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Job Market for New Graduates

May 13, 2013

Mitchell Joyce via Compfight Congratulations to all high school graduates. This is a positive note to all graduates! “Our economy is much stronger than a lot of places.” It may not be what we would consider a boom time for our economy, but it certainly is not a bad time. College graduates are facing better [...]

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The Trio at the Abbey

May 10, 2013

The Oklahoma City Orchestra League’s Symphony Show House is going on now thru May 19th. It’s their 40th annual fundraiser to benefit the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and numerous music education programs throughout the community. This years event is located in The Abbey section of Fairview Farm Addition at Western between NW150th & NW164th. It’s not [...]

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Happy St. Patricks’s Day!

March 15, 2013

My little brother, Bill, was born on St. Patrick’s Day in 1969. I was always jealous of this because what could be more fun than celebrating your birthday on a day marked by millions of people around the world drinking green beer and eating corned beef and cabbage? Saint Patrick’s Day or the Feast of [...]

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Bringing in a New Year!

December 25, 2012

As we say good bye to the old year and bring in the New Year, we always, and yes that means you, always make those resolutions. Many things have become new and improved!  How about just getting back to some basic’s. First thing, is to go room to room and that includes closets, the garage, [...]

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Christmas Stories

December 20, 2012

For most Christians, Christmas is a lot more than opening gifts on December 25th. It’s even more than celebrating the birth of our Savior. Christmas is about more. We are far more likely to remember what we did on December 25, 2011, than what happened on, say, June 22. Personal experiences on special days help [...]

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Take a Year End “Let it go!”

December 18, 2012

“Gloom despair and agony on me … OHHHHHHH … deep dark depression excessive misery … OHHHHHHH … if it weren’t for bad luck I’d have no luck at all … OHHHHHHH … gloom despair and agony on me.”  If you’re old enough to remember or have seen the reruns of Hee Haw then you recognized [...]

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Happy 20th Birthday to the Text Message

December 3, 2012

  20 years ago today that the first text message was sent. It was December 3, 1992 when Neil Papworth, an engineer working in the UK sent the following text, “Merry Christmas” (it was actually an SMS). Papworth was working for Vodafone, a European cell carrier. He sent the message to a director at Vodafone [...]

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My Favorite Chilean Wines – Under $10 A Bottle

November 18, 2012

Since Thanksgiving is Thursday, most of us have already planned our menus, done our grocery shopping (hopefully) and began defrosting that turkey. But, have you picked out a good wine to pair with your meal as well as impress your guests? One that won’t break your bank account? If not, read on. After a recent [...]

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OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR

November 18, 2012

  I know Thanksgiving must be this Thursday because of all the talk about “Black Friday” on the air waves.  That great “warm up holiday” as I heard one comic describe it. This time of the year many of us, myself included, start practicing our holiday cynicism.  “Ba Humbug” and all those cherished phrases. This [...]

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WOW ! The World Didn’t End.

November 8, 2012

WOW! The election is over and the world didn’t stop spinning on its axis! I listened to both sides and it appeared pretty certain that we would melt from deadly cosmic forces regardless who was elected. So when I got up Wednesday morning I decided to go back on my diet, resume my exercise routine, [...]

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