As you guys know I am a huge animal lover. I feel more compassion and sympathy towards animals than people. Well this past Monday night while Erica was walking her dog Stowie another dog ran up to Stowie and attacked him in the abdomen. The other dog which was a 60-70 lb German Shepherd/Lab mix started shaking Stowie (Poodle/Mini Schnauzer Mix 15 lbs) in his mouth for a few seconds. Stowie’s spleen and intestine were punctured in the process.

Stowie was bleeding pretty bad and needed emergency surgery to get his spleen and intestine fixed. I am very close to Stowie since I was roommates with Erica and I went with her the day she got him. She actually got her own dog because of Herbie. Stowie’s medical bills right now are at $5,000 so far. He had 13 bite marks, his belly is bruised and in stitches, he’s all drugged up on pain killers, he has an acid reflux thing going on because of the bites to his abdomen. The good news is he is doing pretty good right now but Erica has pretty much run out of money. Her mom has paid $5,000 of her own money towards Stowie and can’t afford anymore.

If you are willing to give anything to help Erica pay Stowie’s medical bills you can send Paypal to eputis@hotmail.com or click here and I will send all the money received to her as well. Even if you don’t have a Paypal account you can still send money via credit card without setting up an account with them. Paypal is owned by Ebay and is super secure!

Erica is going to go after the owner of the dog that bit her dog but the lady says she is flat broke and can’t help pay at the moment. Erica will file a lawsuit of some sort to eventually get the owner pay but in the meantime Stowie needs our help now!

I will be putting everyone in a raffle that donates money for Stowie’s medical bills for a $20 iTunes Gift card!

The people who have donated for a total of $400 so far are:
Dave Tuetken
Kyle
Sonya Keough
Ginny Marino
Emily Ignacio
Bill Kutters
Punky
Arlene Flynn
Christina Trachtenberg
Edward Doucette
Gregg O’Connell

Thanks Guys,

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I need you guys to do something special for me. I need for you guys to post comments here and ask me any questions you have in reference to my “Blog is Synergy” speech. I will answer these questions in video format tomorrow. If you’d like to leave me your question in audio format then leave me a message at 619.377.0593. I will also answer any other questions you may have including “Are you gay?”.

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The once great and upcoming blog The Atomic Blog has gone the way of the buffalo, you know “extinct”. I don’t usually visit blogs everyday due to my busy schedule of processing mutual fund transfers & teaching young kids how to dance. So when I went to go visit The Atomic Blog I saw “The authors have deleted this blog. The content is no longer available.” At first I thought that maybe they fucked up and deleted their blog by accident, but then I got to thinking. I had been trying to setup a phone interview with them for a while now and emailed them like 4 times with no luck. Did they both die? Did Paul kill Dave? Did Dave kill Paul? Did they get arrested because they live in China and China doesn’t allow for free speech? Whatever the reason is I will get to the bottom of it in this blog!

They went by the names Paul Hughson & Dave Evanns. Through some investigating and sleuth work I found out that those are not their real names. I don’t know what their real names are nor would I tell because they are obviously trying to hide their names because blogging is very public. Hell my real name isn’t really Gregg O’Connell it’s Gregory O’Connell. See with a little name trickery future jobs that try and find some background info on me will never find me! Who’s the fucking smart one?!? ME!!! COCK SUCKERS!!!

The reason from what I’ve been hearing around the blogger rumor mill for them killing their blog is because Paul wasn’t contributing anymore with the blog and Dave was getting pissed or vice versa I’m not sure which was doing what. Anyway the other one got tired of doing everything himself and decided to end The Atomic Blogs life. I wonder if inside and outside Paul and Dave cried a little bit? I can’t imagine writing in my blog almost everyday and then killing my creation without much hesitation. It’s like Bon Jovi deleting all their songs one day from their memory. I don’t even want to think about a world with out “Living on a Prayer” or “Janie’s Got a Gun”.

Paul & Dave, now this is coming from one of the most critically acclaimed bloggers in the industry (me) you guys need to get off your high horses and resurrect the greatness that once was one of the funniest blogs around. It’s a cold cold world we live in and we need you guys to brighten our depressing self deprecating lives with words of hope and compassion. Fuck the egos and alcohol and get back to the digital world. I can’t live another virtual day knowing that the internet is short one blog. I live vicariously through your cached site here.

