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Joe Mama




1) What is your full name?

• David Christopher Peter Finn. Peter is my confirmation name. You wouldn't think that would matter, but I'm a South Boston-born Irish-Italian boy - raised Roman Catholic. It's said that, when the Vatican has questions about doctrine or dogma, they call the old ladies from Southie. Ladies like my Great Aunts who attend Mass more than twice a week and sometimes refer to their Grand Nephews by their - you guessed it - confirmation names.
  
  I don't know if that's true, but I DO know I brace for a smack in the arm or head whenever I hear an old lady yell, "David Christopher Peter!!!"

2) Where do you currently reside?

• I live in a suburb of Boston, MA known as Abington. Inexplicably, it has the highest tax rate in the state so I won't be doing any house-hunting here.

3) What do you do for a living? Is it just to pay the bills, or, is it something you find fulfillment in? Why or why not?

• I have the most fascinating job in the world. Hold onto your hats while I describe it!!!
  
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  Right now, my title is "Turf Team Leader, Evenings: Boston & Metro South". To clarify (and put half your readers to sleep - sorry), I'm a first level manager with a team of 16 people. Our jobs is to ensure that - when you wake up in the morning - you, your neighbors, and the businesses that fall under my jusidiction have dial tone and/or internet access. My people don't work outside though; rather, we work in buildings called Central Offices where the dial tone originates.
  
  It pays the bills. Well. But I only find fulfillment in it when I'm deep in a crisis situation and I'm the person who leads us to resolving it.
  
  You might want to nudge Sneaky Bunny...she's snoring.

4) I have no idea what you just said. But, I have the feeling you would rather be doing something else. What would be a dream career?

• To quote Denis Leary, "If life were fair, I'd be starting centerfielder for the Red Sox!!!"
  
  I would've loved to have the skill to play major league baseball, and centerfield was my position. But I also would've liked to have been a writer (novels, comics, or movies) radio personality (satellite these days), or comedic actor of some kind. Any job where my interests would come into play, y'dig?

5) Like a graverobber, baby. And speaking of your defining passion, let's talk some baseball. As I understand it, when you say the word "baseball" to someone from Boston, you're actually saying the word "Red Sox". Is that true? What's that all about? Tell me about loving the Red Sox, and where that instinctive passion comes from...

• When a non-New Englander says the word "baseball", they're actually talking about baseball. We New Englanders - Bostonians in particular - only hear the word "Red Sox". It's not instinctive, it's taught and passed down from generation to generation.
  
  Being a Red Sox fan is the most fun one can have being frustrated. We love our team and we hate our team. Until last year, our rallying cries were the same: Start of the season = "This is our year!!!"; End of the season = "DAMMIT! I KNEW they'd do this to us!!! But then we tear apart our newpapers and websites in the offseason looking for any tidbit of news about the team.
  
  I'm not doing justice to what it's like to be a Red Sox fan. The only way to understand is to take in a game at Fenway Park - the greatest place to watch a baseball game in creation. Smell the grass as you find your seat. Listen to the fans (the kids and the oldtimers). Look around you, paying close attention to the faces in the crowd. Have a hotdog (Our grocery stores actually sell packages of Fenway Franks. Does that happen anywhere else?). And then listen to the crowd or stop in a local bar after the game. Boston is a city that eat, sleeps, breathes, and speaks baseball.
  
  Put it this way: This past season, the Patriots won their third Super Bowl in four years. Newscasters and reporters were talking about the Patriots "dynasty". The next day, the biggest topic on WEEI (sports talk radio) was the RED SOX. Go figure...

6) Only if I can count on my hands. I'm simple like that. So, anyway, the word "fan" comes from "fanatic". Would you say that Boston's fan(atic)s are the proudest or most passionate? What other city or franchise would you add to that list?

• I'd say we're the most loyal. As PJP and Harleykwin and Jim Jackson like to remind us, we lived through an 86-year drought. What other fans would suffer through that? (Shut up, Cubs fans)
  
  From personal experience, I think Yankees fans, while they can be spoiled brats at times (Your poor team this year. Boo hoo. Shut up, grow a pair, and cheer louder, you fucking mooks. ), are as passionate about their team.
  
