Leaving Appalachia
Good old boys with hearts of gold - just don't mess with their guns! I'm wrapping up my work here in the mountains just as the last bit of winter…
Last Night in Blacksburg
The Summer Solstice Festival in 2013 was a Gas! Ironic that I'm leaving Blacksburg just as daylight saving time kicks in and this horrible winter winds down. It's an amazing…
Netflix Still Rules
House of Cards - Only Flaw is that there are no Democrats in South Carolina Anymore! I’m paying $7.99 a month for Netflix streaming video service. If I had one…
Hello X
The Hot New 2014 Theme for WordPress All the posts I did while traveling the globe at carbonboy.com got lost and even though no one cares, I still have them…
I just want to say one word; are you listening to me? Plastic!
That somewhat minor scene from the iconic movie The Graduate has lived on and I would only speculate it had something later to do with Frank Zappa composing the song…
My Mom the Hoarder (Bless Her Soul)
The Alfred and Helen Smith Family - Top to Right: Robert, Delores (mom), Eldon, Bottom to Right: Adeline, Helen, Alfred and Eugene I got a request from my Uncle Gene…
Snowed In on the Seneca Trail
If your auto is going to be clobbered with snow – your driveway is about the best place for it! We are fortunate here up in the higher elevations, as…
The Beatles – Fifty Years Ago – Amazing!
One wonders if there will ever be another such phenomena? I stayed up to watch the entire CBS Special tonight. I actually recall sitting in front of a black and…