The Black Friday Bloat

So here I am, relaxing in my easy chair and typing away. It’s been over a week since I’ve checked in here at jhubner73.com and I have to admit it feels weird. I can’t remember the last time I went a week without writing. Now, I have done some writing since then but nothing I […]

“My lips feel like Cocoa Puffs”

Oh the things we do for a pretty smile. It was the end of 6th grade and I was told I needed braces. My teeth weren’t perfect, but they weren’t horrible. Still, my mom took me to the orthodontist and I was fitted with braces on my top and bottom teeth. The entire process lasted […]

Marching On

The weekend brought us to our first Marching Band competition for our oldest daughter. Yes, yesterday was a preview of what the next three years have to bring; overzealous band directors living their long lost dreams of drum core fame through high school underlings, concession stand crowds that would give the Soldier Field pee troughs […]

Labor Daze: Part Deux

So despite my bemoaning of the corporate tax laws on my “gifted” day off by my employer, I did have a pretty decent three-day weekend. Friday all of the kids were off doing their own things so the wife and I got to hang out, eat pizza, spin records, and drink. I enjoyed a New […]

Labor Daze

As a kid Labor Day was this great holiday. It was a gift from the holiday Gods(and calendar makers) that gave us school-age punks a blessed three-day weekend not long after we’d started back up with school. Hell, when I was still in my Osh Kosh B’Gosh we didn’t even go back to school till […]

Down In Front: Sunday Night at the Drive-In

There are a few things that still exist today that are a direct link to our past; both the past we exist in and the one that existed before us. Cultural significance can be debated all you want(there are plenty of folks who love that s**t.) For me, in order for something to have cultural […]

Cabin Fever: How I Spent My Summer Vacation

Sunday June 29th, 2014: Day One We left the house close to noon. The kids were pushy as usual. None of them took my Nyquil-laced ice pops I offered them, so the drive was going to be loud. We made our way to the south side of town to drop the family pooch(officially he goes […]

Odd Thoughts and Mild Insanity

I had a dream once my dog turned into a giant snake. I looked down and what was once my cute miniature schnauzer was a python. He crawled up my body and started licking my face like he would often do in his salt and pepper terrier form. That was it. No more dream. I […]

“D” Is For Denver….”H” Is For Home

Despite the fact that as I sit and type this my house is filled with a hazy smoke emanating from my oven, I’m very happy to be here. Yes, last night’s dinner dripped onto the bottom of the oven and as this morning’s cinnamon rolls cook, those drippings burn into a black sludge and fill […]

How I Spent Record Store Day 2014

I woke at 6:30am. It was a bright, sunny Saturday morning. Coffee brewing at extra strong. Karma Records was opening at 8am, so I needed to be at full throttle by then. I didn’t know what to expect. My plan was to get there at 7:30am and wait out in the cold, biting air like […]