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Monday Morning Humor - John McCainisms

President Bush has become infamous for trashing the English language and losing us all in bizarre trains of thought. However George Bush doesn't have the market cornered as John McCain has said some stupid stuff on the fly so far during campaign mode.

"We should be able to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies." --Kenner, Louisiana, June 3, 2008

"I was concerned about a couple of steps that the Russian government took in the last several days. One was reducing the energy supplies to Czechoslovakia." Phoenix, Arizona, July 14, 2008

"We have a lot of work to do. It's a very hard struggle, particularly given the situation on the Iraq-Pakistan border." ABC News interview, July 21, 2008

"I will veto every single beer, um, bill with earmarks." --speaking at the National Small Business Summit, Washington, D.C., June 10, 2008

"Well, basically, it's a Google." --on how he's conducting his VP search, Richmond, Virginia, June 9, 2008

"Maybe that's a way of killing them." --responding to a report that $158 million in cigarettes have been shipped to Iran during Bush's presidency despite restrictions on U.S. exports to that country, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 8, 2008

"The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book."

"I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.'"

Tulsa Gas Prices Falling

 

Our local Tulsa gas/petrol prices are falling. The jury for me is still out on ethenol being used as "filler" in my fuel. If and when my power comes back on at home I'm going to do some investigating and find out how bad ethenol really is for our cars. Subscribe to my feed to read the results of what I find out.

Richard Branson Another Step Closer to Space Tourism

WhiteKnightTwo - click image to enlarge

Richard Branson is set to unveil Monday the WhiteKnightTwo airplane that will carry SpaceShipTwo and up to six space tourist to 60,000 feet for take off into low earth orbit. According to Virgin Galactic President Will Whitehorn  - "WhiteKnightTwo is the world's most advanced payload carrier. It has the best fuel efficiency of any aircraft ever built in history. It is the world's first 100% carbon composite aircraft." Branson's company Virgin Galactic is already booking tickets starting at $200,000 US but you will have to get in line as over 100 tickets have already been sold according to the company web site. Testing for the new space delivery system is set to begin early fall 08'.

SpaceShipTwo - click image to enlarge


Virgin Galactic Tourist - click image to enlarge

Oklahoma Gay News Update

Oklahoma Republicans Keep Up the Gay Bashing

Following in the large and deep footsteps of State Representative Sally Kern and her now infamous gay bashing YouTube rant, Oklahoma's right has now spawned forth gay basher Brent Rinehart - R County Commissioner of Oklahoma County.  Rinehart is running for re-election and in what some might consider a questionable campaign move has released a self published comic book to send out to Oklahoma County residents. The 16 page comic book bashes Gay Oklahomans, fellow state leaders, and looks like something Hitler would have created at age nine if he had known English.

Excerpt:

 

Rinehart even made CNN to defend his train of thought or lack thereof:

Follow Up to the Story with the Tulsa World

NEW UPDATE: Comic book artist revealed for Rinehart's creation.

Tulsa, Oklahoma Gay Couple Have Home and Truck Vandalized With Anti-Gay Hate Speech

Last week local Tulsa news agencies reported that a Tulsa Gay couple living is South Tulsa had their property vandalized and vehicle burnt to the ground coupled with anti-Gay graffiti and Nazi symbols sprayed over the vehicle, home and driveway.

Twice within the past week, Robert Stotler and his partner have been targets of anti-gay messages at their Tulsa home.

About seven days ago, the message "Gays Must Go" was spray-painted on their garage door, and a symbol resembling a swastika, which is used by some white supremacist groups, was spray-painted on the side of their home.

Holes were punched in a friend's pickup's tires and the truck was set on fire while parked in Stotler's driveway.

The message "I'll be back" was spray-painted on both sides of the vehicle.

And back the person came.

A few days later, holes were punched in the front door of their home in the 11800 block of East 25th Street, and the message "Gay Go Away" was painted on it. – Tulsa World

Tulsa Police state the attacks are just a misdemeanor since hate crimes that target Gay Oklahomans is not punishable in and of itself.

