Collins?

Nope...just a referral from cz.mu.nu. First time I've seen one in a while, though.
I checked his page. There are two comments. One from a girl looking for him and one from some asshole named 'Bart' with a fake email address...he's just being ignorant.

Last week, I sat and tried every way I could think of to find John. I read all the archives and got a few clues. Went thru Yahoo people search and got a few more. Since all of this stuff is already out there, I've finally decided to post what I found and see if anyone can take it further.

Put it this way...you get me a decent phone number, or two, I will call it and try to gently ascertain where Collins is. All I wanna know is that he's okay. If he just decided to quit blogging, fine. But, don't just disappear...It's worrisome to some folks, ya know?

Anyway, if I can find my notes, here's what I was able to 'discover':
(Note-My God...I write down a lot of esoteric shit. And there's some sort of horrible caterwaling coming from the livingroom.....Jesus. Eric had the IFC channel on and left it when he went back out. The horrible noise was some chick 'singing' (screeching is more like it) on some stupid movie called 'Shanghi Triad'...ICK. And, it seems Ziggy the wonder-dork has confused an empty instant potatoes box for a CrackerJack box. It's shredded and I don't see his 'prize' anywhere...hell, even if there had been one, he'd of just eaten it...)

Back to Collins...Don't expect any great revelations, here. Just a few areas someone could check into...okay?

At one point in hs blog, he mentioned going from the North shore to the South shore at around 5:00pm-leads me to think he was going home from work.
His correct age is now 23.
He did a breast cancer walk/run in Eisenhower Park. This is in Nassau County, I believe. It must be a big park, because it's listed as being in both Eastmeadow and Westbury.
He mentioned having a rotary phone at his place in Saratoga.
He also said that the Fulton Street Pub is the best bar in his area.
I also have 'Farmingdale' and 'Schenectady' written down. I must've seen these towns someplace in conjunction with his name or email. It's been so long, I forget.

Anyhow...if anybody can get a viable phone number, let me know. Or, if anybody finds out where he is, let us all know.

Oh yeah...he also mentioned that his Dad works for Verison in Manhatten.

I don't know if I'm the only one and I'm trying not to be an alarmist, but I'm starting to think something seriously bad might have happened to him.
He was wanting to kick his girlfriend's brother's ass, too. Jail is the lesser of my two main worries.

Oh well, take this and run with it. See what ya can find out. Hope he's okay.

Posted by: Stevie at 10:55 AM

Comments

1 I was thinking, maybe we should ask some of the big bloggers (Instapundit, IMAO and the like) to put the word out.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 06, 2003 11:10 AM (jtW2s)

2 Anything...I'm really getting worried about him now.
If there's anything I can do to help...just say the word, Pixy.

Acidman's got readers who can track a troll all the way back to Kindergarten. Maybe if he got involved...?
(I don't mean John's a troll, just that if they can do that, they should have no problem doing this...)

Posted by: Stevie at October 06, 2003 11:51 AM (cJpPP)

3 His Yahoo profile gives his location as Schenectady, NY. But it also gives his age as 20, so it's a couple years old....But maybe he has family in Schenectady?

Posted by: Susie at October 06, 2003 12:06 PM (0+cMc)

4 I did the same..reviewed his blog for clues..and then searched Yahoo, all 5 "JC's" were dead ends.

I am pretty certain he is from LI..that is the breading ground for die-hard Jets fans and since he mentioned it a few times, it seems likely.

I also searched SUNY Albany since I "guessed" he went there, but nothing. I will probably check Stonybrook next.

I live nearby and happy to track down any leads.

j

Posted by: jim at October 06, 2003 01:02 PM (CGasW)

5 The Fulton Street Pub is in Farmingdale. That's Nassau County, Long Island. Over the past two weeks I've been google searching local obits and police blotters and general news items, no results. Weird.

Posted by: Tuning Spork at October 06, 2003 06:40 PM (9Yzki)

6 Police Blotter! oh god, lets hope not. I checked a few "John Collins" the one in Farmington has an unpublished number "at he customers request"

I am betting since he is 23..he is either moving...or is traveling..or getting his computer repaired.

Posted by: jim at October 06, 2003 10:02 PM (lN8eP)

7 When I checked Yahoo and environs, I tried 'J' thru 'John'. There are quite a few.
And, I do wish one of those senarios were true...
However, I think he'd have mentioned it if he were going to be away-especially for this long-on vacation or anything. As for the computer repair idea...again...if it were me...sure, it could take forever for me to get a computer fixed, but then I don't make the kinda money John does....wouldn't he just go buy another one if it was this bad it needed this long to be fixed?
I'm leaning toward hoping he just said "Enough" and quit blogging (for a bit) without saying anything. That way he could just stop without being talked out of it...know what I mean?
I just wanna know he's okay.

Posted by: Stevie at October 07, 2003 08:59 AM (25HoH)






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