How Well Do You Know Me?

With the fall of the Roman Empire came the internet. Now not only do people that live thousands of miles away get to know me on a virtually personal level. They also get to meet other like minded individuals. From coast to coast, from the Carolinas to the Red Wood Forest, to the Gulf Stream Waters, To the New York Islands...This internet was made for you and me!

Now try and see how well you know me! The person with the highest score gets one of my guitar picks signed by me!

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When Did A Large Pizza Get So Small?!?!

Have you noticed in the last 10-15 years that pizzas have gotten smaller? I remember when what is a large today was a medium 15 years ago and what is an extra large today is actually a large 15 years ago! The big pizza chains like Pizza Hut & Papa John's are the ones to blame for this tyrannic change in sizes! All they want to do is make money without caring much for quality.

The reason for this is because they increased the price of a pizzas! I remember when I could get 2 large cheese pizzas for $9.99. Today two large pizzas are like $16.99 or more, but remember today's larges are actually mediums from 20 years ago. Did these big corporate pizza giants sit in a board room one day and say "I have an excellent idea! Let's have XL pizzas and charge an XL price but they'll really only be large pizzas!" These motherfuckers have been stealing my money for too long and it's time for someone to stand up to these mofo's! I'm just the one to do it too! I hope I am anyway :(

Remember when toppings used to be 50 or 75 cents a topping? Today they're $1.50 to $2.00 a topping! It's not like the toppings got 2x better tasting just because they are now 2X more expensive! Now I don't need one of you ass wipes to comment and say "Dude it's inflation! " Fuck inflation and fuck the pizza shops that have doubled their prices! If you're going to charge 2x the price as you did 10 years ago than throw 2x more toppings as you did 10 years ago!

Stop the insanity!

gso

And My New Puppy's Name is....

Dah Dah Dah....Yoshi. I called him James, Lawrence, Benny, Barney, but I have settled on Yoshi. Yes, Yoshi the same name as the little dinosaur guy from the Nintendo games. Why Yoshi you ask? Probably because it's a bit on the different side for dog names.

It's seem like on an hourly basis that Yoshi isn't only shitting and pissing, but he's also showing more of his personality and getting more comfortable. Like this morning he was jumping at Herbie trying to get him to play. Herbie being the gentle sole he is got right into playing stance but never went back at Yoshi. Yoshi also is starting to play with the cats as well, like today he put both paws on the black cats side until she ran away. Yoshi is quickly becoming a crazy little man like Mr. Bill Kutters.

On a side note I have setup my side project blog, which is SDFoodGuys.com. It's a blog that reviews restaurants in the San Diego area and beyond. I have me and about 4 other people who will be writing reviews on different restaurants in the area. I got the idea for this site after writing a blog on my website for "5 Great Places To Eat in San Diego". I know everytime I search Google it seems that there are never any reviews or good reviews for most restaurants that I want to try. Plus this site will be in blog format so people that visit the site can comment. If you live in the San Diego area and want to write some reviews shoot me an email to SDFoodGuys@gmail.com.

holla holla holla,

gso

Help Name My NEW Mini-Schnauzer Puppy!

I broke down finally and got a NEW Mini-Schnauzer Puppy. The puppy is a boy. I know I said I wanted to get a girl, but this guy was just too cute. He comes when you call him, he plays for like 10 minutes then needs a 20 minute nap, he adores food & loves his picture taken.

I found out about him from the Fox6.com website. I called the ad and asked if it was OK to visit the puppy, the guy said yes so Emily and I headed down. Their were two puppies left both boys. One puppy was very shy, unresponsive & not lively. Then there was the puppy I chose who was running all over the house, but when called would come to you. I was hooked, but Emily convinced me to sleep on it and decide tomorrow. Tomorrow is today and I made my final decision to pick up my new little man. We went down to pick him up right as the New England Patriots beat the San Diego Chargers (woohoo).

Since being at my house it took him all of 30 minutes to fully get comfortable and start running around the house. Herbie has been awesome, so good in fact that he hasn't growled or done anything aggressive to the puppy at all. The puppy almost went poops on the bed, but Emily saw him as he got into the pooping position and we rushed him outside where he defocated with perfection.

Finally what this blog is all about, what do I name my new little man? I've called him "Benny" & "Barney", but nothing is set in stone. In fact my mom emailed two emails with 10 names in each email. Give me your suggestions and let me know what you like!!!

