Coastal Carolina Fair
by John Wilson (This is my 100th post at www.whereisjohnwilson.com) I haven’t taken as many photos as I’ve wanted to this year, but I did get some good ones at the Coastal Carolina Fair near Charleston, SC this year. This was Parker’s first trip to the fair. He got to pet all kinds [...]
Dear South Carolina (or Snow in Charleston)
by John Wilson Dear South Carolina, I hope this letter finds you well. Other than the Governor and his soon-to-be ex-wife on the television a bunch, things here in the “Low Country” have been going well. We’re getting our very own Boeing plant, the South East Wildlife Expo this weekend marks the beginning [...]
Photos from Atlantis
by John Wilson Here are some pictures I took last year on a Caribbean cruise I took with my wife. Our five day cruise stopped for one day at the mega-resort, Atlantis near Nassau. My main reason for posting these pictures displaying these older photos is to test the “Share Slideshow” functionality of my [...]
Why the UFC has KO’d Boxing
by John Wilson There are 100 reasons why the UFC and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) are overtaking or have overtaken the boxing industry. Here is just one of them, and possibly the most important: The List of Current Boxing Champions vs. List of Current UFC Champions I understand that this is a [...]
County Line Strangers Live!
Come out tonight to the Wind Jammer on Isle of Palms (Charleston, SC) to see the CD release party of The County Line Strangers. This show may be sold out, but you can buy tickets right here online. The CD entitled, “Heartbreak Motel” has received great reviews so far. It includes 10 songs with [...]
WWTT #2: Disabled Viewing Area
What were they thinking with this one? I saw this sign at a friend of mine’s son’s t-ball game today (Go Red Sox!). The sign sits about chair height right beside the normal metal bleachers typical to community baseball fields. These bleachers are the ONLY place to sit on the whole field, leaving [...]
WWTT #1: Aciphex
WWTT is my new section called “What Were They Thinking.” I love to ask (typically out loud): Were there 10 people sitting around a boardroom congratulating each other because they all thought this was a good idea? First up on this column: Aciphex. I seriously rolled off the couch when this commercial came on for [...]
Dear Bing – Where is “John Wilson”?
Currently, I bounce around the top of the Google search results. Sometimes one or two, sometimes at the bottom, but since mid last year I’ve always been on page one of the number one search engine in the world when searching for “John Wilson”. Tonight, a friend of mine saw a commercial for Bing [...]
John Wilson in San Diego!
I’m currently having a great time in San Diego. Delta Airlines was nice enough to move me to an isle seat (I was in the middle which is a bad idea for everyone involved) for the 4.5 hour flight. San Diego has an ok airport (more on that later), but it is no where near [...]