Southpaw Jones

Paw Prints
Pics of Southpaw, his environ, and his interweb:

Posters for my 30th Birthday Celebration are on the way! Mega-thanks to Jeremy Johnson for the lovely design!

Is This Interesting?
Thoughts/feelings that just might not matter:

Well, SXSW is over, and I’m relieved. Don’t get me wrong, I had fun playing a few gigs and seeing some wonderful out-of-town friends. I just don’t understand what it’s supposed to accomplish or what I’m supposed to accomplish with it. There are certainly a lot of people milling about town. Big crowds in mid-sized rooms. Mid-sized crowds in tiny rooms.

It’s not my bag. I just want to spend the last few days of my precious twenties tasting the flavor of normalcy. Coffee. Hamburgers. Neighborhood friends. I just don’t like that kind of “party pressure” that arises every year around SXSW, spring break (woo!), and St. Patrick’s Day. Now that it’s all over, we can go back to focusing on our delicious, everyday misery.

Speaking of misery, let’s add 30 miles to the Southpaw Jones Virtual Excursion des Pieds! For the uninitiated, this is a “trip” I’m taking based on the miles I earn via treadmill and trail. As the crow flies! 237.4 total miles! Let’s check it out:

Week 1: 30 miles to Taylor, Texas
Week 2: 27 miles to Rockdale, Texas
Week 3: 20.7 miles to Caldwell, Texas
Week 4: 22.3 miles to Bryan/College Station, Texas
Week 5: 21 miles through Gibbons Creek Lake
Week 6: 24.4 miles to Hunstville, Texas
Week 7: 22 miles to Trinity, Texas
Week 8: 24 miles to Crockett, Texas
Week 9: 16 miles to Kennard, Texas
Week 10+11: 30 miles to…

RUSK, TEXAS!

Ah, Rusk. Population 5,085. Elevation 506 feet. The place was named for Thomas Jefferson Rusk who signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, and it was the birthplace of James Stephen Hogg and Thomas Campbell, the first two Governors of Texas born in the state. Something called “Breakfast with Mr. Bunny” is coming up in town. I wish I could stay for that, but I’ve got to continue this tour. Hell or high water! Hyah!

Online Museum of the Week
Covers of Girl from Ipanema:

Jethro Tull

Plumb, Plumber, Plumbest
Signs o’ the times from Austin’s singing Jewish plumber, Herman Bennett:

ODORLESS CLEANERS

Quotopia
Freshly-picked quotes from the ol’ reference collection:

There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted.
Henry David Thoreau

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