“JT”
I pick… “JT” as our “My Fox Philly” HOT blogger!
Until our FOX 29 “Blog Party” a few months back, “JT” was the only way I knew this particular blogger. Always witty, always clever, and very very committed to posting comments. Check out my blog on www.myfoxphilly.com and you’ll see what I mean. (You KNOW I love you JT!)
For the first time ever, I got an email from JT and he was commenting on THIS new FOX 29 blog site, trying not to burst my bubble that my, “big secret new FOX web project” was already out of the bag:
Ummm…. I knew about KLTV. It was on Shaikens blog a couple of days ago. It seems the “HotNanny” is a “BigBlabby”. 
If she wants to be a reporter after she graduates, she’s off to a flying start.
So, KLTV is a nice site, there’s a lot of stuff there, it’s almost mind-boggling.
I’ll catch up when I can.
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I did give “Shaikens” a heads up about the new blog since she is on it, and it wasn’t really a secret, it was just something that FOX didn’t want out there in a big way until we were ready. This weekend, thanks to mentions on WMMR and WYSP, we did a “soft launch,” so thanks to all of you for visiting, I hope you come back!
But the reason we’ve gone into this slowly, is because I admittedly, had a lot to learn. I knew how to email and download (or is it upload?) pictures, but that was about it. I had to go to “Geek School,” and learn how to do all the cool things I now know how to do on the web. I still get butterflies when I post a picture and… it works!! LOL
Now as Matt Web from the FOX web team says: I’m a sophomore, with my freshman year safely behind me. Can you imagine when I’m a senior? WOW. I might even be up to DMac standards, and blog like he does on www.philadelphiawilldo.com
Ok, I’ll never be that good.
Anyway, JT has left a couple comments on this new site, and I’m counting on him to be a regular visitor/contributor.
He’s got a sense of humor and a take on things, that is truly all his own.
Love ya, JT!
Popularity: 63% [?]
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
jeepers.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
18% popularity.Hmmmm…..that’s better than Congress !
Comment by shaikens on 23 March 2008:
haha, oops! didn’t mean to be BIGBLABBY! Thanks JT, for adding to the ridiculous list of nicknames I have. I kind of like it…
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
Think of it as a term of endearment.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
I have to get ready to go out now. If I have time later, I’ll tell you about “Stagecoach Willie”.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
31% popularity. Now I’m almost as popular as Milt Bromley or one of the other ones.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
BB- This Bud’s for you….
(sigh) I guess I have a reputation for naming people.
Looking back, I’d have to say I got it from my Dad. Our neighbor, Mr. Marsh, was “Mr. Marshmallow” and another neighbor, named Lloyd was “Lloyd the toid”, just to name a few.
So, you see, I was exposed to this from a very young age.And since it was expected of me to be polite and respectful to adults,I wasn’t free to point at people and yell “Hey ! Look ! It’s Lloyd the toid !”
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
In my youth, I had to keep this bottled up. So, I guess it was only natural that once I became an adult and free of repercussions,(from my parents, anyway) this talent(?) began to emerge.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
And there were times when people I was with got into the swing of things, and they would name someone and try to give me the credit.
Actually, it wasn’t credit, it was blame. Hey, it comes with the territory, I reckon.
But , I never did name “The Big Galoot”, or “Smiling Jack”. And for awhile, I didn’t think I named “Stagecoach Willie”, I thought my buddy did. He names people. I can’t print any of the names here (I do NOT wanna be the first one to get bleeped on here)but, looking back…I guess it was me.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
Duffy, my bud from the Adirondacks, had a pig roast for his fortieth birthday. He’s a couple of years older than me. That really doesn’t have anything to do with this story, but I like to point that out whenever the opportunity presents itself.
It was on a lake and I camped there for 5 days. Some people camped for the 5 days, some less, others not at all,they just came for a day.
Basically, it was a 5 day party.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
You could get there by boat. You could also get there on foot. There was a small parking lot on the side of a road and there were no signs. If you hadn’t been there before, you would have no way of knowing how to get there.
Also, you wouldn’t know what was there. The state had erected lean to’s and fire rings for campers spaced quite far apart. The trail from the parking lot led to the lake. It was at least 1/2 mile. Then, you either went right or left. We were another 1/2 mile to the right. There were no lean to’s where we were. The majority of the people there came by boat. At the most, there were 2, MAYBE 3 cars in the parking lot from our party.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
It was a pretty eventful 5 days. The first night, the guy that had all of our food in his boat never showed up. We ate doritos and pretzels and such that night.
Earlier, we had been feeding a family of ducks “cheese its” out of our hands.
