2010 brought it.

I have never faced anything like I facing right now.

Something terrible is about to happen. Something terrible is happening.

My father and I are steeled and ready for it, as much as we can be.

The next post on this blog will be hard.

2010 has officially started out in the worst possible way. Everything is about to change.

Again.

No, not again.

Not like this.

OK. Let's talk 2010.

Well, I can't talk 2010 yet. I have no idea what the F is happening.

My Mom is very sick. Everything has changed.

I am faced with impossible circumstances.

How does one face impossible circumstances?

With Guile.

Good riddance 2009.

2010.... let's go.

Game on.

JUST BRING IT.

The Last Dan Marino Collection for 2009

Chronicling the end of Dan's fun in 2009, at the Florida/Georgia game in Jacksonville at Altell Stadium.

In the jaws of the Jaguar statue outside Altell - GREAT PIC TAMMY K.

It's a shoot - EVERY HOT CHICK wants their picture taken with Dan.

Here's a night pic of Dan at the Dolphins/Colts Monday Night home opener, 2009.

Dan is looking forward to 2010.

More 2009 - The KISS gig

More random shots of 2009.

Here's me and Grudly Mandinko and Dicrin at the KISS gig in Sunrise, FL.

And then we can say Goodbye 2009.

Because 2009 has pretty much sucked.

More to come.

He's a House-Husband.

He left the umbrella in the bushes before we went in.... and it was there when we left.

Shout it... shout it.... shout it out loud.

More random shots of 2009.

And then we can say Goodbye 2009.

Because 2009 has pretty much sucked.

More to come.

Leebo on Gillam Ridge in Arkansas, it's 110 degrees F.

Leebs in Little Rock, Arkansas

@ Gilliam Farms, some of the greatest folk I ever met.

More 2009 - The Florida/Georgia game

More random shots of 2009.
Here's the Florida/Georgia game with me and my good friends The Kouks.
And then we can say Goodbye 2009.
Because 2009 has pretty much sucked.
More to come.

Leebo's two fistin' Crown N' Cokes. Nice.

Chomp, Chomp - The Physically Superior Gators destroyed the weak, puny Bulldogs.

Me and The Kouks and some Dunkin'.

Ryan ak.a. Steve McQueen remains the King of Cool even though I am using him as a coaster.

Later I decided to destroy him.

Just kidding, he's fine. Game over. Gators win.

Good friends, good times.

He's wearing his underwear outside his pants.

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More random shots of 2009

More random shots of 2009.
And then we can say Goodbye 2009.
Because 2009 has pretty much sucked.
More to come.

Mike Guerdon, yer a gock!

Leebo and The jimmer and the Dude at... where else? The bowling alley.


Me and Teese, Ft. Desoto

The Leeman finally has that beer with The Great Tom Fellows, Somewhere, Winter Haven, FL

Leebo and Ego. She's yummy. :)

I told ya, she's yummy.

Me and Mike's Best Friend

Love you Anthony's Girls!

More of 2009, the year that sucked

Hi. Haven't been around this way in a while. I plan to change that. The next few posts will be nothing but random shots of 2009.

And then we can say Goodbye 2009. Because 2009 has pretty much sucked. More to come.

KISS show, Sunrise, FL 2009

Me and Jaime at Hooters in Doral, FL 2009. (He's Sensitive)

Dolphins vs Colts, Home Opener on Monday Night Football

Cap is so digging that blue ass, Fantasy Factory in Lakeland, FL

A look back at 2009

Sunset on my birthday, Ft. Desoto, FL

Hi. Haven't been around this way in a while. I plan to change that. the next few posts will be nothing but random shots of 2009. And then we can say Goodbye 2009. Because 2009 has pretty much sucked. More to come.

Ye Olde Falcon Pub, Davie, FL

Gators Logo, Somwehere, Winter Haven, FL


We got bananas. We got bananas today.

The Dudes Abide.

To Quote Elvis, Merry Christmas, baby.

Howdy.

Been off the blog for a while. Been a little out of sorts.

Lots of crazy stuff has happened, some good some bad. I guess that’s just how the whole human comedy just keeps on perpetuating itself.

I am truly grateful for everything I have right now, but I need to make some changes, and I will.

I just can’t seem to get into the holiday this year. I just want 2009 to be over. This year has sucked.

