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30 Wednesday May 2018
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19 Tuesday Jul 2016
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9/11, China, Chinese, culture, funny, humor, inspirational, lifestyle, New York, perspective, point of view
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18 Monday Jul 2016
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15 Friday Jul 2016
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07 Thursday Jul 2016
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28 Thursday Apr 2016
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05 Thursday Mar 2015
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18 Thursday Dec 2014
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16 Tuesday Dec 2014
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28 Sunday Sep 2014
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animals, boston terrier, dogs, fort lauderdale, french bulldog, funny, gay, gay blog, humor, LGBT, Miami, pets, queer
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19 Friday Sep 2014
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art, authors, book reviews, books, funny, gay, gay blog, humor, kids, LGBT, queer, sex, the more you know
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19 Friday Sep 2014
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book reviews, books, children, foodie, fort lauderdale, funny, gay, gay blog, gay sex, LGBT, Miami, relationships, sex
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19 Friday Sep 2014
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books, fort lauderdale, funny, gay, gay blog, humor, kids, Life, lifestyle, Miami, queer, quotes
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17 Wednesday Sep 2014
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different, fort lauderdale, gay, gay blog, inspirational, LGBT, lifestyle, Miami, perspective, point of view, queer, relationships, wilton manors
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25 Monday Aug 2014
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animals, boston terrier, Cricket the French Bulldog, cute, dogs, french bulldog, funny, gay, gay blog, humor, LGBT, lifestyle, Squeak the Boston Terrier
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13 Wednesday Aug 2014
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dating, funny, gay, gay blog, hope, Lesbian, LGBT, lifestyle, love, point of view, quotes, relationships, sex
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13 Wednesday Aug 2014
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buy John's book $2.99 on Amazon, comedy, cute, funny, gay, humor, Lesbian, LGBT, pop culture, queer, relationships
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11 Monday Aug 2014
01 Tuesday Jul 2014
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animals, atlanta, boston terrier, buy John's book $2.99 on Amazon, Chandler Riggs, cute, Danai Gurira, David Morrissey, dogs, french bulldog, funny, gay, humor, LGBT, Norman Reedus, pets, pugs, Tampa Bay, the Walking Dead, zombies
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28 Saturday Jun 2014
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24 Tuesday Jun 2014
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12 Years a Slave, Anakin Skywalker, Asajj Ventress, Count Dooku, culture, Darth Maul, Darth Vader, entertainment, fanboy, fantasy, gay, J.J. Abrams, Jedi, LGBT, lifestyle, Lupita Nyong'o, movie reviews, movies, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Savage Opress, science fiction, Sith, star wars, witches of Dathomir
Asajj Ventress was a female Dathomirian Dark Jedi and a valuable Dark Acolyte to Count Dooku. Originally a Nightsister from Dathomir, Ventress was taken as a slave to Rattatak and trained as a Jedi Padawan by Jedi Knight Ky Narec. However, after Narec was slain, Ventress gave into her anger and began walking the path of the dark side; taking up the lightsaber of her dead master, she trained herself in the Jar’Kai style of lightsaber combat, before slaying all the warlords on Rattatak and installing herself as its ruler.
Eventually, Ventress’s actions came to the attention of Count Dooku, and after a test of her abilities, she became a commander in the Confederacy of Independent Systems. She had yearned to learn the ways of the Sith from Dooku and believed if she had proved herself worthy, she would become his apprentice.
During the Clone Wars, she became one of the most feared beings in the galaxy, notorious for her defeat of several Jedi. As the war continued, Ventress became the bitter enemy of both Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. Recruited by Dooku, Ventress became a Sith aspirant and embarked on a vicious killing spree against the Jedi as a Separatist commander during the Clone Wars. However, her general obsession over the Jedi eventually developed into a specific obsession over Obi-Wan Kenobi. It is unknown why she focused on Kenobi, but his frequent escapes from death at her hands likely had something to do with it. Interestingly enough, their banter during battle occasionally had a pseudo-romantic theme, with Kenobi frequently referring to her as either “my sweet” or “my darling.”
