About Me

  • About Me: Fitness Mentor, Amateur Strongman, Powerlifter. I'm Straight, I like humor, eroticism, and interesting people/ideas, training, kayaking, riding my motorcycle, writing, and listening to music. PLEASE READ BEFORE SUBSCRIBING: My blog is set up to be a kind of humorous 'androcentric' magazine... I like to call it the online humor magazine for muscleheads. It's definitely not for everybody. Check out a few posts before subscribing. It IS usually funny, to me, at least- whether intentionally or not. Note: some posts are rated EX- you must be age verified to see them.

Style

  • Where I shop: Dicks Sporting Goods
  • Brands I love: House of Pain, Body Armor, Otomix
  • I like to wear: Shorts year-round
  • Can't live without: My gym bag
  • Prized Possessions: My Perception kayak, my Ruger Model 90, my IPod
  • Guilty Pleasure: Watching gym bunnies

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Anthony Bourdain "No Reservations", Samantha Brown (when she's wearing a short skirt..), Andrew Zimmern (when's he's not wearing shorts, fer chrissake), Worlds Strongest Man, IFSA, Simpsons, Everest, Pioneers of TV, Classic Albums, Get out!, Deadline, Monty Python, Are You Being Served, Fawlty Towers
  • Favorite Channels: HDNet, Vh1
  • Favorite Reruns: Get Smart, Hogans Heroes, Scooby Doo, Spongebob
  • Favorite Theme Song: Rat Patrol

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Pasta
  • Favorite Dishes: Tacos
  • Favorite Desserts: Chocolate
  • Favorite Drinks: Coffee
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Trail Mix
  • Best meal ever: Philadelphia area junkfood - a Phil and Jims Parkside Hoagie or Oregon Ave Cheesesteak - once a year!
  • My Original Recipes: War Cake (made with EVOO), Baked French Toast, Dad's Jelly Swirl Pancakes
  • Favorite Restaurants: Sullivans Steak House
  • Foods I hate: Fast food

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: The Razor's Edge (1940) , Man of La Mancha, Fifth Element, Clerks, Four Rooms, Scooby Doo, 60's era Zatoichi, You Can't Take It With You
  • Favorite Actors: Bruce Willis, The Governator, Kenneth Branagh, John Cleese
  • Favorite Directors: Akira Kurosawa, Louis Malle, Frank Capra
  • Favorite Genre: Comedy, Action, Documentary
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Guys and Dolls, Music Man, King and I
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: Now, I know you were just kidding, but my mule, well, he just don't get it...
  • Movies I can watch over and over: old detective movies, anything Film Noir
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Nobody ugly enough to play me....

Books

  • Favorite Books: Atlas Shrugged, Farnham's Freehold, The Old Man and the Sea, The Big Sleep, On the Road, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Power of Myth
  • Favorite Authors: BF Skinner, Raymond Chandler, Abraham Maslow, Matthew Arnold, Alexandra David-Neel, Ayn Rand, Ernest Hemingway
  • Favorite Genres: detective, sci-fi, action, human potential
  • Favorite Characters: Marlowe, Nick and Nora, The Man of La Mancha
  • Favorite Quotes: "Is that the dirtiest look you got?"
  • Recent Reads: Muscular Development Magazine (every month!)

Travel

  • Places I love: The Beach- especially Hilton Head, the Virgin Islands, Palm Coast, Ocean Isle, Cote D'Azure
  • Places I've been: There and Back
  • Places to see before I die: The undiscovered country from whose bourne no traveller returns
  • Dream Vacation: An endless cruise

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Ogre
  • Nationality: Southern by the grace of God
  • Religion: Speas Mea n Deo Est
  • Heroes: Anyone who thinks for themselves
  • Interests: Strongman, Whitewater, Motorcycles, Music, Women, Human Psychology, Comparative Religion, Philosophy
  • Expertise: Nutrition, Exercise
  • Occupation: Powerlifter, Strength Trainer

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Rollins Band, Marshall Tucker, Beach Boys, Devo, Govt Mule, Steely Dan, Michael Franks, Jamiroquai, Red Elvises, Ian Dury, Talking Heads, B-52's, Alabama Thunderpussy, Tower of Power, Tams, General Johnson, Grand Funk, Doors, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Chicago, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, oh man I could go on and on..
  • Favorite Albums: Dark Side of the Moon, Morph the Cat
  • Favorite Genre: Headbanging Gym music
  • Favorite Songs: Shine- Rollins Band
  • Favorite Lyrics: "One look in my eyes, and you'll know what I came here for..."
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Layla, Panama, Bodhisattva
  • Songs I hate: Smoke on the water
  • Guilty Pleasure: P!nk
  • Songs I repeat the most: 200 lbs of pure love - Red Elvises
  • Band I wish I was in: Tower of Power