IAJE Conference at Baylor

A picture’s worth a thousand words. Here are 6,000 words:

Look at the non-fuzzy guys in each picture. Which one is which?

That Jon Faddis is a funny man!

And yes, he did call Katie’s mom!!!

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Birthdays, Crawfish, Movies

Friday was Joe’s birthday. Len & Damon worked very hard to put together a very fun surprise party for him. Of course, it didn’t go over exactly as they’d planned but Joe was still VERY surprised and had a lot of fun! I had only known the overview of the plans for that night but periodically, I felt like the details weren’t working out so I improvised and filled in what seemed to be blanks and it seemed to help.
“You know what I love about Daylight Savings time? It’s 5 ’til 8 and the sun’s still up. Can you believe it?”
“OH, my friend Blanca was telling me the other day how Spanish Flowers was her favorite Mexican restaurant in Houston.”
Good times!!

Saturday, Len & I went to Galveston and hung out on the beach and watched the cruises take off. While there, I had an instinct to call Cheryl and it turned out she & Steve were having their annual crawfish boil. So, we headed out to Kingwood! They had plenty of food, beer, jello shots and hurriacanes. Wow, did I have quite a bit to drink, too. We met some interesting & wonderful people.

Sunday, Joe, Len and I headed out to see Sahara. It was still just as good the second time!

The drive home was utterly tiring so I’m going to head to bed. Long day tomorrow.
~B

Storm’s a brewin’

There’s a huge storm coming. Supposed to be golf ball to tennis ball sized hail in this storm. Damn me for having a garage full of crap so I can’t put my car in the garage. BOO!!

Ray

Excellent!!! Jamie Foxx does such a magnificent job of portraying Ray Charles in this movie that you completely forget it’s Jamie Foxx. This movie shows the life of Ray Charles Robinson from his early childhood through the ’50s and ’60s. It shows how he dealt with all the issues (sex, drugs, family, racism, etc.) that he had to face as he developed his musical career. The music, a lot of which is performed by Jamie Foxx, is wonderfully exhibited throughout the movie. Although he created many of the challenges he had to overcome (aside from the blindness and racism), he still came out on top. I recommend this movie to anyone who has enjoyed the music of Ray Charles in their lifetime. 4.5 out of 5 stars.