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John

Some Basics

About Me

I'm an attorney/writer in Houston. I'm joining this thing because my brother, sister-in-law, and seemingly every other person in my family is on this thing.

My Interests

Baseball. Movies. Writing. Reading. And you really need to read my stuff over at Houstoned Ballz http://blogs.houstonpress.com/ballz/. Please.

Books:

Anything by Elmore Leonard. I highly recommend Kurt Vonnegut. James Ellroy is a great writer. And very underrated. I'm also a big fan of Carl Hiaasen's works.

Heroes:

Jimmy Carter. Theodore Roosevelt. William O. Douglas. Elmore Leonard. Curt Flood. Howard Cosell

My Blog

The New York Photo Slideshow

As promised, here is the slideshow of the New York Statues at the Houston Press.  http://blogs.houstonpress.com/ballz/2008/07/slideshow_42_sta tues_of_libert.php  Please go check it out, beca...
Posted by John on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:58:00 PST

Statues on Parade

Hey kids, I hope everything is fine. I just wanted to take the blog space to explain, briefly, my new photo album, Statues on Parade.  As some of you know, I just returned from a work/leisure tri...
Posted by John on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 06:29:00 PST

Taking Another Chance

It's late on a Sunday night, and I'm tired, but I don't want to go to bed because that means when I wake up it's time to go back to work.  I did absolutely nothing day, yet I feel as if I was wor...
Posted by John on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:39:00 PST

Baseball Photos

Okay, all of my faithful friends should know how much I love baseball.  And I know I have plenty of photos posted in my albums of baseball stadiums, but... I’ve got a ballpark slideshow set...
Posted by John on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:23:00 PST

Explaining the New Photos

I saw "Into the Wild" today, and lots of the film is set in the desert.  Which reminded me of my time in Ajo, Arizona several years ago, working on a document production in a nearly empty town at...
Posted by John on Mon, 24 Dec 2007 07:34:00 PST

Amsterdam

I was just posting my photos from my trip to Amsterdam, so the place is on my mind. It's kind of hard to believe that I was there just two weeks ago.  It's hard to believe because it just feels l...
Posted by John on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:46:00 PST

The Whiny Little Baby

I've been having one of those weeks -- starting last week.  I won't go into everything, but if I can't bitch and whine before my friends on myspace, then what's the use of this thing, right? I wr...
Posted by John on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 07:21:00 PST

Just One More Thing

I really need to get to work, but I just noticed this advertisement on my myspace homepage for Dane Cook.  And I've just got to ask:  is there anybody out there who thinks this guy is funny?...
Posted by John on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:54:00 PST

Ending the Day

Starting the end of the day.  I just filed my latest posts with the Houston Press -- you can find Monday's postings over here.  I've got a couple of hours of stuff for the real job that I s...
Posted by John on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:42:00 PST

Some Closing Thoughts

Okay, so the night is ending.  I've filed my stories with the Houston Press -- please make sure to check out their website tomorrow during the day -- and I'm catching up on some other stuff. I'm ...
Posted by John on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:30:00 PST