Robert Jackson

My Bluesky feed was exciting there for a few weeks, but I’m not seeing the creative energy here that I was seeing and I have settled back into my Facebook comfort zone.

I ended up helping to lead a rally today. I used to think trumpet wasn’t a great instrument for sing along. I guess it depends on how big the crowd is.

“Had been”? Past tense?

My first ever Mardi Gras parade coming up this week. I feel like I’ve been preparing for this for a very long time.

No, I still haven’t been to NOLA. Perhaps this will bring me closer.

Just turn your back.

I have eliminated MAGA from my social media. Now it looks like America is in 100% agreement that 47 is draining the swamp into municipal water.
I guess I need to come out of my media bunker for a minute.
Wish me luck!

One of my old foster kids started calling me Dad recently, over 20 years since he moved out.
Foster parenting isn’t for everyone. But if you’re feeling powerless over what’s happening on a national scale, changing your focus to one kid might be good for you both.
Think it over.

Joy and innocence. I imagine that Louis gave very little resistance to the management at The Cotton Club with his way of going with the flow.
He wasn’t always that way. He carried a gun as an adolescent. When he started carrying a trumpet, instead, I think he felt lucky every day.

That’s why you have to bring a broomstick, too.

A washtub, a couple of jugs, a washboard, and a couple of spoons.

Nothing beats a good barefooted Skiffle!

The most important goal in the beginning is to do things that will make this part of your routine. If you take a few minutes at the end to remember what you love about the water, you will likely have less anxiety next time.

Ewww. That’s like a kindergarten question.

Hmm. This is a bit cryptic.
Is it like a magical incantation that brings out the Beetlejuice in you?

Why do some people get angry about other people’s preferences in steak temperature?

I’m not thrilled about the popularity of following scads of people to get reciprocal followers.

I’m not so sure this isn’t a scathing report on your partner’s performance. Good thing I’m likely never to meet him — I might have to bite my tongue to keep from openly sharing “I hear you’re marginally better than a bowl of chowder.”
Fisticuffs would likely ensue.

People pretend that the danger isn’t the larger part of the fun. It’s like how NASCAR wouldn’t be the same without crashes. As long as we normalize deadly force, people will get hurt.
Ask Alec Baldwin.

Milt Hinton should bump someone from this list.

In partial agreement with your assertion, I’m sometimes baffled by the non-tumbling part of Floor Exercise in Artistic Gymnastics. Shouldn’t there be head spins, or something physically difficult in between?
My favorite dance troupe is the All Blacks, doing a pregame Haka… worthy of bonus points?

What’s this? I don’t know whether to laugh or be creeped out.

He’s turned the quote from LBJ on its head;
“Extremism in the name of liberty is no vice.”

At the time, Johnson’s rationale was that the Viet Cong were in the way of self governance.

Trump is unleashing B-52s on his own country. In the name of self governance, too?

As if.

That’s like asking if I have a favorite internal organ!

“I wanna be like you” helped define my life. It was my first inspiration to play.

“Land of Make Believe” recording with Grant Geisman on Guitar. Genius.

“Manteca” (any recording) never disappoints.

“Body & Soul” started the whole thing!

That’s good for me to read. They’re a temptation I need to pass.

Everyone on the team got a red tie. They were probably treated to Big Macs, too.

That’s a wrap for January, with 12 times “on stage” for the 2nd consecutive month.

Now if I could turn this into a job of some sort…

Whammy bar?

What if the answer is “all of them”?

They do.

I’m part of the band that can be heard at the end of this video.

And Gilligan’s Island!