This site is the web presence of Tom & Johnnie Watts and family!
 Sunday, December 25, 2005

All of us at tomwatts.com (Better known as the Watts family),

wish you only the best as we observe Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the other proud

holiday traditions of the world.

 

Have a safe and happy holiday season!

 

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!

 

OK so far so good! I have been telling myself I would write this Holiday Blog post for weeks now, and you guessed it!

 

It is Christmas Eve, and I am just starting this effort!

 

OK, for my regular blog readers the remainder of this post is ultra boring family stuff, so I warn you if you keep reading be prepared to fall asleep!

 

This is the first Christmas since I started blogging via tomwatts.com! My usual modus operandi is to send a Christmas E-mail or Electronic Flash greeting and such, but this is my first Christmas blog, so I am going to try for extra cool and super extra features of blogdom?????? ( example: PHOTO GALLERY LINK )

 

Tom, (myself), Johnnie my super cool wife, and my children, Cameron, Leah and Dena have had an interesting year! We have plenty of news, and events, most of which you would find boring! But I will start off with the good or interesting news if any!

 

Leah my youngest daughter got engaged to be married last weekend!

Her boy friend Randy tried to wait for Christmas, but he just could not hold out! (He told me and Leah’s mother in advance, so I know!) We are excited, we just hope they take their time and not rush things too soon, so no there is not a date set. But it’s very serious Randy gave Leah a big ROCK! Now I am not personally a respecter of rocks but this is a big one, and it does sparkle, I suspect they will be paying for it for years to come.

 

Cameron, my son has no such news, but has really been working hard on his musical skills! Since the last time I sent out a Christmas e-mail etc., he has spent many thousand of dollars on guitars, and amplifiers and the like and is playing quiet will and writing and singing his own songs! Some of which can be found here on my blog.

 

Dena, and her son Skyler survived the several Hurricanes which blew through their home in South Beach (Miami Florida) this year. Dena continues to pursue her musical career with some modest success! Skyler will be over to see us this New Years eve!

Johnnie recently got a promotion and still works for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) as a contracting officer.

 

Tom is still working for a Department of Defense (DOD), contractor in Dayton Ohio, and yes he, continues to commute 170 miles roundtrip each day!

 

We had a great Thanksgiving; tons of our families were here! See the photo gallery link on this blog for some of the pictures!

 

In closing:

 

We are happy you are doing well, and since I believe no news is good news I have to assume you are doing well since you have not advised us otherwise. Please stay in touch, you can e-mail us at the usual address or give us a call, we would love to hear from you!

 

Tom, Johnnie, Cameron, Leah&Randy, and Dena&Skyler

Sunday, December 25, 2005 12:54:35 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
 Saturday, December 17, 2005

A mini tribute to my son Cameron, musician in the tradition of the Doors.

Cameron's song Mr. Lonely!


Family | mp3
Saturday, December 17, 2005 12:23:54 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
 Saturday, November 12, 2005

Sticks and Stones, a video that has been lost in the ashes of pre Internet days (1992) and is no longer available anywhere else is presented here with permission. My son Cameron was one of the actors, and Larry Turner the Director is a family friend.

The video is 12 minutes long, and uses streaming flash (FLV), all but the slowest connections should be ok.

Larry Turner, a graduating senior at Colonel White High School (1993) in Dayton Ohio, won the first place award of $500 and a $3,000 scholarship in the National Scholastic Art Competition for Film and Video. His film "Sticks and Stones", which deals with sexual abuse, child pornography and teen-age prostitution, also won the top prize in the Ohio Governor's Art Exhibition in May 1993. He received his award from First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.  Larry has many other movies and awards to his credit.

A current link related to Larry's efforts can be found at http://tattooboymovie.com/

 

Saturday, November 12, 2005 6:58:37 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
 Wednesday, November 02, 2005

This is a little flash mp3 player, I didn't code it, but I did mod it to add mp3 file tag reading!

It now displays track title and artist/album. Also, the original was designed for inclusion in a full flash page with draging. I modified it to be a stand alone mini player. 

Due to www delays sometimes you need to hit the song button a second time to get the tag data! (Iwill look into that problem some day???)

Place from 1 to 12 mp3 files named
track01.mp3 thru track12.mp3 in the same directory!
 
Download: mp3Juke.zip (37.07 KB)
 
Original source: http://www.swishboard.de/Test/mp3Player_Vorschau.html
 
Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:36:15 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)
 Tuesday, October 18, 2005

OK, here is an entirely new freeware MP3 player I wrote, (open source helps), it does not have any support files. Just put from 1 to 15 files named "track1.mp3" to "track15.mp3" in the same directory, and call it with the appropriate flash html, (sample file in the download) and away you go!

This sample plays the Wired CD from Nov. 2004 (Rip.Sample.Mash.Share) I particularly like #2 “My Fair Lady” by David Byrne.   Enjoy!


Please note a txt file is not needed!

Player Download Link (Zip 281.6 KB)
Audio | Freeware | mp3
Tuesday, October 18, 2005 2:54:22 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)