About Tom Stortz

Enjoying my last few responsibility free years left.

Call me Dr

Anyone else find it peculiar that in a casual setting it’s impolite to refer to a Doctor as Mister? I was running the other day and ran past the McGrath household and Dr. McGrath was outside. Without thinking about it I said, “Hey, Mr. McGrath.” He said, “Hey Tom.” My first thought was that I’m surprised he recognized it was me because I sort of blind sided him and for someone I see about once a year this was pretty impressive. After the passing, I remembered he was a doctor and wondered if he wondered that I called him Mr. I feel that this is a bit presumptuous to always assume people are going to address you as Dr outside of the workplace. Nobody refers to me as Tom “the Toolman” Taylor (a good Home Improvement reference for those old enough). What makes a Doctor so special? Are they never not being a doctor? From now on I’m just going to start referring to every Doctor as Mr. and see if they correct me. For some reason I wrote this entry thinking it was original but this seems exactly like an episode of Seinfeld or Curb (which I can’t recall but wouldn’t surprise me if it existed).

By |2012-07-13T10:24:42-04:00July 13th, 2012|My Brain|0 Comments

Target Audience

I rec’d this message on Facebook (while I’m at work). This person is one of Sam’s friends. Any guesses?

tom
start blogging
i have a shitty job where i sit at a desk 8 hours a day and do 40 solid minutes of work

I have to imagine that this is probably the sole reason people check my webpage. I know I continue to disappoint with my lack of updates. As I was rolling through my archives I had some months I busted out 60 posts. Now I’m lucky to hit 20. It’s not that I’m not doing awesome things but they are just the same awesome things that I’m always doing. Which technically just make them less awesome. I have a few good ideas for posts but what’s been happening is I just sit down to write them and I find myself rushing through them (like this one except this idea for a post was pretty shitty). I do however take note of my poor effort and will do a better job moving forward. I want to point out that I like the addressing of me in the first message. It’s very pointed and direct. Tom. Start blogging. I probably would have capitalized it and used punctuation but kids these days. Who’s in for Trivia tonight?

By |2012-07-10T12:53:01-04:00July 10th, 2012|My Life|1 Comment

What happened to?

Owl City
This is very funny because I thought up the idea of this post a week ago and just a day or so ago Evan asked me have I heard the song with Owl City and Carly Rae Jepson? Obviously I hadn’t but it completely answered my question of what happened to Owl City after his smash hit Fireflies. I haven’t heard from Adam Young in quite some time but after some minor research it seems like he has been touring. I guess I just felt like he ventured into the abyss because he has some sort of disorder.

Lark Voorhees

I picked her because I knew she looked messed up. Lark hasn’t really been current since the 90’s Saved By The Bell days but it’s always fun to see colored people go Michael Jackson. I can’t tell if its just make up or what but something has gone awry. The picture below is what you really have to be careful of. Yes that’s Sammy Sosa.

Ford Taurus Station Wagon

When I grew up my Mom had a Ford Taurus Station Wagon. I’m not going to lie, whenever she picked me up it always had a feel to it that you knew that was your car. I think the station wagon is almost obsolete at this point due to the SUV but this was THE car for parents with multiple kids in the 90’s. Whatever practice I was getting picked up from, this car was always able to take back you and whatever friends who needed rides. Going back to the 80’s, my mom had a station wagon where you could lower the back window which was clearly unsafe but we had such a great time waving to the people behind us. For those in the dark, there was a seat in the very back of the car and the seats faced the rear. Pretty awesome.

Big Johnson T-Shirts

These were bad ass shirts in the 90’s. I remember feeling like they were so X rated that I would never be allowed to wear them. I went back in Google Images and I probably never understood half the sayings on them. They are actually pretty funny. I’m considering buying a few just to make sure the Big Johnson name doesn’t die. Even if I might be a lier.

By |2012-07-08T10:28:55-04:00July 8th, 2012|My Brain|2 Comments

Hangover Anatomy

After a 5 day drinking binge in OCMD I came home and decided to play golf the next day. I remember hitting balls at the golf range and sweating bullets and thinking that I’m not feeling so hot. I went to the course with Ck4 and the Shee and the first ball I hit was a direct liner right into the marsh about 5 feet in front of me (not unlike what I did this past Thursday). I did the same thing on the 2nd hole and remember saying something to the effect “my arms don’t feel like they are connected to my body.” Trying to describe this feeling to anyone else is nearly impossible because they aren’t you. However, I’ve come across this chart and I it’s exactly how I would want to describe this feeling in scientific form. I would like to point out that a typical hangover doesn’t make me feel like this but multiple day drinking binges are similar.

By |2016-10-29T13:42:30-04:00July 8th, 2012|My Brain|0 Comments

TC’s Fashion Styles

I’m going to give a brief overview of how my fashion sense has worked over the past 28 years of my life.

Years 1-5 – I have some hilarious pictures that I should scan but it’s pretty apparent I was dressed by my parents.

Years 6-13 – The elementary school years. I’m sure my parents still bought everything and I vaguely remember being a huge fan of plaid shorts. In 6th grade was the very first time I ever wore jeans and that was monumental. I also recall the brand “NO FEAR” being a popular shirt of mine. Champion mesh shorts & socks probably stole the show as well.

Years 14-18 – High School years were dominated by Aeropostale girl. I remember thinking how trendy Abercrombie & Fitch were at the time and I was going to be different with Aeropostale. I think khaki cargo shorts were a major contributor to my style. Hooded sweatshirts as well.

