I am still alive. It has been a long, lonely, upsetting weekend. If you’ve ever had a car accident, you’re familiar with that feeling you get when you see the […]

My last entry was about the Flora-Bama lounge, a place that was special in my heart because of a good time that was once spent there, and a memory rooted […]

From the Mobile (Alabama) Register newspaper: Legendary Flora-Bama belted, buried, standing Portions of bar’s walls, roof damaged Friday, September 17, 2004 By JOE DANBORN Staff Reporter The Flora-Bama lives. In […]

Yesterday, the Tampa Tribune story mentioned the Flora-Bama Lounge: The Flora-Bama Lounge remained resolute. “Open until we float away,” read an attached sign. The roadhouse, which Tampa author Tim Dorsey […]

I remember an evening, a year or two past, when I was in the Crescent City of New Orleans for a convention of the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).  We […]

It looks as though we’re once again in hurricane watch mode, and this one’s a real humdinger. Hurricane Ivan, which we’ve had in the back of our minds for a […]

Yesterday’s “Atlanta Journal-Constitution” carried a story that left me gaping at the complete stupidity that local governments seem not only to suffer from, but to celebrate.  Goat-ropes like this are […]

Since yesterday morning, Tito Puente, the late King of Latin Music, has come back to life, and is practicing for his next concert tour inside my head. I somehow got […]

It’s been far too long since I blogged, and there are a series of random thoughts running through my mind.  I think I’ll share them, in no particular order.  This […]

Just before leaving the office today, a weird thought about Douglas Adams and Vogon Poetry brought me to a web site called the Vogon Poetry Generator. It asks for a […]

Shamelessly stolen from Illusio (by invitation!) This is one of those “Survey Blogs” … feel free to jump in … steal the text below, edit, and blog. 100 Statements Bold […]

Today was a sad day in the world of photography. News media were informed today that Henri Cartier-Bresson passed away on Monday, at the age of 95. Cartier-Bresson has been […]

[The following blog is back-dated.] We arose Sunday morning and promptly went right back to bed. I must say, I could really get used to that kind of morning, if […]

[The following blog has been back-dated.] Saturday found us awakening to a beautiful sunrise, and a wide array of options. We exercised one of those options, then decided to explore […]

[The following blog was back-dated.] The plan was ambitious. Leave directly after work. Deliver Alexis to a friend’s house, in a small, god-forsaken town in Tennessee. Then escape, and enjoy […]

The war in my lower GI tract continues. I am trying to get an appointment with my doctor, Lady Sawbones, but unfortunately, because I’m breathing constantly, I don’t rate a […]

Like John Hurt in the movie, “Alien”, I am currently at war with my gastrointestinal tract. The first minor skirmishes began yesterday. It was a really busy, nightmarish day at […]

My earliest memories of him are as indelible as carvings in stone, but far more vivid. Each time I look at one of the old, faded, Polaroid pictures he took […]

I think stress must be contagious, or at least seasonal, because so many of us seem to be suffering from it at the same time. Mine has been steadily increasing […]

Okay, so I forgot to blog for the ENTIRE WEEKEND, and managed to snooze through Monday as well. I think I can use the excuse that I was busy guest-blogging […]