Dear Dr. Amy: 

Thanks for nothing!

The headline in your latest blog asks if fathers are still necessary, then you go on to state some current opinions to support the fact that father's are no longer needed.

 However, your post then shifts gears and states"Fathers are not optional, thou… Read full post »

I made a realization yesterday, or was it the day before? Ten minutes ago? I never know; I’m so stupid.

Oh yeah, my realization … my realization is I no longer care what smart people think. 

Not that I actually ever did care, but now I really don’t care.… Read full post »

Tomorrow, February 9, 2010, will be me and Mrs. Trudge's (Rosie) wedding anniversary. We have been married for 19 years.

We've had some ups and downs, but I would rather spend an eternity in Hell than one day in Heaven or Earth without her.

 'Nuff said!

Me and Mrs… Read full post »

According to WD-40 folklore, a guy who had just bought a new pickup got up one Sunday morning and saw that someone had spray painted red all around the sides of this beige truck (for some unknown reason). Needless to say, he was very upset and was trying to figure… Read full post »

No! This is not one of those sermonizing posts spouting about the evils of excessive drinking (and or other substances). As an ex-problem drinker, I never liked it when some non-drinking, self-righteous, sanctimonious twit would go on and on about&nb… Read full post »

This is a Spambot-Friendly Blog.

A 50’s sci-fi toy robot with a can of Spam body.

It seems that Open Salon has become a virtual vestal feeding ground for Spambots to hawk their wares. Now most of us are sophisticated enough to ignore them. Most OSers… Read full post »

UPDATE:  JUST TO BE CLEAR! 

My concern is not with the "deception" or the "reveal". My concern is that this "dust-up" took away from writers who had posted things that were worth reading.

An Open Salon bottomfeeder’s two cents worth!

As most of you are aware,… Read full post »

 This is the Free Press 3000 typewriter. It has very sharp thumb tacks for keys. It was designed for those who have what it takes to be a writer.
Wanna take it out for a spin?

Are you tough enough to express yourself? To write what you think?… Read full post »

"Wanna Date? "

Now that I got your attention…

Recently, the term "blog whore" has come to my attention. As I understand it, the term (and its many transmutations): "blog whore", "blog whoring", etc. means people who are shamelessly sending P… Read full post »

Everyone is using facebook these days except me. My wife, my daughter, and a host of our friends and family member are it. Even the AFLAC Duck is on it. And I know some of you OS Bloggers are on it too. Personally, I avoid facebook for a number of reasons.… Read full post »

... Me, Me, Me, Me, Me, and Me! 

Ladies, why leave the safety and confines of Open Salon when there are many sexy men blogging right here and now? One of them is me! 

Using Thomas Rogers’s Rubric*, I don’t measure up! (Just think of the double-entendres and innuendos with t… Read full post »

I was in my last year of high school and I was working part-time for Red Apple Supermarkets in thier Ravenswoods, LIC, Queens, New York store. Ravenswoods is a district near Astoria where I grew up. Ravenswood is known for the infamous Ravenswood's Projects. A series of government-funded apartments w… Read full post »

Rejection! Somehow that word seems to follow me around like the proverbial dark cloud. But recently, I have a hit a new low. I have been rejected by the People of WalMart website.

On September 7, 2009, I did a post on the latest viral website sensation:  People… Read full post »

Update: Image of me and Mrs. Trudge wearing our King-sized tiara's. Requested by Will Someone Feed the Cat (see below). 
(I really have no shame)

I've been reading a lot of Best Posts posts lately, and I noticed I'm not mentioned in any of them. Except for Token Tarheel in h… Read full post »

Recently, I read “Top Prospects” by Travis D’arby. In this post, Mr. D’arby, lists Open Salon Bloggers who have consistently gotten on the coveted Cover and earned an exponential amount of EPs. Mr. D’arby himself has earned six EPs as of this writing.

(Full Disclosure:… Read full post »

 As some of you may already know, Cap’n Parrotdead was contemplating marrying himself. (Refer to On Off Wedding link below) However, he decided he wasn’t good enough for himself, so he got cold feet, and ran. Thereby, leaving himself crying at Wong Hung Lo’s All the Dogs Y/… Read full post »

While the rest of the country is still freezing and bracing itself for the great floods that are sure to come after this winter's Big Chill, we in Florida have to worry about killer otters. Here is the story that could only happen in Flordia ...

Florida Man Nearly Killed During Otter A… Read full post »

Sunday Foto Funnies

"Good morning Gray Cat!

Whatcha yer doing?" 

"I'm jess waiting."

"Watcha yer waiting fer?"

&… Read full post »

Bill Collectors' Can Bite Me! 

I don’t know about you, but lately I’ve been getting a rather large number of phone calls from collection companies. I guess the spike in the number of these annoying calls from Hell is due to the economy. Or they are seasonal like meningitis tie… Read full post »

Check out this mother squirrel rescue her fallen young.

Maternal instincts cannot be denied. 

¡Ardialla es más macho!

FULL AU NATURAL DISCLOSURE: Origin of Im/… Read full post »

Jackson Pollock, Art Thief!

Part I: My Art Teacher Depreciated My Art

In the second grade, I had one of those frustrated-artists/art teacher. She didn’t even fit the “does who can do; does who don’t teach” paradigm. But for the most part she was tolerable.

I was… Read full post »

Dear Purveyor of Unfounded Fear, Obscure Facts, and Warnings,

I just want to thank all of you for your educational e-mails over the past years. I am totally screwed up now and have little chance of recovery.

I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper… Read full post »

The running shoe has recently been the best piece of technology that has changed my life for the better. I'm specifically talking about running shoes made for flat-footed, heavy heel-strikers like myself.

Three years ago, I weighed 265 lbs. I could not run at that weight, so I was left to walkin… Read full post »

Today, I killed a baby and I don’t care. That’s right! I’m a disassociated, apathetic, psychopathic cold-blooded killer of babies. Lock me up!  What happened?

I know you want to know all the gory details. Your pseudo-intellectual ego tells you that you must explore the d… Read full post »

With all this talk of health care, Flinstonenian congressmen and hijacking preachers, its time to maintain whatever semblance of sanity we have left by acting a little crazy (crazier).   

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passi… Read full post »