I’m not depressed. I’m not down. I’m not really anything. Just tired. Things have not turned out the way I anticipated and I’m still rolling with the various punches thrown at me. It’s like I’ve been continually knocked down and I’ve continually gotten back up and this latest time I’ve picked myself up, dusted myself off…. and then looked around and received the stunning realization that I have no idea what to do next.

There have been some positives in 2009. But there have been a whole lot of negatives. A bunch.

They don’t outweigh the positives, but they loom large and it is my lot to either change them or deal with them. And I will.

And just because I am not really feeling it this year does not demean the spirit of the holiday one bit. Peace on Earth. Love to All. Groovy, baby.

Christmas lives, and it should.

Merry Christmas to all. Have a happy one. The Dude Abides.

Random Thoughts From The Bottom Of The Glass

- I always thought there were very few things more beautiful than a guy throwing a perfect pass with a football and another guy making a perfect catch. Then I saw linguere football with hot chicks throwing not so perfect passes and making not so perfect catches. Holy crap, was I wrong.

- I've seen more hotel rooms in the last 3 years than I have seen in my entire life. I understand how people get burned out on the road now.

- Buen-pre-vecho means enjoy your food. That's about all the Spanish I've learned in Miami so far.

- Only in Miami do you see a car with a business promotion on it and on the back of the car it says "We speak English, too!!!!" I'm not kidding. I've actually seen this.

- I have heard various people in my life talk about going to jail in a haphazard fashion. This boggles my mind to this day. To this day, I can't think of anything worse than going to jail. Maybe it was my parents, and my wierd facination with super-heroes... But going to jail is bad. I get that. It's insane to me how others don't.

- I was in a restaraunt and they played Sinatra and then right afterwards, they played Boston.... and it segwayed really, really well. Wierd.

- Here's how much I care about the World Series: they already played 2 games of it before I found out what teams were playing.

- Pam, one of the lovely barkeeps at Anthony's told me about her skimpy Wonder Woman costume for Halloween and the mental picture of Pam in a skimpy Wonder Woman costume just appeals to me.... on so many levels.

- The 70's were right...love really is like oxygen.

- I thought about going out this Halloween as Flava Flav, but nixed the idea for three reasons: I could never lower my IQ that far, I actually brush my teeth and I'm still relavent.

- When I see an ad for Michael Jackson's "This is it", I really hope that, indeed, this is truly, really "it". Because in regards to him, I was over "it" a long damn time ago. They should make a sequel called "This Is After It" where absoluetly nothing happens and many people are grateful.

I was looking at a Moosehead beer promo hanging on the wall of Tom's Sports Pub...it's the Moosehead logo with a fake moose head protruding from the middle of it. And the marketing gimmick truly works. I want another beer...and I really want to kill a moose. And for some wierd reason, right now I wanna do Sarah Palin.

Everything has changed, man everthing is changing.

Fuck it, Dude. Let's go bowling.

Rest In Peace, Edward Woodward

Hi.

Know I haven't been on the blog lately. Been busy being me.

I hate that I am coming back under these circumstances, but the geek in me is sad.

We lost one of the Great Ones today. Edward Woodward, The Equalizer.



See.... I'm a tremendous fan.

Because he was a tremendous actor. You can act, but it takes a Natural to bring charisma and presence to a role. Not many have the talent to acheive this. Woodward did it in spades.

I was a big fan of THE EQUALIZER. It is one of my favorite shows of all time, mostly because of the performance of this fine, fine actor. My parents thought I was nuts. How can our kid think this old guy is so cool? Well, he just was. Woodward's Robert McCall was one of the best characters ever to grace the screen. He was cool, man, he was just that damn cool.

He was great in any role he played, from Breaker Morant to Sherlock Holmes. Edward Woodward was THE MAN.

I have hoisted a cold Peroni in his honor this evening. And when I get home, I'm pulling out the 1st season of THE EQUALIZER on DVD and marveling at fine performance after fine damn performance from a true Original.

GOT A PROBLEM?

ODDS AGAINST YOU?

CALL THE EQUALIZER.

He was great in other roles, Breaker Morant and The Wicker Man being standouts. Here's some sampling of a magnificent actor's career.

A nice tribute by the BBC is here, as long as the link lasts.

Edward Woodward Wiki.

The Equalizer Wiki

Edward Woodward on IMD

The Leeboizer raises his glass to this Great Man.

EDWARD WOODWARD
ACTOR, ENTERTAINER, GENTLEMAN, EQUALIZER

1930-2009

R.I.P.