  Cubs fans, I've heard, love their team. Dunno why.
  
  I went to a Phillies game in 2003 - the last night game at the Vet - and watched as Phillies fans mercilessly boo'd their team. Not only did they boo their current team, but they boo'd the 1980 World Series-winning team when they came out. They boo'd Mike Schmidt!!! Is that a sign of love in Philly? Should I have boo'd my cheesesteak at lunch?
  
  Back in 2002, I went to a White Sox/Tigers game in Comiskey Park. They seem a lot more laid back than Cubs fans. Love their team, but welcome outsiders. The guy next to me talked up a storm and was more excited than I was when I caught a foul ball from Kenny Lofton. But that's a story for another day.
  
  I think every team has a loyal following, but not too many others - Yankees, Cubs, and White Sox are the ones who spring to mind - are as rabid as Red Sox fans. Though I'm convinced that Phillies fans eat their young.

7) Heh. What's really funny is that I'm so sports-illiterate that I read your last answer, simply shaking my head up and down, and drooling. So, moving past things I have no real knowledge of, like baseball, what are your hobbies? Anything you do for fun besides this place?

• I read voraciously. I average about 2-3 books a week, a newspaper every day, a ton of comics every month, and a magazine (Rue Morgue). I collect comics. I watch movies - my favorite genres are Thriller/Suspense/Noir, Horror, and Comedy. I golf...poorly. I'd like to write outside the RDCW board more, but I'm a little stuck for ideas. I draw...no, I doodle. I play RPGs like Exalted, Mage, and Vampire. I listen to music. I travel whenever possible.

8) Fight Club time: If you could get into a fist-fight with anyone on these boards, who would it be?

• Most people will dodge this question. Some will make a joke out of it. Not me:
  
  PJP, Nowhereman, or Grimm.
  
  All three share one thing in common - our barfight would eclipse the one at the end of The Quiet Man for wonderful drunken violence. And I'd be honored to either kick the arse of or get my arse kicked by any of those three 'cause I know there'd be drinkin' soon after. Even though I KNOW I'd stomp that midget PJP...

9) Yeah, I'd be that guy that's not really part of the fight, but gets thrown through the paneglass window anyway, you know? God hates me like that. How about you? Any thoughts in religion or God? Is it an assumption to believe that the majority of Bostonians are Catholic? It seems to be something I've noticed in many movies and tv shows. Any thoughts on this?

• Back to the serious shit, eh? T'anks fer nut'in!!!
  
  It's a fair assumption to say that most people in the Boston area are Christian of some kind with the majority of 'em being Roman Catholic. But there are plenty of Protestants around. And we have a fairly good Jewish and Muslim population.
  
  As far as it all goes, I'll only speak for myself. I'm a non-practicing Roman Catholic - don't tell my Great Aunts! When I graduated from high school (a Jesuit-run establishment where we were taught to question EVERYTHING), I had too many questions that the priests in my parish couldn't answer. I thought about converting to Protestantism, but didn't. I studied up on the major religions, but didn't join any. So I went back to Roman Catholicism with a LOT of skepticism. And then The Scandal hit. I stopped going to mass altogether. I can't follow that religion anymore. On top of it, my Father just finished reading "Constantine's Sword" (about the relationship between the RCs and the Jews) and has also sworn off being Roman Catholic.
  
  In the end, I'm a spiritual person who uses what he learned growing up as the moral backbone in his daily life. But I don't subscribe to any organized religion. I don't begrudge or disrespect anyone of their chosen religion - I just won't be swayed to follow it. I think religion, in the last several years, has been used as an excuse for too many atrocities.
  
  I'll stop here. I don't want to end up in a religious debate with anyone - it's one of the reasons I stay away from the Deep Thoughts Forum...

