John Riggins Is Not Happy!

Seriously?  Detroit 19 Washington 14?  Is this at all possible?  Good frickin Christ here.

Put simply, the Redskins offence is as anemic as an albino who’s into “cutting.” I’ve also seen more confidence out of the Numa Numa kid (that’s takes balls, baby) than I do out of Jim Zorn.

If  Zorn was a pen chewer, he’d keep Bic in business with a nervous habit.  This guy can’t pull the trigger on risky plays or when he is backed up against his own goal line.

That’s saying nothing about the recent signings, draft picks and trades the front office have pulled out of their asses.  Albert Haynesworth is not worth $100 Million bucks in any God damn sport.  NO ONE is to be quite honest.

Jason Campbell has no arm and can’t lead a college team, much less the Redskins.  Santana Moss is the go to guy in the receiving corp?  Santana Moss?!  I’m not digging on him but how far down the fantasy list is this guy.  I’d go with Chris Cooley at TE as the go to guy but Campbell can’t seem to see when Cooley is open!  That or he cares not to throw to him as often as he should be.  And with the front line all torn apart and looking nothing like they used to, Clinton Portis is gonna just absolutely drown in the backfield.

The only shiny object on this team is the fact that it’s defense can keep them in games… so far that is.  I’ve a feeling injuries and apathy will, in time, effect the big red D and it’ll be all over by Halloween.

Just please, God, let them win more than 1 game.  I hate Dallas and to match how stinky they were when they were 1-15 one year would just be the deal breaker.  I’d have to start rooting for the Jets.  The Jets!

Do you hear me!?

::heavy sigh::

Yep.  Today the Redskin made John Riggins cry.

What Are You Listening To?

So, my buddy Steve from Ohio has turned me onto a new thing.  Well, not so new but new to me.  Blip.fm!

Usually late Saturdays nights, after my talk show on TalkRadiox, you can find me doing an extra hour called Club Hollywood.  It’s an hour of music that I play that I find really good or at least oddly entertaining (Reverend Horton Heat anyone?).

I love being a talk jock but sometimes just being a DJ is fun to do.  It’s less talk to deal with so there is little in prep work for the hour show.  I have a ton of MP3s stored up and quite frankly, that takes a crap load of storage space.

Enter Blip.fm.  Most of the non RIAA songs I love to play are here.  Some of the songs I have gotten permission to play are here.  Those that are not, I still have on MP3.  I’m hooked up!  So check out my new Blip.fm Station if you wish.  Or just look to the right over there…——->

That’s where you will find the Tyler Tweets, which Blip.fm is automatically tied to now!  Visit, enjoy, give props and become a fan today!

The World According To Mark

It seems I have failed again.  Or so says a gentlemen by the name of Mark Halburn.   That would be the gentleman in the picture you see to your left.

Careful!

It’s been proven just glancing at his photo can cause one to become nauseated and a little weak in the knees.  So don’t stare too long, even though I know that you like to look at train wrecks or car accidents on the highway.

For those of you that do not know Halburn and his exploits, let me direct you to this post over at Girl Of Words.  It’s the entire, sad story of an entitlist, a selfish bastard, a tax cheat, a whiner, a complainer, a stuck in a dead end job, court proven certifiable crazy man from West Virginia.  You’ll soon get the picture if you dare enter this abysmal soap opera that is Mark Halburn.

For those that have been keeping up with the story, I commend your iron guts.  Recently, I have been pretty quiet about Mr. Halburn and his exploits.  That was until Monday.  Seems as if Mark finally got to tune into my radio show archive from May 28th.  Hello?  Earth to Mark?  Can we say old news?

On the May 28th show I read, verbatim, the letter from his former lawyer on the Wal Mart case which explained why Mr. Clifford had excused himself.  In a nutshell, Mr. Clifford wasn’t at all comfortable with the way Mark handled any situation.  With thanks to Jacque Jo from Girl Of Words, I read the letter (of public record) and made a few comments.

Well, Monday I got this mail I mentioned from Mark Halburn and I present it to you.

Tyler:

I just heard your May 28th podcast. Call me about the Clifford letter. You have a fraction of the situation right and most of it wrong.

Many thanks!

Mark Hallburn

Publisher

Putnam County’s News Leader

304-415-6397

Once again, in a desperate attempt to prove to the world that Mark is right and every other single living creature on earth is wrong, Mark spouts.  Of course I didn’t call him.  There was no need to.  I read the letter verbatim and there is nothing else to be said on the matter.

