Tommy's World!

Tommy's World!

It's a fun & happenin' place, so have a look around!

If this is your first trip to my homepage, WELCOME!Take a look around and don't be a stranger... come back again. If you've been here before, WELCOME BACK!I'm happy to know that you found it worthwhile to visit again. In either case, e-mail a link to my page to your family and friends if you think there is anything they might enjoy.

On Saturday, August 9, 2008 Tommy's World moved to a new domain and server. I made every effort to make the transfer as smooth as possible, but there may be a few broken links or other bad code from the move. Please excuse any of those problems, but let me know if you see something which needs corrected.

If you found my page by searching for a particular topic or interest and you cannot find what you are looking for, click on some of my link pages below to see if you can find it there. But remember, many times the search engines will pick up two or three words in your search query from completely different areas of my page, so the concept you are looking for might not be represented here. In that case, I'm sorry if I don't have what you're looking for, but look around anyway and you're SURE to find something of interest!

In order to help return visitors "see what's new," I add this icon: in front of each new link or bit of information that I place on my pages. I usually leave these up for about a month or two after the link is initially posted and then remove it once the link has been around for that time. (But be sure to visit ALL of the links which strike your fancy -- new or old!)

Many of my own pages used to be one full long page split up into categories. I had a number of people comment that they never saw the bottom of my page because they got caught up in one or two links along the way and never remembered to come back to look at the rest of my page. Others commented that the page took too long to load. So I've divided up the old main page into a number of smaller pages. I don't really have a defined system of large scale organization here, so I suggest that you read through ALL OF THE PAGESand take a look at my brief description and commentary on each of the links provided there. Once you get through all of the pages, then go back and take a look at the links you found interesting. If you need to come back at a later date and finish viewing the links that interested you, I'd be glad to welcome you back. I just don't want anyone to miss out on the links located on other pages. But, of course, this is only a suggestion... If you want to be impulsive and click at any links along the way, I can't stop you!

If you have any comments, questions, advice, suggestions, or perhaps you just want to say hello, please e-mail me or sign my guestbook. I would be very happy to hear from you, and you will get a response back from me. I am curious to hear how you found my web site and what prompted you to visit it. So, go ahead... Click on the e-mail link... Don't be shy. It only takes a few seconds to say a few words. :-)

... Okay, now ON WITH TOMMY'S WORLD!!!

Navigating in Tommy's World

Here is a brief table of contents of the things you will find on these pages. Click on these topical links to go to different pages of Tommy's World and then follow the additional links to more specific pages. For returning visitors to Tommy's World, the links below represent the same categorized breakdown that you found on the old page. Read the short description to find the links you are looking for.

Photographs Family, pets, the basic photo subjects that you see all over the web.
My Story A short narrative of who I am, where I am, and how I got to be both.
Our Story A continuation of My Story, with an update.
Links to Tom's Content Pages These are the other pages which I have personally created.
Links to Other Pages Around the Web. These are various links pages connecting to some of the places around the Web that I enjoy visiting and find interesting enough to share them with others. Each has some special significance and meaning to me. Feel free to check them out if you want to learn more about me and my interests! I welcome any comments or suggestions of other similar sites that you think I might be interested in. The pages include some commentary by yours truly. Over the years, many pages come and go on the Internet. I do my best to keep these links updated, but often the pages out there disappear without warning. My apologies if a page you are looking for turns out to be a dead link.
- Americana Lighthouses, Railroads, Barns, and Covered Bridges. Picturesque America.
- Art and Music Just some of my current favorites.
- Catholic and Inspirational Pages My favorite spiritual and inspirational web sites.
- Friends' Homepages These are the personal homepages of various special people.
- Fun and Games These are the ones where you can easily waste a couple of days; some are quite creative and addictive.
- Miscellany These are helpful and interesting sites that do not fall neatly into any other categories shown here.
- Nostalgia Remember the old days? The television, toys, and products that you remember? Relive that time again. (Apologies to the generations prior to mine -- my nostalgia only goes back to the mid 1970's, so there isn't much, if anything, represented before then).
- Ohio Cities and Attractions & Alumni Pages I've focused on the areas of Ohio that I have familiarity with and the three areas I've lived: Steubenville, Toledo, and Sandusky. I've also included links to the schools I have attended, and some alumni pages that cover the globe.
- Sports Sites Links to my favorite sports teams and sound bytes from the "colorful" home team radio announcers. You will also find links to the better sports media pages. I also have created a Tribute to Pops page dedicated to the great Willie Stargell -- one of my boyhood heroes..
- Worthy Causes Around the Web These are varied organizations, each with a web presence, which I believe in and have thus deemed them "worthy causes."
- Tom's Guestbook Sign it. Read it. That's about the extent of it.
Stickman My creation.

Check back later! I have been adding more of my favorite sites all the time and I will continue to do so in the future. If any of the links I've provided in these pages don't seem to work, send me e-mail so that I can update or delete them. I try to do this occasionally when I see a broken link, but sometimes I do not notice them right away.

Also, if anyone out there wants to add a link to my site from your own, please let me know that you are adding the link. I've moved this page twice already. If I ever have to move the web site again, I would like to know where all of the current outstanding links are so that I can let those people know of my own address change. There are already many thousands of dead links out there on the Net. I wouldn't want to be the cause of even a few more. So just help me out by notifying me of the links you create to my pages.

Photo Links

These are all old photos for the most part.

A photo of me
Photos of my sister and I
Pet photos

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Please sign and read my guestbook before you leave!

I trashed my old guestbook from the early days of Tommy's World (it disappeared from the server on me) so I created a new one with a different provider on April 16, 2006. I never had many entries in my old guestbook, and yet my counter had registered more than ten thousand visitors. How about adding your own comments to the new book? It is virtually painless, and it would make my day.

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Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to come back soon! The only other advice I have is for you to keep your seat belts fastened and lay off the alcohol if you're going to be driving. Do whatever you need to do to make a difference in the world. (Preferably a difference for the better)...

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Tommy's World main page was last modified on: August 9, 2008
These modifications included: minor editing.

Tommy's World is proud to announce that it is fully Y3K compliant!

A few people have asked... (okay, nobody has actually asked, but I know you've all been wondering)... No, this is not a self portrait. It's just a stickman that I drew the very first time I was ever exposed to the Windows Paintbrush program back in 1993. As my initial creation, I saved it to a floppy disk, and I couldn't think of a better place to immortalize my artwork than on my own web page. (And, NO -- I have absolutely NO plans to include "stickman" in the Stick Figure Death Theater page linked in the attached pages... He's been around for over fifteen years now, and I have no plans to kill him off). If you're interested in helping fund future artistic excursions, I accept any and all donations.