Resources on the attacks:

Tulsa World

Hate Crimes Bill.org

Monday Morning Humor - From Across the Pond

'We, in Ireland, can't figure out why people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States .

On one side, you have a pants wearing lawyer, married to a lawyer who can't keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer who goes to the wrong church who is married to yet another lawyer who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run.

Now...On the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate Mc terminology married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship.

What, in Lords name, are you lads thinking over there in the colonies??

Oklahoma City Becomes Destination for Nude Flyer

Soccer Player Chris Albright

Here's what went down folks.....

It was your average 'bumpy' flight from Boston to Los Angeles. The New England Revolution soccer team happened to be on this flight to play in the SuperLiga Tournament on Sunday. All was calm and collective until a male passenger decided to strip down into nothing but his birthday suit!!!!

According to Mercury News:

"He was asked to go back to the bathroom to put his clothes on and he did and went back to his seat and then allegedly attempted to open an aircraft emergency exit door."

"The soccer team helped restrain the passenger until an Emergency Landing was in route"

When someone decides to go "commando" then skydiving in a commercial Boeing 757 airplane, the itinerary says to drop them off in Oklahoma City. So that's what they did........

"The man was taken into custody by the Oklahoma City Police Department and taken to a crisis center for a mental evaluation."

"The airplane had 151 passengers and seven crew members aboard."

Rest of the story with the Mercury News

Live & Love
- Spencer -

Guest Contributor Spencer Lucas

Jerry Giordano Returns to KTUL After DUI Arrest

Local Tulsa news anchor Jerry Giordano has returned to KTUL after a two week absence following a rather embarrassing DUI and Hit and Run arrest stemming from a car crash on July 4th in the popular Brookside area of Tulsa's midtown. Here are the links to the two post I ran describing the arrest and the reporters bizarre behavior while being arrested.
Post #1
Post #2 Plus the police arrest record

Here is the video statement that Jerry Giordano released today on the KTUL web site. I'm guessing I'm not going to be on his Christmas card list this coming year!

Back in Texas .... Again!

I find myself back in East Texas again this week taking care of my Father. Post are going to be a little light for a few days till I get back to Oklahoma. When I get back though the summer movie season for me will be in full swing, getting pumped over the new Batman movie, Hell Boy II and just a bunch of interesting movies coming out in July. Might I recommend passing on Hancock till it comes out on video, to put it bluntly ... it sucked!

Video Fixed

Sorry for the technical problem with the video in the Schwarzenegger Has Freudian Slip on Obama post. One of many videos that John McCain wished was never aired during a campaign is back working now. - Thanks!

Monday Morning Humor - Pennies from .... Kansas??

- photo by foyfoto

This is what happens when you're in Kansas in July with a lot of time on your hands and a whole bunch of pennies!

Hundreds of volunteers have proven pennies really can go a long way. Miles, in fact.

Three days after the first coin was placed on the ground Tuesday evening, the group had assembled a 40-mile-long chain of pennies Friday night in the parking lot of Fort Scott Middle School.

"This is pretty awesome," said volunteer Diana Mitchell.

It's the longest line of pennies ever assembled, eclipsing the old mark by more than five miles, according to an official from the Guinness Book of World Records. The previous record was 34.57 miles, set in Malaysia in 1995.

"They set the record for the longest line of coins and the whole community came together," said Kaoru Ishikawa, a Guinness record manager. "It's been quite a moving time."

Oh it gets better ... hehe

It was the second record set in this town just west of the Missouri line. On Thursday night, volunteers and members of the Fort Scott Youth Activities Team put down a mile of pennies in a time of 2:23.01 - just 74 seconds faster than the previous record of 2:24.15 - AOL News

All those pennies on the hot Kansas pavement and several sore backs from lining them all up went to a good cause. Fort Scott, the city that hosted the world record breaking events, rose $33,790 US towards a $4 million dollar goal to improve their city park.

 

Schwarzenegger Has Freudian Slip on Obama

Today on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on interviewing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Governator lets it slip who will be the next President of the US.

Stephanopoulos followed up about Obama: "If he were president and he called, you would at least take that call?"

