Author: jinksto

Yesterday my first cousin got married in my home town.  We really wanted to go but, well, it’s 900 miles away.  Sometimes I don’t mind that distance; sometimes I do. You hear stories about small towns and how, “everyone knows

I’ve seen a lot of rhetoric out of right wingers about Obama “not doing anything”.  I watch the news as it scrolls by on my screen all day long so I can attest to the fact that this is completely

I’ve watched this little girl grow up.  She’s spent half of her weekends over the last 10 years at my house.  She’s not related to me but she calls me Uncle.  She was just a wee little thing when our

I’m a nerd or, more correctly, I’m a geek.  We won’t dig into the differences here but there’s a related story that I want to share so the point is valid.  This week while working with someone over wording for

Digi-cousin, The Nerdy Redneck has posted a couple of interview stories the last few days.  Good stories.  Check both of them out. Failing a test and Passing a test Giving a test and failing a test A reply to the

"I,  , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will

A lot of my friends watch the television show “Ghost Hunters” or other “ghost” shows. I hate them (the shows, not my friends). When it comes up in random conversation as it sometimes does some folks are shocked that I

Back when I was a kid we’d go down to the crawfish hole (which later in life I learned to call a “ditch”) every spring and using a bit of thread from mom’s sewing kit tied to a piece of

Got these in the mail today.  Thought I’d share. Hawk Sunset from our patio.   Is that awesome or what?

  This is a long post.  What can I say, it was a long day. The morning started slowly. I woke up at 4:30 this morning.  I laid in bed for about an hour trying to get a little extra