About
Posted by Mike
Mike grew-up as an Army brat. Wait… Why the hell am I writing in the third-person? Is that how I’m supposed to do it?
He attributes this life of constant travel to his uncanny ability to curse in several languages and his irritating mantra that “one day I’ll go back to Germany… One day.”
After his Dad retired from the military and the family settled in Florida Mike began his journey through several professions (Bomb technician, line cook, call representative, carpentry, theater installation, network administrator, adult film actor, and graphic design) culminating with his current position at a local college where he is affectionately referred to as the “Web Monkey.”
Mike enjoys wasting valuable time taking photos of everything, reading sci-fi, harassing the kids and testing his wife on the “until death do us part” clause of his marriage vows.
When Mike is not in front of a computer he can be found pacing the aisles at the local Barnes and Noble sipping a Venti White Chocolate Mocha and giggling.
Mike’s thousands of friends would probably label him as an ultra-intelligent introvert who has as much contact with the outside world as Punxsutawney Phil. Mike is also a recovering World of Warcraft addict and now spends that time making fun of his friends that are still playing. He doesn’t miss melting the faces off Alliance gnomes with his fire mage… Nope, not one bit. SCORCH SCORCH!
The Basics
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Height: 68.01244″
Weight Category: Obese
Relationship Status: Married for 13.75 years + Omnipresent Mother-In-Law (MiL)
Children: Two girls. Mya (8) and Amy (5). I’m in the freakin’ estrogen zone here
Pets: Two cats. Curly (14) and Mitty (5)
Religion: Atheist - Wait that’s not a religion…
Political Views: Libertarian
Where did the name “Voice of Grog” come from?
From “Presidential Campaigns: From George Washington to George W. Bush” by Paul F. Boller:
When George Washington ran for the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1758, he saw to it that the 391 voters and their friends received 160 gallons of rum, beer, and cider on election day. This was called “swilling the planters with bumbo.” The swilling was still going on in 1792. “At an election in certain States,” reported the Gazette of the United States in November, “a bystander observing the particular situation of a great number of electors, who had been regaled at the expense of one of the candidates, remarked on the occasion, That the Voice of the People, was the Voice of Grog.”
This blog started out in 2005 as an outlet for my previously self-suppressed political views on the actions my local and federal governments were taking.
After an extensive hiatus I decided to bring back VoG but with a much broader perspective. I will discuss pretty much any topic that pops in my head. Hope my outlet will at least entertain whoever happens to find this speck of dust floating around the blogosphere.
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Mike is a husband, father of two, hobby photographer, writer, book reading, graphic artist, chess enthusiast, music lover, secular humanist, Libertarian, jester, movie-goer, Florida resident who occasionally blogs.
