The T-Man Leaving.. my thoughts
OK... The T-Man... Kind of officially confirmed that he is not signing a new contract... and that after this year... there would be no more T-man Show...

For those of you that know me personally... you know that this is devastating to me.

Please try to understand... that no matter how much negativity that has come from me being involved in this show... that... I freely participated... and I have made so many good friends... that I will have for life.

12 years ago... I was a 28 year old gay man that had no voice.. no self esteem.. that had no way to express myself and for some unknown reason decided that I was going to stand up to what I heard on the radio on the way to work it was typical straight people spouting off their opinion of a gay issue they knew nothing about…. that day.. My life changed... when I got to work I faxed in my opinion . Scary thing is... that T-man read my fax on the air... thinking back now... I’m not sure he would do it again...but he did... and after that... every time I had an opinion... I faxed... so much that they said that I broke the fax machine... I offered to buy a new one... and they said that they would break it and throw it against the wall... like the old one... cuz I drove them so nuts with my faxes.

From then on I started calling in…

I was supposed to be the first guest host... when Tari was going to be on the T-Man cruise to Mexico...

I was the first caller that went down to the studio on a regular basis

I have been
Gay Microsoft Employee
GME
Gay Tech Guy
Gay Unemployed
And now
Gay Phone Operator

For 12 years... I have been a caller... and I have been made to feel that I am family...

T-man and Tari.. Even if they didn’t want to… accepted me from the beginning... I remember sending these huge balloon bouquets anytime someone was sick or feeling down... and I’m sure they just thought I was a crazy listener.

I remember sending notes and pics of all the new kids on the block guys to Kristie (lifeguard) the producer of the show...

I remember meeting Billy the Kid and Dangerous (Pasty Dave) and taking breakfast to them as they waited in line for Star Trek when it first came out.

I remember being dunked in 250 gallons of melted milk chocolate for Valentine’s Day as Dumpy lifted me up in a crane...

The people on this show... the listeners that have become my friends... are now my family.

Hot shot Scott... has been an amazing friend and I could not ask for a better person to be in my life ... People that KNOW me... understand me and why I have such feelings for these people.

And I’m sorry, but to know... that my friends... and my family... won’t be here every day to talk to... to listen to... to make jokes with... whether they are about me or anything else... makes me sad.

Everyone knows what its like when you leave a place of employment and say you will keep in touch.. it always changes.. everyone always gets forgotten eventually.

T-man SAVED my life... he put up 15K for my surgery because he knew... I was going to die without it... There is nothing I can do to thank him for that. I just hope he knows how much in my heart he will ALWAYS be... because of it.

Tari and Scott have always tried to keep me level headed... when I would go off the deep end. I love you both so much

I know this is crazy to post this... but I want people to know... How much... the T-MAN Show has meant to my life... and how much I recognize the impact that you have all brought to everyone that listens.....

Again... you are my friends..... You are my family..... And I love you...

Thank you...