Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi)

About Me

Current ne'er do well. Former Central Michigan University student. Retired U.S. Army (paralegal/court reporter). Professional couch potato.Ordained Minister of the Church of the SubGenius as Reverend Joe Bob Zontar. Praise Bob!!!!!Usually trolling/posting on Wrestling Classics as TJ Rude (no relation).Proud Member of the Big Boy Birthday Club.Self diagnosed with some sort of attention deficient disorder.

My Interests

Bad movies, Pro wrestling, Comic books, Eclectic pop culture, Collecting PEZ Dispensers, Collecting Coca-Cola stuff, Tiki Culture, "Old School" Car Culture, Collecting Godzilla stuff, Collecting Ed "Big Daddy" Roth stuff, Collecting DVDs/Videos of Bad Movies. Also collecting Pro Wrestling stuff such as posters, trading cards and wrestling figures. Generally, I'm a pack rat.

I'd like to meet:

People who are not sociopaths but I can make an exception if they bring the chips.

Music:

Not a fan of any particular genre but if I have to pick one, it will be novelty. Here's some artists I like: Asylum Street Spankers; the 5, 6, 7, 8's; Spike Jones; The Ventures; Link Wray; The Reverend Horton Heat; Brave Combo; The Aquabats; They Might Be Giants; Weird Al Yankovic; Los Straitjackets; Southern Culture on the Skids; Tom Lehrer; Misfits; Surf Punks; The Sadies; The Hoosier Hot Shots; The Bobs; Baja Marimba Band; DEVO; (The Mystic Knights of) Oingo Boingo; Phenomenauts. More to follow....

Movies:

Action/sci-fi/horror/fantasy. Love low/no budget films.

Television:

There's no such thing as bad TV! Here's some snippets of what I grew up on:

Books:

Print is dead.

Heroes:

There are no true heroes but here is a list of people I respect for doing things that made sense only to them and to a few of us: Kroger Babb, William Castle, Lord Sutch, Joe Meek, Ellie Nessler, John Waters, Bettie (or Betty or Bette) Page, Tex Avery, The Three Stooges (all variations, including Joe), Ron "The Ghoul" Sweed, Johnny Legend (Rockally artist, wrestling guru, and all around talent).

My Blog

Taking a break and other Sunday moanings...

Hey gang, As the subject suggests, I'm taking a break from cleaning up my house in order to host my WWE Judgment Day PPV party. I'm a single guy so you can guess that I have a lot of work to do!...
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Sun, 18 May 2008 09:47:00 PST

Making Plans for Sunday and Other Thoughts and Mutterings

Hey Gang, Things are going all right for yours truly. However, my trust in those I used to call "friends" have left me somewhat disappointed. Three of these "friends" owe me money, on...
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Thu, 15 May 2008 07:19:00 PST

Another Sunday Comes to a Close...

Hey Gang, Winding down tonight, watching old WCW on WWE 24/7. Right now, Shaska Watley and the Barbarian (with Paul Jones) are beating the crap of a no-name and one of the Mulkey Brothers....
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Sun, 04 May 2008 03:18:00 PST

Sunday Afternoon Prep

Hey Gang, Taking a break from fixing up the living room, geting it ready for tonight's Backlash PPV. Currently watching WWE 24/7 and the NWA April 5, 1986 episode. Good stuff, Maynard! Thi...
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:34:00 PST

Gawd-Damn MySpace Ate my Blog Again

Hey Gang, In this spot, you were supposed to read and update on me, my new job, and my wrestling thoughts. However, after typing my prose and hitting "preview and edit", MySpace asked for my pas...
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:18:00 PST

End of the Week, Start of the Weekend(Thank God!!)

Hey Gang, It's Friday, I'm home alone in my bathrobe, and I'm watching All My Children on SoapNet. Let the party begin! I had an interview with Farmers Insurance for a job working in their custo...
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:19:00 PST

Friday on my Mind

Hey Gang, Hope all is well with you and that your weekend will be a good one. As for me, I think I turned a corner on my credit crunch issue since the meetings with the credit counselor. April w...
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:46:00 PST

Yeah, yeah; April Fools...

Hey Gang, Sorry for not writing any blogs in the past week. It’s kind of tough to put into words what you want to say and what you did when there’s nothing on your mind and you did a...
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:12:00 PST

Scattered Thoughts for a Monday evening

Hey Gang, Still broke and still in debt, what else is new. Wrestlemania 24 is six days away and I’m planning on holding a shindig at my place. For those in the Grand Rapids area, you are i...
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:28:00 PST

Good Friday and Bad Weather-Take Two

Hey Gang, Last night, I wrote a blog but due to a MySpace "hiccup", there was an error and I lost what I had typed. Let’s just say I wasn’t a happy camper last night. I cooled ...
Posted by Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:31:00 PST