Today is my awesome dad's birthday!!! My dad rocks, so he deserves to have the best birthday ever!!! Dad, we've had so many awesome and fun memories, even though I know you wish you could have been in my life more. To me, though, all that matters is that you've always been there. We've been able to laugh with each other until we cried, and to rock ( Read more... )

509 this morning in boots, which means 499 in my boxers.

I had gotten down to 498 in boxers, then it went back up to 506 for a week or so, then back down today.

I need to try to remember to post my weight every Monday so I can keep a better track of it.

This story is based on the song "We Are Kings", from The Dead Deads' latest album, "For Your Obliteration". My son and I both agreed that the lyrics to the song have a Lovecraftian-horror vibe to them, and this short story was hammered out to sort of explore and expand upon that idea ( Read more... )

Today is Bisexual Visibility Day ( Read more... )

508 in boots this morning, which means I'm 498 in my boxers.

Boom, motherfucker. Under 500 for the first time in a couple of years. Now to get out of the 400 pound club.

I'm down from 548 in boots to 519 in boots, in thirteen days. That puts me at 509 in my boxers, and I *should* be able to drop below the 500 lb. threshold by next Monday ( Read more... )

During the long drive home from Memphis after a gig, Mark and I talked long and long about a great many things. After hearing my tales of repeatedly failing after having some sort of significant weight loss (invariably due to depression jumping up and biting me on the ass), he advised me to get a prescription for an antidepressant before I try ( Read more... )

Sometime in 2009 I met a guy named Mark "Porkchop" Holder at Tremont Tavern's open mic here in Chattanooga. He'd just finished playing a pretty killer set*, and I walked up to him and said, "So you're the guy I've been mistaken for over the past several years." (We don't really look alike, Mark and I; I'm about six inches taller and at least 250 ( Read more... )

Here's what pisses me off about social media ( Read more... )

I'm standing on the edge of something very important, and I must admit that part of me is terrified ( Read more... )