However, I did answer Mark’s letter…live on air.  You can find it here.

Enjoy!

It seems I have failed again.  Or so says a gentlemen by the name of Mark Halburn.   That would be the gentleman in the picture you see to your left.

Careful!

It’s been proven just glancing at his photo can cause one to become nauseated and a little weak in the knees.  So don’t stare too long, even though I know that you like to look at train wrecks or car accidents on the highway.

For those of you that do not know Halburn and his exploits, let me direct you to this post over at Girl Of Words.  It’s the entire, sad story of an entitlist, a selfish bastard, a tax cheat, a whiner, a complainer, a stuck in a dead end job, court proven certifiable crazy man from West Virginia.  You’ll soon get the picture if you dare enter this abysmal soap opera that is Mark Halburn.

For those that have been keeping up with the story, I commend your iron guts.  Recently, I have been pretty quiet about Mr. Halburn and his exploi

“Are You A Doctor?”

“I am today.”

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be someone else for a day?  After having a discussion with a long time customer of mine it got me thinking about one of my favorite TV shows in the late 90’s.  The Pretender.  I sometimes feel like I am like the main character in that series, Jarod.

Why?

I think mainly it’s due to what I have done in my life and what I do in my life.  First, let me tell you about Jarod.  Jarod was a child who was abducted at a young age and raised in a think tank called The Centre, based in the fictional town of Blue Cove, Delaware.  He was a genius and former child prodigy with “the ability to become anyone he wants to be,” i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work.

After talking to Ron (my long time customer) about all the things I do in my life that keeps me busy, he smiled and said;

“You are a Pretender.”

That made me laugh at first because of the simple fact that I was (and still am) addicted to that show.  Then it struck me as I listed out all the jobs I have had (since my first one) and I realized, hell, I sort of am like Jarod.  Minus all the genius and child prodigy stuff.

In just a quick sampling of what I have done for work I found the list to be longer than I thought (considering the lengths of time I have been at certain jobs) that it should be.

Tree and plant unloader for Four Seasons.

Spool Stripper for Johnson Filaments (Now known as Astin Johnson)

Lumber loader, warehouse manager, shift supervisor, kitchen cabinet designer all at Plywood Ranch.

Video Store Manager at Video Plus.

Floor Manager at Pet Food Warehouse.

Assistant Manager at Record Town, Store Manager at Saturday Matinee & District Assistant for Transworld Music (Now known as FYE)

Store Manager for Action TV Rental Center

Deli Delivery for Noonie’s Deli.

Night Manager at Coastal BP

Store Manager for Passport Video

Fitness Trainer at All American Fitness

Computer Programmer & traveling sales director at EPIC Multi Media.

Thermographer & Training Supervisor at Infrared Analyzers

Partner in Internet radio station as well as show host.

Owner of Passport Video.

This doesn’t include the two week stint in Daytona where I sold shells and sea rocks to tourists that will pay for anything with a name on it and the two weeks I helped out as a Bouncer at a nightclub for free drinks and covers.

What surprises me about this list is what I did for each job.  I’ve done menial stuff like cleaning toilets and sweeping floors to graphic design and major marketing campaigns.  It’s like beyond being a Jack of All Trades.  I have filled each role to the best of my abilities.  Each job I immersed myself in to make sure I excelled and understood what I was doing.

I have to wonder about the comparison between myself and Jarod.  Jarod would spend hours, days or weeks preparing for what he was going to be next.  Needless to say, he was like a walking fantasy sports/work star.  Race driver one week, doctor the next, exterminator the next.

Now, I have killed my fair share of bugs but exterminator doesn’t sound like me.  However, I do run a fantasy baseball team (going on 16 years now), 2 fantasy NASCAR teams, usually a fantasy football team or two a year and I have a MMO (simulation sports game) baseball player.

I used to write short stories for Sci/Fi, Men’s adventure, fantasy and romance but time management has not allowed for that kind of writing.  Never to fear, I still write for my own radio show otherwise I’d be a rambling idiot on air.

::grins::

Yep.  Much like Jarod, I’ve never had to change my appearance and sometimes I do truly feel like The Pretender.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be someone else for a day?  After having a discussion with a long time customer of mine it got me thinking about one of my favorite TV shows in the late 90’s.  The Pretender.  I sometimes feel like I am like the main character in that series, Jarod.

Why?

