Found this to be humorous…according to Joe Torre in his book about his time with the Yankees, Roger Clemens would have a trainer rub hot liniment on his testicles before he pitched. Not sure why Roger couldn’t do his own scrotum massage…

This is something I could never make up in a million years. There is a company called Happy Balls (HappyBalls.com) that dubs themselves as the largest online retailer of Antenna Balls.

Any idea where they are located? Now I am NOT making this up…Happy Balls are in CUMMING, Georgia…

It is now officially President Obama and the press is lit up that he is the new friend of the gay community in the white house.

But is he?

Biden and Obama are on record as being against same-sex marriage, so how does that put them in the gay corner? They’ve both said they support “gay rights” but what exactly does that mean? Unless the ultimate right is supported by the Obama white house, I find it hard to give him a pass and make a broad-stroke statement that he indeed supports the gay community.

Of course, time will tell, and I do understand politics. If he stated before the election that Tom & Steve had the same rights as Tom & Eve he may have lost those key swing states where the bible is thumped. Maybe it will be into term 2 when he shows the fortitude to do a “Gavin” and step up to the plate, as he won’t have the electorate hanging over his head.

In less than 48 hours we will have a new president, and his name is Barack Obama.

The last couple of weeks I have been reading the national press who has (rightfully) been all over George W Bush for much of the last eight years, become kind, almost sentimental. Some have said he was dealt a tough hand, others thanked him for not allowing another attack and some still, were praising him.

Speaking with a friend about the transition of office between polar opposites, he said that we should just wait about 90 days and see how the tide flows for Obama. As president-elect, he seems to be a half-step below Ghandi is how he is looked upon by the masses and media. But will this change if he steps out of place, or if another of his appointees has background flaws, or if he puts his foot in his mouth about the wrong thing? What happens if there is some tragedy and he acts in a way that his core voters oppose? Will he still get a pass?

Let us not forget the Biden-Palin debate where VP Joe made it very clear that both he and Barry DO NOT support legal gay marriages. There is no debating the debate comments - they were quite clear: “No. Barack Obama nor I support redefining from a civil side what constitutes marriage. We do not support that,” Biden said.

For the sake of the country I believe 98% of people who voted for the old guy hope he does a good job - for the country’s sake. I wish him luck in helping to turn this mess around, get people back to work and giving consumers the confidence to go out and buy something so people can keep their jobs.

eBay, the place where you can buy and sell anything short of a human kidney has decided that sellers can no longer leave buyers negative feedback. What this means is that if Joe-loser decides he doesn’t want to pay you, your only recourse is to file a non-payment claim, but cannot leave bad feedback to alert other potential sellers about the deadbeat.

This gives buyers carte-blanche the ability to threaten sellers that they will leave bad feedback if they don’t do certain things. They have you by the balls, my friends. This is pretty sad, in my opinion, and eBay doesn’t care. They feel they are protecting BUYERS from the evil sellers. Wrong.

Next - Yelp users beware - a lawsuit filed by a loser chiropractor in San Francisco against negative feedback he got has sent a ripple through the Yelp-ers of the world. This ambulance chaser is pissed because a guy with a bad back didn’t like his billing procedures. So is he going to sue me because I am calling him a loser? Loser, loser, loser. I have been to 2 chirprators in my life and both were pretty good but they have a reputation that isn’t so hot, and we are all aware of this no matter how untrue it may be.

But then again, how accurate is Yelp? There are people who give glowing reviews of Mickey D’s and Wendy’s…”ooohhh, the best damn Big Mac ever….just the right amount of secret sauce…”

I went to a place in Milpitas, CA last week called e-noodle. It was just plain horrible. A hair in the soup…no apology….nasty pot stickers and bland noodles. My tablemates were all in agreement this was just plain bad. And sure enough, there were Yelpers that said they were the best pot stickers they ever had.

Opinions….that is what I am all about….love me or hate me

I was recently in Vietnam due to a family emergency. I’ve been there many times before, but here I am at the airport, their newly remodeled and very impressive airport that is now up to international standards - and there it was: Phuc Long Coffee.

