19 Wednesday Feb 2020
Posted in Dogs is People Too, introducing, My Favorite Things, My Heart
09 Sunday Dec 2018
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2018, art, autobiography, best gay blog, dance, dance music, DJ, drake, gay, gay author, gay blog, hip hop, LGBT, Life, lifestyle, memoir, movies, music, queer, rap, the gay road less traveled
For me, music in 2018 was about two things…
1. Collaborations : Elton John & Young Thug, A$AP Rocky & Moby, Nicki Minaj & Takashi 6ix9ine, Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper, Drake & EVERYBODY
2. That hook, yo: “Brand new whip got no keys
Tailor my clothes, no starch please
Soon as I nut, you can gon’ leave
Got M’s in the bank, like “Yes, indeed”
“Pussy got that wet, wet, got that drip, drip
Got that Super Soaker, hit that, she a Fefe
Her name Keke, she eat my dick like it’s free, free
I don’t even know like “Why I did that?”
“I still see your shadows in my room
Can’t take back the love that I gave you
It’s to the point where I love and I hate you
And I cannot change you so I must replace you”
2. YES INDEED – DRAKE feat LIL BABY Drake is Drake on this track, a solid spit, but Lil Baby stole the show. His hook and delivery are so on point/different/lyrical, a Star is Born!
3. FREEBIRD II – PARQUET COURTS From hip-hop to what I will describe as classic 70’s Southern Rock in 2018, think Creedence Clearwater Revival or the Doobie Brothers
4. BOO’D UP – ELLA MAI The anthem for sisters everywhere this year, Ella singing excitedly about her significant other who she is head over heels in love with, that bitch #lonely #allmenaredogs
5. LUCID DREAMS – JUICE WRLD Lucid Dreams didn’t initially impress me, instead, it grew on me over time, a slow burn, turned out to be a uniquely different quality song.
6. AFRICA – WEEZER Everything old is new again…wish I was. Toto’s version is one of my favorite all-time songs, a fond memory from childhood, and while Weezer’s cover isn’t the original, it’s still good #1982
7. MY QUEEN IS HARRIET TUBMAN – SONS OF KEMET Takes me back to the beloved Big Easy, shades of Kermit Ruffins or “Skokiaan” by Louis Armstrong.
8. MAKE ME FEEL -JANELLE MONAE A tribute to Prince, and it has that cool vibe, very Erotic City-ish
9. CHUN-LI -NICKI MINAJ Although she hasn’t gone down without a fight, Nicki’s reign as the Queen of Hip-Hop is over. Chun-Li is catchy, crisp, and lyrical, a solid goodbye track for the end of an era.
10. SHALLOW – LADY GAGA & BRADLEY COOPER “I’m off the deep end, watch as I dive in
I’ll never meet the ground
Crash through the surface, where they can’t hurt us
We’re far from the shallow now”
11. POWERGLIDE – RAE SRUMMOND Super catchy follow-up to Black Beatles, on my 2017 Favorites list
12. BAD AT LOVE – HALSEY “Got a boy back home in Michigan
And it tastes like Jack when I’m kissing him
So I told him that I never really liked his friends
Now he’s gone and he’s calling me a bitch again
There’s a guy that lives in a garden state
And he told me that we make it ’til we graduate
So I told him the music would be worth the wait
But he wants me in the kitchen with a dinner plate”
13. MO BAMBA – SHECK WES Shout out to Mo Bamba in Orlando, yo!
14. HIGH – YOUNG THUG feat ELTON JOHN When I think hip-hop, I think Elton John, ya heard?
15, 1950 – KING PRINCESS She sounds a lot like Lorde, and she’s a lesbian, which is cool #gaypride
16. MINE – BAZZI A cute/catchy little song by a tween heart-throb, if that’s your type…not mine #daddyissues
17. A$AP FOREVER – A$AP ROCKY feat Moby “Porcelain” is one of my all-time favorite songs, and I love how it’s sampled here, but truthfully, this song is good but would have been fire if A$AP’s verses were better
18. ANNA WINTOUR – AZEALIA BANKS 212 was such a delightfully fun dance track, and while I think Ms, Banks uses the same beat for Anna Wintour, not quite as magical, but still pretty good…with her crazy-ass, everybody hates you Azealia!
