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Nappy

''I learned a valuable lesson that night. If you're going to try to fly a bicycle, you'd better make

About Me

I seem to have a soft spot for things with wheels and tires. No, I'm not talking about quadraplegics (although admittedly, they can be pretty damned fun). I'm speaking of motor vehicles. Some people are always dragging home stray cats or dogs, but it's cars and bikes that seem to follow me home.I'm some sort of computer geek during the day, which pays the bills. Really, it's a great gig, but I honestly don't like computers all that much. And yes, I know that considering my profession, my MySpace page is far from pimped out. "Thomas has a MySpace Editor". Good for Thomas, he needs to get some fuckin' hobbies.I'm in York, PA. York is good because it's close to things (Philly, DC, Baltimore, etc.). So road trips are a big form of entertainment. And that helped to fuel the whole car thing, I suppose. I also restore old jukeboxes and arcade stuff for kicks too, and generally enjoy ripping things apart and (ideally) getting them to work again. I'm not big on personal drama, but my friends seem to be an odd, wacky, and entertaining lot. Self-important Bluetooth wielding douchebags bore me to tears so I'm happy to have insane but interesting friends. Usually at least one time per weekend someone ends up wearing a makeshift hat made of scrapple at the diner at 3am. I'm not necessarily proud of that, but it's somehow the way things always end up. Midgets facinate us. One of my best buddies will sometimes show up for an evening on the town in a Superman outfit for no real reason. I sometimes rock the leisure suit to fancy fundraisers just to offend the stuffy folks. When we're stuck here, we try to make the best of this one horse (but many sheep) town. Our adventures are often powered by that one-time award winning beer, Pabst Blue Ribbon.

My Interests

Cars. Motorcycles. 40s Jukeboxes. Pinball machines and video games. 40s Plastic Radios. Old weird junk. Music. PBR. Miscellaneous other stuff of a fun and generally legal nature.

I'd like to meet:

Tom Waits would be fun to meet. But we'd probably both get sloppy drunk and not remember meeting anyway. Marilyn Manson would be fun but I'm afraid he'd convince me to leave my job and collect prostetic arms and legs.So I guess it'd be really fun to hang with a really washed up 80s star that was famous for like 5 minutes. I was just in Jim's Steaks in Philly and they have a signed 8x10 of the '21 Jump Street' kid. And you have to wonder if he signed it for them during his very brief fame or if he's still driving around somewhere with a trunk full of these old publicity shots signing them for anyone that cares. I like the idea that he's driving around today telling people at Turnpike Toll Booths that he's that '21 Jump Street' guy. That's funny stuff in my book and would make for a great road trip.

Music:

A sampling of what's in the car right now... Lady Sovereign, Hank III, Beck, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Snoop Dog, Goldfrapp, and Kill Allen Wrench (who apparently got kicked off of MySpace?). It's usually an odd sorta mix of everything.

Movies:

Snatch was a good movie, and it's an all around great word. Go ahead, try to work the word "Snatch" into a conversation today (without getting slapped).Other movies I liked..... Borat, Big Lebowski, Napoleon Dynamite, Donnie Darko, Pulp Fiction, the Kill Bills, Scotland PA, Boondock Saints, Run Lola Run, Office Space, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, the Mad Fabricator DVDs, Momento, and probably lots more that I'm not remembering.

Television:

'My Name is Earl' because it seems to be the true story of my buddy's life. And I try to always catch Katie Couric's colonoscopies when they're on TV. Damn, I wonder if the chick taking Katie's place on the Today Show knows about the ass camera yet? Do you suppose that came up in the interview??

Books:

Charles Bukowski's my fave.

Heroes:

My Grandparents and probably a few other friends and relatives. Oh, and David Hasslehoff, of course.

My Blog

Burritos!!! Come to the JALOPY SHOWDOWN for yours!

To quote everyone's favorite Mexican American, Speedy (no relation to Alberto) Gonzales, "Jumpeeng Frijolles!!" After 2 years and a few false starts, my buddy Skye and I are officially in th...
Posted by Nappy on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 06:53:00 PST

Riding Low (My Car, Not My Pants)

'Been pretty busy lately and not hanging around here too much so I thought I'd at least take a few minutes and show a little bit of the reason why. No, unfortunately it's not a crazy-hot stripper who'...
Posted by Nappy on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 01:13:00 PST

York's Drunken Darwin Awards

Ahh.  Beer. Now, I go out for a tasty adult beverage at least as often as the next guy.  I don't begrudge anyone their fun.  But some people really need to know when to call it qui...
Posted by Nappy on Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:14:00 PST