Now was this coffee with built-in Viagra? Did it contain some sort of enhancer that allowed one to phuc long?

It was inexpensive - about $2.00 for a bag. So I bring it home for the bigjock.com taste test. And to tell you the truth, it tasted a lot like something I had tasted before. Coffee.

Next time you think to yourself that where we live sucks, or that we may not be totally “free,” just be glad we don’t live in Pakistan, or UAE - and if you do and are reading this, I feel your pain.

Pakistan has decided to block access to YouTube because those pesky Danish cartoons that poked fun at their prophet can be found lurking.

UAE is blocking users’ path to FaceBook and MySpace because apparently they are just too darn fun. These sitesapparently degrade the morals, ethics and values of good Muslim kids. If they only knew how many Muslims from those countries that regularly cruised BigJock.com!

To once again quote that great fence-mender, Rodney King, “Can’t we all just get along?”

Another season of American Idol means new dirt. Each season has been touched by one or more of the wannabe stars having a past life.

Mario Vasquez left 2 seasons back after he allegedly cornered an Idol staffer, and showed him HIS staff. His album bombed, and is found in the Bargain Bin at a CD store near you. There was the stripper, the topless pictures last season, as well as the car-thief twins.

This season we have the gay stripper, David Hernandez, who gave lap dances in Phoenix for a few years. Not illegal by any stretch, but will AI let him continue? Will America vote for him now because of this - or will America vote for him BECAUSE of this!

Now, Tmz.com is also reporting that Danny Noriega, is a disturbed kid. He went off in his MySpace profile about Christmas.

I think it’s pretty clear that both Danny and David are BigJock.com material, if you get my drift - and if either would care to stop on by and sign up - heck even post some streaming video, drop me a line. I am sure once your run is over on the show you may need a place to show your wares.

Once again, it has been a while since I have had the chance to sit down and write my blog even though much has been going on around us. That said, I am making my October 10^th resolution to make a much better effort to contribute to this space on the website.

My purpose today is to express my frustration with the City of
San Francisco, and their lack of competence when it comes to dealing with parking tickets - in particular, reconciliation of fine collections.

So here is the story: I was in San Francisco earlier this year on official BigJock.com business, and my meeting in the lower Hayes
Valley took longer than expected. Naturally, I got a ticket because my 2-hour spot ran 15 minutes over and there was a $40 tag neatly placed on my windshield.

Well, to the delight of The City, I didn’t get around to paying the ticket right away and the fine multiplied, steeling at $100. Instead of paying the ticket, and then having to deal with DMV as well, as my car registration would be due in a short time, the ticket appeared on my DMV registration renewal.

Because ofArnold and his cuts, my registration fee was “only” $278, and the $100 ticket made it an even $378. I paid my penalty and fee and received my 2008 sticker in the mail, along with a note stating they recognized my ticket has been paid.

Of course, the next week I get a letter from City Hall demanding the $100, or else. So, thinking this would be the end of it, I make a photo-copy of the DMV note and drop it in the mail, showing that the ticket had been paid and I am a good citizen.

Well, 2 weeks ago, another letter appears - again asking for the $100. I decide to pick up the phone and call to state my case. Hahaha! Joke is on me, my friends. I challenge you to call any department of City Hall and have something resolved in short order. Fighting my way through the “sorry sir, they are out on break,” and the long wait-times on hold, the end result was a request for me to BRING IN THE LETTER. Right.

I don’t think they can put “The Boot” on my car for one ticket, so all I can say is screw ‘em. I’ve done my part. I’ve paid the ticket and attempted to reconcile it for them by sending a copy of an official State of California document, but apparently the two departments are not in communication.

Anyone else have similar stories? We’d love to read and chuckle/cringe along with you!

I came across another Buy-One Get One Free coupon, this time for TCBY. Keep in mind, it is their coupon and their rules of use apply…BigJock.com is just the site that is spreading the word!!

http://www.glamour.com/images/sweeps/tcby.pdf