Category Archives: Coworkers

Big River: Welcome To The Circus

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Terry Taylor

Recently it has come to my attention that one of Big River’s fellow tenants called us “circus people.” Granted, this comment was heard by one of our “circus” people while sitting in a restroom stall playing games on an iPhone, … Continue reading →

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How I Came To Big River And Other Lies

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Terry Taylor

The story has many versions. One of them has me showing up at Big River ten years ago with hair down to my ass, driving a red convertible with a six-pack and two strippers. That’s not true, no matter how … Continue reading →

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Ciderman

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Terry Taylor

Flipping through channels the other night I noticed that Toby McGuire was in both Spiderman and The Ciderhouse Rules. Not that Mr. McGuire ‘s roles have anything to do with this story, but it connected synapses in my brain that … Continue reading →

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Traveling

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Terry Taylor

Fred and I are driving through the South. We flew through it earlier. AirTran to Atlanta, a Hertz stop and we’re on our way. We hit a few new business fishing holes and stopped in Chattanooga, TN. Going to Chattanooga … Continue reading →

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Gizmodo and Engadget

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Terry Taylor

In case you have grown tired of the endless things available on the web to distract you, I offer you two more: Gizmodo.com and Engadget.com (thank you again, Jeff). Now I can sleep even less because I’m up all night … Continue reading →

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Wht ru txting?

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Terry Taylor

I find the texting craze that is so fashionably addressed toward teens to be amusing. I have seen several TV commercials making fun of parents for being clueless on the language of texting. That said; I probably send 40-50 text … Continue reading →

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Important Information

Posted on February 13, 2008 by Terry Taylor

It’s amazing what you can learn if you hang around Jeff. This week, he told me that there are companies who will “appraise” your website domain name and give you an accurate value. These valuations come with little certificates that … Continue reading →

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Pandora’s Music Box

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Terry Taylor

As I type this, I am listening to some cool music from the Music Genome Project. Went to Pandora.com (thanks Jeff) and typed in what I wanted and they loaded me up with that and everything like it. You want … Continue reading →

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Hallowsweat

Posted on October 31, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Jeff just sent me this website link featuring those old school, cheesy, plastic Halloween costumes like I used to crave as a kid: RetroCrush. These kinds of outfits (as Jeff admitted an affection for as well) smelled like the butt-end … Continue reading →

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A Hundred Yards and a Bucket of Blood.

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Terry Taylor

The rain came early and hard. The thunder and lightning came next. It went on all night and stayed in the morning. No one cared. They came for a reason and everyone who had a reason got what they came … Continue reading →

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Joost Me Back to the Future

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Terry Taylor

From the guys who brought us Kazaa (one of the first music sharing networks) and Skype (the first large-scale Internet phone service) now comes Joost. If you think YouTube is big, you’re five minutes late. Tweet This Post

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Southern Tourist Attractions

Posted on December 20, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Recently, I was in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on a shoot with Dee Briggs, and we happened by Rock City on top of Lookout Mountain, the granddaddy of Southern tourism icons. “See Rock City”, the barns, Ruby Falls — it made me … Continue reading →

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Blogging in North Carolina

Posted on July 7, 2006 by Terry Taylor

(From a recent trip into the Tar Heel State for a meeting) Fred’s Volvo is packed to the gills with presentation materials. Jeff sits in the back reading a book of short stories by Jean Shepard. Jan is reading Style … Continue reading →

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Tunk’s

Posted on June 30, 2006 by Terry Taylor

In Alexandria, Louisiana, out in the country off Highway 28, past Paul’s Paint where a cobbled-together, silver rocket car has been cockeyed constructed on the roof like a cross between the “Batmobile” and a DeLorean, on down a dead-end road … Continue reading →

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Bad Visitors

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Terry Taylor

“It was pitch dark and we huddled in the middle of the house listening to the trees fall. Suddenly the toilet made a strange gurgling sound and within just a few minutes, we had five feet of water in our … Continue reading →

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