Heading South.
Ken, my longtime friend and bodyguard, and I will be hitting the road tomorrow morning for Tennessee, where we will spend a couple days with a clutch of reprobates bloggers, former bloggers and friends of bloggers. If history provides any indication of what to expect, I figure there will be thousands of laughs, a bullshit story or twenty, some good eats, a shitload few cocktails and a bit of guitar pickin’.
We usually spend several hours in the evening sitting outside around a fire. I am curious to see how the peeps coming from Florida will fare with the expected evening temperatures in the twenties. By contrast, we expect someone from Wisconsin, and for her, the weather will be downright balmy. Being from Jersey, we are equipped to do all climes.
In anticipation of guitar playin’, I put new strings on my road guitar today. Did I ever tell you how much I farookin’ hate putting on new strings? No, you say? Well, let me tell you; I hate it—really hate it. I usually end up poking a hole in my finger with an errant string. This time, however, I gave my thumb one of those black bruises when it got pinched between the handles of the pliers as I struggled to remove one of the damned pegs that holds the strings in the guitar. Nevertheless, I completed the mission and only dropped a few dozen F-bombs.
I loves me some Tennessee.
Play nice while I’m gone.
Jim & Ken Have a safe trip see you guys when you return to the garden state. I’ll string your guitar for ya anytime old buddy. be safe.
Comment by chef of da future — November 3, 2010 @ 8:41 pm
Godspeed, cuz. That’s a helluva road guitar.
Comment by Cousin Jack — November 4, 2010 @ 4:23 am
Enjoy, man!
Remember – there’s fifteen hundred fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville…
Comment by nightfly — November 4, 2010 @ 10:55 am
Safe trip, Jimbo.
Comment by Yabu — November 4, 2010 @ 11:42 am
I’m thinking you’re about half way there by now. Hope you’re driving safely! Yeah I remember the story from last time… See ya tomorrow if they let my plane leave the ground.
Comment by Teresa — November 4, 2010 @ 3:56 pm
Boy, I wish I were there. And during an OSU bye week, too!
Comment by Cappy — November 4, 2010 @ 10:10 pm
Have fun and Tell Ken hello, Cat
Comment by Catfish — November 6, 2010 @ 5:08 pm
… thanks for making the trip, sir….. it wouldn’t be the same without you!…….
… and by the way, that is the worst map of Tennessee that I have ever seen….. what’s with all the pyramids??….
Comment by Eric — November 8, 2010 @ 9:15 am