Bloviations

My newest post at the Onslow Memorial Hospital  TweenBeat blog is live.
Hottest styles, every shoe, every color discusses the impact of television on a child’s sense of style and dress.
Cruise on over and add your 2 pence!

October 25th, 2009 | Tags: Bloggers, Blogroll, Onslow Memorial Hospital, TweenBeat | Category: Bloggers, Blogroll, Onslow Memorial Hospital, TweenBeat | Leave a comment

My first blog posts are live at Onslow Memorial Hospital’s TweenBeat blog.
Hi, My Name is Thomas and I’m a Mommy-Blogger is the obligatory introductory post.
Are You At Your Mother’s House? is the first in what will be an unknown number of posts related to the challenges of having a 9 year old living [...]

October 24th, 2009 | Tags: Bloggers, Blogging, Blogroll, Onslow Memorial Hospital, TweenBeat | Category: Bloggers, Blogroll, Onslow Memorial Hospital, TweenBeat | Comments (1)

Onslow Memorial Hospital (Twitter, Facebook) is seeking to pay mommy-bloggers and not offering equal opportunities to dads.
It’s a move I’ve called sexist, ignorant and foolish.
Certainly, moms have a particular perspective on raising children. Certainly, in Jacksonville and Onslow County moms have to deal with particular issues that other moms (you know, the non-married-to-military kind) don’t. [...]

October 7th, 2009 | Tags: Bloggers, BrockNet, Jacksonville, NC, Onslow County, NC, Onslow Memorial Hospital, Social Networking, Writing | Category: Bloggers, BrockNet, Jacksonville, NC, Onslow County, NC, Social Networking, Writing | Comments (8)

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)

BrockNet has a new blog this week: The House Diaries.
The House Diaries will be about the day-to-day life of a house in Mayberry and the people that live within.
So, you know, check it out and stuff.

Technorati Tags: The House Diaries,BrockNet,BrockNet Blogs,Bloggers,Mayberry NC

November 8th, 2008 | Tags: Bloggers, BrockNet, BrockNet Blogs, Mayberry NC, The House Diaries | Category: Bloggers, BrockNet | Leave a comment

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)

(Note from Thomas Brock: What follows is a guest post from Lindell Kay. Read more of Lindell’s writing at the Jacksonville Daily News and at his blog, Off the Cuff.)
My father, soon to be 79, has only one testicle. He has never disclosed to me exactly how that came about. In fact, it took me [...]

October 3rd, 2008 | Tags: Bloggers, Freedom ENC Communications, Guest Post, INC, Jacksonville Daily News, Lindell Kay, Off the Cuff | Category: Bloggers, Freedom ENC Communications, INC, Guest Post, Jacksonville Daily News | Comments (5)