The Flaming Pickle - ProfilesArchive

About Me

The Flaming Pickle does not mean a gay pickle...it's a pickle on fire. Get your minds out of the gutter people!

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Frogs, monkeys, and talking kumquats.

Music:

Taking Back Sunday, Ataris, Less Than Jake, Five Iron Frenzy, Insyderz, Slick Shoes, MXPX, Dropkick Murphy's, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Before Today, Wheezer, Green Day, Ghoti Hook, Relient K, Roper, The W's, Switchfoot, Dashboard Confessional, Damien Rice, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, Beatles... etc, etc

Movies:

Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Braveheart, A Walk in the Clouds, Gladiator, The Patriot, Big Trouble in Little China, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, The One, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch, Fight Club, Memento, Donnie Darko, Happy Gilmore, Shrek, Newsies, Batman (Begins), American History X, Pirates of the Carribean, Runaway Jury, Billy Madison, Mr Nice Guy, Garden State, and about 250 more I own on DVD's.

Television:

Scrubs, Scrubs, and more Scrubs. Firefly too! Everyone should watch Firefly and Serenity. And some Family Guy, Simpsons, Any Chicago sports. "Speaking of good television (a rare thing indeed) I picked up the first season of Scrubs on DVD, which is great. Go check it out if you're a fan or realize deep down in your soul that you are going to heck because you're not a fan yet."

Books:

JRR Tolkien -- Lord of the Rings; Paulo Coelho -- The Alchemist; Star Wars Rogue Squadron; Star Wars Bounty Hunter Wars; Richard Bach -- Jonathan Livingston Seagull; Douglas Adams -- The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Dan Kelly -- Various short stories and one unfinished novel.

My Blog

Oh the irony

Now normally I don't post stuff like this in either bulletin form or here, but the irony from this one is just too much. I got this as a bulletin from somebody and just quickly glanced at ...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:54:00 PST

Reflections in a mirror

So my mom called me some time last week to tell me I had some mail. One of the items was an envelope addressed to "Dan Kelly & family" from La Jaya (La Jala...La Jasomethingorother) Colorado...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:20:00 PST

Blah

So the quote I wanted to put as the title didn't fit...hence the blah. So here's the real title "It's going to be legen...wait for it...and I hope you're not lactose-intolerant 'cause the second...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:29:00 PST

Mr. Common Sense

Important News Today we mourn the passing of a beloved oldfriend, Mr. Common Sense. Mr. Sense had been with us for many years. ...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:08:00 PST

"You rested on the seventh day. Maybe You should've spent that day on compassion."

Name where that quote comes from, without googling it and I'll give you a hug or something the next time I see you. I thought of this quote on Saturday while at Easter Vigil. The first rea...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:12:00 PST

Est Sularus Oth Mithas

I have recently discovered that I have this strong desire to write something. Not something like a blog, but I'm doing that as a substitute. I have also discovered that I can't write anyth...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:40:00 PST

Nothing's worse than feeling alone no matter how many people are around

Ok, the title of this blog is misleading. The truth of the matter is that I don't feel alone right now at all. I actually feel quite the opposite of alone. So why the Subject? ...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:36:00 PST

Bastard coated bastards with bastard filling

One thing I really discovered this weekend was that I enjoy spreading my joy for TV shows. It reaffirms my joy in the shows and it also brings joy to other people. On Thursday night, while...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Tue, 29 Nov 2005 01:37:00 PST

"It's hard - caring - isn't it....? It hurts sometimes."

Well, it has recently come to my attention, while playing poker this weekend, that not everyone knows the whole story about my arm. And since we all know everyone is on myspace I decided I'd typ...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:32:00 PST

Banana Hammock!

So I decided I'd write a little somethin' somethin' about a couple of shows (both currently not on TV, boo!) that you should all look into seeing. The first is Scrubs, a hospital dramedy. ...
Posted by The Flaming Pickle on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:51:00 PST