Among the luminaries on the Red Carpet last night at the Dallas International Film Festival was the original “Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother” Jerry Jeff Walker. (Did you know he wrote “Mr. Bo Jangles” too, although arguably most associate the song with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band … HA! Or even Sammy Davis Jr.)

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There was a superstition when I was a kid in which you were assured of rain on the farm if you killed a rattlesnake and hung it on the “bob wire” fence. Or wait, was that a coyote? And speaking of barbed wire lore, it was a sign of respect and remembrance if you hung […]

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At the time I left Boston, the plan was for me to return.  That has changed.  So this blog closes that chapter.  Bummer … In this heightened security era, of course I was at Boston’s Logan International Airport a couple of hours before my flight … and yes, I fired one up.  A laptop, not […]

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I missed the Oakland Ween concert by only a few days during my West Coast gig, so I vowed to see the band at the next opportunity. Well, I traveled across the entire country, but I am only half way there, having caught Gene Ween’s “solo” show last night at The Brighton Music Hall in […]

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The Dirty Gig continues in the Boston area, with day trips throughout the state and over into Connecticut counteracting the effects of flooding. With little time for Wi-Fi … but here are a few notes and some random photos. First off, just let me say, Boston DID NOT get the memo that smoking is so […]

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On a recent visit back home in Texas I attended a Social Media Club gathering, at which I picked up a few Twitter followers and new friends, and also networked the old school way — traded business cards. But the best old school moment of the night there at a place called Embargo  … I […]

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WARNING: This blog contains explicit subject matter that may travel beyond the boundaries of good taste … And it is like really, really long! Engage at your own risk. I have never been the sort to announce my own birthday — especially in the workplace. I mean … you never know what someone might do […]

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The PingThing Wi-Fi travel blog dates back to almost 2003, known by a couple of names … but the song remains the same. In addition to covering some 70-odd cities, in many of the cities we are now on our second or third go around. Such is the case with Boston. The first time I […]

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There may be better ways to soak up the New England history and culture, but it was cold at 6 a.m., the roads were more like tunnels through the plowed snow … and the only thing I found open was Dunkin Donuts. I’ll bite.

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I grew up on Old Route 66, so I suppose road trips run through my veins. And I don’t think it is coincidence that I am somewhat of a visual thinker … Ha … probably influenced by all that overexposure to the artwork of Route 66. The billboards, the Indian teepees and the curio shops […]

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