Schwarzenegger replied: "I would take his call now, I will take his call when he's president - any time. Remember, no matter who is president, I don't see this as a political thing, I see this as we always have to help, no matter what the administration is." - This Week with George Stephanopoulos

Will it Blend? The New 3G Apple iPhone

We know the old Apple iPhone blended ok but if you where wondering if the new and improved Apple 3G iPhone will fare any better, let see with Will it Blend New Apple 3G iPhone

Strange But True - Celebrity Edition

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton is reporting that "Madonna Wanted Jose Canseco's Cuban Sperm!" according to the baseball players claims. A-Rod, Canseco, Rodman; I think Madonna is a sports fan!
Check out the rest of the story with Perez Hilton

Michael Jackson made an appearance at a Las Vegas Barnes and Noble in a wheel-chair with his body mostly covered. According to reports "He looks really frail," said photographer Mike Lopez, who captured several images of Jacko. "His skin was peeling and . . . he looks so thin and gaunt."
Ewww skin peeling, that cant be good! Photos and the full story at Daily News Gossip

Pamela Anderson is parked up in the Big Brother House in Australia's Big Brother reality game show. Producers placed the Baywatch star in the house for 3-days to the happiness of the guys but said one female contestant "I'm not sunbathing next to her!" on a side note Anderson left the Big Brother compound to create mass chaos in Melbourne protesting a local KFC with PETA for cruelty to chickens ironically one of the sponsors for the Big Brother show in Australia is, you guessed it ... KFC.
Melbourne Big Brother News Conference with Gossip Girls

Hottie Matthew McConaughey and his girlfriend Camila Alves will be $3 million richer after selling the first photos of their baby son Levi Alves McConaughey to OK! magazine, according to reports. The couple welcomed the new baby boy at a Los Angeles hospital on Monday. The couple has agreed to a deal with OK!, who will publish the baby boy's first exclusive pictures.

Starbucks and Your Wallet

Everyone has heard by now that Starbucks is closing 600 more retail locations by year's end due to the US economy tightening up and luxury items being shrugged off by consumers. Starbucks seems to be barely holding on in the luxury retail market due in large part to caffeine addicts and brand loyalty.

I will be the first to admit that I am one of those Starbucks caffeine addicts that hits their stores sometimes daily. I order a Venti Latte usually at a cost of $4.18 US each plus a tip; super fattening I know. Doing the math at 20 visits a month that's roughly a thousand dollars a year on coffee. The regular Starbucks customer visits one of their stores 15-18 times a month but despite a hooked customer base Starbucks Corp. stock still has tumbled from a 52 week high of 28.60 to 14.79 as of today.

US customers are sending a clear message that a price for a cup of coffee shouldn't go up the more difficult it is to pronounce to order it. For the Starbucks haters revel in your victory for the rest of us here is a list of tips to lighten the pinch of overpriced coffee and a weakening US dollar.

Keep tabs at the company web site and the news for Starbucks promos:

Through July 23, Starbucks is giving away 12-ounce iced coffees on Wednesdays to customers in New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston and Detroit who presents an "iced brewed coffee card," a reusable voucher distributed in stores and newspaper inserts.

Through July 14, coffee drinkers in Atlanta and Indianapolis can get a free 12-ounce hot or iced coffee every day with a similar card.

In other cities around the country, Starbucks is making twice-a-day customers' afternoon coffee easier on the wallet. Depending on the city, customers with a morning receipt can buy a 16-ounce cold beverage for $2 after 2 p.m., or get a $1 discount on a cold drink after 1 p.m.

And elsewhere, the company is selling discounted drinks throughout the day on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. – Business Week

Finding other options:

Raid the change jar: If you are in the habit of changing your coins at a CoinStar machine, choose a Starbucks gift card rather than a cash payout. The gift cards in the machines come at face value, while getting cash will take out an 8.9% fee. By going with the gift card, you save that 8.9%.

Buy McDonald's coffee: This alternative is not as crazy as it might first appear. McDonald's new premium coffees beat Starbucks coffees in head-to-head taste tests, they cost less, and you can get your coffee a lot quicker than at Starbucks. That makes switching to McDonald's coffee a financially sound alternative.

