Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. ~~Mark Twain
By John on Nov 10, 2008 in Business, Culture, Family, Food, Friends, Fun Stuff, Kings Mountain, Places, Southern, Travel | 0 Comments
No blogging or politics last week, as I was on the road from Monday to Friday. I drove up North Carolina because we had a business meeting in Burlington Wednesday, and then I took two days off, visited Mom and drove home. It was actually a pleasant week. i also took some photos around Kings Mountain and Shelby.
By John on Jul 29, 2007 in Friends, Fun Stuff, Places, Religion, St. Petersburg | 0 Comments
It was a fairly quiet weekend. Lay was working, so we did not have his nephews over, and I got a little much needed rest.
By John on Jan 13, 2007 in Culture, Friends, Fun Stuff, General, Technology | 0 Comments
The folks at Weblog Tools Collection are hosting an essay contest about blogging, and I have submitted an entry. It’s about an experience I had as a result of creating a blog for my church.
By John on Jan 1, 2007 in Culture, Friends, Fun Stuff, Holidays, Places, Tampa | 0 Comments
Today, it’s cool and overcast. We’ve had rain for a good bit of the morning. I was up at 8:30 so I could give our friends Mike and Jeff (and Jeff’s sister and lover) a ride to the Tampa Stadium. They are attending the Outback Bowl. Jeff was not at all interested in going to begin with, but the weather really made him want to stay home.
By John on Dec 25, 2006 in Culture, Family, Friends, Holidays, Kings Mountain, Places | 0 Comments
One of the traditions that has developed is attending a Christmas Eve service of Lessons and Carols, followed by Communion and a candlelight service. Both services at the church were very full, with people in the balcony during the first service. It’s a time and place to feel comfortable. While there are many people there I don’t know, there are certainly lots of people I grew up with, and even older folks that helped me grow up.
By John on Dec 4, 2006 in Culture, Family, Friends, Holidays, Places | 0 Comments
This was not the most fun weekend. I got really sick with a cold Thursday night, and it’s stuck with me the whole weekend. I did get a few chores taken care of.
By John on Nov 27, 2006 in Culture, Family, Friends, General, Holidays, Kings Mountain, Mobile, Movies, Places, Southern, St. Petersburg, Technology, Weather | 0 Comments
We had a pretty typical Thanksgiving. As I’ve already reported, I drove to North Carolina last Monday, and then met friends up in Boone/Blowing Rock on Tuesday. Wednesday I stuck close to home and spent the day with Mom, and had dinner with her and some of her friends. It was overcast and rainy most of the day Wednesday.
By John on Nov 22, 2006 in Culture, Family, Friends, Fun Stuff, Holidays, Places | 1 Comment
I drove up to North Carolina Monday to spend time with the folks over Thanksgiving. Lay is flying in Thursday morning, and we’ll drive back together either Friday or Saturday (definitely not Sunday).
By John on Nov 5, 2006 in Friends, General, Places, Weather | 0 Comments
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I’m in Dallas this weekend and most of the coming week. The only good thing was I got to see an old friend. Robert and his lover had been previously invited to dinner at the home of some friends. I went along, and it was a very nice eveniing. They were a very nice couple, and one was an excellent cook. It was a much more relaxed and comfortable way to spend an evening than sitting in a restaurant.
By John on Oct 28, 2006 in Friends, Fun Stuff | 0 Comments
In Eggers dorm at ASU, because I was a Resident Assistant, I’d often find myself hanging out in the Resident Director’s apartment with friends chewing over the great questions of life. (At least when Larry “Rainbow” Johnson was the RD.) Anyway, I want to try to get back to just a little of that. While sitting around in same room isn’t so practical in this forum, at least this opens the discussion to a lot of people.
By John on Aug 26, 2006 in Culture, Friends, Movies | 1 Comment
Two Port Authority police officers become trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center.
By John on Jul 23, 2006 in Friends, General | 0 Comments
This weekend was fairly slow and quiet. Friday evening I did a major cleaning on the pool pump. The pool’s been cloudy a lot lately, so finally I just broke it completely down. Saturday morning I did some cleanup around the yard and the house.
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