19. FLEA MARKET – TIERRA WHACK With Nicki Minaj on the way out, Cardi B overplayed and under-talented, and Remy Ma seemingly without quality tracks (she is a true rapper/can spit fire), maybe the super-talented Tierra Whack can seize the crown?
20. WOMP WOMP – VALEE feat JEREMIH “Womp, womp, she give me what I wanna
Ball so hard, need a warm up, I bagged her at the Walmart (yeah)
Big timer, stunna, I’m out here on the come up
I beat the pussy, drummer, I roll up, no more drama (yeah)”
21. MIKA DORA – AMEN DUNES Introducing Amen Dunes, a talented singer comparable to John Mayer (but not a douchebag like John)
22. SICKO MODE – TRAVIS SCOTT feat DRAKE “Had me out like a light”
23. NON-STOP -DRAKE
My favorite Dance tracks of 2018
PICK-UP – DJ KOZE feat GLADYS KNIGHT
HAPPIER – MARSHMELLO feat BASTILLE
IS IT COLD IN THE WATER? – SOPHIE
14 Wednesday Nov 2018
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authors, book reviews, books, Carnival, fantasy, fiction, gay, gay authors, gay writers, john jernigan, LGBT, movies, queer, Rachel Vincent, the gay road less traveled, Unicorn, writers
A compelling, awesome, unique and imaginative story…so different it’s hard to explain, fantastically good!
“There there is breathtaking beauty behind the seamy and grotesque reality of the carnival. Gallagher, her handler, is as kind as he is cryptic and strong. The other “attractions”—mermaids, minotaurs, griffins and kelpies—are strange, yes, but they share a bond forged by the brutal realities of captivity. And as Delilah struggles for her freedom, and for her fellow menagerie, she’ll discover a strength and a purpose she never knew existed.”
“Welcome to the menagerie, where beauty and grace shine from every cage and peek from every shadow. You’ve never seen anything like the exotic wonders within, so keep your eyes open, ladies and gentlemen, because in our world of spectacle and illusion, what you see isn’t always what you get.”
“But if monsters could look like humans, and humans could look like monsters, how could anyone ever really be sure that the right people stood on the outside of all those cages?”
“Drea, why don’t you turn a circle and give us a good look?” the talker said, his chest all puffed out, as if he’d had something to do with making me perform.
“Fuck you,” I said, nice and clear, in spite of my fuller voice, so everyone could hear.
A couple of teens near the back of the crowd laughed, but the mothers scowled and covered their children’s ears.
“Sorry about that, ladies and gentlemen,” the talker called with an amiable chuckle. “Most of our exhibits were born and raised in the carnival, and they hear a lot of rough language.”
“Most of our handlers are full of shit,” I added, drawing more laughter from the back of the crowd. “I learned to cuss the same place all of your kids did. In middle school.”
“A wolf will growl to warn you that it’s angry and a bull will paw the ground before charging. Rattlesnakes rattle, cats moan and hiss, and hyenas grunt and cackle. But a man will smile right in your face as he drives a knife into your heart.”
“If you cut off my hands, I’ll write with my feet, and if you cut off my feet, I’ll write with my nose, and if you cut that off, you may as well cut my whole head off, because no matter how you slice and dice me, you can’t control what I think, or what I feel. You can keep me locked up for the rest of my life, however brief that may be. But you will never, ever own me.”
“She won’t serve her dish cold,” the oracle mumbled, almost with giddy joy as chill bumps rose all over her skin. “And two graves won’t be near enough…”
31 Sunday Dec 2017
Posted in introducing, Music is the Answer, the Flaming Homosexual
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2017, art, Beyonce, boston, dance music, ed sheeran, eminem, gay, halsey, LGBT, Life, lifestyle, migos, music, New Years, News, opinion, pop music, rap music, reviews, the gay road less traveled
2. RUNNIN’ -NAUGHTY BOY featuring BEYONCE A super catchy and addictive little song that I played over and over again this year. It first caught my ear in a Chanel commercial with Kirsten Stewart (Runnin’)
3. WALK ON WATER – EMINEM featuring BEYONCE Although she’s featured in two of my three favorite songs of the year, I’m not a big Beyonce fan, her vocal talent is unquestioned, she’s just not very smart and lacks personality.
