John Masters, Author at Deep Something

Apparently NPR Religion Correspondent, Barbara Bradley-Haggerty, has decided that religious groups which claim to be Christian can’t possibly be hate groups. It also seems she makes decisions about who to interview for stories based on who returns her call the fastest.

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Another Test Post of the Plugin

January 19, 2012 B. John 283 Views 0 Comments

This is a test including facebook for the WordSocial plugin for WordPress. This could replace a number of plugins.

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Test Post

January 19, 2012 B. John 278 Views 0 Comments

This is the excerpt for a test post of the WordSocial plugin for WordPress.

Ah For the Good Old Days of Julia Sugarbaker

January 5, 2012January 18, 2012 B. John 324 Views 1 Comment Michele Bachman, Julia Sugarbaker, Designing Women

I know some of you will remember the show “Designing Women,” and especially the rants of one of the lead characters, Julia Sugarbaker. Someone has taken the time to hitch together a segment of Michele Bachman and one of Julia’s rants, and the results are pretty good. Boy how would love for someone like Julia Sugarbaker to actually call out some of these Republican candidates, especially Bachman. So, it’s as true today as it was back when the program was new, so enjoy this clip….

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Starting out 2012

January 2, 2012January 16, 2012 B. John 341 Views 0 Comments New Year, 2012, Resolutions, Writing, weight loss

I’m back. I know I haven’t posted much this entire year. I was writing a lot for work, and frankly there hasn’t been much of interest going on in my life. I admit a lot of the aspects of life I’m not happy with are under my control, and I plan to work to make some changes this year.

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Una Voce Holiday Concert

December 19, 2011January 16, 2012 B. John 376 Views 0 Comments Christmas, Una Voce, Florida Men's Chorale, Carols, Dwight Thomas, Gay Chorus

Sunday afternoon we attended the annual holiday concert for Una Voce The Florida Men’s Chorale. This was their 10th annual holiday concert, and Lay and me have been to each of them. This might have been the best concert yet, and I had a great time. The theater was very near, if not, sold out, and I believe straight couples might have outweighed gay couples.

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Barbershops

October 13, 2011September 29, 2018 B. John 480 Views 0 Comments Gandy Barbershop, Central Barbershop, Steve Otto

I went to get a haircut Wednesday morning at the Gandy Barbershop. It’s owned by Steve, but Tony, a British guy, is the barber I use. When I was paying and getting ready to leave he showed me a framed article by a local Tampa Tribune columnist, Steve Otto, which talked about Tony and the barbershop. I got me thinking about my earliest memories of going to the barbershop. Of course I know I went before we moved to Kings Mountain, but the first memory I have of going was to Central Barbershop right downtown on Mountain Street, beside Griffin’s Drug Store.

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Guns, Booze, and Tennessee Legislators

October 12, 2011March 10, 2018 B. John 449 Views 0 Comments Intoxicated, Driving, Guns, DWI, DUI, Tennessee, Curry Todd, TN, Firearms, Bars

This entry is part 2 of 13 in the series Guns

Not toolong ago the Teabagger crazy in the Tennessee Legislature decided it would be a good idea to roll back restrictions on where a person shouldn’t carry guns. So Rep. Curry Todd decided it would be a good idea to introduce a law allowing handgun carry permit holders to bring guns into bars. Because, you know, guns and drunks are always a successful combination…if you desire is to clean up the gene pool. Unfortunately, Rep. Todd forgot about another law in Tennessee making it illegal to be in possession of a fireman when intoxicated.