Top 10 Word Of Jeff Posts For 2008
I thought it might be fun to review my blog statistics and see what the top posts were for 2008, in terms of page hits. In case you may have missed them or are a new reader, here are the … Continue reading
I thought it might be fun to review my blog statistics and see what the top posts were for 2008, in terms of page hits. In case you may have missed them or are a new reader, here are the … Continue reading
I’ll be boarding my flight at 8am this morning (barring any weather-related issues) to wing my way non-stop to Orlando. I enjoyed my time here, as far as work goes. Did some new stuff, got an excellent evaluation, saw some … Continue reading
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Here are a few shots I took the other day before the latest onslaught of snow and sleet arrived. Everything is cold, gray and barren. Thank you for subscribing to The Word Of Jeff. This feed is for personal, non-commercial … Continue reading
Missouri has been home to many famous people; Harry S. Truman, T.S. Eliot, Walter Cronkite, Dick Van Dyke and, one of my favorites, Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known to the world by his pen name Mark Twain, … Continue reading
Next Saturday morning I’ll fly home to Florida for the holiday, so this is my last weekend in Missouri for the foreseeable future. My non-stop flight leaves St. Louis at 8am local time and arrives in Orlando at 11:20am local … Continue reading
The men’s room sits less than 10 feet from my office area and the door is in a direct line of sight from my desk. I just watched a guy walk in there carrying a folding chair. I hope, really … Continue reading
After having experienced freezing rain and snow while here in Missouri, I have decided that freezing rain is much more uncomfortable than snow. That stuff seems to “soak” right through to your bones with its icy cold fingers. Brrrr!! Thank … Continue reading
No sleeping in this past Saturday. Instead I got up, showered and was on the road by 6:15, driving a little over 2 hours to St. Louis. Fortunately, the roads were fairly clear of ice and snow and there was … Continue reading
Friday night I went to downtown Jefferson City for the Living Windows holiday event, an annual celebration that involves the downtown merchants and retailers providing live, holiday-based entertainment in their storefront windows or on the street in front of their … Continue reading
Our office safety person sent out a warning about driving here in Missouri during our inclement (read; freezing my butt off) weather and specifically being careful when driving on “Black Ice.” I thought I’d share it with you. Black ice … Continue reading
Last night’s weather forecast gave a little better picture of what today might bring for my trip to the St. Louis arch. Now it appears that the snow will remain north of the east-west interstate road I’ll be driving on … Continue reading
Now the forecast is for snow on Saturday morning! I’m not changing my plans yet, but I really do not want to drive 2 hours there and 2 hours back in the snow. That’s not even addressing the possibility that … Continue reading
Ok, I’ve made my plans to drive over to St. Louis early Saturday morning to go to the arch. My co-worker has bowed out because she wants to sleep in. Slacker. Going early means I’ll have to leave Jefferson City … Continue reading
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Whenever I arrive in a new city, one of the first things I do when I get my rental car is scan the local radio broadcasts looking for an oldies station. Here in Jefferson City, Missouri, KJMO Cool 97.5 is … Continue reading
This story from the local paper here in Jefferson City about a deer who got a little revenge caused me to laugh. Wounded deer attacks on hunter who shot him Published: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 9:14 AM CST SEDALIA, Mo. … Continue reading
I’m hoping to visit the St. Louis arch before I leave Missouri. My co-worker wants to go also, but she has been on a vacation this past week, so I guess the earliest I’ll get to see it will be … Continue reading
Out of the bosom of the air, Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken, Over the woodlands brown and bare, Over the harvest-fields forsaken, Silent, and soft, and slow Descends the snow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The wind blew so … Continue reading
A light snowfall began last night around 11:15. I watched it gently fall through the darkness just outside my third floor hotel room. Although I know it is nothing more than a common meteorological occurrence, there is also something almost … Continue reading