1. BROCKTON [BROCK]

2. DIEGO

3. FRISCO

4. AMOS

5. WILLIE

6. CHARLIE

7. EBONEY

8. HOMER

9. OWEN

10. QUINN

and

1. HENRY

2. HARRY

3. TRUMP

4. GEORGIE

5. STEVIE

6. SCOOTCHIE

7. JAMES

8. WALLY

9. ZACK

10. SONNY

thx
gso

My Favorite Photos on Flickr

Don't mind the woman breast feeding. I just thought it was weird because the kid is like 5 years old! So go on and treat yourself to my most favorite photos on Flickr!

Mini-Schnauzer Puppy

Lately I've been looking to add another Mini-Schnauzer puppy to my life. I've got Herbie and Herbie is fantastic, but I'd like to add a female Mini-Schnauzer. I don't want to get a male Schnauzer only because Herbie seems to compete with male dogs. I heard that female and male dogs don't compete nearly as much.

I began my search by emailing the MSCSC.org. They gave me a list of AKC registered breeders and contact info for them. I called like 5 of the breeders and they all have a kind of arrogance to them. You know that kind of "I breed the best dogs around and their shit doesn't stink". I was talking to one breeder and I was telling her I have a white Schnauzer and she replied with "Shame on you!". I guess the story goes that the high-end breeders usually kill the white Schnauzers because the AKC doesn't consider the white Schnauzers actually Schnauzers. It's psychotic isn't it? It's like saying "oh she doesn't speak Chinese, so let's not call her Chinese". So not only are these high-end breeders arrogant & mean, but they also charge a lot! They charge anywhere between $1,000 - $1,500 for puppies. These breeders are so F'd!

I've decided on trying to find a Mini-Schnauzer female puppy from craigslist, puppyfind.com, or fox6.com classifieds. They cost a hell of a lot less and let's be honest they are the same dog as the $1,500 dog. Am I right or am I right or Am I right?

Long Live Herbie!

gso

My New Job of Starring in TV Ads (Videos)

I know I love seeing videos of myself, especially when they are good quality clips like me starring in my own HP, McDonald's or Levi's commercials!

Let me know what you think and if you star in any videos please post it in the comments section!

HP Commercial (kinda funny)
McDonald's Commercial (kinda funny) (Emily has a starring role in this video as well)
Levi's Commercial (VERY Funny)

Oh ya I almost forgot. Punky gave me a brilliant idea. She said why don't you turn your comment line (619) 377-0593 (that no one calls) into a "secrets line". Here's the idea, you call and anonymously or in character leave a secret on the secrets line and that # is 619-377-0593.
At the end of each week I'll post an audio file of the secrets left. We can then all laugh, cry, be mad or joyful at the secrets you divulged. The biggest secret you could have would be if you knew where OBL (Osama Bin Laden) is, then you get a $50 Million prize!

ok so call me now 619-377-0593!

gso

10 Reasons I Have A Blog

1. I like to make fun of myself. There's nothing more gratifying to me, than taking "sexy photos" of myself just to get you kids get a little chuckle or a "that's nasty".

2. It's an artistic outlet for me. I get to be anything I want on this blog. I can be serious, dumb, musical, videoical, photocal (I made the last 2 words up I Think) & sexy. No one can stop me from being anything, except my own conscience. I am beautiful in every single way, no words can't bring me down! oh no no no no!

3. If I get pissed off at someone or something I can write about it. I like nothing more than having "Blog Wars" with other bloggers. It's good for the soul! Plus it makes you look really tough fighting with girls.

4. I get to virtually meet a lot of cool people from all over the internet. If I didn't have a blog I would've never gotten to know DirtyLaundry, RockStarMommy, Punky, PinkbeltRAGE, Dan, Julianne B, Q of D & More! I'm trying to arrange a meeting with RSM, that would be the highlight of my blogging career!

5. I love getting comments! When I get one it makes me feel like a 14 year old girl getting Myspace messages from a 34 year old guy in another state. It makes me feel special! The big pay off is when it's someone that found my site randomly or heard from a friend about it. That's like actually getting to sleep with the 34 year old guy from another state. Not getting comments is like the 34 year old guy getting charged with statutory rape after he slept with me :(

6. Getting paid by having Google Adsense on my blog. OK, so I have had the ads up for a year and I've only accumulated $27, but with every click it brings me closer to their $100 pay out!

