It looks like I might have a chance to pick-up some free tickets to see Willie Nelson play at Six Flags: Kentucky Kingdom on Sunday. I tell you what, It's nice knowing people with connections.

UPDATE: No tickets. No Willie. It's a damn shame, but now I can play baseball!

Posted 2:49 PM by Jackson Cooper |

I left work early yesterday, went home and slept for hours. But by bedtime I'm not tired at all. So I stay up and watch UofL slip and slide its way to a victory over Florida State. I've never liked Florida State, and it was great seeing UofL win in such dramatic fashion.

Posted 1:11 PM by Jackson Cooper |

Maybe it's just the Walgreen's brand DayQuil talking, but I feel much better today. There aren't many things better than getting over an illness. A cloudy, rainy, cool day suddenly feels like a wonderful fall day.

The walk to the car and into the building at work were horrible. Every rain drop that hit my head sent shivers down my back. And sitting at my desk, blowing my nose, I thought I was in for another miserable half-day at work.

But then my sinuses began to clear. And every deep, thick cough chipped away at the crud that was sitting in my lungs all week. The fever clearly broke, resulting in a moment of clarity not unlike the first sober thought after a night-long drunk.

Going out for lunch, the rain had stopped and the crisp air felt great. It was the fall weather I had been anticipating for so long, but was unable to appreciate initially because of the sickness. So it was windows cracked down Dixie Highway and big breaths of cool air all the way.

When the medicine wears-off I could be in for another nasty bout. But I've felt the new season, and I'm not going to let some awful virus keep me from enjoying the brisk September air.

Posted 1:07 PM by Jackson Cooper |

Sick Sick Sick.

Stomach virus Monday, slight recovery Tuesday, hacking cough and fever yesterday and today.

I was bordering on delirious last night, fading between sleep and feverish semi-consciousness. I downed a couple of NyQuil I found in my desk drawer, without regard for their age. They knocked me out almost immediately. But I woke several times in the night, coughing and confused, with congestion and convulsions forcing my mind to snap back into action.

The NyQuil hangover made it very hard to get out of bed. And hard to walk to the bathroom. And hard to turn on the shower. And hard to step out onto the cold floor. And hard to eat a banana. And hardest of all to walk through the rain to my car, start it, and drive to work.

I doubt that I'll stay all day today. Unless I can get some sort of good drugs in me to fend off this awful condition. But that means another trip outside into the rain; a thought too horrible to think.

Posted 9:34 AM by Jackson Cooper |

Jamfest Update:

Rain all night Friday and almost nobody there. Ritchie Havens was good, even though the sound kept cutting out on him. There are some obvious things about this festival that need fixing, like layout. They should have put the main stage down in Waterfront park instead of in Slugger Field. It's a nice place, but it would be better to have everything all down in one place, so you don't split the crowd.

Saturday was excellent. Highlights include The Derailers and Los Lobos. More details once it's all over.

Posted 11:56 AM by Jackson Cooper |