In November of 2012, my sister Kathy visited us for Thanksgiving and took these lovely pictures.
“Thufferin thuccotash!!
Marina
Maxi and friend
Maxi and friend
Me and my hot wife!
Sean, Sharon, Kathy
(I didn’t realize until later that I was still wearing my hat)
On Friday, July 20th, 2007, Anti-War activist Cindy Sheehan and her entourage headlined the Charlottesville Anti-War/Impeachment Rally on the historic downtown mall. A few blocks away the Albemarle County chapter of the Republican Party organized a pro-war contingency and soon after marched to protest at the Sheehan event. I was there on the mall that day with my three kids. I didn’t have a video camera with me then, but I recently discovered this video online that shows both sides of the conflict. Sheehan and 45 other activists would be arrested on Capital Hill in an attempt to demand the impeachment of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
http://www.paladinpictures.com/Features/WarRally/WarRally.mov(Video courtesy of Paladin Media Group)
Last Friday, I was gathering signatures for my City School Board run when I was approached by a TV news crew for my views on a local issue. I have written about the incident and my thoughts on my political blog. You can also catch the video here.
This stunning photo was taken right around the corner from my house, and the creative re-lettering pretty much sums up feelings about this addition to our neighborhood.
(Photo courtesy BillEmory.com)
On July 20th, I was honored to be a guest on Coy Barefoot’s Charlottesville Right Now radio show to talk about my political blog and thus shredding any remaining pretense of pseudonymity. It was a great experience. Coy is just one heck of a nice guy and very smart. In the late 70’s, I worked in college radio, often the only person in the studio on the midnight shift. I’d be pushing carts (cartridges), spinning LPs, answering phones, and being both the talent and the engineer. It was great fun, but I envied professional DJs who had engineers to do all that for them. Well, technology has come full circle. I sat in a studio with Coy while he interviewed me and watched him launch PSAs and commercials from his computer console, play intros and outros, and dash around the station during commercial breaks looking for material that he needed, all without an engineer. Technology really hasn’t made our jobs any easier, just more productive.
Podcast courtesy of Sean Tubbs and the CVille Podcast Network.
Sean McCord on Charlottesville Right Now
Every summer, Regal Cinemas sponsors free family films at their theaters throughout the country. The movies begin at 10:00 AM on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Here is this summer’s local schedule: