Her Military Decorations included two Purple Hearts, Good Conduct Medal, Presidential Unit Citation with star, National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, and Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, all of which she wore proudly on her red and gold blanket. Blanket? Did I forget to mention the Reckless is a […]

Do You Want It by Beautiful Beast This week’s featured Friday tune is from Beautiful Beast, a German band that clearly was started in the wrong century. Had this record been released in 1989, it would have sold 3 million copies and the video would have featured a collection of hot sports cars and even […]

You tell me, which kid is going to be more sensitive to the concept of where our meat comes from, and more likely to care? The 4-H kid who raised the calf and sold it off, or the city kid who has never seen a live cow? Ignorance of where our food comes from mostly […]

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What was I writing about during June in past years? 2002: We learned our (then) six year old daughter had 1337 skills. I wrote a blog post about PureSim baseball, which led to Mike Masnick leaving a comment about Out of the Park Baseball. Mike and I became friends, and I eventually ended up working […]

The August hail from Chicago, although they are currently hanging out in Nashville. They mashup a sexy take on Chicago folk and blues with some country twang to produce tunes that I really dig. This one is off their new album, Dear Chicago, Love Nashville, which is available from all the usual online retailers. Featued […]

Me, at IgniteDC #7. The official video, when they get it posted, will have sound direct from the soundboard. So it might be a little louder. Still, this is not bad – just turn up your volume. Thank you to Jeremy for the A/V work.

Last night I got up on stage and performed for 375 people at IgniteDC #7. Fifteen other people did the same thing. Why did I do it? I’m really not sure. I blame Jeremy. Shortly after we attended IgniteDC #5 he planted the idea in my head that I should do an Ignite presentation on […]

The video contains scenes from three events. – The Luminaria at the National Cemetery – The Memorial Day observance at the Confederate Cemetery – The Memorial Day observance at the National Cemetery

The new project from Pogo, formerly the keyboardist for Marilyn Manson. He also is a school buddy of one of my imaginary Internet friends, which is how I got introduced to his new project. Enjoy!