Years 18-21 – My college years were pretty plain. I probably still wore cargo shots and jeans to almost every occasion. Hooded sweatshirts & tee-shirts were what I wore to class. I’m sure I had some Nautica polos which I thought were bad ass.

Years 21 – 28 – I substituted a zip up hoodie for a hoodie sweatshirt which was pretty major. I ditched the cargo shorts for Dockers. I wear a barrage of polos from Ralph Lauren to Calvin Klein. Always low cut socks and usually a reasonable looking belt. You won’t find me very often in button down shirts because I just don’t like them. I wear Pumas or Nikes for shoes. Many alcohol and band shirts exist for my t-shirts.

I really would have pictures to describe all this but I have my mouse on its charger and it’s too much work.

By |2016-10-29T13:39:57-04:00July 7th, 2012|My Brain|0 Comments

Doing

A few things I’ve done:
Shot an 84 at Lulu Country Club (38 front with a breakfast ball on 1)
Shot Sam in the face with a Roman Candle after understanding the strength of Natty Ice
Rolled a 190 in bowling
Gained some thugs respect at Mondauk
Got a lap dance from a hot ass stripper named Patience who wants to be a CPA
Lost to Gourlay heads up in a poker tournament.

That’s been my life in a nutshell.

By |2012-07-05T11:33:52-04:00July 5th, 2012|My Life|1 Comment

Being Bad

Anyone else find the Cliff Lee debacle fascinating? I’m not a huge baseball fan but I actually want to watch Cliff Lee start his next game. I had the same feeling a few weeks ago when Tim Lincecum’s slump was really being highlighted. There’s something about people who should be good being bad that really interests me. It’s not like overnight they forget everything that made them all-stars. My opinion is that it just starts to turn into a mental game. They can’t even figure out what’s happening and why it’s not like it was. This goes hand in hand with RA Dickey. I almost watched the game a week or so ago when he was pitching against the Yankees. It’s another case of a guy going from one extreme to the other. It’s truly unbelievable. He hasn’t had a 12 win season in his entire career and now he has them before the all-star break! Nobody pays attention to mediocrity but you start being one extreme or the other and people start paying attention.

By |2012-07-01T18:02:30-04:00July 1st, 2012|Sports|1 Comment

Staying Active

The one part of my life I haven’t been active with is this blog. I’m just not coming up with good material. That being the case (and still not having much material) I’ll give a run down of my weekend starting with my round of golf with Evan and Raven’s Claw. We played from the blue tees and there was almost nobody on the course because of the heat. I think we finished in just a shade over 3 hours. I finished with an 88 and probably drove the ball the best all season. I came home and went for a 4 mile run and was just toast. I passed out at 10pm only to wake up the next day at 8.

I then ran 8 miles down the powerline trails in Horsham which was a good start to the day. Next I went to Mondauk to play 3 competitive games of basketball and probably played the best I have all year. I wasn’t missing lay ups and even had a jump shot outside of 15 feet. After some relaxing by the pool with JKash, I went to PJ’s for the night which also turned out to be a pretty good time.

I woke up at 8 today to play a round of golf with CK4 at Bucks County CC. We teed off at 9 and finished by 1. I shot an 84 from the blues and Ck4 also had some memorable moments. The first being an unprecedented 6 putt on hole number 4. I started feeling bad after he was going back and forth 3 times but 6 was unheard of. Also he had a 18th hole debacle where I think he hit 7 or 8 balls off the tee and only the last one went found. I also failed to mention that he lost a sleeve of balls on hole number 1 which was a fantastic start. We had a good time though. I carded 2 birdies and even had a 3rd opp on 15 from 10 feet where I got a bogey. I could have easily been in the 70’s for the round.

I crashed after that and just woke up half an hour ago. I figured I’d update this blog even though I myself find this entry pretty pointless. Hopefully you don’t.

By |2012-07-01T17:54:42-04:00July 1st, 2012|My Life|0 Comments

Only in America

ONLY IN AMERICA….

The new breadwinner in the family…

This is preposterous! An emergency room physician told me that a woman in her late 20’s came to the ER today with her 8th pregnancy.

She told the first doctor she saw: “My Mama told me that I am the breadwinner for the family.” He asked her to explain. She said that she can make babies and babies get money from the state for the family. It goes like this:

The grandma calls the Department of Child & Family Services, and states that the unemployed daughter is not capable of caring for all of her kids. DCFS agrees, and tells her the children will need to go into foster care. The grandma then volunteers to be the foster parent, and receives a check for $1500 per child each month in Illinois.

Total yearly income: $144,000 tax-free and nobody has to go to work!
In fact, they get more if there is no husband/father/man in the home!

Not to mention free healthcare (Medicaid), plus a monthly card entitling them to free groceries and a voucher for 250 free cell phone minutes each month. This does not include WIC and other welfare benefits.

Indeed, Grandma was correct that her fertile daughter is the “breadwinner” for the family.

This is how the liberal politicians spend our tax dollars. When this generous program was invented in the ’60s, the Great Society architects forgot to craft an end date. And now we are hopelessly overrun with people who vote only for those who will continue to keep them on the dole. No wonder our country is broke!
Worse, the Muslims have been paying attention, and by mandating that each Muslim family have eleven children, they will soon replace the voting bloc above and can be running this country within 50 years.
Are we alarmed yet?
Is anybody listening?
Sincerely,

Sebastian J. Ciancio, M.D. Urologist,
Danville Polyclinic, LTD

Is this a GREAT COUNTRY or what…?
Don’t forget to pay your taxes!! There are a lot of “breadwinners” depending on you!

By |2016-10-29T13:42:03-04:00June 28th, 2012|My Brain|3 Comments

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