The beautiful Lupita Nyong’o is rumored to be cast as Asajj Ventress in the upcoming Star Wars trilogy.
Dathomirians
Dathomirian females tended to have pale gray or white skin and usually blue or silvery eyes, and tall and thin bodies. Their male counterparts more closely resembled Zabrak, muscular and powerfully-built who sported skin patterns similar to Sith tattoos and cranial horns. Females tended to exhibit a certain athleticism, while males usually possessed powerful strength. All Dathomirian specimens were Force-sensitive, though this was due to the genetic Forceful component of the female Human Nightsisters that helped breed the subspecies. Darth Maul, Savage Opress and Mother Taizin, Queen of the Nightsisters, are all Dathomirian.
John loves J.J. Abrams
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23 Monday Jun 2014
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I tried to go to work today, but left after a couple of hours, apparently I am still a bit emotionally fragile. On the way home, I stopped at the St, Vincent de Paul thrift store on 34th and treated myself to 10 (ten) books for $1 (one) .
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22 Sunday Jun 2014
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Due to budgetary constraints, “Tanisha” was my only purchase at the Wagon Wheel flea market today: 25 cents! I’m going to put her up on a shelf, rather than let Cricket murder her. It would be kind of racist, plus I don’t want Cricket and Squeak to start thinking they can bite black babies (and other babies as well, I guess). Check out the video I shot, some of my kinfolk gettin’ they groove on.
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22 Sunday Jun 2014
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Alex Trabek, atlanta, culture, dating, fetish, funny, game shows, gay, gay dating, Gingers, humor, Jeopardy, Ken Jennings, LGBT, Life, love, Nerds, queer, redheads, relationships, sex
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22 Sunday Jun 2014
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I read this book last week, sitting with my mom in the nursing home, until she passed away. Zippy’s sharp humor and funny observations helped me through a tough time in my life.
“…she waited until she and my grandfather Anthel were just home from their honeymoon, and then sat him down and told him this: “Honey, I know you like to take a drink, and that’s all right, but be forewarned that I ain’t your maid and I ain’t your punching bag, and if you ever raise your hand to me you’d best kill me. Because otherwise I’ll wait until you’re asleep; sew you into the bed; and beat you to death with a frying pan.” Until he died, I am told, my grandfather was a gentle man.”
“That cat doesn’t have a lick of sense,’ I said, sighing.
Well, honey, he’s not right in the head,’ Dad said, flipping his cigarette into the front yard.
I glared at him. ‘And just what do you mean by that?’
Dad counted on his fingers. ‘He’s cross-eyed; he jumps out of trees after birds and then doesn’t land on his feet; he sleeps with his head smashed up against the wall, and the tip of his tail is crooked.’
Oh yeah? Well, how about this: he once got locked in a basement by evil Petey Scroggs in the middle of January and survived on snow and little frozen mice. When I’m cold at night he sleeps right on my face. Of that whole litter of kittens he came out of he’s the only one left. One of his brothers didn’t even have a butthole.’
“I stand corrected. PeeDink is a survivor.”
“What kind of good deeds? Like Girl Scouts? Because I got kicked out of Brownies and they won’t give me another chance to keep my clothes on at camp.”
“My mother was good at reading books, making cinnamon biscuits, and coloring in a coloring book. Also she was a good eater of popcorn and knitter of sweaters with my initials right in them. She could sit really still. She knew how to believe in God and sing really loudly. When she sneezed our whole house rocked. My father was a great smoker and driver of vehicles..He could hold a full coffee cup while driving and never spill a drop, even going over bumps. He lost his temper faster than anyone.”
“I respect every way in which you are a troublemaker, now get up and do what your mother says.”
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19 Thursday Jun 2014
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Alabama, atlanta, culture, death and dying, DSM diagnosis, EBTG, gay, Kubler Ross, LGBT, Life and Death, mental health, perspective, point of view
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18 Wednesday Jun 2014
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buy John's book on Amazon, Castithans, Cosplay, Defiance, gay, Grant Bowler, Irathients, Jaime Murray, Julie Benz, LGBT, Mia Kushner, Rynn Sukar, science fiction, Stahma Tarr, Stephanie Leonidas, Syfy, Tony Curran
The 2nd season starts Thursday June 19th!!!