Take your own cup: Not only do you help the environment by reducing waste you can take 10 cents off the price of your coffee.

Buy retail: If it truly is the coffee and nothing else that makes you want to go, purchase Starbucks coffee at a retail store and brew it yourself at home for a fraction of the price. While the Starbucks brand coffee isn't the cheapest, it's still a lot less expensive if you brew it yourself rather than picking it up at a shop. – The Street.com

I have checked out most of the locally owned coffee shops and the prices are about the same as Starbucks and in some instances the service much worse in my experience. All those years standing in line waiting for my order though has given me a lot of time to watch lattes, cappuccinos, and espresso being made, it's not rocket science.

So I am going the retail route with my need for good coffee and I will be looking around for coffee bean deals and make my own barista concoctions at home. Sure it will take a bit more effort on my part but I will be saving enough money to pay my electric bill for five months and in today's economy that makes good business sense.   

The Osbournes Return to Television

 

Ozzy Osbourne and family are returning to television but this time in a Variety show on the Fox Network instead of their highly successful reality television format on Mtv. According to a report in Variety :

Mike Darnell, Fox's prexy of alternative programming, envisions the show as something of a throwback to the heyday of variety skeins such as CBS' 1970s staple "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour" and ABC's "Donny and Marie." The plan is to blend musical perfs by the Osbournes and others with comedy sketches as well as gameshow, audience participation and out-of-studio taped elements. One idea being kicked around is for a segment dubbed "The Osbournes Meet the Osbournes," in which Ozzy and Co. spend time with another Osbourne clan, Darnell said. – Variety

So the Osbournes are the Osmonds for 21^st century television eh, I am sure Donny and Marie are tickled pink. Variety goes on to report that any debut of the show won't happen until Christmas 2008.

Jerry Giordano Arrest Update

The guys over at OKC blog Lost Ogle got their hands on the actual Tulsa Police Department report for the arrest of Jerry Giordano over July 4th in Brookside for DUI and hit and run. Included in the report is Giordano stating he worked for Channel 8 in Tulsa, pleading and trying to bribe residents and officers "to make this go away" and Giordano actually crapping himself once the cuffs where slapped on him. TPD had to call EMSA paramedics to the scene when Giordano literally lost his shit. OMG how pathetic!

Check out the TPD police report via Lost Ogle and stay to visit their amazing OKC blog

Monday Morning Humor - Sex in the Shower

In a recent survey, people from Detroit have proved to be the most likely to have had sex in the shower!

In the survey, carried out for leading toiletries firm 'Brut', a huge 86% of Detroit residents said that they have enjoyed sex in the shower.

The other 14% said they hadn't been to prison....  yet.....

Two Years Bloggin' and Still Rockin'

Two years and 415 post later, whew! Thanks guys for the over 200 comments and hanging around for the ride. Welcome new readers to T Town Tommy! Let's have a sexy fun rest of the hot sweaty colorful summer!

~T

Local Tulsa TV News Anchor Jailed for DUI and Hit and Run

The Tulsa World is reporting that Tulsa Channel 8 KTUL news anchor Jerry Giordano was arrested over July 4th in the popular Brookside area of Tulsa for drunk driving and plowing into someone's yard. Nice hair system Jerry!!!

According to the arrest report, officers were dispatched to the area of 1400 block of East 35th Place in reference to a hit-and-run and driving under the influence.

An area resident said he heard a collision from inside his home and chased a white 1992 BMW driven by Giordano for two blocks, until the car “crashed in a yard,” the report states.

While being interviewed by police, Giordano allegedly told officers, “I have been drinking beer this afternoon” and “I know I am drunk,” the arrest report states. Officers also reported that Giordano asked several times “What would it take to make this go away?”

Rest of the story with the Tulsa World

See the follow up story including the actual arrest report

Happy Fourth of July 08’

 

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America 

When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

Continued

Tulsa Kitchen Nightmares - Pee in the Brook

I haven't done a Food and Drink post in awhile and Tulsa unfortunately is full of kitchen nightmares with its dining establishments. My first offender is a Tulsa staple of good food and decent service; at least they used to be good; The Brook Restaurant Peoria on Brookside in Tulsa.

