Bloviations

But I appear to be having a severe deficit of motivation.
I’m sure it’ll clear itself up as Spring comes along.
Thanks!

March 9th, 2010 | Tags: Blog Navel-Gazing, BrockNet, BrockNet Blogs | Category: Blog Navel-Gazing, BrockNet | Leave a comment

Have no fear, friends. Regular blogging will be returning to Bloviations soon.

November 28th, 2009 | Tags: Blogging, BrockNet | Category: Blog Navel-Gazing, BrockNet | Leave a comment

Here’s a preview of some upcoming blog posts:
– Jacksonville City Council Candidates’ Yard Signs and What They Say About The Candidates and Voters
– Jacksonville City Councilman Jerome Willingham Learns Not to Mess with Lindell Kay from the Jacksonville Daily News
– Day Trip to Duplin Winery
– A Failure in Commuting by Bicycle
Have [...]

October 3rd, 2009 | Tags: Blog Navel-Gazing, BrockNet | Category: Blog Navel-Gazing, BrockNet | Comments (2)

I provide my usual and all-too-often needed apologies for being a less-than-stellar blogger.
This post is a mixed-bag of stuff that’s been floating around my head these few weeks.
The race for Jacksonville’s City Council
There hasn’t been much public campaigning. Mr. Hunter Hadley, Jr (At-Large) has yard signs posted. Councilwoman Reva Sullivan (Ward 2) is hosting [...]

September 3rd, 2009 | Tags: 2009 Elections, Alva Williams, Bicycle Commuting, Bicycling, City of Jacksonville NC, City of Jacksonville Recreation and Parks Department, City of Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission, Freedom ENC Communications, Hunter Hadley Jr, Jacksonville Daily News, James Bryan, Libertarians, Reva Sullivan | Category: 2009 Elections, Alva Williams, Bicycling, Blog Navel-Gazing, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Hunter Hadley, Jr, Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Daily News, Jacksonville, NC, James Bryan, Libertarians, Recreation and Parks Commission, Reva Sullivan, Trails and Greenways Commission | Comments (3)

Ms. Steinfeld recently wrote a guest post at Thordora’s Spin Me I Pulsate blog.
The subject of her post, cyber stalking, is something I’ve never had to deal with, as I have always written online by my given name. I do so for two reasons:

I believe it lends more creditibility to my writing
It requires that I [...]

January 15th, 2009 | Tags: Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, BrockNet, City of Jacksonville, Family, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Internet, Jacksonville Daily News, Relationship, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate | Category: Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, BrockNet, City of Jacksonville NC, Family, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Relationship, Uncategorized, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate | Comments (2)

I’m recovering from the end of a four-day weekend (AM and I took Thursday and Friday off, as well as the standard Saturday/Sunday weekend).
We got Dexter neutered and had his shots updated.
We voted. Early voting is really easy and takes very little time. There really is no excuse, folks. Please, go vote.
We set up AM’s bike so [...]

October 28th, 2008 | Tags: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Elections, Alva Williams, Bicycling, Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Family, Fannie K. Coleman, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville Trails and Greenways Commission, Jerome Willingham, Journal, Michael Lazzara, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), Sammy Phillips | Category: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Election, Alva Williams, Bicycling, Blog Navel-Gazing, Bloggers, Car-Free, City of Jacksonville NC, Commuting, Family, Fannie K. Coleman, George Cleveland (Rep Incumbent), Harry Brown (Rep Incumbent), Jacksonville City Council, Jacksonville, NC, Jerome Willingham, Journal, Legislation, Michael Lazzara, NC House 14, NC House 15, NC House 4, NC Senate 6, North Carolina, North Carolina House of Representatives, North Carolina Senate, Randy Thomas, Reva Sullivan, Robert Grady (Rep Incumbent), Russell Tucker (Dem Incumbent), Sammy Phillips, Tweet-Digest | Comments (4)

I’ve been thinking about some stuff and since yesterday was a transformative day in my life (more on that in another post), I’ve decided to be a little more open with my personal life here.
So. Here we go.
AM and I have been living together since February.
The pictures of her apartment are actually pictures of [...]

August 16th, 2008 | Category: Blog Navel-Gazing, BrockNet, Confessions, Jacksonville, NC, Relationship | Comments (2)