Lee Jones

We need a setting here: visualize yourself sitting with a few friends around a campfire. In, um, southwestern Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It’s dark and there’s a billion stars above us. It’s my turn to tell a story… “So, this one day at work in the Isle of Man, I leave the office [...]

So, after learning the joys of small town musical acts (e.g. Orange Peel, AVL Civic Center, Thomas Wolfe), we’ve signed up for a bunch of the shows at the Villa Marina, a 100-year-old concert venue smack in the middle of downtown Douglas, Isle of Man. Last night was “DC/AC: Thunderstruck!” They were quite awesome. The [...]

The other day, I got an email from Elaine Marshall, the 2010 Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. Here’s the subject: HUGE NEWS: Marshall 37% Burr 35% The email goes on to say: “These new poll numbers come from Lake Research, one of the most respected firms in the business, and are a direct result [...]

Almost exactly 40 years ago, I stopped watching, or caring about, sports played by other people, particularly professionals. For the 2-3 years leading up to that time in 1970, I lived and slept baseball. I played it and I followed the Washington Senators (“First in war, first in peace, and last in the American League) [...]

Over the past weeks and months, I’ve been reading the entire Sherlock Holmes canon, thanks to a $3 purchase for my Kindle (more about Kindles in a moment). I have finally reached the third and final end of the series. The first ending of the series, Holmes was supposed to have gone over Reichenbach Falls, [...]