4. BAD & BOUJEE – MIGOS featuring LIL UZI VERT Ahh, Migos, you were the bright shining stars of 2017, although nobody could understand what you were saying! I fear that like a falling star, Migos’ hotness will soon cool, and they will fade away
5. FEEL IT STILL – PORTUGAL THE MAN
6. BODAK YELLOW – CARDI B Since being introduced to Cardi on Love & Hip Hop NY , I have loved Cardi’s ratchetness and ghetto fabulous sense of humor (when she started making money she wanted to get her teeth fixed, but she was scared, because she was worried she wouldn’t be able to suck dick as good)
7. HOW FAR I’LL GO/MOANA – ALESSIA CARA A lovely little song for little girls and gay men everywhere
8. BLACK BEATLES – RAE SRUMMOND
9. DOWN – MARIAN HILL
10. BAD AT LOVE – HALSEY I knew Halsey before she blew up and kinda sold out, she is a unique and talented singer who I predict will have a long and successful career (unlike Migos or Cardi B). Check out her guest appearance on Roadies, when Machine Gun Kelly kind of falls in love with her
11. MASK OFF – FUTURE “Percocets, Molly, Percocets” “Chase a Bitch, Never Chase a Bitch”
12. SIGN OF THE TIMES -HARRY STYLES
13. THUNDER -IMAGINE DRAGONS
14. HAVANA -CAMILLA CABELLO featuring YOUNG THUG Like Beyonce did with Destiny’s Child, Camilla done told the rest of Fifth Harmony Good Day!
15. CASTLE ON THE HILL – ED SHEERAN
16. LEMON – NERD featuring RIHANNA
17. MAGNOLIA – PLAYBOY CARTI
18. (NO ONE KNOWS) LIKE THE PIANO – SAMPHA
19. NO LIMIT – G-EAZY featuring ASAP ROCKY & CARDI B
20. COLD LITTLE HEART – MICHAEL KIWANUKA Theme song of Big Little Lies, a great show on HBO
21. NEW YORK – ST VINCENT
22. THIRD OF MAY/ODAIGAHARA – FLEET FOXES
23. PA’LANTE – HURRAY FOR THE RIFFRAFF
24. I GET THE BAG -GUCCI MANE featuring MIGOS
25. ROCKSTAR – POST MALONE featuring 21 SAVAGE
TESTIFY – HIFI SEAN featuring CRYSTAL WATERS My most loved dance track this year, Crystal Waters has performed at least six or seven times at circuit party events I’ve attended over the years, and I have floated high as a kite countless times on the dance floor to this diva of the gay community’s songs!
“Now take me to your river
And lay me in your water
And preach to me
Tell me why I need your love
Why I got to have your love
Justify your love”
08 Wednesday Nov 2017
Posted in Dogs is People Too, introducing, John Jernigan, My Heart
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art, dating, dogs, gay, LGBT, love, Obama, Portugese Water Dog, relationships
Dave’s baby Tucker
07 Friday Apr 2017
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Beyonce, black lives matter, culture, gay, LGBT, LGBTQ, Life, lifestyle, love, music, pop music, relationships, singer, soul
I tried to drink it away, I tried to put one in the air
I tried to work it away, but that made me even sadder
I tried to keep myself busy, I ran around in circles
I slept it away, I sexed it away, I read it away
I tried to run it away, thought then my head would be clearer
I traveled 70 states, thought moving would make me feel better
28 Saturday Jan 2017
Posted in introducing, Movies, My Favorite Things
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actress, cinema, drama, Elvis Presley, hip hop, movies, rap music, Rihanna, society, the Oscars, theater
Young and fresh and so different! Sasha Lane was getting some (small) Oscar buzz, and I live for the fantastic Riley Keough (the Girlfriend Experience and Elvis’s granddaughter)…amazingly still very good with loser Labeouf in some scenes (he def ain’t the star)
26 Wednesday Oct 2016
Posted in Funny Shit, introducing, My Favorite Things
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atlanta, black lives matter, civil rights, comedy, culture, favorite, funny, humor, society
The funniest show on TV right now…can I get that kids meal yo?
