About Tom Stortz

Enjoying my last few responsibility free years left.

4 More Song Theives

This was actually a really good entry I wrote a while ago that got zero interest. I always find it neat when I hear a song and know that I thought it was by someone else only to find out it’s a rip off. For some reason, once I know the song isn’t an original, it sort of brings it down in my book. Or it just brings the original up that much more. Aside from the REM version of Superman, that’s way better.

Steely Dan – Black Cow vs. Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz – Deja Vu

I Wish by Stevie Wonder vs. Wild Wild West by Will Smith

The Clique – Superman vs. REM – Superman

Lori Lieberman – Killing Me Softly With His Song vs The Fugees

By |2012-07-24T08:34:21-04:00July 24th, 2012|Music|0 Comments

James is Dazed

This video is all an act. I don’t understand how you can so meticulously plan a mass shooting spree and then appear like this is court. He’s supposedly a smart guy and unless he’s under heavy meds (which is extremely possible), this just seems ridiculous. I like the wide eyes a little past halfway.

By |2016-10-29T13:35:50-04:00July 23rd, 2012|Celeb|2 Comments

Igged

igg (g) Slang
tr.v. igged, igg·ing, iggs
To ignore or snub.

We can all thank Gourlay for pointing this word out to me. Perhaps used more often in other circles, it was new to me. I like this word because you have to be really careful using it, specifically playing basketball. We were playing yesterday and I ran about 6 games and am feeling completely zapped today. (Sorry, Bud & YoungCaseHo, I forgot to ask you.) It’s like I’m just a few levels below where I should be playing the game. I get these great positions and then just completely botch the layups. It happens sometimes where I’ll just be all over the O boards and then someone on the other team takes it upon themselves to face guard me and start hacking like crazy to shut me down. Fortunately, this doesn’t really stop anything I do because I hardly dribble and it just makes them easier to get passed when they over pursue me. It was a lot of fun though and I look forward to being able to recover and start playing more.

The weekend was pretty normal. My golf game has gotten worse and I think I know why. I read an article in a magazine about hitting your chips higher and softer so I’ve been opening the club face and trying it. Naturally it isn’t working like planned. My two best rounds this year were when I lost my sand wedge and was chipping with my A wedge. I just thought of it recently but this could attribute to some poor shots around the green. I’ve been driving the ball really well though and this only makes the game more frustrating because I leave myself with such great opportunities to make scores and just don’t. I was on a 525 yard par 5 in 2 though which doesn’t always happen. A standard 3 putt though proceeded.

I watched Breaking Bad last night which has been off to a relatively slow start compared to past season’s. They are working with Mike a lot though and I find him an extremely entertaining character and a great actor. Less Jesse though which is sort of a let down. I didn’t get a chance to watch Weeds and I’m about every episode behind in True Blood which I haven’t decided if I want to watch yet. I also still want to watch all the episodes of Workaholics. I’ve been playing a decent amount of chess which is eating my free time. I also started a book recommended by Brookes called the Art of Fielding. I’m about 75 pages through and I can tell it will be a book I will just roll through because it’s entertaining subject matter as it pertains to sports and psychology. Aside from that, my life is

By |2016-10-29T13:36:39-04:00July 23rd, 2012|My Brain|0 Comments

Kate Upton Under Fire

Flabby Kate Upton

This is a picture of Kate Upton looking a bit flabby. Her figure has drew some criticism from a blogger who basically said she was fat. She fired back yada, yada. I really don’t give a hill of beans about this situation because the bottom line is that she’s still hot. The main reason I wanted to post this is because for whatever reason Kate Upton is becoming my next main source of blog traffic and I’m sure people love reading about how media can turn trivial news stories into huge topics. A BLOGGER made a comment about Kate Upton. That’s like some nitwit like myself making a comment and drawing national attention. WHAT THE QUA!! Yes you tend to use peoples vernacular who you hang out with. I leave you with this awesome GIF.

By |2016-10-29T13:35:39-04:00July 19th, 2012|Boobs|0 Comments

Phil’s 5k 2012 Experience

The results of this run can be found here.

