Category Archives: Coworkers

Joost Me Back to the Future

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.

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Southern Tourist Attractions

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

(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

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

“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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Motorist UnAssistance

We stand beside the road looking at the flat tire as cars and 18-wheelers fly by so fast the wind shoves us away from the road. We see the man in the Volvo 100 yards back hit the same piece … Continue reading

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The Phone Call

This happened about a year ago. True story.  We’re driving down a curvy mountain road, headed to a new business meeting in southwest Virginia. We’re talking about this and that and the client’s business when my cell phone rings. It’s … Continue reading

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