Valente’s, the Restaurant That Started It All

I read today that Ray Valente Senior (or “Senior” as everyone called him), died this week. This news got me strolling down memory lane, as his restaurant, Valente’s was my first job, at 14. The restaurant, and a lot of the people who I worked with, made positive lifelong impressions on me and influenced the…

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When all else fails, go for the meme!

Don’t tell anyone, but I do like a good meme. It gives me an opportunity to talk mostly about myself, and I can pretend that someone out there cares. I try not to go for the basic meme, (I guess I’m a meme snob) but instead I like ’em a little more unusual. So today I bring you the Who, What, Why, Where, When and Would meme. Because there’s a little reporter inside us all.

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Is it really that time again?

Ah yes, Tuesday again. That means some random Tuesday thoughts. This week we’ll cover my possibly broken toe, the inability of Winn-Dixie employees to read the birthdate off an ID (hence the scanning of them now), tomatoes as a fruit, and how freaking cool I’m discovering my MacBook Pro is.

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Wednesday’s Words: Blue Side of Lonesome

Gentleman Jim.

Gentleman Jim Reeves was perhaps the biggest male star to emerge from the Nashville sound. His mellow baritone voice and muted velvet orchestration combined to create a sound that echoed around his world and has lasted to this day.

One of my favorites is Blue Side of Lonesome:

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