I shaved my beard off last night for the first time in a long time, and I went to get a haircut this morning. The barber asked me if I just moved to Tuscaloosa to go to college. I sighed and said, "No. I'm 35." Some of the old timers in the barber shop started discussing how old they thought I looked. They decided on college sophomore. So, I ( Read more... )

At age 35, I will be taking Astronomy 101 in the Fall. I work at the University which means I get 1 free class per semester, I don't have enough interest in my academic field (communications) to pursue a PhD, and I'm bored during 90% of my free time, so why not? Its going to be awkward as I find 18-21 year olds to be the most annoying demographic ( Read more... )

The big thing with me lately: I quit smoking 10 months ago and quit drinking over 7 months ago. I had gotten up to 250 pounds, was hungover most of the time, and was having some pretty bad heart problems. Surprisingly, of the two, the drinking was the hardest to quit. Everyone who has quit these habits talks about how much better they felt after ( Read more... )

This is the front page of James Spann's Twitter. Notice his headline.... Coincidence?


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Thats how much money I won in the family poker game over Thanksgiving.

I have to write somewhere in the neighborhood of 35 pages before the end of the semester. So, over the weekend I learned how to play "Wanted Dead or Alive" by Bon Jovi in its entirety on the guitar... I'm still working on the solo though.

James Spann and the Suspenders is playing a house party a week from this Saturday (on Reed St.). We are opening for Model Citizen. Anyway, DJ Bin Rock'n is going to be in Atlanta at the football game, so is there anyone who would be willing to take his place? A projector and a laptop would be nice, but honestly what needs to be done could be ( Read more... )

After this semester, I'll only need 3 credit hours to graduate. But, I have to take 9 hours to keep my financial aid. Any ideas on interesting, useful, and/or horse shit easy graduate level courses?

I should be writing a paper. Instead, I've been browsing the contents of an old removable HD that I dug out of the closet. Among the gems I found was my first (or somewhere thereabouts) video project from many years ago. The assignment, as I recall it, was to use found footage to convey how you feel about something. I chose the topic of ( Read more... )

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This is it.

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