7. Getting voicemails left on my comment line (619) 377-0593. It's not a big deal if I haven't had a new voicemail in two months. I still love checking it everyday in hopes that some kid with nothing better to do will leave me a message so I can post it on my website! God bless you Alexander Graham Bell!

8. I love tracking my blogs traffic. I get to see how many hits I got for the day, where my visitors live, how they found my site & more. You may think you're only watching me but little do you know I'm really watching you too! mu ha ha ha ha! cough cough...

9. It's a challenge for me to write in my blog 5 times a week. I don't really challenge myself anywhere in my life except for my blog. It's actually pretty difficult coming up with things to write about day in and day out. I know sometimes I write about stupid shit and my vocabulary & grammar are like a kid from Somalia trying to learn English, but I have a good time writing!

10. And the last reason I have a blog is I'm trying to be famous. Being a rockstar hasn't paned out yet so I'm hoping be a famous blogger. I figure right now I'm only a C-list Bloglebrity
but I'm going to keep on writing, recording videos & taking raunchy photos all in a bid to take over the blogging world and become an A-list Bloglebrity!

Thanks for you time,
gso.

Reason's Why My Apartment Sucks!

The bathroom has no electrical plugs.

The drains are constantly clogged.

We have to water these hideous looking plants in the front part of our yard. If they die our landlord calls us and yells at us. They've died 3x!

90% of our electrical sockets are two prongs. Almost everything that isn't a lamp is 3 prongs! We need to buy 3 prong adapters in order to use them!

The rugs are dirtier than a priest!

All the windows are sliding windows making for it to be impossible to put a regular air conditioner in the windows!

The walls are thinly insulated. It's shivering cold in the winter and sweaty hot in the summer.

We have no closets for things like vacuums, brooms, towels, etc.

The ceiling in the living room leaks if it rains too hard.

The kitchen is tiny like a closet that we don't have for vacuums, brooms, towels, etc...

Our neighbors on one side party like college kids. On the other side the father and son smoke weed and scream at each other at the top of their lungs "DID YOU TAKE ALL MY WEED?!?!?!"

What sucks about the place you live in?

gso

Sunday Nights Alone Are Dangerous!

This Sunday night was a tad different than most of my Sunday Nights. First off, Emily had a dinner date with some of her friends downtown. Usually on Sundays Emily & I sit around the fireplace roasting marshmallows & telling each other secrets. Emily was out of the house at 5:30 pm and that's when the fun began!

After playing video games for an hour I decided to be productive and finally clean the bathroom! First though I needed to feed Herbie. So I grabbed Herbie's bowls and saw that they were dirtier than some of the language I use on my blog and decided to clean them. I finished cleaning his bowls and proceeded to turn off the water when I hear "SNAP" not "Oh Snap!" like the brotha's like to use but more in the sense of "uh oh something just broke". I mess with the faucet and the damn thing won't turn off and it's shooting water in the air and running very fast into the sick. I'm really lucky the drain wasn't clogged or otherwise I would've been bucketing water from the sink to outside. My apartment is so old and crappy that there were no turn off switches underneath the sink in the kitchen. So like the woman I am I call my girlfriend "ring, ring, ring" ok now answer. "Hey Em, the faucet is broken and won't turn off. I'm just wondering if you know how to fix it?" I must be the biggest waste of a man since Clay Aiken. I decide to call the landlord's emergency contact phone number. I get a hold of them and tell them the situation. She says she will send a handyman out my way. The handyman gets here at 7:30 pm to save my life from certain drowning and gives us a new faucet.

I think the moral of the story for me is to NOT use the faucet when I'm home alone, nor try being productive because it will just get me into trouble. Either that or maybe I should go take one of those handyman courses at like a community college. If it weren't for my witty banter and adult developed motor skills people might just think I'm slow!?!?

gso

5 Great Places To Eat in San Diego Recommended by greggoconnell.com

I know most of you don't live in San Diego, but you never know when you may have to move to San Diego to evade a warrant or a stalking spouse or maybe you will just vacation here. Here are a list of 5 spots that are really really good that a lot of people may not know about and that I recommend!