29 Friday Jul 2016
Posted in introducing, Movies, My Favorite Things, the Flaming Homosexual
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culture, dating, Elvis, gay, inspirational, lifestyle, pop culture, relationships, sex, television
Yasss Bitches! This is my big gay post of the week…I live for this show and Riley Keough lets them have it! So ridiculously good, the first episode is a bit slow but then you are living, right there with her…btw does Riley look familiar? Elvis’s oldest grandchild
07 Thursday Jul 2016
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culture, dating, funny, gay, humor, john jernigan, Lesbian, LGBT, point of view, queer, relationships, sex, Tampa Bay
Posted by johnjernigan | Filed under introducing, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, the Flaming Homosexual
18 Wednesday May 2016
24 Sunday Apr 2016
Posted in I Love You Man, introducing, My Favorite Things
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Amish, Asian, Banshee, Cinemax, drag queen, drama, fight, gay, hacker, Indian, pop culture, television
One of my favorite shows…including Antony Starr and Ivana Milicevic, drag queen/computer hacker/ninja Job, tattoed hunk Kurt Bunker (if you like that kind of thing, and most women and gay men do, the hard as nails beauty Lili Simmons, and joining the cast is Eliza Dushku, who I love (who most gay men know from Buffy). Saving the best for last, the great love of my life Ulrich Thomsen is the super villain Kai Procter, who will kick yer ass! I love him soo much. John Jernigan-Thomsen
31 Saturday Oct 2015
Posted in introducing, My Favorite Things
10 Wednesday Jun 2015
Posted in introducing, My Favorite Things
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Asian, best gay blog, Chinese, ethnic cooking, foodie, gay marriage, john jernigan, Mandarin, Oriental Market, perspective, point of view, shopping, St. Petersburg, tampa
Wanted criminal Amanda Bott and yours truly discovered this most awesome Asian grocery store in Pinellas Park today, big and clean and full of authentic cool everything ! Goose eggs ($7!) and live fish and shrimp and ALL the ramen. Amanda was just grabbing up things, I was not, due to budgetary constraints and whatnot
04 Thursday Jun 2015
Posted in introducing, Music is the Answer, My Favorite Things
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Billboard, Bitch I'm Madonna, dance music, funny, gay, Ghosttown Madonna, humor, Jimmy Fallon, LGBT, Madonna, music, music reviews, pop music, queer
12 Billboard #1 songs, 47 top 40 hits and 44 #1 dance songs…cause the gays love Madonna. The whole album is awesome, the Mike Cruz mix of Ghosttown BITCH I”M MADONNA
02 Tuesday Jun 2015
Posted in introducing, Movies
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About Time, best gay blog, Charlize Theron, Domhnall Gleeson, Ex Machina, gay, Harry Potter, LGBT, Mad Max Fury Road, movie reviews, movies, queer, science fiction, Tom Hardy
Saw Mad Max then snuck into Ex Machina Sunday evening. Mad Max was pure violence, blood, action, Charlize awesome as always. Ex Machina was cerebral, nuanced, made you look at A.I. in a different way..,both were very good! I love nerdy Domhnall Gleeson, who was great in About Time and is in the new Star Wars.
02 Thursday Apr 2015
Posted in introducing, Music is the Answer
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Afrojack, David Guetta, DJ, EDM, gay, house music, john jernigan, Lesbian, LGBT, Nicki Minaj, pop music, South Beach Miami, Ultra Music Festival
They played the shit out of this at Ultra
Yes I do the cooking
Yes I do the cleaning
Yes I keep the nana real sweet for your eating
Yes you be the (boss) yes I be respecting
Whatever that you tell me cause its the game
13 Friday Mar 2015
Posted in introducing, My Favorite Things
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animals, best gay blog, cute, dogs, facebook games, Farm Heroes, funny, gay, john jernigan, lifestyle, love, pets, raccoons
My favorite facebook game and my favorite (wild) animal
06 Friday Mar 2015
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Alabama, best gay blog, buy John's book on Amazon, daddy issues, fort lauderdale, gay, john jernigan, LGBT, perspective, point of view, queer, South Beach Miami
One of the few pics I have with him, before he left
16 Monday Feb 2015
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best gay blog, boston terrier, culture, french bulldog, gay, john jernigan, love, Nature, perspective, photography, pictures, point of view, South Beach Miami
Twilight, eventide, dusk, nightfall, dimday…a peaceful South Beach gloaming
15 Sunday Feb 2015
Posted in Funny Shit, introducing, My Favorite Things
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Chinese American, comedy, Eddie Huang, Fresh Off the Boat, funny, humor, NAS, perspective, point of view, pop culture, the 80's, The Goldbergs, Tupac
Like my other favorite comedy The Goldbergs, Fresh Off the Boat is set in the 80’s when I was a child, only this comedy has a chubby little nugget who wants to be down and listens to hip-hop, it’s yo boy Eddie Huang.