I think mainly it’s due to what I have done in my life and what I do in my life.  First, let me tell you about Jarod.  Jarod was a child who was abducted at a young age and raised in a think tank called The Centre, based in the fictional town of Blue Cove, Delaware.  He was a genius and former child prodigy with “the ability to become anyone he wants to be,” i.e., to flawlessly impersonate anyone in virtually any line of work.

After talking to Ron (my long time customer) about all the things I do in my life that keeps me busy, he smiled and said;

“You are a Pretender.”

That made me laugh at first because of the simple fact that I was (and still am) addicted to that show.  Then it struck me as I listed out all the jobs I have had (since my first one) and I realized, hell, I sort of am like Jarod.  Minus all the genius and child prodigy stuff.

In just a quick sampling of what I have done for work I found the list to be longer than I thought (considering the lengths of time I have been at certain jobs) that it should be.

Tree and plant unloader for Four Seasons.

Spool Stripper for Johnson Filaments (Now known as Astin Johnson)

Lumber loader, warehouse manager, shift supervisor, kitchen cabinet designer all at Plywood Ranch.

Video Store Manager at Video Plus.

Floor Manager at Pet Food Warehouse.

Assistant Manager at Record Town, Store Manager at Saturday Matinee & District Assistant for Transworld Music (Now known as FYE)

Store Manager for Action TV Rental Center

Deli Delivery for Noonie’s Deli.

Night Manager at Coastal BP

Store Manager for Passport Video

Fitness Trainer at All American Fitness

Computer Programmer & traveling sales director at EPIC Multi Media.

Thermographer & Training Supervisor at Infrared Analyzers

Partner in Internet radio station as well as show host.

Owner of Passport Video.

This doesn’t include the two week stint in Daytona where I sold shells and sea rocks to tourists that will pay for anything with a name on it and the two weeks I helped out as a Bouncer at a nightclub for free drinks and covers.

What surprises me about this list is what I did for each job.  I’ve done menial stuff like cleaning toilets and sweeping floors to graphic design and major marketing campaigns.  It’s like beyond being a Jack of All Trades.  I have filled each role to the best of my abilities.  Each job I immersed myself in to make sure I excelled and understood what I was doing.

I have to wonder about the comparison between myself and Jarod.  Jarod would spend hours, days or weeks preparing for what he was going to be next.  Needless to say, he was like a walking fantasy sports/work star.  Race driver one week, doctor the next, exterminator the next.

Now, I have killed my fair share of bugs but exterminator doesn’t sound like me.  However, I do run a fantasy baseball team (going on 16 years now), 2 fantasy NASCAR teams, usually a fantasy football team or two a year and I have a MMO (simulation sports game) baseball player.

I used to write short stories for Sci/Fi, Men’s adventure, fantasy and romance but time management has not allowed for that kind of writing.  Never to fear, I still write for my own radio show otherwise I’d be a rambling idiot on air.

::grins::

Yep.  Much like Jarod, I’ve never had to change my appearance and sometimes I do truly feel like The Pretender…but not a Doctor.

Attention: We’ve Had A Program Change!

Format Changes

After some lengtly discussions at the radio station, after we debuted on KTRX 99.9 and some damage to some transmitters in McKinney due to really bad electical storms, it was decided that TalkradioX would take control of the AM transmitter of 1650 AM!

The Mighty 1650 played great oldies music for the fans in North Dallas and it’s more fitting that the music shows should be on FM.  The Mighty is now known as The Mighty 100 and now…is in stereo!

Talkradiox easily made the switch to classic AM airwaves which has a broader coverage area in McKinney and the North Dallas area.  So for all you Texas Talk radio fans, join us at KTRX 1650 TalkRadioX!

KTRX 99.9 FM!

KTRX 99.9 FM Goes Live!

In the early hours of July 27th, TalkradioX, the home station where I broadcast my radio show The Bad Side Live, went live on it’s very own FM station.

KTRX 99.9 FM fired up the transmitter at Midnight and will be covering the North Dallas are of McKinney, Tx!  A deal was brokered between Jim ( a long time supporter of TalkRadioX and The Bad Side Live), the owner of The Mighty 1650 AM and the owner of TalkradioX, Antubert putting into play the newest station to carry TRX product.

KTRX will carry the same exact prgraming as the Internet site of Talkradiox does, supplying the fans in North Dallas all the great shows that make up the daily schedule!

Suicide Girl Model Jesse May!

