Blog reader and Jasperian Jody Gambrell met Anderson Cooper last night in New Orleans. Props, Jody. Props.

Nice to see more of you have joined. Yes, I’m on it. Yes, it’s still a little odd to me, but so was Twitter and now I’m addicted to Twitter.

Join. Link it to your Twitter. Be careful that you don’t over share… it’s annoying, I’ve done it, accidentally won a badge for it.

Hey! Paige is running a race, y’all.

Y’all know Paige. She’s a Jasper native, MSU grad, NYC resident.

She also used to blog.

Paige isn’t blogging anymore, but she is running a race for a great cause, and she needs even the smallest assistance you can provide.

Read more here.

To The Members of Jasper’s First Baptist Church [original pdf]

We wanted to thank you for your kindness and faithfulness shown over the last 26 years.

When our father Conrad accepted God’s call to Jasper, we were 3-years-old and 18-months-old, respectively. Now 29 and 27-years-old, it’s amazing to look back and realize that there wasn’t an area of life you did not positively affect. You were the first church family we knew, and God could not have selected a better group of individuals to instill our Christian foundation.

You have treated us as your own sons, grandsons, and brothers. Not a day went by where your hospitality and friendship was not shown in countless ways. There is no way for us to thank you enough, much less return the favor; we can only assure you that we will attempt carry out the Great Commission in the same manner as yourselves.

Jeremiah 29:11 reads, “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” God has big plans for Jasper’s First Baptist Church. We know that you will continue to provide the same encouragement and support to future church leaders that you have so graciously provided to our father over the last 3 decades.

It is with the utmost sincerity that we say it will be difficult to love another church family as much as we have loved you. While Jasper’s First Baptist Church is no longer our church home, it will always be our home church.

God Bless,
Landon & Aaron Howell

Thanks to all who participated in Tuesday’s Twitter extravaganza involving the hash tag: #jasperrumors (Jasper Rumors).

To follow past and future discussions – or to participate – simply search #jasperrumors on Twitter.

That’s not me moving the steering wheel… it’s the wind moving my car. It’s difficult to make out, but check out the waves on the left-hand side of the bridge. Near the end of the video, one of them actually jumps four lanes of traffic and lands on my windshield.

Major props to Russell Young who found a way to mix two of my least favorite things: unnecessary photos of snow and ‘Who dat’.

Friend and blogger Laura Pickard, post-braces.

Lord knows I love attention. So needless to say I freaked out when I saw that Robby Followell updated his website and we had 2 photos (one of us, one of our rings) from our wedding, I was happy.

Robby’s photos in general have made such a splash around the interwebs that some friends of ours in Seattle are talking to him about their wedding in Spring 2011.

Oh my. Just added to my Netflix queue.

Blog reader, NYCer, and TCA blogger Josh Kyle bumped into good ole Zack Morris in New York City.

John & Amy Byars (Jasper natives, now Gardendale residents) have a new blog. Those at our wedding might remember their daughter Sallie.

Seriously… the picture at the top of the page is the cutest thing you’ll see today.

I’m not telling you to vote for followell fotography, but you know.

Vote here.

Surprised with how many of y’all have joined, and still kept on Twittering. I especially enjoy the back-n-forth conversation which occur between @JByars124, @CatherineGailUp, and @kristybiddle, and @StephHannah.

Follow if you wish.

My college roommate is moving to Costa Rica & Spain to be a missionary. (Insert crappy “suffering for Jesus” joke right here.) But seriously, he’s doing it with two children, each under the age of 4.

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DME:

As a cameraman, Jasper native Brack Bradley has filmed some of the most popular shows on television.

He’s captured emotional highs and lows on ABC’s “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.”

He’s captured the fury of Chef Gordon Ramsay on FOX’s “Hell’s Kitchen” and “Kitchen Nightmares.”

Despite those past experiences, Bradley, a 1998 Walker High School graduate, could have never dreamed up his latest filming foray — The Discovery Channel’s “Out of the Wild: The Alaska Experiment.”

[thanks Tony Oravet]

More and more of you have jumped on the Twitter bandwagon. Feel free to add yours truly and receive the blog post updates via Twitter during the day.

Also, feel free to add your Twitter page to the comments section (even if you’ve added it before).

Blogger extraordinaire Paige DeAngelo is on Twitter y’all.

[Readers: feel free to post your Twitter link in the comment section.]

Do it.
You know you want to.

“Hey, Landon. I love your blog! I read it everyday!”

Sorry. You’re wrong. There are hundreds of blogs better than mine. I read them. You should too. And you should start your own, today.

It’s easy. You just start a blog. Take your time. Avoid burn-out. Realize that only 3 people are going to read it for the first week… 2 of those people will be your parents.

Start a blog. Post the link in the comments section below, or email it to me.