@MariaMelee on 2HRadio Tonight, Plus Hotel Info for SillyBring

By Secondhand Karl on March 11th, 2010

Tonight, 2HRadio returns with a vengeance. My guest is Maria, aka Mommy Melee. Hope you’ll be there to listen and say hi. Everyone is welcome to call in.

Showtime: 10:00 PM EST, 9PM Central, 8PM Mountain, 7PM Pacific. Chatroom opens 15 minutes before showtime.

Call-In Number: 724-444-7444, Call ID 23738

Show Link: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/23738

List of future guests can be found here.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: To avoid browser problems (which some people tend to have with Talkshoe), you should do the following:

1. REGISTER AT TALKSHOE BEFORE THE SHOW.

2. DOWNLOAD THE TALKSHOE CLIENT.

The Talkshoe Live client works great and (for my money, though it’s free) offers a better chatroom experience.

Look forward to seeing you all there tonight. Can’t wait to chat with Maria.

SillyBring Details

For those that are coming to Sebring for SillyBring on April 24, I’ve got a few hotels I can recommend.

We’ll probably be out and about doing stuff during the day on Saturday, then going to a watering hole for the evening.

HOTELS

Holiday Inn Express

La Quinta

Residence Inn

Quality Inn and Suites

They’re all within 5-10 minutes of each other (and me).

If you’re driving in, it’s pretty much a given you’re coming in on 27…that’s the main drag here. If you’re flying in (first of all, you’re nuts) then Orlando International is closest (airport code MCO). Tampa (TPA) is next closest.

Any questions? Email me (or text if you have my number). Or Twitter. Whatever, it’s easy to find me.

So far, we have 6 confirmed. If you’re coming, be sure to let me know.

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SillyBring is Coming, Plus a Call For Ideas

By Secondhand Karl on March 4th, 2010

So it’s official. Bubblewench is coming to Sebring toward the end of April. Not many of my blogger buds can say they’ve been here…not many can say they WANT to be here, but still. Shannon wants to meet up with her Florida buddies. Therefore…

We’re having a get together, and you’re invited if you can get here.

WHAT: SillyBring

WHEN: Saturday, April 24

WHERE: Sebring, Florida

I’ll research hotels if you want to come and stay the night. If you’re driving from Tampa, it’s about 2 hours drive. Orlando, about 90 minutes. If you’re flying in, Orlando International is the way to go (airport code MCO).

I don’t expect much response here, but if you do come, here’s some of what we’re thinking about. Karaoke at the infamous Why Not Lounge on Saturday night. It’s a hole-in-the-wall cave of a bar, but it’s full of characters, trust me.

We may also go to Gatorama during the day, which is a gator farm offering the largest selection of gators and crocodiles anywhere! So they say. You can even pet a baby gator.

Depending on how many people come, I also have a Wii with a 60-inch TV. I’m not having 20 people in my house, but again, I don’t expect even 25% of that in numbers, so we’ll see.

We can hit the Blue Lagoon for beers and dinner. Or the Wild Turkey, which has the best gator tail in Highlands county.

Gonna have a blast.

If you’re thinking of coming, leave a comment here…or email me.

EDIT: I didn’t realize this was the same weekend as TequilaCon. Oops. No matter. I knew I couldn’t go to TequilaCon this year, anyway. May as well bring the party here, since Shannon is coming. I hope that my TC buds all have a great time. But we will, too.

REDESIGN

So with the redesign of SecondHand Tryptophan coming within weeks, I’m opening up the floor to suggestions/ideas for the new look. If there are features you’d like to see, please let me know. I have a good idea of where I’m going with things, but I’d love to hear from you, too.

Again, comments here or email would be appreciated. Thanks, gang.

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Does the Monorail Count as a Ride?

By Secondhand Karl on February 20th, 2010

Yesterday, I zoomed on up to Orlando to see Hilly one more time before she departs for The California. We were supposed to do The Disney. Then it was too cold for The Disney, so I was just going to hang with Hil in a non-ride atmosphere. Then we said fuck it and went to The Disney, anyway.

Epcot, mostly. I got myself a $10 Passport, which I never got stamped, even though we went around the world. I bought a $16 cool Chinese mirror for my mom that I left behind on a bench. We never went on a single, solitary ride. No, not even a little one.

Just weren’t feeling the lines. It’s a different experience going to Disney when you get in for free. You don’t feel the pressure to DO everything. Or anything at all, in our case.

We laughed and talked. We ate an expensive lunch in Italy. We took some photos. We caught up like old times. We mocked people. Were your ears burning? It was a marvy low-key kinda day.

I found myself wishing that we hadn’t lost the time we’d lost with our own little slice of drama way back when. That shit all just kind faded off into the sunset as we got the 1-on-1 time I’ve been wanting for a while.

And now she gets ready to drive back across the country. Tomorrow, maybe. Or Monday. The tunes she’ll be cranking as she heads along The I-10 are far cooler than the pop tunes I listen to. Brings a smile to my face, knowing that a bigger and bigger smile will cross HER face the closer she gets to CA.

Life is too short to be unhappy. If you’re not where you want to be, then do something about it, yeah? And Hilly is. I’m working on it myself, but she’s actually making it happen.

We’ll see each other again. Y’know, if she doesn’t die along the way home, as Jared was so quick to point out.