LARGETONY Blog

It was one of the most perfect days of your life. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, spiritually, every fucking “-ly” you can think of. First off, the day was freakin’ gorgeous. What happened to the remants of Ivan that were supposed to stick with us through tomorrow??? Mother Nature knew that this was Florida Week and she [...]

That Ivan is one big-assed storm. Here I sit at least 8 hours from the Alabama Gulf Coast, yet about the same time the eye of the hurricane hit down there, the rain started up here. And it hasn’t stopped. And now that Ivan has made landfall and is working is way through the southeast, [...]

Sort of like the seven wonders of the world, if you have never experienced it, you can’t know what it’s like. Like swallows returning to Capistrano (sp?) it happens only once a year. Because its occurrence is limited to one of two places in the world, its experienced firsthand by only 100K people or so, [...]

I have been thinking about pet peeves. Isn’t that a strange phrase when you think about it? If it’s something that peeves you, why would it be a pet. A pet is something you love, a peeve is something you don’t. So why would you cutesyfy it by calling it a “pet peeve.” As if [...]

So, I have not blogged for a couple of days. Just not had time or anything interesting to say. So “blog” is a verb now? Anyway. We have rains in the mountains of East Tennessee on tuesday and somewhat on Wednesday. It was some of the far reaching effects of Hurricane Frances. Now, don’t misunderstand [...]

So holiday weekends are supposed to be relaxing, right? Then why am i so wiped right now. I guess becuase I was up at 6 AM and I have been gong non-stop. With the regular weekend chores, Boomsday on Saturday, the football game on Sunday, plus the usual stuff with Granny. and then her added [...]

Well, Sunday night was the season opener for the University of Tennessee football team (known as the The Vols –short for volunteers. This taken from history, from when there was a volunteer regiment from Tennessee in the War of 1812.) Thaye played UNLV. It was a great night. Clear skies with a huge half moon [...]