Poma's Italian Deli
1846 Bacon St
San Diego, CA
(619) 223-3027
This place is capital A-W-E-S-O-M-E! OK so it doesn't really have the best decor or alcoholic beverages that you can actually drink in the restaurant, but the food tastes like your grandmother from Italy slaved over it all day in the kitchen. The lasagna, the sauce, the meatballs, the garlic bread & the subs are really good! You're Italian grandmother definitely doesn't work here either but her grandsons do! It's all guys but they are super nice and very friendly! As a bonus they do have a TV that seems to always be showing talk shows like Oprah!

Gaglione Bros.
3944 W Point Loma Blvd
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 758-0646
Wowawee! This sub shop is hands down the best steak and cheese sub place (aka Cheese Steak) I have ever had! It's the kind of steak that you barely have to chew. It goes down like water but tastes like steak and cheese. The bread is always soft and bakery fresh! Their fries are no slouch either, crispy, salty and yummy!

Bar-B-Que House
5025 Newport Ave.
San Diego, CA 92107
(619) 222-4311
Awesome BBQ sandwiches that are mega cheap! Sweet, medium or spicy BBQ sauce to go on top of your pork, beef or my favorite white meat chicken sandwich. They smoke the meat, then carve your sandwich meat from big hunks of pork, beef or chicken, then they smother it in BBQ sauce. Add the crispy, salty fresh fries and you've got yourself a meal any athlete would love to share with his teammates!

Old Venice Italian Restaurant
2910 Canon St
San Diego, CA 92106
(619) 222-5888
Elegant yet lively in a heavenly atmosphere. This by far is the nicest place to eat on the list and one of the nicest places to eat in San Diego period. It's an up class restaurant without the hoity toity people that generally inhabit these kinds of places. You have people that will dress up but then you'll also have a cute little blogger boy eating dinner with his girlfriend wearing sweatpants & a burrito stained sweatshirt. The food here is amazing, and fresh warm garlic bread is given all meal long for FREE. The ravioli's, lasagne, meatballs & spaghetti are my favorites. They also have this bar that's attached to the restaurant that is really cool. They play thumping ambient electronic music in a setting that rivals heaven itself. White table cloths, bottles and bottles of wine & waiters that look like they just got off the boat from Italy or Brazil.

Bronx Pizza
111 Washington St
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 291-3341
I'm from Massachusetts as most of you know and there are a lot of places there that have great pizza. When I got to San Diego I asked people who had good pizza and they'd say Papa John's. Freaking crazy right? Well I put a post in my blog in 2005 complaining that San Diego had the worst pizza, well someone responded and said to try a place on Washington Street called Bronx Pizza. So one day I go to Bronx Pizza and order up a pie. WOW! Amazing, New York Style pizza. It's really one of the best pizza places I have ever been to. The service kind of sucks only because the dudes that work there especially the big fat guy that does the register is an asshole. They act like they are in New York still so they give you that New York cliche attitude. I forgive them though because the pizza is top notch and makes my little heart stop a little with every bite! My favorite pie toppings are "Meatball & Pepperoni" "Plain Cheese" & "Pepperoni & Ricotta".

Get out there and explore the many fine hidden restaurants that your city has. I tend to find that the smaller mom and pop restaurants are better tasting and more enjoyable than the big chain places. Down with corporate restaurants!!!

Bon Appétit!
gso

Video Games Ate My Brain

This probably hasn't happened to you because, most likely you're a mom, business professional or single girl who likes to drink alone but, when I play video games for a prolonged time my brain turns into a zombie. If I'm playing a game like Resident Evil where I get chased or a game with driving in it like Grand Theft Auto then when I get into the real world I actually expect to be shot at or rammed into by someone else's car. I'll be walking Herbie outside after a long intense battle with some zombie creature and I'll be looking around feeling like I need to duck in order to not get hit, it's kind of creepy. I'd definitely be that guy on the news that played video games for 24 hours straight then goes and jumps off a cliff to his death. When I'm playing scary games I need to constantly need to look over my shoulder to make sure Emily doesn't come up behind me and scare me ha ha.

