So I know that I have not updated this blog for a little while, but like so many other bloggers that I know when they take a break, my intentions were always there to update you (my readers) on what is going on in my life… Right now I am sitting in Las Vegas with [...]
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An update from Vegas
Posted in Concerts, General Life on March 13, 2011 |
Retro Picture Friday (#52) ….Perhaps the finale
Posted in General Life, tagged Retro Picture on February 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Are you familiar with Field Day? It is a day in Elementary School when you forgo classes and spend the day competing amongst your classmates in a variety of track and field events. Think of it as a modern day Olympics for the 6th grade. Here I am, in the discus event, about to release [...]
Retro Picture Friday (#51) … the Nation’s Capital edition
Posted in General Life on February 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I had a retro picture raring to go last week, and then all of a sudden the sun broke through the clouds and the weather turned unbelievably gorgeous here in middle Tennessee…thus no retro pic. But today I bring you two classic and classy photos from the Jones Family vacation to Washington D.C. At this [...]
End of January
Posted in General Life on February 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Well it is the end of January, and I made it. And by made it, I mean that I did not drink any alcohol throughout the 31 days. Truthfully it was not as big a challenge to me as I thought it might be, but then again I didn’t take my first real drink until [...]
A new idea, well kind of…
Posted in General Life on January 25, 2011 | 3 Comments »
One of my favorite blogs to read over this past year was a series posted on the A.V. Club’s website called “Nashville or Bust.” Written by a hip-hop writer/reviewer named Nathan Rabin, the 52 week series approaches country music’s greatest singers and songwriters in a unique way. Rabin gave both the historical background of the [...]
Retro Picture Friday (#50)
Posted in General Life, tagged Retro Picture on January 21, 2011 | 2 Comments »
That “Smokey and Bandit” movie sure can leave quite an impression on a young boy. As you can tell from this picture, one of my main desires in life was to drive “the” big rig,” or as the song says in ‘East Bound and Down,’ I wanted to “just put that hammer down and give [...]
Retro Picture Friday (#49)
Posted in General Life, tagged Retro Picture on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
When I was a kid I liked to clean things. I usually could be found looking at the bottom of a person’s shoes and then picking out the small pebbles crammed deep within the grooves. I would also meticulously sweep the driveway clean of all debris on a daily basis, and sometimes (as this picture [...]
250 and Remembering a Return
Posted in General Life, On Writing, tagged 250th blog post, Life, thoughts on January 13, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Almost three years ago I strolled down Court St. in Brooklyn, NY to spend the day at the Tea Lounge and use their free wifi to send off some resumes to various corporations in the hope of landing some summertime employment. It was my second summer to be living in New York, and in the [...]
Snow Daze and all the things left to do…
Posted in General Life on January 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
YES, one of the biggest benefits to teaching is snow days, and yes I tend to rub it in the face of everyone who is working. But these unexpected days off also cause me to procrastinate even more. Sure I sorted some mail, and I even half way cleaned out my car, but besides that [...]
Retro Picture Friday (#48)
Posted in General Life, tagged breakfast, me and Drew, Retro Picture on January 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
If I was a smarter man, I would have waited for this picture to be my very last Retro Picture Friday update, thus bookending it with the very first one, seen here. But alas, I am going to try and save the best for last. So here is the Jones brothers once again eating our [...]