09 Monday Feb 2015
Posted in introducing, My Heart, Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
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adoption, babies, cute, gay, gay adoption, gay marriage, john jernigan, love, Miami, perspective, point of view, social services, social worker
I have a new little one on my caseload, a 2-week old left at the hospital by his mother, born drug-addicted. Friday morning I drove south to Homestead to pick him up. He’s so tiny. I wish I had my life together, and maybe a rich husband, I sure would love to adopt this little nugget myself 🙂
04 Wednesday Feb 2015
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80's music, best gay blog, dating, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, gay, gay dating, john jernigan, LGBT, love, queer, relationships, sex, Somebody's Baby Jackson Browne, South Beach Miami
When I was younger, and cuter, and more optimistic, I would sometimes sing Somebody’s Baby and picture myself as the person/girl Jackson was singing about…I still believe that I’m somebody’s baby, and that I will meet him soon, right?
Well, just look at that girl
With the lights comin’ up in her eyes
She’s got to be somebody’s baby
She must be somebody’s baby
All the guys on the corner stand back
And let her walk on by
She’s got to be somebody’s baby
She must be somebody’s baby
She’s got to be somebody’s baby
She’s so fine
She’s probably somebody’s only light
Gonna shine tonight
Yeah, she’s probably somebody’s baby, all right
I heard her talkin’ with her friend
When she thought nobody else was around
She said she’s got to be somebody’s baby
She must be somebody’s baby
‘Cause when the cars and the signs and the streetlights
Light up the town
She’s got to be somebody’s baby
She must be somebody’s baby
She’s got to be somebody’s baby
She’s so fine
29 Thursday Jan 2015
Posted in introducing, Movies, My Favorite Things
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Chewbacca, Darth Vader, gay, han solo, Jaina Solo, Jedi, john jernigan, Lowbacca, Luke Skywalker, Lupita Nyong'o Asajj Ventress, movies, Princess Leia, science fiction, Star Wars 7
Lowbacca or “Lowie” was a Wookiee Jedi Knight during the Yuuzhan Vong War. Lowbacca was born to Kallabow and Mahraccor, with his mother Kallabow being the sister of the famous Rebel hero Chewbacca. He studied at Luke Skywalker’s Jedi Praxeum and was a companion of Jaina Solo, Jacen Solo and Tenel Ka. He wielded a bronze-bladed lightsaber. Lowbacca was to Jaina Solo what Chewbacca was to her father Han Solo, best friend and lifelong companion, except the force is strong in Lowbacca, and Jaina Solo would become the Sword of the Jedi, as powerful as her uncle Luke. Being a Wookiee, Lowbacca was a rarity among Jedi, as Force-sensitives were even less common among Wookiees than among other species, one being born only every century or so.
