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The Skinnier Me

Check the about page for the before view, here’s the new look after dropping 25lbs. I have another 25 to go. I want to get below 200lbs for the first time since sometime back in the mid-90s. Ah yes, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis and Hootie and the Blowfish days…

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Adios Facebook

Back in 2014, I deactivated my profile for nearly a year. I re-activated it unintentionally by logging into a site that I had used my FB profile to access. I got sucked back in. After the latest Cambridge Analytica kerfluffle, I took the further step of deleting my profile. I know they’ll still keep using […]

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It’s Sisig!

OMG, there’s finally a place in North Tampa that does Filipino food! PAO Cafe The same people that still run PAO Food Truck now have a brick and mortar location. Now if I have a hankering for Sisig I don’t have to pester the wife into gathering the ingredients and doing the cooking. The ingredients […]

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I would like to say they must be kidding…

When religious leaders run things this is the kind of rampant douchebaggery you get: Iran’s state broadcaster, known as Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, has never been the country’s most dignified institution. But even by its own standards, the network plunged into a fresh abyss of superstition and fear-mongering with a recent broadcast in […]

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Best response yet to the Hobby Lobby decision

The best take on the Hobby Lobby case: “Corporations are people, my friend. Women? Not so much.” A close 2nd from the same: “If corporations are people then why can’t I punch one in the fucking face?” via Why Women Aren’t People (But Corporations Are).