Love,
Gregg

She’s one of the most notorious characters on my blog. She has a mouth like a sailor and a rack like Pamela Anderson and her name is Dirty well her nickname is anyway. She’s nestled herself into a quiet life of family, soccer & the internet. She loves hot white guys that bring the heat and almost any show HBO puts out that has lots of sex and naked women. She’s unapologetic and not afraid of Mike Honcho. Her real name is Sarah and she’s from Ohio. Learn about the girl inside this grown woman as I dissect her like a 7th grader learning about frogs!

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I never said I was “all man” you guys just assumed I was.

1. Monster House - Yes this is the animated film that was marketed to kids. The only men that would sit through this would be dads. I’m not a dad nor am I part of the Big Brother program. I actually liked this movie and wanted to see it. The animation is some of the best ever, but the story is lacking a little. If you’re a dude and you like animated films that aren’t Anime characters having sex than this is right up your alley!

2. Notebook - The Notebook is a classic. A love story that’s gone terribly sad. This is a real tear jerker but also make me say “awwwww”. My eyes might actually well up during this movie so make sure you don’t put this film in if I am at a party of yours unless you want to see me cry a little bit. I’m a tender sensitive motherfucker inside..BELIEVE IT!

3. Under The Tuscan Sun - The beautiful countryside of Italy, a single American woman and crazy corny horny Italian men. That’s what makes for a terrific love story. This movie is funny, relaxing and makes you a realize that “hey life isn’t all about all the material things you have. It’s all about the people that are in it, good food, good wine & a place you want to live. Guys rent this and watch it with your girlfriends they will thank you for it. If they say “why did you rent this?” You can say “some dude by the name of greggoconnell.com (make sure you throw the dot com in there so that they will visit my website) told me about it.

4. The Lake House - The Lake House has a really cool story. It’s a love story that travels through time. It’s like Back to the Future meets The Notebook minus Michael J Fox.

5. RV - RV is a family film all the way. Guys stay away from this film unless you’re training yourself to get ready for when you have kids and have to watch horrible films with them all the time.

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What would I Do If My Mom Told Me I was Really 5 Years Older Than I Am? My friend Bill from work asked me this question and I found it to be very thought provoking and engaging. I think the first emotion that would come to me would be depression due to the fact that I’d be now dying 5 years earlier than expected. No one likes dying or do they? Do you know anyone that is looking forward to death that isn’t already in massive amounts of pain?

I’d then ask my mom “Why the fuck didn’t you tell me I’m really 32 years old?” I’d think back to when I thought anyway that I was 16 years old but was really 21 years old and making out with a 16 year old girl. That’s kind of sick isn’t it? I’d think about when I was 12 but really 17 and only then did I begin to go through puberty. I think I’d be emotionally scared. I’d go from a mighty cocky young 27 year old to an old 32 year old guy who hasn’t accomplished much of anything in life.

I definitely wouldn’t be happy at all. There’s nothing exciting about finding out that you are 5 years older than you thought you were. Maybe when you are a kid and you want to be older but once you pass the age of 21, you are in no rush of getting older. In fact you’re the opposite. You start to think about how cool it would be to be 18 years old again and not have to work 40 hours a week or listen to some corporate blah blah speech.

Please mom don’t break my heart one day and tell me I am really 5 years older than I think I am. If that does happen I may just have start taking more risks in life. A person that takes risks is a person who is destined for failure and no one likes a failure.

What would you do?

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Below is the speech transcript in case you can’t understand my slurred words. enjoy.

Hello. I want to take the time to thank each and every one of you today for the incredible progress we have made on this blog to date. i truly believe in our motto, “it’s the people”, and without you this blog couldn’t have been the success it is today. i am so inspired by the effort each of you has put into this blog from commenting to gay bashing, and as we move forward into this next phase, the next chapter of this blog i call “me”. this where we take our successes and failures in stride like a Thoroughbred horse who will be shot if he doesn’t keep winning. its the brutality of this industry that makes us all work harder and sometimes sacrifice our own needs and wants from my needs and wants. we can’t be the best if we don’t copy the best. i believe that growth and great writing is the recipe for success. follow my lead and i will lead the way.

synergy is a word underutilized as a means to describe the community of blogs. it’s truly awe inspiring to watch each of my fellow bloggers grab hold of the mighty digital canvas and paint a picture that non bloggers don’t get to convey. I’m so proud of you, i feel as if we are all a family working towards the bigger goal of separating ourselves from the pact and laying down a foundation that starts from the ground up. we put the walls up, close the doors and we don’t let anyone in or out until its safe. if we didn’t have the sense of community that this blog thrives on we’d have a blog that was filled with individualistic people looking only to better themselves rather than me.

where are we today? we’re at a point where we can only go up. our 1-year plan is ambitious, but I know we have the courage and ignorance to strive for it. it’s not that you guys aren’t smart, interesting, well-rounded individuals. it’s just that your undying devotion to my cause keeps you coming back again and again, day in and day out. the simple solution is this: keep coming. it’s good to come.

