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Tim

I'm just an old chunk of coal, I know, I'm gonna be a diamond someday.

About Me

All I know I learned from John Hughes movies and Punky BrewsterHollywood Improv Jan'08
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My Interests

Music, Hanging out with friends, shooting the shit, drinking bourbon, Austin City Limits music festival, Jazz Fest, Sports, love the sports, Softball, Volleyball, Tennis, Beach Bocce, Frizbee Bowling, Caps ( more drinking game, but there is sportsmanship involved) Sleeping, who doesn't love sleeping, especially in a drinving rain w/ thunder. New Orleans, I miss that city so much. The beach, Euchere. Hollywood Park, dollar beer and hot dog night, hitting the exacta, did I mention bourbon?

I'd like to meet:

Someone with a peg leg, a tranny named Pat, the Dali Lama, Roscoe, Nada Surf, Guster, Jon Buccigros, Jesus Christ (Superstar), an Eskimo, a Turk who calls himself "The Turk" David J. (Moriarty, not the dude from Bauhaus) a leprechaun, or an Irish Midget that says he's a leprechaun, my fairy godmother, anybody who will subscribe to my blogs, they will get better. Somebody named Peace, so I can say stuff like "Peace out Peace" Silas Rolanzo, Somebody to give me new topics to discuss on the blog, interestingly funny people.

Music:

Ryan Adams, the Black Keys, Wilco, Brett Dennen, Joe Purdy, Josh Rouse, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, David Gray, John Butler Trio, Deathcab for Cutie, Nada Surf, Widespread Panic, Galactic, Iris May Tango, Rhett Miller, Old 97's, Centro-matic, the Slackers, Hepcat, Stubborn All-Stars, the Aggrolites, Okkervil River, Matt Nathanson, the Long Winters, Amos Lee, Charlie Mars, Damien Rice, Drive By Truckers, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Ella, Billie, Clifford Brown, Duke Ellington, and many more that I can't think of when I'm hungover.

Movies:

All Time Favorites - Caddyshack, Swingers, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fletch, Eternal Sunshine, Memento, Bull Durham, Godfatther, Beautiful Girls.Recent Good movies - Good Night, and Good Luck, Munich, Capote, In America, Little Miss Sunshine.

Television:

Family Guy, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, sitcom reruns of Seinfeld, Cheers, ESPN, History Channel.

Books:

Farewell to Arms, Confederacy of Dunces, The Alchemist, 42nd Parallel, Bel Canto, Great Gatsby, Tropic of Cancer, Butterfield 8, Appointment in Sumara, Tortilla Flat, Me Talk Pretty Someday (Although much more fun to have somebody read it to you) The Comedy Writer, Ham on Rye, Ask the Dust, Atlas Shrugged.

Heroes:

My Parents, Bob Marley, Ernest Hemmingway, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Ayn Rand, Louis Armstrong, Professor Longhair aka Henry Byrd, Ray Charles, Lance Armstrong, Kirby Puckett, Ray LaMontagne, Van Morrison, Victor Ruggerio, Bob Dylan.

My Blog

WGMG.60

What Grinds My Gears 61I lost track its been so long.  The special reason I am posting this Gears is because I would love it if you loyal 5 readers would continue reading, but I am gonna be posti...
Posted by Tim on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:20:00 PST

What Grinds My Gears 60

What Grinds My Gears 60    Quick question what does Bea Arthur and the gears have in common?  They both looked washed up at 59, but still kept going.  Holler!!!! Man, its been...
Posted by Tim on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 05:08:00 PST

What Grinds My Gears 59

What Grinds My Gears 59    The readers ask, and the readers get.  Well at least all one of them. This gears is dedicated to our soon Boston-bound Kelley Bradshaw.  Good luck i...
Posted by Tim on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:15:00 PST

What Grinds My Gears 58

What Grinds My Gears 58    Long time, no hear.  Yes I know the absence of the gears has caused you heartache and pain.  Side effects include dry mouth, sore throat, nausea, ru...
Posted by Tim on Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:49:00 PST

What Grinds My Gears #57

What Grinds My Gears #57Howdy, Friday readers.  Yes I know, two gears in one week.  I'm more prolific than Wilt Chamberlain with a box of cialis.  Just thought I'd come back at you with...
Posted by Tim on Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:02:00 PST

What Grinds My Gears #56

What Grinds My Gears #56The Gears has been gone longer than a Paris Hilton jail sentence. What? Too Soon?  Well its back packing more surprises than an eight ball in Lindsay Lohan's glove box.&nb...
Posted by Tim on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 02:29:00 PST

WGMG.55

What Grinds My Gears #55        Is there anything that makes you feel better than the Friday edition of the Gears?  Okay I can think of about fifteen off the top of ...
Posted by Tim on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:11:00 PST

WGMG.54

Wgat Grinds My Gears #54    What up party blog people?  The gears has been on hiatus longer than an Anna Nicole Smith autopsy.  What? I know you laughed, maybe just a little?&...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:07:00 PST

WGMG.53

What Grinds My Gears #53    Happy Friday loyal readers, or should I say good friday for all my Christian readers.  Hey, I aim to please.  I'm reaching out to you out there in ...
Posted by Tim on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:24:00 PST

WGMG.52

What Grinds My Gears #52    A hearty happy Friday to you good reader o' mine.  A when I say hearty, I mean heart felt, not hearty like a good minestrone or some other random soup.&...
Posted by Tim on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 03:41:00 PST