Posts by James
Red Rocks Glam
pic compliments of VIP Tickets Train. Not the Eurostar, Amtrak or even Chicago’s “EL.” The perpetually evolving pop/rock band know for it’s R&B flair intertwined with heavy percussion. The amber sun set over the sand stone peaks providing a magical backdrop as the musical locomotive chugged onto the stage at Red Rocks Amphitheater Colorado. Suck,…
Read MoreSay It- Quote of the week
Dollars and Cents “Every time I turn around I catch my dog eating dollar bills.” “I can relate,” his friend sighs and shakes his head. “My wife inhales fifties and hundreds.” Two seniors swapping stories in the teller line at the Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa.
Read MoreFlag Ship Glam
T-minus twenty minutes from departure. The air is sweltering. Hot and dry. Tarmac even hotter. Over a hundred degrees registers on the ramp at Tulsa’s Riverside Airport. We stand still. Soles of our feet steaming. No sudden movements. Sweat and wait for the rare opportunity to ride on the majestic “Flagship Detroit”. Fifteen of…
Read MoreQuote of the week: Air Dynamics
“There is a fee for stupid questions, dumb looks, however, are still free.” My ever reliable air conditioning repairman. One hundred and thirteen degrees in Tulsa and my units are still running. Long live the HVAC king.
Read MoreSprint Car Racing and the Honor Code
picture compliments of google images Oh the places I go. Saturday night. A stone’s throw over the northern Oklahoma border. Caney Kansas. Sprint Car racing, 2012. There I sit. Perched like a hawk on sun-stressed bleachers, analyzing the quarter mile dirt oval course wondering how in the world did I get here. (And I’m not…
Read MoreQuote of the week…
“I’m worried Doc. Anytime I go to turn off coverage of the Olympics, my cat complains, meows non-stop until I change the channel back to NBC. Twenty-four seven, he’s glued to the tube. But that’s just the beginning. During the commercials, he springs from the couch, hot laps the first floor, tackles the area rugs,…
Read MoreRead It-Killing Floor
Read It-Killing Floor by Lee Child Pages: 557 Genre: Brute Force Fiction Ages: 14 and up Point of view: First person, past. pic compliments of google Favorite Lines: “I was under arrest. Apparently for murder. But I knew two things. First, they couldn’t prove something that hadn’t happened. And second, I…
Read MoreSay It
“He’s a pain in the ass, no doubt about it, but a pain in the ass who makes us money, so let’s look past his shortcomings and focus on the cash.” Lobby of the Hyatt Grand Central New York.
Read MoreThriller Glam
Dressed, prepped and ready to pitch my books to a sea of eager literary agents at ThrillerFest 2012, I marched confidently from my hotel room, down the narrow corridor towards the elevator bank. With my mind still rehearsing one sentence novel pitches, I barely noticed the quiet man waiting next to me. That was until…
Read MoreRead It-Revolution
Genre: Historical Novel: Features both real and fictional people. (Check out the acknowledgments in the back-actors, historians and musicians were consulted to make the story authentic.)
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