Nerd alert: Ashvegas, circa 1991

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Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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Nerd, reporting for duty

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.

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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17 Comments

  1. Dad December 2, 2009

    Great Caesars Ghost!

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  2. Jeff December 2, 2009

    Awesome. Just awesome.

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  3. Miss Daisy December 1, 2009

    This is awesome.

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  4. Suzanne December 1, 2009

    I think you look very handsome!

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  5. Real Reporter November 30, 2009

    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.

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  6. Lena November 30, 2009

    Nice ‘stache

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  7. firelady November 30, 2009

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

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  8. Just saying November 30, 2009

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

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  9. Ash November 30, 2009

    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

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  10. Maria November 30, 2009

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

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  11. Blue Barnhouse November 30, 2009

    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?

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  12. jodi rhoden November 30, 2009

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

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  13. catnap November 30, 2009

    could you play Pong on that thing?

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  14. kp November 30, 2009

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

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  15. Lightnin' November 30, 2009

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

    Hi, diddely-ho!

    With much love,

    -=WL=-

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  16. Just saying November 30, 2009

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

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  17. Julie C. November 30, 2009

    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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