http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com Just sitting in my imaginary Horn Bar, sipping a Harp, and talking about life. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:06:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://jaybhornblog.blogspot.com/  I’m not sure if anyone reads this, but just in case, I’m switching over to a new blog site, noted above. I haven’t figured out how to import my previous 80 postings to the new site, so I’ll leave this as an archive, and link it to the new spot. follow me.  jaybhorn     http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/11/26/follow-me/    I was driving to work on a recent rush hour morning, taking my usual combination of interstate connections, and as I passed a busy exit near downtown, I was surprised and concerned to see a large dog standing in the middle of the striped and painted no-man’s land of a ... http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/11/25/dog/   (linked from one of my favorite blog sites, kottke.org)   Alex Tabarrok proposes that now is a good time for the US government to form the Buffalo Commons, a huge nature preserve in the western US. The western Great Plains are emptying of people. Some 322 of the 443 Plains counties have ... http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/11/13/buffalo/ Bulldogs win school’s first sectional title since 1995 (By George Bremer, Herald Bulletin Sports Writer) HAGERSTOWN – With his once-healthy lead down to five points and his team facing a fourth-down-and-8 at its own 48-yard line early in the fourth quarter Friday night, Lapel coach Nate Andrews had a ... http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/11/08/sectional/ http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/11/04/choices/    http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/385509_starbucks30.html "Rock singer Bono gave a surprise speech Wednesday at Starbucks’ managers conference in New Orleans, bringing star power to the company’s announcement of a partnership with (RED), a private organization that benefits AIDS programs in Africa.  His appearance was even kept secret from the rest of his U2 band members, he ... http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/11/01/bonobucks/     I’m flying down to New Orleans this evening for a three day Starbucks Leadership Conference, along with every other SBX store manager in North America.  Not sure how we’ll fit 10,000 people on one plane, but I hear that technology has advanced since I last flew. I am excited about the ... http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/10/26/new-orleans/ This past Saturday (October 18, 2008), my little sister Kristin ran her first full marathon in Indianapolis. That’s her in the top right corner, 23rd from the right in the white t-shirt.  And visor. Her twin brother, Kirk, and I inspired her so much with our high school running exploits, ... http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/10/21/263/   Saturday nite, after an exhausting day of working in the yard at Debbie’s house, we went out for dinner, and then came back to Lapel thinking of watching amovie, but we hadn’t picked up anything, so we looked through her DVD’s and VHS tapes, and somehow ended up watching a ... http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/10/13/71/ Ali, you were a fighter for all of your five months. R.I.P., and tell Snuggles hi for us…. http://jaybhornblog.blogsome.com/2008/09/25/ali/