Daily Loaf

“Hi!  I live in Tampa. A while ago, I dreamt that I was getting married. Everything seemed to be normal at the wedding, until I looked at a picture that someone had taken. My gown was black, as were my bridesmaids. The whole male wedding party was also wearing nothing but black! I’m only 14 years old, don’t have a boyfriend, and definitely DON’T want to be married. Can you tell me what this means?” (sic)

It’s interesting that at an age when young girls fantasize about boys, weddings, marriage, etc., you are sooo adamant that you DON’T want to get married.  What’s up with that?

I’ll tell you. Read the rest of this entry »

Vampires are in.

True Blood, the Charlaine Harris-adapted stories of waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) and her love affair with small town vampire Bill (Stephen Moyer) has garnered enough success for Showtime to have ordered a third season. (Even with Evan Rachel Wood’s cancerous performance.)

The CW has been raising the dead for years: Superman as a television property via Smallville, the concepts of Melrose Place and 90210, Tyra Banks — but Tyra and her ty-rades still weren’t enough undead for the network. New  to the line-up is The Vampire Diaries (cast pictured), probably starring some newcomer’s pecs and the bust of a blonde.

Oh, and there’s Twilight’s Robert Pattinson – you know, that kid from Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire? Maybe you’ve seen him in that.

The vampire has been a longtime mainstay of pop culture, exuding sex appeal and terror, and the comics world has been no stranger to blood suckers. Just ask my Dad.

I remember feeling very connected to him when we’d go comic shopping on Saturdays. He’d pick me up, we’d go to the local flea market (I’m from Ohio) and he’d buy me the comics I wanted, even getting a few of his own. I’d have my stack of X-Men — and my father would purchase issue after issue of Vampirella.

Vampirella, vampire warrior: born either of Draculon, a vampire planet, or of a division of Hell. The character’s backstory has changed in her forty-year tenure as comicdom’s sexiest vampire.

The Vampirella issues soon grew to the height of my father’s Playboy collection, and I realized that Read the rest of this entry »

In his wonderfully bizarre collection, Obamania, photographer Uwe Ommer returns to the excitement so many of us felt about Barack Obama’s election by portraying a beautiful, nude women in Obama masks. Yes we cans, if you will.

These photos are weird, funny, sexy, political and brilliant, but mostly, they just make me smile. Below is a selection of Ommer’s work, but check out his website for the full caboodle. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes you’re looking for love, but sometimes you just want to find someone on the internet who can be your personal Oprah. To fulfill this fetish, I again turned to Craigslist. Below is my original post followed by my favorite responses. (All names and personal info have been changed to protect the weird)

tampa bay area craigslist > casual encounters

Skinny White Guy looking for his Oprah – m4w – 23 Read the rest of this entry »

Soon after moving to Tampa, I discovered a whole new world of Cuban food.
Tampa has a large Cuban community and their food is a staple in this town. Growing up, I had never heard of chicken and yellow rice, cafe con leche, deviled crabs, plantains, etc. I was missing out on a whole bunch of yummy food.
So if you are Cuban, I am sure this is not the authentic way to make Roast Pork with Black Beans and Yellow Rice, but my way still tastes damn good (and it tastes like the Cuban restaurants). Read the rest of this entry »