Duffy’s brother suggested that he would lure the ducks in and I should ring their necks and we could have a duck dinner.
I pointed out to him that while that may satisfy the dinner menu, I couldn’t possibly make myself more repulsive to the women in our party if I used liquid çráp for deodorant, hair tonic, cologne and toothpaste.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
What did he care ? He was married !
And speaking of liquid çráp…..
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
Later that evening, we were sitting around the fire, drinking beer, picking our teeth to get the dorito and pretzel crumbs out.
I was sitting at the picnic table, facing out, and I raised my beer bottle and I smelled something funky.
I lowered the bottle, sniffed the air, and it was ok.
I raised the bottle, and dang, if I didn’t smell it AGAIN !
This time, I leaned a little to my left (it ain’t HIM), I leaned a little to my right (it ain’t HER)and then I brought up my beer bottle and….. AWWWW MAN !
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
Some of the people had brought their dogs, and I love dogs, and I pet ‘em whenever I can.
But SOMEBODY had relieved themselves “in the woods” and one of the dogs rolled in it.
And I was runnin’ my fingers through his fur tellin’ him what a good doggie he was.
The funky smell was MY HAND !
I jumped up, threw my beer bottle into the uh-uh- RECYCLABLES CONTAINER (yeah, THAT’S the ticket) grabbed the dish soap and ran to the lake and SCRUBBED my hand with dish soap and gravel.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
In the morning, the boat with the food showed up. The guy was as drunk as a skunk, and he had somebody’s wife with him.
Later that morning, her husband showed up, and he wanted to know:
A. Where she had been all night
and
B. Who she had been with.
It wasn’t pretty, but it wasn’t near as ugly as it could’ve gotten.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
Don’t ya HATE when that happens ?
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
That day, we started roasting the pig.
Not the guy with the food boat, - the OTHER pig.
A guy showed up, said he had a “special baste” and he whips it up and starts to baste the pig.
It was brandy and cognac and butter and some other ingredients and he mixed it up in a bucket and had a big ol’ brush and slathered it on and he’d sit down and have a beer and then get up and slather some more and on he went, but as time went by, he’d get up a little more slowly.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
I figure he spent $40.00 or $50.00 on that baste and from what I could see, most of it dripped into the fire and if you look at the skin on a pig and the layer of fat underneath, there just AIN’T NO WAY any of it penetrated to the meat before the fire burned it off.
But, it goes to show ya, if you’re willing to spend the money, you too can be an expert on anything.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
That night, I was up playing cards with 2 women.( and no Dewey, we weren’t playing strip poker. Not in the land of blackflies and mosquitoes.)
Everyone else had gone to bed.
Then, a hunk of skin broke off the pig, dripped a WHOLE lot of fat into the fire, the fire flared up and the pig caught on fire.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
The women (God bless them) jumped up, opened the cooler , and started throwing hanfuls of ice cubes at the pig from 12 feet away, while yelling “The pig’s on fire, the pig’s on fire”.
I knew what was required of me. I didn’t like it, but I didn’t want this to be remembered like ” well, we were GONNA have a pig roast for my fortieth birthday, but JT let the pig burn down”.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
Like the time Duffy and I were in town and we had been drinking, and on the ride home, my stomach said “yo, buddy” and I stuck my head out the window of his van and let loose and we were going so fast that the JETSTREAM plastered it all on the side of his van and he refers to it as the night that I was “chumming for bears”.
D’ya see how that works ? It’s not “the night that I was chumming for bears and HE was driving like a maniac”, it’s all me.
If he had slowed down and let Newton’s Law of Gravity do it’s duty, we wouldn’t even REMEMBER it.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
That MAY have been the night that we were made honorary members of an English Rugby team.
We didn’t have to play any rugby (Thank God) but we did drink more shots, mixed drinks and beers that Dr. Mike and my stomach deemed prudent.
There was a little ceremony, and thay gave us pins, and a short while after, we staggered out to the van.
And just because I got sick, it’s no reflection on England, or rugby, I’m sure I got a dirty glass at some point.
And I gave Duffy a sobriety test before I let him drive.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
Uh- where was I ?
Oh yeah, the pig was on fire. I grabbed the cooler, picked up over my head, (the pig was about chest high)and luckily, there was enough water in the cooler to be effective, I had one shot at this, walked up and got as close as I could, and dumped it on the inferno.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
Then, I had to rebuild the fire under the pig.
But, does THAT get remembered ?
NoooooOOOOOOOO.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
The day of the pig roast feed, a party of people went for a walk around the lake, led by the “baste” guy.
