JohnnyBerry™ is an unabashed ham-lover currently living in beautiful Downtown Orlando. He is blogging only at the request of his probation officer...
“What some fail to realize, though, is that such reviews can be tainted: Many bloggers have accepted perks such as free laptops, trips to Europe, $500 gift cards or even thousands of dollars for a 200-word post. Bloggers vary in how they disclose such freebies, if they do so at all.”
Let JohnnyBerry™ be clear.
JohnnyBerry™ did […]
JohnnyBerry™ does not understand addictions.
JohnnyBerry™ is not an expert on addictions.
JohnnyBerry™ is not talking about being addicted to a television show, or a certain restaurant, or the internet.
Some people would say that JohnnyBerry™ is addicted to food. And while it is true that JohnnyBerry™ likes food it does not consume his life.
JohnnyBerry™ is talking […]
What?!?
It’s February 19 already?
Man, where has the time gone?
Tv, work, Wii, Facebook… Nothing productive except that Olive Louise Jenkins Smith was the top fundraiser in her pack for the 2009 Paws in the Park.
BetaMike got a new car.
Its a Volkswagen Rabbit, but he calls it a Beta-Bunny.
We have a new President but I am not […]
(I will forgo the use of third person until the end of the post…)
On Friday, October 10, 1980 (yes, 1980) I was at the Tri-Cities Airport in Blountville, Tennessee around 7:00 am waiting to see President Jimmy Carter.
I had just turned 12 years old a few weeks prior and was so excited to see a […]
JohnnyBerry™ will be at The Orange County Regional History Center in beautiful Downtown Orlando, Florida for RETRO GAME NIGHT on Friday, September 19, 2008 from 7 p.m.-midnight.
Good old-fashioned fun with an array of classic board and video games throughout the museum!
Free nostalgic treats and cash bar.
Ages 18 and up.
Retro attire encouraged.
$5 cash at door, Members […]
Michael’s former boss, Dan, flipping out on his 40th birthday…
JohnnyBerry™ finally got some much needed rain today.
After spending the night away from home last night JohnnyBerry™ went to the 2008 Orlando International Fringe Theater Festival with BetaMike and KellyLiv.
We went to see a program called Totem Figures presented by a Canadian fellow by the name of T.J. Dawe (pictured above).
JohnnyBerry™ does not usually sit […]
A lady at work is from the same town I am from — Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Population 4,865 (1,100 of that is prison population).
She was telling me about visiting her mother and telling me about cooking salmon patties for her.
Daddy used to cook salmon patties for us when I was a child. Mother was not […]
JohnnyBerry™ finds it hard to believe that he did not post anything for the entire month of April!
I actually had some interesting things happen to me - most of them involved dogs and traveling for work.
First, I had a last minute meeting in Tampa that involved someone from corporate. As usual corporate travel had […]
JohnnyBerry™ grew-up, for the most part, in a cold climate.
Well, from 1968 to 1971 JohnnyBerry™ lived in East Stone Gap, Virginia and experienced cold weather. Then we moved to Lake County, Florida in 1971 and lived there until June 1977.
The weather wasn’t too bad in Florida. It was a little “nipply” from time to time but […]
Not to make a big deal out of it, but JohnnyBerry™ has left MySpace.
JohnnyBerry™ has a long list of reasons that influenced his decision to leave, but foremost is the fact that it is owned by News Corporation, the parent company of FOXNews.
JohnnyBerry™ is not going to sit here and say that CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC are 100% unbiased […]
Well JohnnyBerry™ just celebrated his 40th Christmas.
Weird that JohnnyBerry™ is 39 years-old, but has celebrated 40 Christmases.
Did I do the math correctly?
JohnnyBerry™ was born in September 1968 so JohnnyBerry™ started celebrating in 1968, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, […]
In today’s Orlando Sentinel’s Central Florida Business section a “Beth Kassab person” is whining about this past Saturday’s IKEA sneak peek.
She is going on about how “On Saturday, only those with certain connections — including politicians, downtown developers and neighborhood association presidents — were to be given access to the store for a special “sneak peak […]
Here we go again!
Looks like JohnnyBerry’s™ flight from New Orleans to Orlando is delayed.
The originating flight from Miami to Orlando was delayed by 30 minutes, so now the flight from Orlando to New Orleans will be delayed.
What is sad is that it is a 3:30pm flight and JohnnyBerry™ started getting email notifications of the delay starting […]
I was supposed to fly to New Orleans from Orlando at 2:10 pm today.
I received a telephone call from Delta around 11am that my flight was delayed by an hour.
Then I received another telephone call as I was getting off the shuttle at Orlando International Airport stating that my flight was delayed another 45 minutes.
Then […]
For those of you living under a rock, the 2007 World Series of Baseball is being played right now between the Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies.
For those of you that read my previous posting entitled “My New Boyfriend” that was written way back on Friday, April 27 then you know how “special” this […]
About ten years ago when I first met BetaMike I was introduced to “They Might Be Giants” (TMBG).
Up until then my only knowledge of music depended on Vestal Goodman and Jake Hess.
BetaMike made me a copy of “Flood” which I listened to over and over in my car.
My favorite song on the CD was “Birdhouse […]
Don’t you just hate it when you discover something new while traveling only to find out that that “new” thing has been right in your back yard and under your nose the entire time?
I am talking about Publix Sabor. I found one this morning in Hialeah while looking for some Danon Lite & Fit Yogurt […]
The Democratic Party has been on the right side of history with every issue I’ve cared about — civil rights, the women’s movement, environmentalism, and consumer protection.
Democrats have traditionally been the party that has represented the interests and values of working families.
The values of faith and family values, the overriding belief that citizenship is a […]
My journey began on Sunday, April 16.
Today is Tuesday, October 16:
On April 16, I weighed 309 pounds.
On October 16, I weigh 235 pounds.
On April 16, I wore a size 46 pant.
On October 16, I wear a size 38 pant.
On April 16, I wore a size 18 1/2 inch collar.
On October 16, I wear […]
“Indian Lentil” - Spicy Low-Fat Vegetarian
“Sweet coconut milk, lentils and eleven aromatic spices.”
It looks greener in the photos than it really was, but this was a great soup! I like to deconstruct the ingredients, like I am Alton Brown or some other geek from Food Network.
Obviously there was coconut milk, lentils, but I am still […]
As I am still recuperating and working from home, I mentioned to BetaMike in a telephone conversation this morning that I was going to have a “tomato sandwich” for lunch.
I admit I was a little shocked that he did not know what I was talking about. After all he grew up in a rural […]