very sad when a life is cut short by tragedy. RIP Whitney. You're talent and music has already immortalized you.
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