Jaina & Jacen Solo, Lowbacca, Tenel Ka, Anakin Solo (younger brother), Tahiri, and Zekk (The droid is Em-Teedee)
Lowbacca & Jaina Solo
Lowbacca & Em-Teedee
Lowbacca with Han & Leia’s twins, Jaina & Jacen Solo (Jacen would become the Sith Lord Darth Cadeus)
The Solo/Skywalker Family Tree
lil baby Lowie
29 Thursday Jan 2015
Posted in Funny Shit, introducing
23 Tuesday Dec 2014
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American Horror Story, gay, gay blog, gay Miami, Hozier, Imagine Dragons, Jennifer Lawrence, LGBT, Matt Bomer, Meghan Trainor, music 2014, music reviews, Passenger
1. Take Me To Church – Hozier
2. Let Her Go – Passsenger
3. Stolen Dance – Milky Chance
4. Prayer in C – Lily Wood
5. The Hanging Tree – James Howard & Jernnifer Lawrence
Demons – Imagine Dragons
All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
Habits – Tov Love
The Heart Wants What it Wants – Selena Gomez
Red Eyes – The War on Drugs
Bailando – Enrique Iglesias
Chandelier – Sia
Two Weeks – FKA Twigs
Seasons – Future Islands
Never Catch Me – Flying Lotus
No Fun – The Presets
Sunlight – The Magician
Night Changes – One Direction (haters gonna hate, but I love this song, reminds me of 70’s folk)
Slave to Love – Bryan Ferry (definitely not new, but one of my all-time favorites. I was delighted to hear it playing throughout thesce ne where Finn Wittrock picks up and then murders Matt Bomer, who was playing a gay prostitute in American Horror Story Freakshow).
18 Thursday Dec 2014
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gay, hip hop, LGBT, M.I.A., M.I.A. Madonna, M.I.A. super bowl, music, music reviews, Paper Planes, pop music, queer, Santigold, Slumdog Millionaire
My favorite song of 2007
Sometimes I think sitting on trains
Every stop I get to, I’m clocking that game
Everyone’s a winner, we’re making our fame
Bona fide hustler making my name
06 Monday Oct 2014
Posted in Funny Shit, introducing
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culture, Donna Goudeau, funny, gay, gay blog, gay fort lauderdale, gay Miami, humor, LGBT, lifestyle, Pimp Squad Hold it Down Baby, sweet brown
Pimp Squad Hold it Down Baby!
05 Sunday Oct 2014
Posted in introducing, My Favorite Things
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Alabama Crimson Tide, Drew Brees, Fanduel, fort lauderdale, gay, gay blog, Julio Jones, lifestyle, Miami, New Orleans Saints, NFL football, sports betting
I chose my NFL team and deposited $25 into my fanduel account this weekend, entering 2 $10 tournaments and one $5 tournament. I won $18 in each of the $10 tourneys, and I was ranked in the money to win $12.50 in the big $5 tournament, but got pushed out by Tom Brady’s success in the late game 😦 Julio Jones and Eddie Lacey helped me out, Roll Tide! But if I had simply chosen Peyton Manning and Gronk (who just scored a TD) instead of Drew Brees and Jimmy Graham I would have won around $100. Next week 1st place $7500!
Contest Cap Score Opponent Entry Fee Winnings
Rookie NFL 50/50 League $60k 105.84 (6 of 20) Tournament $10 $18
NFL 50/50 League $60K 99.96 (16 of 50) 50 player league $10 $18
$75k NFL Rush $75k 106.64 (3484 of 17239) Tournament $5 $0
POS 6
saintsntidefan
SCORE
105.84
QB Drew Brees
TB 31 @ NO 37 FINAL
$9100
19.74
RB Eddie Lacy
MIN 10 @ GB 42 FINAL
$7600
SALARY
26.7
RBLeSean McCoy
STL 28 @ PHI 34 FINAL
$8300
8.6
WR Brandon Marshall
CHI 24 @ CAR 31 FINAL
5.9
WRAnquan Boldin
KC 17 @ SF 22 FINAL
$6000
SALARY
9.2
WR Marques Colston
TB 31 @ NO 37 FINAL
$5500
SALARY
7.8
TE Jason Witten
HOU 17 @ DAL 20 FINAL
$6000
SALARY
7.9
K Shayne Graham
TB 31 @ NO 37 FINAL
$4500
SALARY
12
D Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TB 31 @ NO 37 FINAL
$4600
SALARY
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01 Wednesday Oct 2014
Posted in introducing, My Favorite Things, My Heart
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adoption, culture, fort lauderdale, gay blog, inspirational, Life, lifestyle, Miami, perspective, point of view, social services, social worker
An enlightening story from a man who grew up in the foster care system and aged out without being adopted. Take the five minutes to listen to his story, and you’ll be glad you did. If you don’t have the time to watch the whole video, scroll to the 5:28 mark and watch until the end. #adoptuskids
