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This day in history . . .

May 8, 2012

To be quite honest I didn’t know what to blog about today so I decided to go see what happen on this day in history.  There seemed to be a number of earth shattering events, some well know births, and yes even a welcomed or unwelcomed death or two.  However, there was nothing that really [...]

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Broken Record

April 28, 2012

I am sorry if I sound like a broken record but this issue is not an unreasonable concern that property taxes will not go up with the elimination of the state income tax. In yestarday’s POINT OF VIEW in the OKLAHOMAN state Representative Leslie Osborn basically said it’s an invalid argument because the Oklahoma Constitution [...]

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Believe in Yourself!

April 18, 2012

When he was 70 years old, legendary baseball player Ty Cobb was asked, “what do you think you’d hit if you were playing these days?” Cobb, who had had an impressive lifetime batting average of .367, responded: “About .290, maybe .300.” The reporter then said: “That’s because of the travel, the night games, and all [...]

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How fancy do you want it?

March 8, 2012

It was a drizzly Saturday morning but we were down on the river throwing rocks and just making the best of things when it started to sprinkle so we headed for higher ground. Just about the time it started to rain we came upon an old structure that appeared to be sound but unoccupied so [...]

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“Repurposing” or Making this do that.

February 8, 2012

It has been brought to my attention that something called “repurposing” is something that is very popular right now. Since I consider myself to be a progressive conservative with liberal leanings toward the proven methods of production I want to know more about repurposing. It appears that repurposing is: “To use or convert for use [...]

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Cheers to a New Year

January 1, 2012

Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to get it right. – Oprah Winfrey Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. – Mark Twain And that, in a nutshell, pretty well sums up both sides of [...]

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The Economy: Home for the Holidays

December 6, 2011

How do you do gifts in your family?  Do you do Dirty Santa?  Draw names?  Pick-a-Charity?  No Gifts Except for Kids? We do a little of each.  On one side, we’re drawing names.  On another, Dirty Santa.  On still another, we’re all making (or buying) desserts — cakes, candies, whatever — and then we’ll all [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 24, 2011

It’s 5:30 a.m.  I fell asleep around midnight, after baking a carrot cake and prepping the kitchen for the hordes descending later this morning.  I just took the turkey out of the fridge; it’s resting in the sink.  I’m resting in the living room, wondering whether to try to sleep just a little more or [...]

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 !!!

November 8, 2011

So how are those 2011 New Year’s resolutions working for you?  Every year about this time people start to work on their good intentions for the next year.  Hey! What about all those good intentions we had for last year.  Did we lose that hundred pounds? How are those guitar lessons coming? Are all the [...]

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Tornado? Earthquake? Cigar? Cigarette?

November 6, 2011

Facebook and Twitter could barely contain their excitement: last night, Oklahoma experienced the highest-magnitude earthquake on record, a 5.6 originating near Sparks.  No injuries have been (thus far) reported, and while there is some damage, it appears to be mostly correctable. I had thought, when I missed the two or three earlier this year, that [...]

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