On their way back, at the intersection of the parking lot trail and the lake trail, they saw a man and a woman “doing the deed”.
And, in the words of the “baste” guy, “she had him by the hips and she was steerin’ him like a stagecoach” while making “stagecoach steering ” motions with his hands,
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
And, sure enough, they wandered into our site, and we gave ‘em some food and a coupla beers, (they were actually pretty nice people)they wished my buddy “Happy Birthday” and left and the “baste” guy was saying “that was him”, making the “stagecoach steering” motion again and I went “who, Stagecoach Willie ?”
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
And nobody noticed that I didn’t have any hair left on my arms from saving the pig the night before. I think I lost some nasal hair, too.
Comment by JT on 23 March 2008:
So, ya see Shaikens, compared to “Stagecoach Willie”, “Big Blabby” ain’t so bad.
And, if it makes ya feel better, I’ll get a blowtorch and shave my arms and my schnozz too.
Comment by snowbrain on 24 March 2008:
jt –nice pig roast story, I have some good stories ,but they are better suited on the freedom blog. I will relate my general audience stories in the near future
Comment by snowbrain on 24 March 2008:
Here is one of my top five events in my entire life of over 50 years.Last year for the first time I finally went to the new baseball park 3 times. The first time was with a bunch of bloggers to see the Detroit tigers, the second time was toward the middle of September for my birthday,and the third time was there 3rd to last game of the season going for the pennant and playoffs.
I have been to many sporting events in my life starting with Connie Mack stadium,Franklyn Field,JFK.Vet,Spectrum,Palestra,MadisonSquare Garden;and no i did not attend the gladiator games at the Coliseum in Italy.
Getting back to that end of season game,was a surreal atmosphere, as you had 40,000 plus rabid Phillies fans in a sea of red twirling rally towels for nine innings.It was an experience that rivaled anything i had ever viewed in person at a sports event.
Comment by JackFrost on 24 March 2008:
So this is where everyone is hiding ….
Comment by JackFrost on 24 March 2008:
Congrats JT on the “HOT” Blogger award
Comment by JackFrost on 24 March 2008:
I need to pace myself - I feel like Crazy now … 3 posts and Im done for the day ….
Comment by JackFrost on 24 March 2008:
Looking for the instructions on how to change the “Gravatar” ….. where is Matt when you need him??
Comment by JackFrost on 24 March 2008:
Oops - that was 4 posts …. this one being 5 ….
*slow down … slow down ….*
Comment by crazy on 24 March 2008:
HI Jack!
Yes pace yourself….
Comment by JT on 24 March 2008:
Looking for the instructions on how to change the “Gravatar” ….. where is Matt when you need him??
Oh, is THAT what it says ? I thought it said “grammar”.
Comment by JT on 24 March 2008:
Comment by JackFrost on 24 March 2008:
Congrats JT on the “HOT” Blogger award
Thanks. It was a surprise. I guess we should find out what KL has been eating lately and send her a truckload.
Comment by JT on 24 March 2008:
Hiya brain.
Comment by JT on 24 March 2008:
Hiya Crazy !
Comment by shaikens on 24 March 2008:
JT- thanks for the background info on SW!! I loved it, even if it was really hard to read in comment form………
umm..
Big Blabby just makes me thing of a big ole woman with some serious “hallelujah arms” (of course). I have some serious hips and some serious HA’s so maybe you got it right on.
Hahaha. HA’s have got to go.
Comment by JackFrost on 24 March 2008:
What was SW? Sivil War??? … oh wait .. that doesnt look right …
Nevermind …
Comment by JT on 24 March 2008:
Comment by shaikens on 24 March 2008:
JT- thanks for the background info on SW!! I loved it, even if it was really hard to read in comment form………
umm..
Big Blabby just makes me thing of a big ole woman with some serious “hallelujah arms” (of course). I have some serious hips and some serious HA’s so maybe you got it right on.
Hahaha. HA’s have got to go.
Hard to read in comment form ?
I’m MELTING ! Oh, what a world, what a world.
HA’s ? And uh- what are they again, exactly ?
Comment by shaikens on 24 March 2008:
JACK, some double-a terminology 101:
HA = Hallelujah Arms
SW= Stagecoach Willie
Comment by GETVTHUNDERBOLT on 24 March 2008:
Weather for Monday Night: Mostly cloudy with Sprinkles in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy 26-31 for lows.
