March 28th 2017, How does it feel to be still standing after being open almost a whole year ? (actually, it’ll be a year April 1st, which, if you know me, makes an odd sort of sense) Well, to be honest there were a whole bunch of people who told me “You won’t make it […]

Selling out of EVERYTHING, and I’m not happy about it… I suppose that selling out is supposed to be a “Good Thing”, but I am not particularly happy about it, this fine Sunday Morning at 3 am as I start writing this tale… So !!! In Austin, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee, Kansas City, etc., selling out […]

One thing that happens a whole bunch, here at the joint, is getting “Cold Calls” from various companies looking to “increase my customer contacts, reduce my Merchant Account Costs (Credit card charges I pay every time someone uses a credit/debit card) and block random Nigerian Princes from unloading raw, uncut diamonds on me if I […]

Yeah, I actually started working toward opening The Joint a year ago today… So in Facebook, I got one of those “Share you memories” things that pop up every so often. I forget that sometimes I am actually a bit of a “nut job”. I figured I’d repost it here. Happy Anniversary to me…I think. […]

I (once again) apologize for not being “on top” of this blog like I want to be. First, let me get this out of the way: On August 1st, my father passed away. It was something I knew was going to happen due to declining health since my mother’s passing less than a year before. […]