I see great things in our future. i see exponential growth, opportunities to explore new, groundbreaking techniques in blogging, really great pictures of me, and lots of witty comments. I really love all your attention, it makes me feel good and that’s whats important.

I may not be the smartest person on my blog but i sure am the best looking and hardest working. you may be intimidated by my superiority and intelligence but goals like that are within reach especially in movies. like the great Michael J. Fox once said “I don’t want people to kick my ass, I just want to get to a point where they can’t kick it.”

Just remember synergy is the driving force behind blogging without it there would be no synergy.

This past weekend I had/went to a cookout in Crown Point in San Diego. Crown Point is a park by the water with picnic tables and other nice stuff like that. What does breast feeding, a public park and cookouts have to do with one another? Well I did/saw all 3 of them in one place.

I know when woman have just had babies they need to breast feed or pump their breasts during in opportune times. The thing is when it’s done in public it definitely makes for a little bit of a spectacle. Let it be known that breast feeding/pumping doesn’t bother me at all. I think more woman should do it!

We all had just finished eating when Emily was like “That woman’s boob over there is totally out in open while she’s breast feeding.” Like I said before I always enjoy seeing a boob but it does seem kind of weird for women to be breast feeding in public. It’s one of those things that should probably be done outside of the public eye. It’s not like when I need to go the bathroom I just pull down my pants and start going in front of everyone.

Don’t you think it’s kind of weird? Wheres my breast feeding mom fans?

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***UPDATE***
I gave the iPod back to the 16 year old girl. Sorry no interview but she offered me a cash reward and I politely declined. God totally loves me now!

I woke up this morning and listened to my voicemails because I was out all night last night and didn’t have time to check them. What do I find but a voicemail on my comment line from the “rightful owner of the iPod”. Take a listen

I haven’t called Miss Lindsay back because it’s 4:44 am right now and I’m assuming her dad wouldn’t like that. This will be an on going story so stick with it. I’m going to be calling her # this morning at 9:00 am. I will post more info later today! Who would ever return an iPod? Gregg would!

love the nicest guy in the world,
gregg

There’s very few times in life when I get to speak to a guy on the phone that’s in his 20’s, married with kids, works customer service, loves Howard Stern, breathes in oxygen, blows out carbon dioxide, loves dogs, hates illegal drugs, admires Ronald Regan & would kill to talk to Jesus!

Well ladies and gents that one time just happened today! I had the pleasure with speaking to Josh from Wormbrain.com. Don’t let the seriousness in his voice trick you! Beneath his protection of armor is a soul that bears the truth, and bleeds honest like a child in a candy store!

Special thanks goes out to Punky for the horrifying questions!

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This past Saturday as I was walking Stowie I came upon a most exciting find. I walked into an ipod that was just laying there all by itself without a friend around. I didn’t want to leave it there all by itself. It might have gotten kidnapped or worse even stepped on. I picked her up and brought her home and placed her onto my desk. I started thinking about all the wonderful things I could do with an extra iPod like listen to music while my other iPod sleeps. Then I started thinking about the person that lost it. How did they feel? It’s weird for you reading this because you probably didn’t think I had a concisions did you? I may be a complete dickhead sometimes but I also can be as giving as Jenna Jameson.

I decided to forgo my own selfish wants and try to find the rightful owner of this abandoned iPod. I posted a “lost and found” posting on craigslist and I also put fliers around the area that I found the iPod. I am actually surprised because I haven’t received one phone call or email from anyone. Not even someone pretending to have lost an iPod. What happened to everyone wanting an iPod?

If no one claims the iPod as theirs then I’m still stumped with what do with it. I honestly don’t need a second iPod. I’ve been thinking of giving it to someone in my immediate family or selling it to someone.

what do you think?

gso

Another weekend, another adventure for Emily & I. With nothing better to do except explore the southern California countryside, Emily & I set off to Julian, CA & Borrego Springs. We’ve been to Julian before and enjoy it there, mostly because of it’s most delicious apple pies and bakery treats. The thing about Julian is that it’s so small that you can walk through the whole town in like 45 mins. We needed more to do and that more thing was Borrego Springs!