Doug
Comment by GETVTHUNDERBOLT on 24 March 2008:
I do not like how the Philadelphia channels are not covering McCain and giving so much air to Obama and Hillary. You only hear blurbs here and there. Yes, there is an election coming up that could make or break the Democrat camps of Hillary and Obama. But where was this attention when New Jersey and Delaware voted? All of sudden Pennsylvania is more important? With the two city mayors and the governor of Pennsylvania supporting Hillary, I do not see the need to cover these two so much. You know Hillary will win. But is there a motive here I am missing? Is it that come the November election, when McCain runs in Pennsylvania, and the surrounding area, that the media is familaring the voters so much with the democrats it is a method of getting the independents to say I heard so much about that Democrat, I will vote for he or she.
Comment by Dadeck on 24 March 2008:
JT… you da man!!!
Officially now!!!
Go baby!!!
and look at KL…the new blogging phenom….
Comment by Frankvito on 24 March 2008:
Hey JT whats up pal…I see ya dadeck
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
Dadeck ! How ya doin’ ?
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
Frankvito ! How ya doin’, old friend ?
Comment by Frankvito on 25 March 2008:
I’m doing well pal..thanks
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
Comment by Frankvito on 25 March 2008:
I’m doing well pal..thanks
Glad to hear it.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
Jamie Lee Curtis has turned 50, and to commemorate this, she will pose topless for some magazine.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
She wants to show that aging is not a bad thing.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
And I’d like to thank her.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
Thank you Jamie, for not waiting until you were 75 or 80 to do this.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
As I was going out the door this morning, Dr. Mike was on Good Day talking about colons.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
He said there is no need for colon cleanses, or herbal laxatives or whooshes.(I’m paraphrasing here, he didn’t actually say “whooshes” )
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
He said the colon is a self cleaning organ, ya know, like a self cleaning oven.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
He also said that some people have coffee enemas.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
I wonder if, afterwards, they wipe their lips with Charmin.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
Maybe it’s some kind of “bassackwards syndrome”.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
Someone should look into this.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
The mine calls.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
barrel
Comment by Rich on 25 March 2008:
JT,
Congratulations on the HOT blogger award! You definitely deserve it.
Comment by JT on 25 March 2008:
Comment by Rich on 25 March 2008:
JT,
Congratulations on the HOT blogger award! You definitely deserve it.
Thanks, Rich. I see you made your way here.
You didn’t have to take any hostages, did ya ?
Comment by Rich on 25 March 2008:
Nope,no hostages.
Hey, I see the Yanks are already a 1/2 game out and they haven’t even broken camp yet. Whats up with that?
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
Comment by Rich on 25 March 2008:
Nope,no hostages.
Hey, I see the Yanks are already a 1/2 game out and they haven’t even broken camp yet. Whats up with that?
They’re playin’ possum.
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
I just read that Richard Widmark died at age 93.
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
He was a good actor; I always liked him.
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
Rest in peace, Mr. Widmark.
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
Robin Williams and his second wife are divorcing….
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
His second wife was his son’s nanny when he was married to his first wife….
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
And they struck up a relationship.
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
It’s a jungle out there….
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
Employers are ALWAYS tryin’ to get ya do stuff that’s not in your job description.
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
Comment by JackFrost on 24 March 2008:
Looking for the instructions on how to change the “Gravatar” ….. where is Matt when you need him??
He’s on the grassy knoll…..
Just WAITING for someone to get out of line.
Comment by DeweyDevil on 26 March 2008:
JT is a secksay beast!
That is all.
Comment by JT on 26 March 2008:
Dewey !
So, how was your Irish-Italian Easter ?
Deatles, please.
Comment by DeweyDevil on 26 March 2008:
The butter was in the shape of little lambs!
I wont worship false prophets!!!
Comment by DeweyDevil on 26 March 2008:
marmellow peeps are satans little helpers!!!
Comment by DeweyDevil on 26 March 2008:
er marshmellow…
Comment by DeweyDevil on 26 March 2008:
Jt,
Arm and hammer just made cat litter that turns blue once the cat does its business on it.
Dont you think that will freak the cat out seeing blue down there?
It would freak me out.
Comment by JT on 27 March 2008:
Comment by DeweyDevil on 26 March 2008:
Jt,
Arm and hammer just made cat litter that turns blue once the cat does its business on it.
Dont you think that will freak the cat out seeing blue down there?
It would freak me out.
I don’t think the cats will freak out; they’ll probably think they have superpowers and if they feel threatened, they will try to make the threat turn blue.
Comment by NJDirttracker on 31 March 2008:
Conrats JT well deserved!!!! I made it here,great site!!!
Comment by Terrible! on 2 April 2008:
Do you get out much JT?
Comment by JT on 2 April 2008:
Comment by Terrible! on 2 April 2008:
Do you get out much JT?
no