A blue head floats rather creepily on the left side of the page as you enter StupidTom’s domain. But at least it’s a smiling head, so I gather the courage to venture further. On his “About Me” page the author has a picture of himself with a little boy on his shoulders. He then proceeds to tell us if you want to know more about him, read what he has written, and that he writes every day. And I see that he has been doing just that since August 2003.
The entries are generally short to moderate in length and have an edginess to them. “Wiseacre” would be a good one word description of our author, but a generally good-natured one, who writes clearly and to the point. Though said points are often profanity laden, they are lighthearted, in a sort of “all male, all the time” style that are not unpleasant to read. He writes about all manner of things going on around him. Work, family, his struggles with mold and technology providers, and his artistic efforts in lawnmowing, and plastic melting. And he does most of this with a generous dose of humor.
He seems to lead a hectic life at a hectic pace but this does not prevent him from occasionally making a profound insight or two. In one entry he was bemoaning how polite casual conversations are unsatisfying so much of the time, and concludes with the following:
“Nobody has time to give anything but the standard replies to the same old questions. That’s sad. So blog on and let me know some Real things about your lives. Everything that someone writes, no matter what it is, tell something about the author.”
I found that I could not have agreed more with this statement.
There are pictures on many of the recent posts that liven up the dialog, and I noticed in the list of blogs he reads daily, a link to Wil Wheaton’s site. I of course felt an instant affinity to Tom because I read Wil too.
All in all, I enjoyed my visit. I think this is a guy’s guy kind of blog and would appeal to a no nonsense male audience.