Yesterday I got home from work, took Herbie for a walk & then for like 2 hours straight played WWE: Raw vs. Smackdown. That's actually not that bad, what makes it bad is after I ate dinner I got back on the Xbox 360 and played for another 2-3 hours. Talk about a "Videot"(video game idiot)!!! The zombie state felt after playing wrestling for over 4 hours was, I felt disconnected from the rest of the household. I wanted to share some "cuddle time" with Emily but I couldn't. My body wanted some female affection but my brain wanted to be a vegetable. I was so out of it that I couldn't even muster up enough brain activity to write a blog! Now I know how it feels to be one of those teenie pop stars that has has everything done for them from songs getting written for them to having their clothes picked out so they don't need to think!

gso

Thomas Kinkade : Sellout Asshole or Greatest Modern Day Artist?

I've just been starting to notice Thomas Kinkade's fine artwork. He's definitely not one of those artists that will gain you any "cool" points, in fact his art is widely sold in bookstores & drugstores in the form of calendars & greeting cards. You don't need to figure out his work at all, it's like candy, but for your eyes.

If you haven't seen his artwork (click here) then you are missing out. His artwork for me, gives a feeling of peace & relaxation. His artwork to you most likely gives you the feeling of being at your grandmothers house while she tells you a story that bores you to death, while you look at her knick knacks. Yes, Thomas Kinkade's artwork looks like your grandmothers knick knacks.

Emily recently purchased me a 2007 Thomas Kinkade calendar. I was as happy as a flower, blooming on the first day of spring. I hung it up at my desk at work. It's a little ridiculous but I now have 2 calendars on my desk. One is a calendar of my dog Herbie & the other is the Thomas Kinkade one

I didn't really know anything about Thomas Kinkade's background until I did a little research on Wikipedia. I guess Thomas Kinkade is kind of a dickhead. He taunts other artists at shows by shouting at them, he is rumored to have a proclivity for ritual territory marking through urination, alleged to have openly grab a woman's breast at a South Bend, Indiana sales event & Kinkade was so drunk at a Sigfried & Roy show that he began shouting "Codpiece, Codpiece" until his mother calmed him down. I must confess I didn't know what a "Codpiece" was so I looked it up and found out it's a pouch that covers a man's genitals. I guess they were quit popular in the 16th century. Maybe I'll bring Codpiece's back to fashion! Men today definitely need genital protection from all those women that try and kick us in the nuts!

Kinkade is the only artist to have sold over 1 million pieces of art. He has made $53 million from 1997 to 2005. When Kinkade was on QVC he sold over $2 million worth of merchandise in one hour! Obviously he is talented and hits a special nerve with housewives, old ladies & even some 26 year old studs with his paintings.

Thomas Kinkade may be a complete asshole but what great artist isn't? I really think in order to make a mark on this world artistically you need to be a selfish, sometimes heartless, self- indulgent asshole. You can't worry about anyone's feelings or needs until your own are satisfied. Thomas Kinkade, I forgive you for your selfish, heartless, self-indulgent asshole behavior!

gso

"Speed Enforced By Aircraft"

Have you seen these ridiculous signs? They have them out here in California like they have meat heads at nightclubs! They are everywhere from busy highways to streets that barely have one car an hour.

It doesn't seem very financially smart for the traffic authorities to be enforcing speeders on the road by aircraft while they spend thousands of dollars of fuel, flying over ahead of peoples cars. What are they like "Oh my that car is going 52 in a 35 mph zone....sweet, that's another $125 ticket! Now let's turn back around and spend another $400 in gas so we can catch another speeder". Come on these signs are an F'n joke!

Every time I see these preposterous signs, I have never ever seen an airplane flying overhead. So I'm starting to think that these signs are only merely there to scare those white dudes that drive Ford Mustangs & the Asian/Latin brothers that drive supped up Honda's & Acura's something to be worried about.

Have you ever seen a plane flying overhead doing traffic patrol? Do you know anyone that has gotten a ticket from an airplane?

gso

Happy 2007! The year of the naked gamer.

Hey Guys & Girls,

I thought I needed to start 2007 off with a "BIG BANG" and I think I just may have. I hope all of you mofo's have a safe and happy 2007! Now onto the real reason you are here, enjoy the nude photos of me!
gso

Happy Nude 2007	The King is back!!!
Holding my Wiimote for the world to see!	Welcoming in 2007 with the King!
Xbox 360 Orgasm	DS lite Orgasm
this is what video games do to me!	portable gaming has cum a long way!
Happy New Year RSM!	Burgers & Hot Dogs!
I hope you have a great 2007	for dinner!