My family, my friends, my basset hound, sports, fantasy sports leagues, politics, history, international law, law librarianship, teaching, reading, writing, traveling, music, blogging, playing Madden on Playstation 2, barbecuing, charcoal grilling, perfecting my gumbo recipe, growing tomatoes, my old Chevy truck, learning to play bass guitar, organizing things, making lists, yard projects
Music
2Pac, Al Green, Buffalo Springfield, Collective Soul, Dr. Dre, Dwight Yoakam, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Eminem, Garth Brooks, Green Day, Guns N’ Roses, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Jr., Hittman, Hootie and the Blowfish, Ice Cube, Johnny Cash, Justin Timberlake, Live, Marty Robbins, Matchbox 20, Mystikal, Nate Dogg, Neil Young, Nelly, Pearl Jam, Project Pat, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Shooter Jennings, Snoop Dogg, Stone Temple Pilots, The Allman Brothers Band, The Beatles, The Guess Who, The Mamas and the Papas, The Notorious B.I.G., The Rolling Stones, UGK, Usher, Warren G, Waylon Jennings
Movies
A Christmas Story, A Few Good Men, A Fistful of Dollars, Anger Management, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Black Sheep, Bull Durham, Cast Away, Cheech and Chong’s Up in Smoke, Field of Dreams, For a Few Dollars More, Forrest Gump, Friday, Full Metal Jacket, Gladiator, Half Baked, Jerry Maguire, Major League, Marley and Me, Menace II Society, Ocean’s Eleven, Office Space, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, Out of Sight, Platoon, Primary Colors, Rocky, Saving Private Ryan, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Breakfast Club, The Blues Brothers, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, The Shawshank Redemption, Titanic, Tommy Boy, Wayne’s World, Wedding Crashers
Television
Big Love, Chappelle's Show, COPS, Forensic Files, Jeopardy!, Man v. Food, Married...with Children, Playmakers, Saved by the Bell, Seinfeld, Spin City, The Simpsons, The Sopranos, That 70's Show, Tour of Duty, Two and a Half Men--but mostly it's political news and sports
Books
A Life in the Struggle (George Lipsitz), All the King’s Men (Robert Penn Warren), Animal Farm (George Orwell), Blackhawk Down (Mark Bowden), Dreams From My Father (Barack Obama), My Life (Bill Clinton), Our War (David Harris), Peace with God (Billy Graham), Primary Colors (Joe Klein), RFK (Edward Heymann), Survival at Auschwitz (Primo Levy), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain), The Audacity of Hope (Barack Obama), The Guns of August (Barbara Tuchman), The Natural (Joe Klein), The Story of Jackie Robinson (Margaret Davidson)
Heroes
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Kennedy, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton
William H Bowen School Law
Little Rock, AR
Graduated: 2007
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Professional
Major: Law
Clubs: President, American Constitution Society; President, Young Democrats; Student Bar Association
2003 to 2007
Missouri Southern State College
Joplin, MO
Graduated: 2003
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Social Science Education
Clubs: President, Phi Alpha Theta; President, Geography Club; Young Democrats
Greek:
Phi Alpha Theta
1998 to 2003
Fair Play High
Fair Play, MO
Graduated: 1998
Student status: Alumni
Clubs: President, Student Council; Class President; Baseball (2x All-Conference SS); Academic Bowl; History Bowl
Hello, world! Welcome to my little corner of the Internets, “my space,” if you will. This is your one stop shop for all things JBW—what I’ve been up to (marriage, fatherhood x 2, pursuing Master's degree, a promotion at work, buying our first home, teaching a college paralegal course), what I’m interested in (politics, sports, traveling, and a bunch of other things), and a place to show off some of the people (Candice, Caitlyn, and Jaidyn) and achievements (graduating college and law school) that I’m most proud of. I hope you’ll take a sec to look around this page, see what's making me tick these days, and browse through some of my pics. I love keeping up with friends, whether you’re someone who still sees me quite a bit or are one of the people I knew back in the day. Feel free to give me a shout and let me know what's new with you!
With the love of my life (March 1, 2008)
Our precious daughter—Caitlyn Nichole
Meeting former President Bill Clinton (Summer 2004)
With DNC Chairman Howard Dean (Spring 2005)
"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation."--Robert Kennedy
hey! how are you? i'm sure you are proud of your little one! scott and i feel the same way about brooke! we are having another one due in november, a week after brooke's 2nd birthday! we are very excited!
Miss you too!! No one even has WH potential at the new job. haha We close on the house tomorrow!!! Yall will be in your house before us because we will not move until at least August. Cannot wait for the block party!! Are you going to the Beaird party on Monday? I wish I could come, but apparently part of being a prosecutor is teaching law enforcement classes so I will be doing that Monday night. yah!! Either way I love my job and even though I have to live without my WH which sucks I think I made the right decision. Hows school and work going for you?
You know I heard the guys mention his name a couple of times in the hours leading up to the draft. I didn't even know who the guy was. But I figure Pioli must know what he's doing. So I'm willing to give them a couple of years before I start bashing their decisions. No celly yet bro, but soon I hope.
Sounds like fun. For some reason Chicago has been on my brain a lot lately. I've been wanting to get back that way just to be able to check downtown out for awhile. Plus that is my birthday weekend(17th) and what better way to spend my b-day than with a good friend. So hopefully you can make that work bro. Well take care and catch ya later.
