Late Thursday afternoon my grandchildren, Mikey, 7 and Heather, 3, walked from my home to McDonald’s for dinner. To get there, we have to walk past a school crossing and upon spying the crossing sign pictured in the photo below, … Continue reading
My mom named me after Jeff Chandler, an actor she had a major crush on when I was born. Too bad I didn’t turn out as handsome as he was. Are YOU named after a celebrity? Thank you for subscribing … Continue reading
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Today, Wednesday, April 22, 2009, is the 39th anniversary of Earth Day. What began as a protest movement in 1970 (and brought the word “ecology” into prominent usage) has grown and evolved into a worldwide observance and celebration of our … Continue reading
Over on the forums of Editor Unleashed, they’ve been polling writers for the past two months about their favorite books for writers. Here are what they have compiled as the 10 best books for writers: On Writingby Stephen King Plot … Continue reading
I always chuckle AND bristle a bit when I get this screen. “..and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.” Um, yeah…all I did was CLICK ON THE LINK TO YOUR SITE! Thank you for subscribing … Continue reading
Airlines make the seats smaller (17″ to 18″ wide) and closer together so they can cram more of them into the aircraft and thus have more paying customers on any given flight, THEN say if you can’t fit into one … Continue reading
I just thought this was amusing. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your RSS reader, the site you are looking at … Continue reading
Can I just say I hate wallpaper? Not the nice digital kind you find on your computer monitor, but the awful, creepy, horrible kind you find on the walls of your home. Cindy and I have been saying for 12 … Continue reading
If you have Ovation TV available on your cable system, you should definitely avail yourself of the excellent content this channel dedicated to the Fine Arts offers to viewers. Programming is dedicated to Art, Music, Opera, Dance and Film. This … Continue reading
Over at The Consumerist (one of my favorite RSS feeds, btw) they have a fun feature called “How Much Is…?” with photos from consumers of confusing retail pricing signage. As you can see, those seeking relief from their halitosis would … Continue reading
Well, at least according to a UK research/polling company. Below is the list of books their research and polls determined to be the most inspirational. Not sure I agree with all their results (though I have not read numbers 3, … Continue reading
After enjoying the day at KSC, we left around 3:30 in the afternoon and made our way north up I-95 for the second part of my anniversary surprise for Cindy. I had reserved a hotel room on the beach at … Continue reading
On Monday, March 30, 2009 I took Cindy to the Kennedy Space Center as part of a surprise for our 12th wedding anniversary. Cindy and I had both been to KSC before we met and were married, but not once … Continue reading
I went through the Easter pics from yesterday and uploaded the best to Flickr. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your … Continue reading
Well, we pretty much finished up the preliminary work we were doing in Valdosta and southern Georgia, so I was able to come home to Orlando Saturday morning. I left Valdosta at 4:30am and arrived in Orlando in time to … Continue reading
Georgia women really DO talk like Deputy Chief Brenda Johnson on “The Closer”, thank yew. I knew Georgia was famous for its peanuts, pecans and peaches (the fruit, not the women), but what I DIDN’T know was that they are … Continue reading
Driving to meet a congressman at a damage assessment this morning in Valdosta, I came upon something that made me stop to take a photo of it. I mean look at it, wouldn’t YOU have made the congressman wait if … Continue reading
Last week while I was home for a few days, Cindy and I followed the next step in “The North Carolina Project” and did some car trading. We knew, from painful experience, that we will need a 4WD vehicle to … Continue reading
OK, had an EXTREMELY busy day traveling around parts of southern Georgia (300 miles on the rental car), escorting folks on damage assessment outings and various meetings. I am very tired and have another day of more tomorrow, so this … Continue reading
