John – Page 105 – Deep Sand

A Rambling Blog

June 14, 2008 John Air Travel, Airport, airports, Amendment 2, Blogging, Blogs, Deep Sand, fl, florida, Plugins, Wordpress

I don’t get a ton of traffic on this site, and have always been disappointed with the lack of comments. I get a few, but I know I have opinionated friends, and would expect a little more from them. I suspect one of the reasons is that this blog is so far ranging in the topics I write about. I’ve read some good articles lately on blogging, and most say to narrow the focus of your blog. The people writing these articles do have very widely read blogs, so one must give them their props.

Election Humor Politics Presidency

Why I’m Voting Republican

June 13, 2008 John republicans

Something for a good laugh.

Travel

The Usual Travails of Travel

June 11, 2008 John American Airlines, Dallas, USAirways

I’m headed to Dallas on business. My American Airlines flight was due to leave at 2:40 this afternoon. It’s now schedule to leave at 4:45. If it does, I make it in time to give my presentation tomorrow, but I miss the dinner this evening.

Gadgets Religion Right Wingnuts Technology

Tivo and Focus On The Family

June 7, 2008June 24, 2008 John christian, Christianity, focus on the family, gay, james dobson, methodist, Tivo

The Family was no different. This bothered me a bit, so I went to the Tivo website, got a number for their corporate headquarters and called. A very nice person named Alyson called me back, and we had a nice discussion about the situation. i followed up my conversation with the following letter.

Culture Family Featured Kings Mountain Places Southern

Salvaging A Small Part of A Small Town Downtown

June 5, 2008June 6, 2008 John Belks, Downtown, home, Home Town, Kings Mountain, Plonks, Small Town

I’m from a small town, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, just across the South Carolina state line. It’s right off Interstate 85. Recently my Mom sent me a clipping from the local paper. The main article on clipped page was about an effort to restore the downtown local theater. This started me thinking back to the downtown where I grew up, and considering how it’s changed.