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Thu Apr 19, 2012 2:58 PM EDT
I do not hang out around here much anymore, for a variety of reasons, but I wanted to share something with some of you who became friends of mine during my tenure here. A coupe of years ago, I wrote an account of how I met my wife, called She Laughed and recieved a grea …
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Have You Ever Wondered, "What If?"
Mon Dec 20, 2010 11:43 AM EST
Have you ever asked yourself, “What if?”
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Dreams of a Hero
Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:26 PM EST
Every night for the last two weeks, I have dreamed of the Hurtling Moons of Barsoom. I awake in the morning, still feeling the Martian dust, smelling the canned air of my pressure suit, with my heart still pounding from the battle against the Martians that I have just left.
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It's Still the Economy, Stupid.
Sat Sep 11, 2010 11:56 AM EDT
Over the years of deficit spending, the economy has become more and more dependent on that deficit spending.
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Ever Think About Just Stepping Off the World?
Tue Sep 7, 2010 3:22 PM EDT
A friend of mine asked me a question today, and was shocked that I answered it with very little thought or contemplation.
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Government Budget Mathematics -- Simplified
Mon Aug 23, 2010 1:19 PM EDT
Suppose, for just a minute, that at your annual review your boss told you that, due to the economic climate and the condition in which the business finds itself, that, unfortunately, there were no raises being given out this year. Of course, you would be disappointed.
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Living The American Dream
Mon Aug 23, 2010 11:08 AM EDT
The American Dream: (the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did)-wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
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It's a Wonder Any of Us Survived At All
Mon Aug 16, 2010 4:33 PM EDT
How on earth did we ever make it to adulthood?
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Can You Hear Me Now???
Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:25 AM EDT
I got up this morning, showered, dressed, and left the house for work, just like a thousand times before.
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Grandpa? Grandma? Is that YOU??????
Thu Jul 8, 2010 3:06 PM EDT
So, I took my kids (Age 15, 19 and 26) to see The Eagles, the 70’s band, a couple of Saturdays back.
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The Vanishing Manly Man.
Thu Jul 8, 2010 12:33 PM EDT
Good morning, folks. I come to you today because I have uncovered an insidious plot that is being perpetrated upon the men of America that has hardly been noticed.
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The Difference between Adults and Children
Tue Jul 6, 2010 11:56 AM EDT
If you’ve raised kids, you too can probably recall times when you tried to impart a lesson that would serve them later in life.
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My Heroes have always been Cowboys... Well, One Cowboy, anyway.
Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:19 PM EDT
I just heard something that really struck me as almost blasphemous. They (Who are they, anyway? They always are doing something…. Hmmm.. Sorry, that’s another article)… anyway, they are remaking “True Grit”.
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Cops Fight Crime --- Soldiers Fight Wars
Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:19 PM EDT
State Lawmakers in Illinois have petitioned the Governor of Illinois to bring in the National Guard to assist the police in Chicago in controlling violence.
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Grow Up, Already!!!
Tue Apr 6, 2010 10:16 AM EDT
The Left is destroying this country!!! The Right already destroyed this country!!!! The Left are a bunch of socialists!!!! The Right are a bunch of Wing Nuts!!!! The Left is trampling on the constitution!!!!
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Lessons My Father Taught Me. #2
Wed Mar 24, 2010 4:51 PM EDT
I had wanted a dog of my own for as long as I could remember, but my dad had always told me he'd get me one when the time came. I must have asked and begged for a dog a million times, but it was always the same. "We'll get you a dog when the time comes, Son."
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What Happened to Our Freedom Of Choice???
Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:41 AM EDT
Well, once again, the minority has somehow wrested control away from the majority. I do not see how anyone can see this happening and consider it a good thing.
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A Drive Down Memory Lane
Thu Mar 11, 2010 12:08 PM EST
My wife and I were out and about last weekend, running some errands, paying some bills, doing a little shopping. Just the normal mundane activities that nobody ever pays attention to, but are necessary to keep a house hold running.
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A Curmudgeon's Take on the World
Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:56 PM EST
I often used to wonder what on earth is happening to the world today.
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Lessons My Father Taught Me -- Prologue
Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:28 PM EST
I recently wrote an article about my father and the lessons that I learned from him, and decided that I would do a series of these.
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The Most Addictive Substance on Earth: OPM (Other People's Money)
Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:37 AM EST
I have been reading in many places that the answer to the economic problems in this country is to raise the taxes on the "rich", and force them to pay their "fair share". I have seen propositions ranging from a flat 25% tax rate on the "rich", all the way up to a 60% tax rate.
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Lessons My Father Taught Me. #1
Tue Feb 23, 2010 12:33 PM EST
My father had let me drive out in the country since I was 12 years old, and I had driven trucks and tractors on my uncles' land since I could remember, so by the time I was 14, I was more than ready to get a truck so that I could get it all fixed up and ready to go by the time I …
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Age is just a state of Mind. But, so is Confusion.
Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:10 AM EST
I flipped the calendar last week, turning another year older. I'm 47 now. 47. That is an age that, one time way back in the day, seemed unreachable. I remember when I was in my 20's, thinking that I would never get old, and now here I am.
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Can the system be fixed? Possibly. But there must be change.
Mon Jan 18, 2010 12:07 PM EST
I was reading an article the other day regarding the mess in which we find our country, and as I went through the comments, I found that there were many people asking the question, "How do we change this screwed up system that we have?"
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The Music in My Mind
Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:53 AM EST
I am a huge Bob Seger fan. A lot of his music is very reflective stuff, about time passing, the loss of youth, getting older, and the transition from being a boy to a man.
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I'm 47 years old, living outside Dallas, TX. I'm married, (to the most patient woman on earth) with 3 kids, and 2 grandkids.
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I do not hang out around here much anymore, for a variety of reasons, but I wanted to share something with some of you who became friends of mine during my tenure here. A coupe of years ago, I wrote an account of how I met my wife, called She Laughed and recieved a grea …
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