Wow, I just found this old video hyping Jacksonville up for a new NFL team, before the Jaguars. The video has a lot of vintage Jacksonville in it, and is even narrated by the legendary James Earl Jones who died this week.
City of Dreams: Jacksonville’s Bid for an NFL Team (VIDEO: Narrated by James Earl Jones)
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Tagged football, jacksonville, jaguars, james earl jones, nfl, vintage
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Mom’s Car
She doesn’t drive much anymore, hasn’t in awhile. I prefer it that way. She doesn’t want to give up her driving yet, I know.
The back windshield tint on her old car (it’s Dad’s old car, too — the only one they were driving) had become really blurry, making it really difficult to see anything behind you in the rearview mirror, kind of unsafe. So, I put her off driving it until I could get the back window stripped & re-tinted. I used a place on Cassat Ave, right next door to where my Dad’s old business was back in the 1990’s. Back then it was called “Cruisin’ Tunes” and I bought a dope Kenwood CD player with a detachable face on it. It was silver and blue and matched my 1989 Cadillac Coupe De Ville I had at the time, which looked something like this:
Like I said, that was the 1990’s and “Cruisin’ Tunes” has changed names since then, it’s been Tint Tunes and Accessories since 2001. I went there last week to see about Mom’s window tint. Turned out, the guy running the place was there in the 1990’s and remembered my Dad and his shop, he said “Oh yeah! Mr. Andy…He gave me some great business advice one time.” That was cool. Dude did a good job on my tint, at the right price. The location is cool to me, I spent a lot of time on that block when I was a kid.
Posted in Jacksonville, Local Business, Random, Westside
Tagged car, cruisin tunes, family, local business, tint tunes accessories, window tint
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Our Dog JUNE
We lost one of our family dogs Wednesday morning. We called her June because we found her running stray across 103rd Street on June 2, 2016, and it fit her because I already had a dog named Johnny Cash. Now we had Johnny AND June.
We knew nothing about June, except that she only had three legs. Her back left leg had been removed, there was a surgical scar there. She was a very sweet dog, seemed like someone’s pet. Nobody ever claimed her, she was ours now.
As the days went on, June kept gaining weight and getting bigger, all around the belly area. She was clearly pregant. 63 days later on August 3rd she had 11 puppies while I was at work. I came home to find her in my favorite chair with all 11 puppies. The chair had to be thrown out to the road, it was trashed. Out of those puppies came Rocky, one of our current family dogs. We also gave one of her puppies to my Mom back then, and that puppy is still around also, still living at Moms house, we call her Martina.
June had been feeling sick for a few days and was staying in our laundry room. She went through this last year too, right after Dad went into the hospital. June got better and back to her normal self until this past Monday night, and my wife started noticing she wasn’t feeling well. We took care of her best we could, hoping to get her to a vet on Wednesday. She died overnight and we buried her Wednesday morning. 🙁
RIP JUNE BUGGY FRESH
Georgia 2024
This past weekend we went to Swainsboro for my niece Chloe’s 7th birthday party. My daughter and Chloe are good friends. It was a great trip! We arrived on Saturday and went straight to the party. We took my Mom with us, she hasn’t been on an overnight trip anywhere in a few years, and hasn’t stayed away from home since Dad was in the hospital. I think she was nervous the whole time, about travelling, safety, her dog at home, etc…
The party was great, pools and a giant inflatable slide at Cory’s house. My sister had a near catastrophe trying to go up the slide. She survived. It was not captured on video.
On Sunday we went to Augusta, GA to visit Sarah’s sister and her two-year old twin niece and nephew that we’ve had never met. This was pretty monumental, it’s been 4+ years since any of us have seen her in person, and it was particularly important for Aden. We had a good time at the Riverwalk, and ate lunch at a little place called The Boll Weevil Café and Sweetery. I had a pimento cheese burger.
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January 1978 Sports Illustrated with Roberto Duran On The Cover
That address label, though.
1978 January Sports Illustrated, Roberto Duran Boxing
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July 23rd, 2023 My Father Died
My Dad died almost one month ago. He was of course, an important part of who I am. His presence will always be here. I’ll always talk about him. He was the best Dad, I wasn’t always a good son. I sure do miss him. He set a good example as a father.
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Rest In Peace, Tina Turner
She was 83, the “Queen Of Rock and Roll”
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Tagged music, queen of rock and roll, rip, rock and roll, tina turner
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Zamfir: Master Of The Pan Flute
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Tagged 1980's, commercial, pan flute, retro, vintage, zamfir
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DUUUVAL
Go Jaguars.
