Bad movies, Pro wrestling, Comic books, Eclectic pop culture, Collecting PEZ Dispensers, Collecting Coca-Cola stuff, Tiki Culture, "Old School" Car Culture, Collecting Godzilla stuff, Collecting Ed "Big Daddy" Roth stuff, Collecting DVDs/Videos of Bad Movies. Also collecting Pro Wrestling stuff such as posters, trading cards and wrestling figures. Generally, I'm a pack rat.
Music
Not a fan of any particular genre but if I have to pick one, it will be novelty. Here's some artists I like: Asylum Street Spankers; the 5, 6, 7, 8's; Spike Jones; The Ventures; Link Wray; The Reverend Horton Heat; Brave Combo; The Aquabats; They Might Be Giants; Weird Al Yankovic; Los Straitjackets; Southern Culture on the Skids; Tom Lehrer; Misfits; Surf Punks; The Sadies; The Hoosier Hot Shots; The Bobs; Baja Marimba Band; DEVO; (The Mystic Knights of) Oingo Boingo; Phenomenauts. More to follow....
Movies
Action/sci-fi/horror/fantasy. Love low/no budget films.
Television
There's no such thing as bad TV! Here's some snippets of what I grew up on:
Books
Print is dead.
Heroes
There are no true heroes but here is a list of people I respect for doing things that made sense only to them and to a few of us: Kroger Babb, William Castle, Lord Sutch, Joe Meek, Ellie Nessler, John Waters, Bettie (or Betty or Bette) Page, Tex Avery, The Three Stooges (all variations, including Joe), Ron "The Ghoul" Sweed, Johnny Legend (Rockally artist, wrestling guru, and all around talent).
Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi)'s Details
Status:
Single
Here for:
Friends
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Alpena, MI
Body type:
Some extra baggage
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Zodiac Sign:
Pisces
Smoke / Drink:
No / Yes
Children:
Someday
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
Full-time working at Farmers' Insurance
Income:
Less than $30,000
Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi)'s Schools
Central Michigan University
Mt Pleasant, MI
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Broadcasting and Cinematic Arts
Minor: Marketing
Clubs: The usual bar crawls during the 5-day weekends.
1979 to 1985
Thomas J. Rude' (Pronounced Rudi) Supports indy wrestling! Despite feeling out of sorts, still cleaning up for tonight's WWE PPV Party. Everyone is invited and hotdogs will be grilled (Fore Posted at 4:34 PM Dec 13 view more
About me: Current ne'er do well. Former Central Michigan University student. Retired U.S. Army (paralegal/court reporter). Professional couch potato.
Ordained Minister of the Church of the SubGenius as Reverend Joe Bob Zontar. Praise Bob!!!!!
Usually trolling/posting on Wrestling Classics as TJ Rude (no relation).
Proud Member of the Big Boy Birthday Club.
Self diagnosed with some sort of attention deficient disorder.
I sell crap on EBay, primarily stuff from my failed game and comic book store venture. Please check it out:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZgrand-valley-games-and-comics
Who I'd like to meet: People who are not sociopaths but I can make an exception if they bring the chips.
Thanks for sending that video. HA! I loved it. I wonder what those thought while they were listening to it driving down the road. I miss this stuff. Keep sending videos. I enjoy them. Hope you're doing good Thomas.
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