10) Religious debate? You have nothing to worry about with the Deep Thoughts forum. Now, if you're a liberal, get ready to be nailed to a piece of wood. Speaking of nailing, wood, and other carpentry skills, what's the one skill you would love to have, and why?

• Besides the superhero skills? I'd love to be able to speak, write, and understand every language on Earth. How cool would it be to be able to communicate with anyone, anywhere? A whole new world would open up for me!
  
  I'd also love to be able to play guitar. But that's two. Oh well.

11) That's kind of crazy. The communication thing is always my choice, too. Seriously. So, why the username "Joe Mama"? Just playing on an old joke, or, something more?

• Two reasons:
  
  1) In my fraternity "Joe Mama" lightened a LOT of tense votes. Someone would demand a vote from, or nominate, "Joe". The President would say "Joe who?" and the answer would be "JOE MAMA!!!" We'd laugh and the tension would go away.
  
  2) When I came here from the DCMBs, I didn't want to use my DCMB name - I just wanted a change. While I was agonizing over whether to use a funny name or a cool name, my mother called. I said hi and she said "It's yo' momma!!!" (pronounced like "joe mama") Thus, the legend (???) was born!

12) asks: Ted Williams or Babe Ruth?

• I hate you...
  
  Most intelligent hitter = Ted Williams (he wrote a book on it!)
  
  Most fun at a party = Babe Ruth
  
  Guy I'd go to war with = Ted Williams (what could he have done in baseball if not for his war years?)
  
  Guy I'd love to hang with = Babe Ruth
  
  Most handsome = Ted Williams
  
  Best in a hotdog-eating contest = Babe Ruth
  
  Better manager =
  
  You want me to continue to dodge this question?
  
  (Ted, dammit!!! Ted Williams!!!)

13) Ha! I love to make you squirm. Here's another designed to delight you: Who is Harry Frazee, and what significance does he hold for the history of the Red Sox?

• I thought we were friends...Fuck you.
  
  Harry Frazee was the Red Sox owner who sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees and started what Dan Shaunessey likes to call the Curse Of The Bambino. Truth is, he DIDN'T sell him to finance a theater show. He was essentially FORCED to sell him by the MLB Commissioner and the Yankees' owner made the best offer. If you really want to know the truth behind all this, I can dig it up for you. But Shaunessey's an arsehole, and the "Curse" (we never really believed in it) has been broken, so why bother?
  
  Can we go back to fun questions?

14) Well, since you asked nicely. And, I also don't want to be crushed like that girl in the pic above. So, what is your all-time favorite movie? Television show? Book?

• No music question? Tough questions - there are too many to list! These lists can change at any time:
  
  Movie: Say Anything, Miller's Crossing, Swingers, Masque Of The Red Death, John Carpenter's The Thing, Sin City, Usual Suspects, Get Shorty, Silverado, The Quiet Man, Vertigo, To Catch A Thief...
  
  TV Show: Seinfeld, Iron Chef, Good Eats, While You Were Out, Trading Spaces, Cheers (duh!), Cosby Show, Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents...
  
  Book: Good Omens, Reaper Man, Shella (any Andrew Vachss), City Primeival (any Elmore Leonard), Tokyo Suckerpunch (any Isaac Adamson), Salem's Lot, Danse Macabre...

15) Hot wimmens! Run down your list...

• To me, attitude and wit are just as important as looks for hotness. In no particular order, the "whole package": Salma Hayek, Rosario Dawson, Angelina Jolie, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bebe Neuwirth, Rene Russo, Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), my friend Lauren, my gal, and Harleykwin.
  
  Beautiful women who may not be too bright: Erica Campbell, Aria Giovanni, Sydney Moon, Sheri Moon Zombie, James King, Catherine Zeta-Jones (Michael Douglas??? C'mon now...), Monica Bellucci, Lindsay Lohan (get that bitch a sandwich!!!), and April Margera.
  
  Kidding about Mrs. Margera.

16) Guiness pint-match: You vs. Grimm. Who's sleeping under the table?

