JohnnyBerry™ is an unabashed ham-lover currently living in beautiful Downtown Orlando. He is blogging only at the request of his probation officer...
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 […]
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TOY STORY MANIA!
Now open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Florida.Hurry! Hurry! You can step right up and compete in a new, interactive “Toy Story” adventure inspired by Disney•Pixar’s “Toy Story” films!
Come board a ride vehicle and zip off into a 4-D world of midway-style games hosted by Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Rex, Hamm and more!
Use your […]
BetaMike had JohnnyBerry™ watch “The Warriors” and JohnnyBerry™ thinks that the character Cyrus’ rhetoric in the beginning of the movie sounded a lot like Senator Obama’s stump speech.
Michael’s former boss, Dan, flipping out on his 40th birthday…
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 […]
BetaMike emailed this clip to JohnnyBerry™ 7 or 8 years ago, so it exists somewhere on my hard drive or archived CDs.
It was on tonight - a show hosted by Kathy Griffin, “World’s Funniest Commercials: Hilarious Liasions”.
Enjoy.
Lately JohnnyBerry™ has been enjoying some pretty funny television on the Independent Film Channel.
It is one of the only “pay” channels that JohnnyBerry™ was allowed to keep in exchange for getting a new car.
Not that anything good is on the “pay” channels these days — ever since “Dead Like Me” was canceled from Showtime a […]
Well much like FOXNews, CNN has let JohnnyBerry™ down.
Not Anderson Cooper-Berry or Kathy Griffin, but CNN the Cable News Network itself.
BetaMike in his last official act as the 2007 Walt Disney World Ambassador was to be featured on CNN’s “New Year’s Eve LIVE with Anderson Cooper” but his taped segment did not make it to air, […]
But I just couldn’t wait, so while I was in Miami last week, I stopped by the brand new IKEA in Sunrise!!
There were hundreds if not thousands of items I wanted to purchase! But the one thing that leapt out at me was the DAVE Laptop Table (Item #20078234)!
In fact, I liked it so […]
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 […]
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 […]
Air Out Your Camping Gear!
Customers can begin lining up at IKEA Orlando at 9:00am on Monday, November 12 - in advance of the Wednesday, November 14 opening.
IKEA is going to be doing something special for everyone on opening morning so you do no thave to be the first, second, or third customer in line* in order […]
Today and tomorrow JohnnyBerry™ is traveling for work, and this week my journeys have taken me to Jacksonville, Florida.
Tonight I had dinner at Blue Bamboo (3820 Southside Boulevard, Jacksonville, FL 32216) and had one of the best meals of my life.
Notwithstanding the restaurant is owned and operated by one of BetaMike’s oldest and dearest friends, […]
Today was “Boys Day”!
BetaMike and I try to occasionally have a “Boys Day” - just the two of us (sometimes with Miss Olive, sometimes not).
I usually feel the pressure to really go all out and plan an elaborate “Boys Day” but today there was not too much pressure so we had a nice simple day:
We […]
One of BetaMike’s photographs from the 2007 Coachella Music Festival is featured in the July 2007 issue of SPIN Magazine. It is on page 24 - it is of the group “Teddybears” and is credited under his “professional” name - “Michael Kelley“!
Miss Olive and JohnnyBerry™ are very proud!
Please pick up your copy today!
In a previous posting, I mentioned BetaMike’s buddy, Dwight Icenhower, the Elvis impersonator performing in Orlando last weekend.
BetaMike commented on that posting that Dwight will be appearing on ABC Television’s “The Next Best Thing” this Wednesday, June 13 at 8pm ET on most ABC stations.
For those of you that have not seen the show, I […]
BetaMike’s friend Megan and her boyfriend (and Elvis impersonator) Dwight Icenhower
Dwight is FINALLY going to be performing in Orlando - this Saturday!
He will be at The Plaza Theatre on Bumby just a block south of Colonial Drive (SR-50).
Dwight is a really nice guy, and although I have never seen him perform in person, I have […]
Looks like whOrlando is finally getting into the big leagues!
(And unfortunately I am not talking about major league baseball. Shit - we can’t even control the NBA franchise here - the Magic need to move to the midwest and die a slow and painful death - even with Billy Donovan, he’s cute but after […]
Courtesy of BetaMike by way of Great Britton…
BetaMike is still in Europe.
Luckily he was able to blog while he was in Spain, but since he crossed over into France he has been MIA.
I did find a gem of a post from his SkinnyTie Report entitled, “Pork, The One You Love” that I just adore!
Please check it out!
BTW, I am the “close relative” […]
Here is BetaMike yesterday (Wednesday, May 23) at Alcazar Castle in Segovia, Spain.
Alcazar castle was first mentioned in records dating back to 1122 as a hill-fort set atop a rocky outcrop between the rivers Bergsma and Clamores. By 1155 this hill-fort became known as “Alcazar”, which in Arabic meant royal residence. Alfonso VI was the […]