StraightAhead

At the Horn out on Richmond, I heard The Houston Funk Factory last night, Kelly and the boys were really fun. I’m glad I made the trip to see and hear them. There were many highlights but one of the biggest for me was hearing Andre Hayward for the first time. He was cookin. You [...]

Cops, you can’t live with them, you can’t live without them? hmm.  Cops are fresh on my mind lately.  I got a speeding ticket for going 70 in a 50 on a road where the speed limit should be at least 65 mph. near La Porte Texas, two nights ago.  Ok, I have a new [...]

Side view

Originally uploaded by Memphis Joe

I got this last tuesday. It goes way beyond awesome. Good fireman’s color don’t you think?

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

This is pretty cool or at least interesting, especially if he could somehow keep it.

My wife of 38 years died a week ago today. We’ve already had the memorial service and it was beautiful. I just heard a voice mail from her when she was in the hospital this last time after she had had two brain surgeries. She had just gotten to where she could actually use [...]

I hear this a lot.  I also hear that all things work for good for those that love the lord.  I also hear that the prayers of a righteous man availeth much.  Or , We can’t see the big picture of what God has in mind for us because we are mere humans, but it [...]

I took this great picture of a banana spider and it’s mate.  It’s going to be in wikipedia sometime.  My son is helping me with that.

This is pretty entertaining and hurts, too!

I haven’t posted anything in a while so I thought I would just write down a few things or a diary of my day and what has been happening in my life lately.  My wife has a donor for her bone marrow transplant who is not going to back out it seems, as some have [...]