Do you like to rock and roll?  Then join, Tyler and Kristy on Thursday night as they welcome, into the CIC live, Suicide Girl model and all around rocker, Jesse May!  Jesse May not only gets naked on the Internet, she is a real RockNRolla.  Jesse is in a band and we’ll be talking to her about her musical talents as well as her talents to, well, lets face it, get Tyler to lose his mind, drool and wag his tongue.

Join us as we talk modeling, singing, rockin and rollin and a whole lot more with Jesse May.  Taking calls and text questions for Jesse during the show!

For all the fans that have been waiting for months for a round of hot summer nights and hot chicks on the Bad Side, it’s time.  For those of you that have never heard one of these sit down and chats?  Be there!  Thursday, July 23rd, 10PM only on the Bad Side…LIVE!

Do you like to rock and roll?  Then join, Tyler and Kristy on Thursday night as they welcome, into the CIC live, Suicide Girl model and all around rocker, Jesse May!  Jesse May not only gets naked on the Internet, she is a real RockNRolla.  Jesse is in a band and we’ll be talking to her about her musical talents as well as her talents to, well, lets face it, get Tyler to lose his mind, drool and wag his tongue.

For all the fans that have been waiting for months for a round of hot summer nights and hot chicks on the Bad Side, it’s time.  For those of you that have never heard one of these sit down and chats?  Be there!  Thursday, July 23rd, 10PM only on the Bad Side…LIVE!

The Jesse Jane Experiment

Anyone that listens to my show or that has had the bad luck of living with me knows all too well that I love my porn stars.  From the very naughty talking Belladonna to the sensual succubus from the porn epic, Pirates, Sasha Grey.

Thinking about my little lovelies of the blue movies I decided to try and experiment.  Porn is huge on the Internet, there is no denying that.  I can’t even fathom how many times a porn stars name my be punched into some search engine by some sweaty knuckled mid 50’s truck driver, wide eyed 14 year old hat just figured out how to get around parental controls or some hot chick that wants to look at other hot chicks naked.  If Yahoo kept track of Porn star searches, the top ten they post everyday would look like an AVN Awards show winner list.

So, I decided to take one of the more consistent top 5 searched names and use that as an experiment.  Over the last year one name has been in the top five searches (of various engines) on a consistent basis.  That name is Jesse Jane.

Jesse has been in the adult entertainment business since 2003, winning the Nightmoves Entertainment Awards – Best New Starlet (Editor’s Choice) award.  He has starred in several major adult films, has recently been awarded the Best All Girl Group Sex scene from the 2009 AVN awards and she even writes as a sex columnist for the Australian magazine Ralph, replying to letters from readers about sex and dating.

God, I love her.

Anyone, my experiment is to add her name as a tag to this blog and randomly place her name in any blog I post over the next month and a half too see what kind of search response I get by just having her name in a posting.  Feel free to play along with comments that feature her name (make them interesting and witty!) and we’ll see how this plays out.  By the way, you may post pictures of said future Mrs. Hollywood (HA!) with your comments.

Anyone that listens to my show or that has had the bad luck of living with me knows all too well that I love my porn stars.  From the very naughty talking Belladonna to the sensual succubus from the porn epic, Pirates, Sasha Grey.

Thinking about my little lovelies of the blue movies I decided to try and experiment.  Porn is huge on the Internet, there is no denying that.  I can’t even fathom how many times a porn stars name my be punched into some search engine by some sweaty knuckled mid 50’s truck driver, wide eyed 14 year old that just figured out how to get around parental controls or some hot chick that wants to look at other hot chicks naked.  If Yahoo kept track of Porn star searches, the top ten they post everyday would look like an AVN Awards show winner list.

So, I decided to take one of the more consistent top 5 searched names and use that as an experiment.  Over the last year one name has been in the top five searches (of various engines) on a consistent basis.  That name is Jesse Jane.

Jesse has been in the adult entertainment business since 2003, winning the Nightmoves Entertainment Awards – Best New Starlet (Editor’s Choice) award.  She has starred in several major adult films, has recently been awarded the Best All Girl Group Sex scene from the 2009 AVN awards and she even writes as a sex columnist for the Australian magazine Ralph, replying to letters from readers about sex and dating.

God, I love her.

Anyone, my experiment is to add her name as a tag to this blog and randomly place her name in any blog I post over the next month and a half too see what kind of search response I get by just having her name in a posting.  Feel free to play along with comments that feature her name (make them interesting and witty!) and we’ll see how this plays out.  By the way, you may post pictures of said future Mrs. Hollywood (HA!) with your comments.