The story begins in the year 2046: Earth has been radically transformed, causing changes in topography, the extinction of plant and animal species, and the emergence of new species. The series follows Joshua Nolan and his adopted Irathient daughter Irisa, who have put down roots in Defiance, a city-state community where humans and several extraterrestrial races, collectively known as Votans, coexist over the partially re-built ruins of St. Louis.
Of the 8 Votan races, my favorites are the IRATHIENTS, which includes Irisa and a secondary character that is a favorite of mine, Rynn Sukar.
” Irathients are a proud, tribal people with a deep love of the natural world and aggressive demeanor. They are often perceived as feral by others. Irathients are handsome and naturally athletic. They are fierce fighters and pride themselves on their low-tech hand-to-hand combat skills. They resent the Castithans sense of superiority. Irathients view Humans as crude and lacking respect for the natural world.”
“CASTITHANS appear very similar to humans. Their coloration is very pale, however, verging on albinism, with pale white skin, white hair, and pale yellow eyes. The Castithan society is aristocratic and hierarchical, and the other Votan races view them as arrogant. The higher-caste Castithans living on Earth tended to assume that they could treat the other Votan races as essentially their new lower-castes, feeling they should lead the Votanis Collective while the other races serve them.” Another favorite character of mine is Stahma Tarr, Datak Tarr’s wife. While Datak is the leader of his people, Stahma is the real power, running the show from behind the scenes.
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17 Tuesday Jun 2014
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animals, atlanta, boston terrier, buy John's book on Amazon, culture, cute, dating, depression, dogs, french bulldog, french quarter, funny, gay, happiness, humor, LGBT, lifestyle, love, Miami, new orleans, perspective, pets, point of view, puppies, relationships, sex, St. Petersburg, Tampa Bay
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14 Saturday Jun 2014
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atlanta, buy John's book on Amazon, culture, death and dying, depression, dogs, DSM diagnosis, essays, french bulldog, gay, gay dating, Kubler Ross, LGBT, Life, liifestyle, love, memoirs, Pensacola, perspective, pets, point of view, schizophrenia, six stages of death, writers
My ex came and got Squeak from me, to spend the weekend with him and Possum. He has also made it painfully clear that we will never be together again, also that he never really loved me, at least “not the way I am remembering it.”
It’s 4:30 in the a.m., and I’m not sleeping. I take Cricket for a long walk, there’s a full moon and the air is electric.
My mother is 61 years old. She has refused her dialysis and it is simply a matter of time. Over the next week, I will take her lunch and sit with her, reading my book or watching TBN. She continues to pray that I will “be healed” from my homosexuality and will find a nice Christian wife. I lie to her and tell her I am going to church in St. Petersburg, and it gives her some small comfort, so that’s okay. If she doesn’t pass away this week, I will be forced to have our final goodbye on next Sunday, as I am financially destitute, plus I’ve used up all of my PTO and my bills and rent await.
I feel like my mother’s mental health robbed her of happiness and that she never really enjoyed a good quality of life. When the moon is full like this, and I am feeling restless and anxious, I worry that my mental health will soon betray me as well, and I am pessimistic most of the time. I fear I will always be alone, ending up in some nursing home with nothing, just like my mother.
Cricket knows something is wrong. She is a good girl, smart and intuitive and empathetic. Cricket gives me a lick, then curls up next to me on the bed and starts snoring. She will be there for me in the morning, tucked in and sleeping against my stomach…she knows she is loved and cherished, anyway.
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11 Wednesday Jun 2014
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I have 648 friends on the Facebook. There are like 10 of my facebook ” friends” that I would like to be my boyfriend. I mainly post stuff like this to try to impress them, either that or I have low self esteem.
shout outs to Ronan M, Richard S, Scott W, Forrest C, Steven C, Stephen W, Jeff R, Brian K, Grover K, Geoffrey B, Stuart N, Mark S, Brian B, Scott G, John M, Jerry L…and Ken Cunningham
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