Today was a bittersweet day for me. When I started playing around with Social Media tools, I used Picasso’s Old Guitarist as my gravatar – a filler till I decided whether or not I liked these tools. But as with many things in my life, I got attached to the picture. Then again, I’ve almost […]
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How to Convince Your Friend to Go to a Cubs Game at the Last Minute Even If His Wife Is Pregnant
It’s Saturday night. Max Power and I spent some time getting good work done. Sadly, it wasn’t on Book of Blues, but so it goes. At the end, we started watching some baseball and saw Minnesota Twins highlights. Not that I care that much about the Twins so much as… Max Power & I love […]
Easter Reflection 2010 – Forkout / Susan G. Koman for the Cure
Lately, life has been filled with enough positive stress for a change that I found myself finally being comfortable with life. Being comfortable with life frightens me too much. I’m afraid I’ll forget there’s real evils which is spawning real pain and uncertainties and fears. Afraid of forgetting the Blues… I got word from Steven […]
Doctor Who – The Eleventh Hour – Join the Conversation at Anglotopia.net
Another one of the many great advantages of entrenching one’s self in New Media is that you get to meet colleagues along the way with exclusive access to shared passions. In this case, I refer to my renewed childhood love of Doctor Who. The post David Tennant-era began tonight in the UK. With help from […]
Who’s Your NWI Loan Guy? Maybe It Should Be Scott Swinford
Life balances. Even when it comes to our economic woes… I’m a guy without a home of my own, so of course I keep running into people who if they aren’t building or selling homes, they’re helping people get home loans. It’s the circles we run in from time to time. Perhaps life is telling […]
The Burn Notice ‘Zoot Suit’ Song is Actually “Silk Suit” by KRAM
It ain’t hard to tell I’m on my own clock: I just lost an hour of my life – and delayed my roadtrip to Indy for an hour – because I had to find out what the Hell the “Zoot Suit” song was being used for the 2010 start of Burn Notice Season 3. Come […]
Still unplugging, and learning that I need to prime the pump
I’m not gifted. I’m not talented. Not today. Probably not tomorrow. Maybe. Fuck it. We’ll let history decide. Then again, I could be wrong. The family’s been around due to the MLK holiday. The normal peace and quiet didn’t enter into my day until late. I feel a little less in control on those days. […]
The Return Flight Home
I’m on Southwest Flight 138 in Fort Myers, headed for Chicago w a stop in St Louis. And my judgment is skewed, subjected to my bittersweetness of leaving oldold man Finn, my love for my second home – Ft. Myers, Margaritaville – and claustrophobic barriers being pummeled by an unusual selection of self-centered passangers not […]
Steve Dalton – How a Northwest Indiana Mortgage Lender Can Teach Me the Ropes
Sam Cooke has had a much better life than me, I am still gonna try to win. And I know I won’t do it alone. It’s probably why I started my “People Along The Way” section, to help highlight those people who have helped me work on both my plan “A” and “B.” I met […]
Legacy or Longevity? Still Undecided
Ever since oldold man Finn woke up sick after our gulf-to-ocean-and-back road trip, I’ve been consumed by the question: “Legacy or Longevity?” In a couple hours, I’m going to go back into Book of Blues. I’m finally in uncharted territories. I know where’s it’s going. I know how it’s gonna end. But I don’t know […]