Yearly Archives: 2008

Well Christmas is upon us. I hope that you will have some time to relax with family and loved ones this holiday. I’ve been back in Oil City for about 2 weeks now. It’s unbelievably cold here. When I left for work this morning the thermometer was on 0…and it […]

We’re on our way to Michigan again for our final 2 shows before break. In my last post I mentioned that we were on our way to Charleston. We got in at about midnight, did the show on Saturday, and left at 8:45 Sunday morning. We were supposed to get […]

As all of the turkey and stuffing is still digesting, I am back on the road. I awoke at 3:30 this morning and hit the mall for some Black Friday deals (the only day of the year I actually enjoy shopping) before leaving for Pittsburgh at 8 AM. Here’s the […]

So that’s the last time I’m ever ending a post with “Let’s hope something exciting happens soon.” We have certainly not been short on excitement this trip. As Jack put it yesterday, “Val, will you please blog about all of the crappy stuff that’s been happening to us.” It would […]

First off… a big shout out to Denny Pattyn– President and Founder of SRT who recently revealed that he is a “Road Lots Traveled Reader.” We are currently zipping through Virginia on our way to South Carolina. And by “zipping” I mean nearly sitting still in traffic. The only words […]

I am nearing the end of my longest traveling day ever. I use the term “day” loosely because we have already been on the road for 28 hours and are still over an hour away. In addition, we have switched timezones twice and I have slept approximately 2 hours. We […]

Greetings from Kerrville, Texas. I’m here in the heart of Hill Country for a few shows. Last Tuesday I flew in to San Antonio (one of my favorite cities) only to be whisked off to a hotel in San Marcos and slowly but surely travel further and further away from […]

One story from up north I forgot to mention… On the day of our last Connecticut show we invited the band that had been playing our last 2 events back to our hotel to hang out (3 sisters, their brother, and their parents- so don’t worry no crazy rock star […]

We did a show at Seton Hall University in New Jersey on Tuesday (October 14)and decided to stay an extra day so we could go into NYC. For all you people thinking about going on a trip to New York or anywhere else… ever, let me share some tips with […]

So I realize that I may call myself a writer and tell people I wouldn’t mind being a writer one day, but the one thing I lack is writing. I frequently think about writing. I sometimes talk about writing, but I rarely write. How did I have so much time […]

You have all been so patient. After a few requests and over a month’s delay on my part here is the transcript of the talk I gave at OCCA in September. So what is Silver Ring Thing? The simplest expaination is an abstinence program, but truth be told, I am […]

Greetings from the land of Waffle House, Jack in the Box, and gas shortages. That’s right I’m down south. Somewhere in North Carolina…I think. We’ve had 2 very busy and exhausting days. We left Pittsburgh on Monday at about 4- only a hour behind schedule, which is really good for […]