I ran the 2nd fastest time of my life yesterday on the Phil’s course. The time of 17:48 was good for 7th place in a decimated field. There were 375 runners this year compared to, off the top of my head, 700 people in past years. I basically started in the front and and was near the front the entire race which is uncommon for me. Usually I start slow and pass runners as the race progresses but this year was different. My first mile was 5:41 which was a pretty good pace. Considering my finishing pace averaged 5:44 I think that I ran a really strong, consistent pace / race. I actually felt really good the entire way through and kick myself a bit for not pressing a little harder. People love to complain about the weather but I thought it was pretty nice. After I finished I got to watch in anticipation as Sam was pacing CK4 to the end. I was expecting a kick to the finish between the two but CK4’s energy level must have been zapped as I think I saw a man in a walker outkick them. Props to my mom too who finished in 29:07, good for 4th in her age division. When the pictures come up, I’ll add them to the site.

By |2016-06-29T15:35:12-04:00July 19th, 2012|Running|0 Comments

Taunting Talk

Something that comes naturally to me is trash talking. What I’ve come to learn is that trash talking is almost never helpful. It feels like there’s a presence that makes everything go awry once you open your big mouth. A recent example (and there are tons) was when Sam and I were playing Ping-Pong and I was up 20-16 and had the serve for the series. Right around that point I made a snide remark and what happened? He rattled off 4 straight to get us to OT and ended up winning the game. Even the next game when I held a lead I still found myself talking about how my opponent had no chance at winning. I just tend to think highly of myself and write off my opponent because if everything works out then not only did I win, but I got to insult my opponent. It’s not malicious, it’s just banter. I get enjoyment out of needling my opponent. The classier way to handle this is to just keep your mouth shut and win like a champ, but what fun is that?

This goes hand in hand with a chapter I read in Malcolm Gladwell’s book What the Dog Saw about choking verse panicking. My feeling is that after a nice trash talking remark, you tend to choke. Gladwell defined choking as over thinking what comes naturally to you. Essentially, after trash talking you start thinking about not messing up because you have to back up your statement, which in turn causes you to over think and thus choke. I believe this is a good description of what happens when you start getting cocky and belittling your opponent. I think the real question becomeshow is saying what you’re thinking aloud really change anything. I could be thinking to myself how badly I’m going to beat Sam but not say it aloud and I come off as a good sport. Compared to saying what I’m thinking and being a dick. I’ve always been one for being me and being honest which is why I tend to say what’s on my mind. Yet just by opening my mouth do I bring into play the choking aspect. For what it’s worth, when you panic you go straight to your instincts forgetting everything you’ve learned.

By |2012-07-18T09:14:00-04:00July 18th, 2012|My Brain|1 Comment

Does the effort = Result

I was greeted with a difficult decision. I felt like I had to take a dump but I knew it wasn’t going to be a full dump. It was like a midway poop that I just couldn’t decide if it was going to be worth the effort. What I mean is this, if you aren’t going to take a full shit and you have to pinch off the loaf, you are left with a shitty situation. Way more wiping is necessary and you know you still have half a log in your anus. The flip side is waiting out until the full poop develops but who knows how long that could take. I was actually just about ready to go to sleep and that made things even tougher because I didn’t want a stew brewing for an entire night. I eventually just sat on the throne and tried forcing one out but it was to avail. It was exactly like I expected and I had to cut it off early and I felt like Sam wiping an extraordinary amount of times. Like I described earlier, I even had to come back after a few minutes of walking around to be zest fully clean. This is normal right?

By |2016-10-29T13:37:01-04:00July 17th, 2012|My Brain|0 Comments

You need to let me think… my thoughts

Sam will think this title is funny.

I feel like this is an obligatory post because I haven’t been posting. When that becomes the case, you know that the webpage is going downhill. Now I don’t necessarily believe this to be the case but one thing for sure is that I haven’t been keeping up with updating the site with worthy content. I’m basically coasting by with funny images from Fukung.net or other interesting things I run across in my travels. Judging by Gourlay’s comment on my facebook page, I have believe that these type of posts don’t excite the reader.

One thing you have to realize is that this is post #1,180. I don’t do that many new things to keep posting about my long drives off the tee, my improved chess rating, the money I win off the Cohen’s in bowling, or the epic points Sam and I have been playing in Ping-Pong. Been there, done that. If I’ve posted something about it before, chances are I’m not going to just continue to harp on the same topics. What this means is that I’m still doing things, just not posting about them. Which in turn means that if I’m not going to come up with content from my own life, I have to actually sit down and be creative! It’s not that I can’t but a post with creative content (which can take an hour to write) compared to a ten minute post about my life is radically different. Did I just use parentheses instead of commas? So I just wanted to take a post and explain where I’m at and to let any readers know that I’m still alive, I still plan on maintaining the blog, and I will hopefully be updating with better content in the future.

By |2016-10-29T13:36:23-04:00July 17th, 2012|My Brain|0 Comments

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