Before we had left for Julian, Emily did some research with the power of her fingers, brain & Google. She found a most delectable sounding place “Borrego Springs”. Borrego Springs is 30 miles northeast of Julian. I must admit I wasn’t expecting much, and the ride to Borrego springs was proving my thinking. First off the drive to Borrego Springs included windy roads. The windy rounds were cool for the first 3 minutes but after driving down windy roads for 25 minutes I was like “uhhhhh ehhhhhh aahhhhhhhhh”. Not only were these windy roads aggravating, but they also could kill you as well because if your car fell of the side of the road you’d be falling 50 or more feet down to some deserted valley. You’re either die form the accident, snake bite or thirst. At the end of the windy roads we got to the heart of the desert. There was no water, the temperture had risen 25-30 degrees & there was no sign of civilization in sight. I started thinking to myself that if the car brokedown for whatever reason who the hell is going to come save us? I don’t know how to change a tire or any of that manly stuff.

We arrived in Borrego Springs to about a population of like 200 people or something. I can’t believe people actually live there. It’s super hot, their’s almost no green plant life, the houses are the same color as the ground, there’s no McDonald’s, the mall is all mom & pop shops & if felt like I was in hell. Borrego Springs with joking aside is like hell on earth to me. I need me some trees, McDonald’s, pretty Asian girl’s to look at & a mall with an Orange Julius.

DON’T EVER GO TO BORREGO SPRINGS, CA UNLESS YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT HELL IS ON EARTH!

Here are some photos some dude took of Hell on Earth aka Borrego Springs, CA

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1. Wrestling PPV. I always get together with a group of guys and buy Wrestlemania every year. Does this make me more gay, more of a geek or more manly?! hmmm

2. Fiber One bars with 35% of your daily fiber. I eat these bars to keep me full and “regular”. Do I have a problem going poops? Nope.. hmmm then why all the fiber?!

3. Domain Names: I own 5 domain names you know .com’s? I probably really only need 2.
gocomputerhelp.com, thepredicates.com, greggoconnell.com, pressthedpad.com, SDFoodGuys.com.

4. Natural Deodorant. The regular kind with aluminum gives my arm pits a rash that even Satin couldn’t handle! The burning and redness make my arm pits look like little skin volcanos erupting with piss and vinegar.

5. Wellness Dog Food. Yes I fell into the designer dog food craze. Why? Because it contains healthy safe ingredients even more healthy than what I eat. Does that make me a stupid loser that only a mom could love? Probably…

6. $3 “spring” water at restaurants because I don’t drink tap. The shit that’s in tap water would amaze you! Don’t ask me what’s in it because I really don’t know but I assume a lot of bad shit is.

7. $12/month on HBO so I can watch Sorpranos & Big Love. I love the Mafia and Polygamy! Who wouldn’t wanted 3 wives?

8. MP3Tunes. This is a online music backup service. I have all my music that I’ve downloaded backed up here. I also have my music backed up on my computer and iPod. gregg = nerd

9. Electronic Gaming Monthly. This is a video game magazine. I am on the old side for people that subscribe to this magazine. Most of the people who subscribe probably have their parents pay for their subscripton. I on the otherhand pay for it all by myself!

10. QVC. This is the shopping network on TV. I’ve actually bought a TV, computer and Emily bought me a grill that I was drooling over. I’m in love with this channel. Give me QVC, HBO, OXYGEN, NBC, ABC, FOX & History Channel and I’m a happy cable subscriber!

I was thinking about it lately and blogging in ever sense of the description is self indulgent, self righteous, has everything to do with ego. First off we as bloggers feel the need to talk about our lives and share what we think is important with the rest of the living world. We fight tooth and nail with the thoughts that sit in our heads and lay them down on a digital canvas in hopes that the people that visit our little world are interested just enough that they will leave a sweet little funny one line comment. Bloggers are factual representations of what society really thinks and is. We are all selfish, self indulgent funny one liner comics with a sarcastic look on life. We’re too scared and boring to really say how we truly feel at the inopportune times.

We bite the rage that the real world breathes into us and feed it to our blogs so that we look funny, edgy & sexy in a nerdy kind of way. We use big words like “arbitrary” & “congratulate” if we are intelligent or if we’re trying to be edgy we use curse words like “fuck”, “cum queen” or “cock rocket”. It’s all in the delivery and how you place it in the sentence that makes your blog funny or not.

