The fact is that music has always been a major part of my family since I was born. My dad was a self taught musician. We always had instruments around the house.
Published: Wednesday, January 11th, 2017 @ 8:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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As with most of my articles, this article started out as an argument with myself but quickly morphed into a lesson during this Christmas season.
Published: Friday, December 30th, 2016 @ 1:23 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Most people will remember John Glenn as the astronaut who was the first American to orbit the earth in 1962. After that event, his image was a carefully crafted and protected all American boy.
Published: Wednesday, December 14th, 2016 @ 7:26 am
By: Bobby Tony
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There are those that will say his return to space in 1998 at the age of 77 was a gimmick or special treatment. Reasonable people can disagree about that but you must factor in the history.
Published: Tuesday, December 13th, 2016 @ 12:56 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Once again, I find out I was a better sound engineer than a musician and singing talent. Garbage in Garbage out (GIGO) is still alive and well in my living room makeshift recording studio.
Published: Wednesday, November 23rd, 2016 @ 8:40 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Not everything you read on Facebook is true. Even Mark Zuckerberg, has acknowledged that they have a problem with people posting news that is not exactly news.
Published: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2016 @ 10:46 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A revisit to the old practice field illustrates how our memory will exaggerate our history.
Published: Friday, November 4th, 2016 @ 10:54 am
By: Bobby Tony
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My first article about how man creates these boundaries of time and location attracted such little attention that I almost threw this second edition in the trash bin.
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2016 @ 3:18 am
By: Bobby Tony
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It is not the return 'ON' my money that I worry about, it is the return 'OF' my money.
Published: Sunday, October 16th, 2016 @ 3:52 am
By: Bobby Tony
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People of the south should be used to interlopers from outside the area coming in and agitating the locals without bothering to find out how they live and what they think.
Published: Friday, September 30th, 2016 @ 7:54 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The PBA series is about the United States following the Truman Doctrine of being the world's policeman. After World War II we as a country decided that we could not sit by and wait for things to boil over into another World War. We would be the parent to the whole world.
Published: Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 @ 12:44 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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My first post about the Lottery dream list covered a modest wish for a car that recently sold for about $14 million. This wish is about the beauty of those old Chris Craft wooden boats.
Published: Saturday, September 24th, 2016 @ 6:32 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Not one friend or relative of mine thinks that I am a passive person, but Microsoft Word says that I am and who can argue with Bill Gates.
Published: Sunday, September 18th, 2016 @ 4:04 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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When you send something to someone in an email that is confidential, how do you tell them it is confidential?
Published: Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 @ 1:20 am
By: Bobby Tony
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The recent $400 Million payment to Iran for frozen assets reminded me of a project I worked on during the 1970's. We still have eight C130 airplanes under embargo at the Lockheed facility in Marietta, Ga. Here is the story.
Published: Monday, August 29th, 2016 @ 4:16 am
By: Bobby Tony
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My wish list post lottery I have posted before a couple of joke articles about hitting the lottery. I never really thought much about how I would spend the money if I did hit it big. But that is not to say that I don't have a simmering wish list in the back of my mind.
Published: Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016 @ 8:33 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Ben Carson Speaking at the National Action Network
Published: Tuesday, July 12th, 2016 @ 4:47 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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It is not quite the same as the Popular "Hooked on Classics" music compilation of the early 1980's. But I guess I'm hooked none the less.
Published: Monday, June 20th, 2016 @ 3:53 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Maybe you will want to donate to this event.
Published: Tuesday, May 24th, 2016 @ 11:03 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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You may not agree with some of Chad Prather's opinions but that is okay. Here he just defends his Georgia and Texas accent.
Published: Friday, May 13th, 2016 @ 8:08 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Have you ever asked yourself where did I park my car? My solution never got off the drawing board but there are newer technologies now that will help.
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 2:42 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A project to preserve and reconstruct the original Tara Facade House from Gone with The Wind in Georgia
Published: Monday, April 25th, 2016 @ 4:54 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A short lesson about time and the things we should be doing
Published: Sunday, April 10th, 2016 @ 12:48 am
By: Bobby Tony
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But they sure looked cool for the news media and Bean Counter / Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara saved a few pennies in production cost.
Published: Thursday, April 7th, 2016 @ 12:57 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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This is an expansion to Ted's Gun Carry Permit Series by Bobby Tony
Published: Tuesday, April 5th, 2016 @ 2:44 am
By: Bobby Tony
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If we all have the same rights as human beings, is it really free or is there a price that must be paid by someone?
Published: Saturday, March 26th, 2016 @ 3:37 am
By: Bobby Tony
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A younger brother's repressed memory rises up after seeing a picture of two kids boxing.
Published: Friday, March 18th, 2016 @ 7:43 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Sit down one day and write all the dates that come to mind and their meaning to you.
Published: Friday, March 11th, 2016 @ 1:57 am
By: Bobby Tony
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He has decided to skip the Republican debate, at least that is what is saying now.
Published: Wednesday, March 9th, 2016 @ 11:53 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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"Growing a university smack in the middle of a city takes creativity. For a prime example, consider the story of Kell Hall"
Published: Monday, March 7th, 2016 @ 3:09 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Chasing Yankees out of Georgia, Then and Now 1860-2016 - Updated March 3,2016
Published: Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 @ 12:33 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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The recent death of Glenn Frey, the Eagles's Guitarist at 67 is enough to give even the most dedicated hedonist pause.
Published: Sunday, February 28th, 2016 @ 6:00 am
By: Bobby Tony
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We have had many nicknames for Atlanta, Georgia over the year
Published: Thursday, February 25th, 2016 @ 3:41 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Back in the 1950's Lucy and Ethel fought a good losing battle against automation. A funny Video flashback
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 @ 9:09 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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