I Still Believe…In America.

I’ve always wished my birthday could have been on the 4th of July.  It is, by far, my favorite of all the national holidays after all.  From the parades in the morning, the hot dogs for lunch, the naps in the afternoon, all the way to the fireworks at night.  It doesn’t matter if it’s with family, friends, customers or just the town folk, I always have had a good time on the day of America’s birthday.

My dad has always said I have been pretty patriotic.  I’ve always loved the fireworks.  What kid doesn’t?  Grown or not.  You still ‘ooo’ and ‘ahh’ don’t you.  Anyway, I guess when I was a but a wee tot I was saluting the flag whenever I saw it being marched in parades.  I’m 43 now and I salute a flag whenever it is properly displayed.  Just the other day I visited the town offices with my buddy Mike and as we walked by, I snapped off a crisp salute, as if I would have to a General in the army.  Mike sort of chuckled and said “why did you do that?”  I had no other answer than “because I always have.”  I’ve felt it was the right thing to do.  My patriotism is second nature.  Ingrained.  Instinctual.

My first real powerful recollection of July 4th, the one defining day I think I understood what it really all meant, was July 4th, 1976.  I was 11 and we had gone to Washington, DC for the day.  It wasn’t far for us that year as we used to live in Manassas, VA and were on vacation there at the time.  I just remember the throng of people, the feeling of excitement, the colors, the historical reenactments and of course, the fireworks display of all fireworks displays (at least at that time) that I witnessed that night.  That night I felt like one of the three men that had marched through a littered battlefield, wounded, bandaged but free before someone called out “God Bless America.”  History had finally sunk in.

Every July 4th since I have looked forward to the day with anticipation.  No matter if I have to work, or if I am separated from family, or if I am left to fend for myself for the day, I have enjoyed the entire day as an event.  Decorations, being in the parade (which I have done on many occasions, including this year as a business owner!), hanging out and seeing all the towns people, chowing down hot dogs or BBQ chicken and then hanging out for the rest of the day until the fireworks.  That in itself is like another entire event to get all worked up over for me.  The sound, smell, sight of it all.  I breathe it all in as patriotism.

Granted, it may help I am in a relatively small town that has had nothing but perfected, responsible growth over the last  30 plus years and the attitudes to this day (in town) mirror mine.  Still, we are in a large county and surrounded by the biggest city in Vermont and bordered by very fast growing towns.  So we feel the negativity that is directed towards this day too.  I’ll be the first to admit that I have had my own issues with the way things have been shaping up in this country and the direction it appears we are headed, but I am steadfast in my belief that things will get figured out and our liberties, our freedoms, our pursuits will be as they always have been.  Ours to which we have earned.  I remember that on a day like today.  Be it July 4th, 1976 or July 4th , 2009.  I still believe…in America.

The Pacific.

The men of Easy Company. It started with an incredible story and from the opening scene I was engrossed as if I was a part of this story. I didn’t watch this series like everyone else did though. No. I knew this was something special.To me at least.

I decided I would wait until I could watch the entire series, non stop.

I didn’t want to just watch it and become emotional because of what I saw. I wanted to live it by becoming attached to the characters. Figuratively living and dying with them with each disc I popped into the DVD player. Some may call me crazy for watching the entire 10 episode series at once. Some did. But what I got out of watching the series that way was something very few experience. An entire gambit of feelings and emotions just tearing at you for 10 solid hours and in my case, beyond.

I could not get enough of what the DVD set offered. I watched the interviews, scanned the timelines, scoured the mission notes and maps. Even that brought out emotion that was unexpected. What the 101st Airborne went through is beyond amazing and filled with a bunch of little miracles.

It is with that said that I am just way too excited to announce that the companion to Band of Brothers is going to air sometime in the next year. It’s called The Pacific and it tells the story of the Marine  Corp battles while fighting the mighty Empire of Japan. Tom Hanks was quoted as saying “it looks like 2010 for Pacific” but there have been rumors of a late 2009 kick off for the mini series on HBO.

It doesn’t matter when it starts for me. I’ll be waiting for the entire set to come out so I can once again immerse myself into that raw emotion one more time. If you have never seen Band of Brothers, I highly suggest you check it out. You don’t have to do what I did but you will experience something special… that I can promise you.