Nerd alert: Ashvegas, circa 1991

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Yup, that’s me, circa 1991, inside the lovely paneled offices of The Daily Advance newspaper in Elizabeth City, N.C. This was my second newspaper job, and I had the cutting-edge tools of the trade at the time: dictionary, phone, green-screen computer. Not to mention the awesome glasses and mustache.

There you have it: I am a dork, and I’ve got the photographic evidence to prove it.

17 Comments

Dad December 2, 2009 - 12:25 pm

Great Caesars Ghost!

Jeff December 2, 2009 - 2:24 am

Awesome. Just awesome.

Miss Daisy December 1, 2009 - 4:58 am

This is awesome.

Suzanne December 1, 2009 - 4:42 am

I think you look very handsome!

Real Reporter November 30, 2009 - 11:52 pm

Don’t worry about the decor of the office ASH…….most newspaper, radio and television offices I’ve worked in or visited left a lot to be desired in terms of tasteful decorating. At least you were churning out good work there, man.

Lena November 30, 2009 - 11:37 pm

Nice ‘stache

firelady November 30, 2009 - 11:14 pm

Awwwww, doesn’t it just make you nostalgic for the good ol days? Did the wood paneling smell like Pledge?

Just saying November 30, 2009 - 11:07 pm

Dude, you look like Goose from Top Gun. You can be my Wing Man any day…

Ash November 30, 2009 - 9:33 pm

that would be Brooke Shields on the bulletin board.

photo of me now (me and my nieces, shot in August):
http://ashvegas.squarespace.com/journal/2009/9/16/ladies-man.html

Maria November 30, 2009 - 8:09 pm

I can’t quite place the 80’s babe on your board in the background? The chick from Chilli Pepper’s Mother’s Milk?

Blue Barnhouse November 30, 2009 - 7:57 pm

hey you have a "now" photo for comparison? i mean so we can see how much more of a dork you are now then you were 18 years ago?

jodi rhoden November 30, 2009 - 6:32 pm

and who is that hot babe on the bulletin board behind you? This is a truly amazing piece of photo documentary.

catnap November 30, 2009 - 6:25 pm

could you play Pong on that thing?

kp November 30, 2009 - 6:14 pm

And with the pin-up girl, too! "Your ad here"?? ~kp

Lightnin' November 30, 2009 - 6:04 pm

Not tryin to hate.. but that’s an excellent Ned Flanders costume you have there.

Hi, diddely-ho!

With much love,

-=WL=-

Just saying November 30, 2009 - 5:26 pm

You might be a dork but at least you got hair.

Julie C. November 30, 2009 - 5:01 pm

Wow, that may be even worse than the high school pictures. Maybe I am just overwhelmed by the paneling in this picture. Good thing we are both so much cooler now!

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