Food Blogging

Great News, I have a new blog writing job. I am now a food blogger for http://www.hubcitylife.net/ !

Hub City Life is a community site, providing,.... well.... Community !

It's all about Hattiesburg, Ms and surrounding areas and it's a place where your feed back is welcome. As feed back is left the site will be in an ever changing cycle of providing what the Community wants.

Hub City Life provides information on local restaurants like menus and directions. You can check on reservation requirements and access the phone number to call and make them. A picture of the restaurant is provided and coming along, one restaurant at a time through a great staff of food bloggers, "which includes yours truly", we will be providing reviews on area restaurants.

These informative reviews, will hopefully help you to decide where to spend that special evening. As you browse the huge variety of dining establishments, the pine belt has to offer. Whether your planning lunch or diner and a movie, Hub City Life is the place to be and the Great News, is I get to be a part of it.

Local theaters are listed and current movies and showtimes are just a click away. You can also check reviews from other Hub City Lifers and get a better idea of how it's doing locally. As if this weren't enough we also provide trailers to the movies to help your decision along. All in all this is a great web site and while still in the Beta stage it already rocks.

Speaking of rock, coming soon to Hub City Life is a section on the local night life scene. Featuring area bands and other attractions. That's right, pretty soon at Hub City Life, you'll be able to plan all of your Hattiesburg area fun.

Setting up an account is easy and is very similar to facebook and will even link directly to facebook, importing your information right over. This is a great feature that eliminates the lengthy application process of most sites. If you haven't visited yet, you should check it out and while your there you can read my blog !!

The Good News

The good news for today.......

Where do I begin ? I had the day off, and awoke to a fire roaring in the fireplace. I immediately crawled onto the couch and cuddled with my wonderful wife. We reminisced of days gone by. We talked about times in the early days of our relationship when we had enjoyed, great time in each others arms. We watched our kids play and enjoyed the morning.

The fire warmed the house from the inside as the sun was busy warming it from the outside and pretty soon the house was warm enough to begin our day. We just mostly enjoyed each others company and did some school with the kids all morning. We are really pushing the reading area right now. They have been working hard on phonics and now we've reached a place where some serious application is in order. This said, the kids spent most of their morning taking turns reading Amelia Bedelia to Mommy and Daddy. "They are getting pretty good at it too."

When the time came we got ready and headed to town. Not the tiny one that we live in, but to the big city miles away. Our day finished late and as you can see mine still isn't complete.

I usually don't blog much about my personal stuff, but this is an exception. Today was great and my day was great enough for you to be happy too. That's a joke, but seriously it was a great day.

Today I thought I'd post some headlines from different news sources and what is good about them. So here it goes.......

Woman calls 911 to report herself as drunk driver

This is actually a great story. They kind of jam it in there on most news sites as just another sad or strange headline, but if you'll take a breath and think about the implications here, I'm sure you'll see the good. It's not often that this kind of thing happens. Let's face it, when you've had to many to drink, you become ten feet tall and bullet proof and driving doesn't seem like a bad idea. So the fact that this lady pulled it together enough to realize she didn't need to be behind the wheel is a miracle. Especially at a whopping two times the limit..... She managed to phone the police while driving and tell them she was drunk and she did this without having an accident. WOW !!

The only bad news here is they charged her anyway. Way to encourage this kind of behaviour. The rest of this story is a big thumbs up.

Saints stay perfect with 35-27 win over Falcons

Sports fan or not you have got to admit we all enjoy rooting for the under dog and the New Orleans Saints have always been the under dog. They are the closest thing to a pro team many of us southerners have. From Louisiana to Mississippi across to Alabama lots of southerners consider the saints their team. Even the ones like me who never follows football. So to see these guys remain undefeated is good news, even if you aren't a fan. Maybe they will make it to the Super Bowl this year, without buying tickets. After Katrina ravaged New Orleans several years ago leading to the city ongoing recovery, a win like that would sure be great news for New Orleans and those of us who like to see the good guys finish first.

82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld

Great news !!