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Joe

Unwelcome Ones, Your Time Has Come!

About Me

I'm a college graduate and actually lucky enough to be currently working in my field of study as a full-time radio show producer. The show I do is actually one of the more popular and famous ones in the area - but chances are that your parents and/or grandparents are big fans of mine. How's that for ambiguous? Get at me on AIM at: StatMan79 - you know you want to.
I'd like to add that I've started on one new writing venture and contribute on occasion to a friend's as well, both sports related.My own piece is a hockey blog called Violating the Trapezoid . I've been keeping that one under wraps for a little bit while I built up a few entries, but there it is anyhow. Give it a read as I'll be updating it periodically, even through the summer.
The other one I take part in is my friend Aaron's Red Sox fan blog on the Cape Cod Times website called Fenway Frankly . As long as the Yankees are relevant (or irrelevant) to the Red Sox and Sox Nation wants to know what's going on in the Bronx, I believe Aaron will be asking for my thoughts on matters which you'll get to read there on occasion. Whether you're a Sox, Yankees, Mets or whoever fan, you should read it anyhow because it's smart and entertaining just the same.

My Interests

You name it, I'm down with it. Sports, music, concerts, bars, drinking, reading, writing, movies...you know the usual.

I'd like to meet:

Pretty much someone that can handle being around a dork, and not like a "cool" emo "dork" either - my clothes are a lot more scary and vintage at times. But if you've got a soft spot for someone that is sometimes awkward and often sticks their foot in their mouth when getting to know someone, then - well, hey I'm that sort of guy. At the very least you might get a laugh or two or three...hmm, perhaps I should work on this.I'm of an open mind so whatever you bring to the table there's a good chance I'll be well-mannered and housebroken...I think. Don't mind the mess on the carpet.

Music:

Rush, Dream Theater, Led Zeppelin, Longwave, Pearl Jam, Denali, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Spock's Beard, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, Audioslave, Rage Against The Machine, nine inch nails, Bone Thugs N' Harmony, Wu-Tang Clan, OutKast, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, John Williams, Danny Elfman...and so on and so forth.

Movies:

Star Wars, Farrelly Brothers Films, Coen Brothers Films, Christopher Nolan films, The Shawshank Redemption, Requiem For A Dream, Memento, Slap Shot, Black Belt Jones, Dolemite, Field of Dreams, The Natural, Idiocracy

Television:

The Simpsons, Family Guy, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Six Feet Under, Mr. Show, 24, Rescue Me, Entourage, The Sopranos

Books:

The Fountainhead and Anthem by Ayn Rand, The Masked Rider;Ghost Rider; Roadshow by Neil Peart, Ball Four by Jim Bouton, His Excellency by Joseph Ellis, The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris - history nerd, much?

Heroes:

Martin Luther King Jr., my grandparents Arthur and Mary

My Blog

Addendum to previous blog

Since the viral marketing campaign has moved along on the website http://www.ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com which if you go there now, you're greeted by what appears to be an error message.  If you ...
Posted by Joe on Sat, 26 May 2007 03:30:00 PST

Here's Me Being a HUGE Geek

I've got a set of links for you all, and I kindly ask that you view them in sequence, because, really - that's the fun part. You can start off by going here. From there you can click on the logo in th...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 21 May 2007 07:38:00 PST

Running the Gamut

Lately I've found myself on a slight kick to get back in touch with things and people and even emotions to some degree - call it a reclamation project if you will, but it's helping me to tap back into...
Posted by Joe on Wed, 09 May 2007 08:26:00 PST

I Am Tougher Than Dwayne Wade

Being that I'm not really much of an athlete I'm not one to go yelling about my physical prowess.  (Yeah, I heard you.  "What prowess is that?"  Shut up.) I also realize I'm way behind ...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:49:00 PST

Video Says All I Need To Say

Click here for some video that's put an irreplaceable smile on this guy's face....
Posted by Joe on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 05:44:00 PST

Drastic Measures?

Here I sit in the midst of this bizarro infirmary here at home. A chorus of coughing, hacking, hocking and all-round skin crawling shudder inducing badness surrounds me. Oh it's a treat I tell you - p...
Posted by Joe on Wed, 21 Feb 2007 09:01:00 PST

Funny this happens on the day Guy Fawkes was put to death

I know some of you kids are Boston people and I know some, if not all, of you had a harrowing day dealing with transportation slow-downs and shut-downs due to the Boston PD investigating "mysterious a...
Posted by Joe on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 09:06:00 PST

Hiking With History

This is cross-posted with my other blog, if you're not keeping up with me there, then, well, you're not going to miss out - it's not like I'm keeping secrets anywhere.  I'll post this here for th...
Posted by Joe on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:04:00 PST

Acronym Fun Party

Just to keep you kids posted on me lately since I find it hard to sit down and write something more focused and well thought out. Something I'm rather jealous that Aaron's been able to do lately - ser...
Posted by Joe on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:44:00 PST

Informal Poll time

It's time to play, "Pick Joe's Brain" Which of these Cake songs has Joe had running through his head as a theme of late? A.  Friend Is A Four Letter Word B.  Never There C.  Sheep Go To...
Posted by Joe on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:31:00 PST