Reasons why I might be about 20 years older than my actual age: Dixieland jazz. A wonderful affliction foisted on my by my father and his parents. Yes, Mom and Dad had Beatles/Stones/etc. records around when I was growing up. But Dad’s enthusiasm for the jazz rubbed off on me a long, long time ago.… Read More kids these days.
In honor of the nice police officer who got all pissed off at me because I was asking a couple of perfectly reasonable questions: The Complete Criminal* Record of Uncle Crappy: 1) Speeding ticket, Fairfield County, Ohio, March 1986. Returning to Athens for the start of spring quarter. 2) Speeding ticket, Franklin County, Ohio, spring… Read More the law won.
Something bizarre happened on Twitter today, something that’s worth a follow-up here. I think Jesse Hambley was having an odd morning and tweeted something about Ghostbusters … and within minutes, nearly everyone I know in Pittsburgh with a Twitter account had switched avatars to a Ghostbusters character. Quotes from the movie flew back and forth,… Read More that’s a big twinkie.
I know winter’s not done. But at the moment, it’s almost forgotten. Almost. It’s not really warm enough to drive to work with the windows down. But doing so reminds me that the days when it will be aren’t that far off. So the windows stay down — even if the heater in the car… Read More almost warm enough.
Remember back in November when I successfully completed my first shot at NaBloPoMo? The at-least-one-post-a-day thing that nearly had me in tears a few times while I tried to come up with something worthwhile to say each day? It’s back. Kind of. Actually, NaBloPoMo threw us a curve at the beginning of 2008, suggesting that… Read More just listed.
An indication that last night’s Blogfest 13 was a good one: If you go back through the timeline, you won’t see a whole lot of Twitter activity from those in attendance. Maybe we were all having too much fun? Thanks for a great night, y’all. See you again soon.