• We'll find out this August. I have a feeling we'll have BOTH lost consciousness long before we've stopped drinking, though. Call it a tie and buy another round!

17) Politics. Are you a Republican or Democrat? Other? Explain to me what you consider best defines your political opinions, and why...

• Stop bringing the mood down, darn it!!!
  
  I am politically apathetic. I think terms like "Democrat" and "Republican" have become ludicrously redundant. I think "Liberal" and "Conservative" get thrown around almost at will these days. Government has become one big mud-slinging competition and the participants are all too busy trying to keep their jobs and their soft money to do any real good. At the last election, I found myself voting for the "lesser of two evils". I felt nauseous about voting for anybody, and only felt good about the questions I voted about. That's no way to go. Another reason to avoid the Deep Thoughts Forum...

18) Space, the Final Frontier. But, is there only rock and gas out there, or, other life?

• It's arrogance to think there's nothing or no one out there. Maybe they're smart enough to know to stay away...

19) Unlike everyone that comes here. How about you? Why do you keep coming back to Rob's Boards? I mean, is Boston really that boring? Any favorite posters you want to give a shout-out to?

• Boston is NOT that boring, but Abington is. Really.
  
  I come back because it's fun chatting with people who have similar tastes and hobbies. I like talking about the latest comics, books, and movies. I like goofing around. I love the RDCW Forum. I like developing friendships with people all over the country and the world. I just like it here.
  
  (Seriously, though? It's all about the nekkid wimmen pics!)
  
  (Just kidding. It's all about Harleykwin and Meeko and Sneaky Bunny.)
  
  (Or maybe Boston really IS that boring...)
  
  (Shit...I'm still typing, aren't I? DAMN not having an internal monologue!!!)
  
  "Shout outs"??? What is this - TRL? FUCK YOU, CARSON!!!
  
  (I wanna say "whut up?" to my home boys - PJP, Grimm, and PenWing! I wanna say "WEST SIIIIIIIDE!" to TK-069! "Deez Nutz" to that punk-bitch Nowhereman! RACK JLA, bitches! Most of all, I wanna send love to mah "baby mamas": Meeko, Sneaky, and Harley!)
  
  (I get along with almost everyone, so I'll give y'all big shouts...)
  
  (Dammit, I'm doing it again!!!)

20) In the legendary novels The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, author Douglas Adams states the answer to life, the universe, and everything is, simply, "42". What's your answer?

• Oh, I dunno...do what you will, but harm no one. Love one another as I have loved you. Whatever you believe comes after this life is what your afterlife will be. Magneto was right. Fight the power. In the end, the love you give is the love you get. All you need is love. Thank you for your time and friendship.
  
  Oh, and GO RED SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Nowhereman said:
Boy that Joe Mama.......
...........what a cunt!

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klinton said:
Fucky McShit! These should be headlined! I don't know how I missed this for so long (I'm gonna blame the beer...). Seriously, Dave would be a riot to hit a pub with. This is probably the most candid one so far. Good stuff!

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PJP said:
You just want to get him drunk and alone.......I heard what you said about him.........The more the Meat the more the Treat!!!!

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Joe Mama said:
Ummm...thanks?

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Joe Mama said:
Are you calling me old?

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no your only old if you had a merlin or a bucket of slim

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klinton said:
Hey...where's the new ones?

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Nowhereman said:
Joe sat on them so we shall never see them again!

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Joe Mama said:

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Nowhereman said:
Joe sat on them so we shall never see them again!

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Just yours...I figure I'd do everyone the favor...

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PrincessElisa said:
When are the girls of the boards going ot get interviewed?!? Like sneaks/kimi/lor?!?

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Nowhereman said:
Joe sat on them so we shall never see them again!

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Just yours...I figure I'd do everyone the favor...

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Mines already been done you dummy,how could it be a new one?

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Nowhereman said:
Joe sat on them so we shall never see them again!

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Just yours...I figure I'd do everyone the favor...

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Mines already been done you dummy,how could it be a new one?

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