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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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Mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to eat fried chicken.

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Terry Taylor

Heroin couldn’t be worse. Besides Pop-Tarts (Kellogg’s, are you reading this?), I am addicted to fried chicken. I am not proud of this reality of my culinary life. But I face my tasty failing with a roll of Bounty in … 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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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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Bridges and More Bridges

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Terry Taylor

There would be no roads in southern Louisiana without bridges. We left New Orleans, crossing Lake Pontchartrain. It is still raining as we drive the 24-mile-long bridge across this lake that is so big we can’t see the shore when … 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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Motorist UnAssistance

Posted on June 14, 2006 by Terry Taylor

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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500 miles of flat – and then we get one.

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Headed south toward New Orleans. We have driven for days mostly below the ankle of Louisiana’s boot. Almost every road is a long bridge through hundreds of miles of flat land rowed with undulating waves of sugar cane. Massive plumes … Continue reading →

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Books Along The Teche

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Terry Taylor

If they are honest, anyone who has ever read a James Lee Burke novel wishes they could write that wonderfully. He can describe a place and make you taste the air there. So when I found myself in New Iberia, … Continue reading →

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Iron, Lace and Leather next to Limbs and Braces

Posted on June 9, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Blogging On The Bayou The following is a series of blogs from a recent trip to southern Louisiana.   Southern Louisiana. We’ve just finished a lunch that would knock Emeril off the air for a week. Eddies BBQ, at a … Continue reading →

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Home From Iraq

Posted on June 8, 2006 by Terry Taylor

Blogging On The Bayou The following is a series of blogs from a recent trip to southern Louisiana.  She gets on the small plane headed for Alexandria, Louisiana. As I deposit my carry-on in the overhead, I notice her in … Continue reading →

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