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Eddie

Never trust a grown man who likes to dance.

About Me

..I am 35, married to Sandy, and we have two dachshunds, Oscar Meyer, who is 7 years old and Rascal who is a 6 year old we adopted in February 2008. Oscar's step brother, Roscoe P. Coaltrain passed away in January, 2008, and we really miss him.I work in government communications producing a TV show monthly and I live in Tampa, Florida.
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My Interests

I spend a lot of time watching sports, reading, playing video games, excercising, and fooling around with my guitar. Wait a minute, that was two years ago. Scratch the part about exercising and playing guitar. Don't do those as much any more. I've adopted the local pro teams here in Tampa Bay as my favorites. I follow the Devil Rays heavily (to my detriment), the Buccaneers, and Tampa Bay Lightning. I'm still a huge U of Alabama football fan (despite the Nick Saban hiring) from my days growing up there, but I go to a few University of South Florida football games every year. I read National Geographic cover to cover every month and mix in a book most months from the library. I also spend too much time playing the same couple of games over and over again on my PS2 (EA NCAA football and Guitar Hero). I try to counter my beer drinking and junk food eating by running a few miles every week and playing softball once a week. My other hobby is music. My dad is a great guitar player and has shared a few guitars with me. I've never learned a whole song, but I like just improving and making up simple riffs and chord sequences. By the way, check out my dad's music at www.tomburch.net.

I'd like to meet:

John Gruden, so I could teach him how to run an offense.

Music:

Favorite bands are Wilco, The Handsome Family, Sonic Youth, The Pixies, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Metallica (pre "And Justice"), Red Hot Chili Peppers, and R.E.M. .. width="425" height="350">.. ..> .. width="425" height="350">.. ..> .. width="425" height="350">.. ..>

Movies:

Next to Dean Wormer's Double Secret probation speech I think this one by Anthony Anderson is now my favorite comedy monologue ever. Check it out.I used to have a rule that went like this: I don't want to see a movie if there is an explosion, a guy gets pistol whipped and isn't hurt, a guy get's kicked in the head more than once, or someone yells, "Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!" I've relaxed my criteria a bit and I can suspend disbelief enough to appreciate action flicks and slasher films for what they are now. However, I still appreciate films with clever stories. Some of my recent favorites are "Matchpoint", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", and "Crash". Other faves are "Requiem for a Dream", "Fight Club", "Memento", "Mulholland Drive" and "Shawshank Redemption".

Television:

Sports mostly, but also "Amazing Race" and "South Park." I like "My Name is Earl", "The Office", and "Rick Steve's Europe", but I don't have time to watch them. I miss "Seinfeld" and "Beavis and Butthead".

Books:

"Life of Pi" by Yann Martel "Illusions" by Richard Bach "The Winter of Our Discontent," "The Moon is Down," "Cannery Row," and a lot of other stuff by Steinbeck

Heroes:

This will sound cliche, but Martin Luther King is the first that comes to mind. Can you believe he was only 39 when he was killed? Damn, I'm only 3 years younger than that and I haven't done crap. Is there anyone in America today with not only the courage to stand up for what's right, but the competence and charisma to actually accomplish change? If there is, I would like to hear from him or her before it's too late. I also look up to that Chinese guy who faced off with the tank at Tienemen Square. His name might be Wang Weilin, but nobody really knows who he is or what happened to him. .. width="425" height="350">.. ..>

My Blog

Toronto visit

Got sidetracked by real life for a while, but today I can finally write about the rest of our vacation. The drive from Buffalo to Toronto was pretty nice.  I didn't realize this before the trip, ...
Posted by Eddie on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:25:00 PST

Beef on Weck Sucks

When you think of Buffalo, what food comes to mind?  Most people would answer Buffalo wings and that's what I would have said until a couple of weeks before our trip.  However, when I mentio...
Posted by Eddie on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 03:00:00 PST

Niagara Falls and Toronto

Now that I've had a couple of weeks to catch up and recover, I'll post a few things about the trip Sandy and I took to Niagara Falls and Toronto.  I'll hit some specific things in more detail, bu...
Posted by Eddie on Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:07:00 PST

"Not that theres anything wrong with that"

Where do you go to find bullwhips, skinheads, and weinerdogs?  If you guessed Neo-Nazi dog rodeo, that’s not it.  I’m talking about the Tampa Bay Winter (Gay) Pride Fes...
Posted by Eddie on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:16:00 PST

Rascal the new dog

We have brought another dog into the family.  Last Saturday Sandy and I adopted Rascal from the Humane Society.  He's a six year-old Dachshund whose owner had health problems that prompted g...
Posted by Eddie on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:36:00 PST

What is it with VH1 Classic Albums?

Everytime I watch one of those episodes of VH1's Classic Albums series I wind up really wanting to listen to the album no matter what it is. Take the Def Leppard - Hysteria album for instance.  W...
Posted by Eddie on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:00:00 PST

Road trips and homecomings

Sandy, me and the dogs are driving up to Alabama over Veteran's Day weekend and I happen to be reading a great roadtrip book as we prepare.  John Steinbeck is by far my favorite author and until ...
Posted by Eddie on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:27:00 PST

Getting over the Hill

The other day on my way home from work I was punching through the pre-sets on my car radio.  For those of you under 30, that's the thing in the middle of the dash board that people used to listen...
Posted by Eddie on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:58:00 PST

ESPN Jumping the Shark Again

The term "jumping the shark" refers to a Happy Days episode where Fonzie was water skiing and jumped over a shark.  According to Happy Days fans, that's when the show started going downhill and t...
Posted by Eddie on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 02:15:00 PST

Life immitating art (kind of)

The film "Major League" won't be confused with "Citizen Kane" or "The Godfather" but for the sake of argument we'll consider it a work of art for the purposes of this blog. The plot of the movie is si...
Posted by Eddie on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 08:20:00 PST