The way you know bloggers are selfish is if they comment on your blog even if you didn’t comment on their blog. If you don’t comment on their blog don’t expect them to comment on yours. It’s like if you went to the free samples at the grocery store and kept taking the samples one after another. Do you really think the person working the samples is going to just keep letting you take them without he/she expecting you to buy a box of those delicious chocolate chip cookies? That’s really the key to growing your fan base in blogging is going to other peoples blogs and commenting back and forth. So that in time the persons blog you’re commenting on starts commenting on yours. Then before you know it you’ve established this persona/character on that persons website and maybe just maybe their fans will start visiting your site. You really want to believe that the reason the people are commenting on your site is because they like your material. That they appreciate the art and heart that you’ve put into it and they are living vicariously through your words. The reality is they are commenting on your site for the same reason you’re commenting on theirs, so that they can become famous and idolized like Michael Jackson or OJ Simpson.

This was all generalized chitter chatter. Take it at face value and feel obliged to tear me to pieces with it.

gregg

Like any good Non Practicing Christian I went to Wine Country yesterday, well the Southern California version in Temecula. Emily & I decided to be daring and different and we headed up to Fallbrook, CA. We went there first because we like to get away from the big city life of San Diego and venture out into the country side. It feels so good like when a girl touches your penis for the first time and it sends tingles through your whole body. I get the same feeling visiting the beautiful rolling hills and farms that lie just outside of San Diego county.

We went to Fallbrook, CA also to visit Tori Spelling’s new Bed & Breakfast called Chateu La Reu that she just opened. Now I’m probably going to earn a few gay points that I don’t really need, but I’ll tell you anyway about how I know of this B&B. She has this reality show on OXYGEN (yes the woman’s network) and it’s called “Tori & Dean Inn Love”. Well I found out where it was located and went on to visit this humble house of love in none other than Fallbrook, CA. Fallbrook is only about 45 mins north of me. We found her B&B and were kind of shocked at how small it looked compared to what it looks like on TV. It was gated and there was a dog running around. We’re thinking of staying for a night if Tori Spelling will be waiting on us hand and foot. It would be a totally cool thing to do since I love reality TV stars and small quaint towns. The rest of Fallbrook is junk and you should never go there unless you want to buy groceries at an authentic Mexican grocery store or you’re looking to hangout in the country.

After spending a dismal hour in Fallbrook we drove north for 10 minutes to Temecula, CA which is home to a bunch of wineries. We found some signs that said “Winery” ha ha we followed them and they lead us to a dead end street with brand new condos. We were like “What the fuck?”. Were they trying to trick people so that unsuspecting people drive down the street looking to get hammered only to find new condos for sale in hopes that someone might buy a condo? We decided to screw the signs (literally..mmmm that smooth metal surface all over my Wii) and turn on the navigation system. We found this winery called Thorton Winery. It was quite pretty once we got into the little cafe part. We wanted to go to a winery for 3 reasons. One was the scenery that usually emcompasses winery’s, two was for the wine so Emily could get drunk like a college girl & three was so we could eat good food at overpriced prices! I asked the hostess if we could eat outside, she looked at me and asked “Are you in the band (there was a band setting up) and I said “oh, no…” We had to eat inside. I guess I look like a cool rawk star boy! We got into the cafe and nothing and I mean nothing was under $15. We decided to get Kobe beef hamburgers and fries. You know how you usually get bread before a meal well this place gave us muffins..weird?!

All in all I had a wonderful time at times. Most of the places just outside of San Diego county are junk, but there are spots here and there that make you feel like you’re “walking on sunshine whooaa hoooo”.

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This question was brought up to me at work and like any sane red blooded American I said I’d give my mom some of the money. I don’t want to divulge the amount of money that I would give her because I don’t want to alter your answer in anyway. I will say this much my co-workers were absolutely shocked at how much I was willing to give my mom.

So the question goes to you. If you just won the lottery and you brought home $3 Million, how much would you give your mom?

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A lot of great things have come from Canada and they include: maple syrup, hockey, “ehh” & now The Boob Lady! A sweet young woman aged 26 years that hails from the land of cold, snow & Molson Ice! Boob Lady reveals just how many boobs she’s actually seen at her job at the generic Victoria Secret, she tells us which 3 bloggers she’d love to have filthy sex with, she lets out a bodily sound and so much more that it will make you foam at the mouth with excitement! So give Boobs a listen and she may just show you her tah tahs!

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Kyle Mitchell who’s 24th birthday was yesterday recently sat down for what ended up being an interview that everyone from Grafton, MA could be proud of. “Hometown boy finally reaches fame after being interviewed by greggoconnell.com”. Kyle sometimes referred to as “Punky’s better half” came in thinking that his interview with gregg o’connell would be a walk in Central Park. Kyle comes to find out not only were the questions hard hitting, but they were also PERSONAL!

Find out how Kyle reacts by listening to our interview!

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