The Brook Restaurant has always been a nice success on Peoria serving yuppies and upscale gay residents in the Midtown area with decent food, decent prices, a nice restaurant and bar and decent service. Not anymore unfortunately, the place smells like a roadside men's bathroom in some nasty old gas station in the middle of nowhere. The smell of beer infused urine hit me and my party as soon as we opened the front door to the establishment this week as we were greeted by an unkempt waiter that looked like he hadn't shaved in four days wearing a faded out nasty Brook Restaurant shirt.

We thought at first after being seated that the building had just gotten really musty over the years until I went to the men's restroom to wash up a bit before I ordered dinner. The overwhelming smell of old pee about floored me as I opened the door to the nasty restroom. I rushed to wash my hands only to discover someone had torn off the towel dispenser and instead of the owner investing in a new one a plywood box was fashioned to hold paper towels. I just imagined how many dripping wet hands had been stuck in the wood box (including wait staff and cooks) with the absorbent wood fibers sucking up the moisture and growing all kinds of nasty germs and mold.

By the time I dried my hands and got out of the men's restroom I felt dirtier than when I went in to clean up and I had lost all my appetite from what smelled like an old football stadium men's room after a Super Bowl game. Having lost all my appetite from the old urine fumes in the place I skipped all the entrees on the menu and ordered chips and a couple of beers, I don't think I could have stomached anything else without hurling from the fumes stuck in my nose.

My party was wondering what the smell was and I asked our grubby looking waiter what was up with the horrible smell and unkempt bathroom. He of course acted shocked and surprised that I would complain about the nastiness and I had to think to myself what kind of prick is this guy, he has a penis and a bladder, he has a nose and he uses the same bathroom for God's sake.

I even asked for a simple frosted glass or mug for my beer and the waiter and bartender seemed confused by my very undemanding request finally blurting out "we don't do that here" as they zipped off to some other part of the building. What a shame, The Brook was a decent place to get a quick bite and a few beers now it's gone down the shitter quite literally. The only logical thing that comes to my mind is that if the bathrooms are nasty beyond acceptable and the whole place smells like a Porta-Potty, what's lurking in the coolers and food prep areas in the kitchen?

Note to restaurant owner: Invest in new uniforms for your waiters, invest in cleaning supplies and gut your bathrooms as male patrons can't seem to manage hitting the urinal, install big mirrors and christen the new bathrooms with a lesson to your male waiters on how to shave their faces. What a shame indeed…

 

Barack Obama Bumper Stickers for Each State

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Bumperactive.com has started a new project "There must be 50 ways to vote Obama." making political bumper stickers customized for each state in the US. Above is the one for Oklahoma, I kinda like it. Check out Kyle's site for new and upcoming state bumper stickers for Obama in 08'.

Hat tip to boing boing "A directory of wonderful things"

Brookside Home Summer Backyard 2008

My boyfriend has been busy this spring cleaning up and replanting the Brookside Home backyard. I don't think it looks too bad, the Koi have been fun to take care of but the pool has been a huge pain keeping clean with all the trees. Hired a pool service and now Julio comes over to spare my old back and scrub the thing once a week so I can enjoy swimming. Here is a few photos head over to my flickr site to see the rest of the set. Most are quick snaps with an Apple iPhone.

More photos at http://flickr.com/photos/ttowntommy

Monday Morning Humor - The First SNL Monologue

For your amusement, the first ever SNL monologue delivered by George Carlin. Enjoy!

Let You Decide The Catagories

Looking through my site and at over 400 post I noticed some categories haven't had anything posted in them in a long time! It's not that I am not passionate about all the categories but getting around to posting anything of value in all of them all the time would take an additional 40 hours a week away from family, work and having fun off line.

So I am going to let you the reader have a say on how to trim up the categories list on the site. What should stay and what should go, what interest you, what are your passions? Politics, Local Stuff, Gay News, Humor, Entertainment, Current Affairs, Food, Photos. Chime in and leave a link for your blog in the comments section before your leave.

The Dude abides...

~T