Happy birthday, Dad
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My dad would have celebrated his 80th birthday today. I wrote a version of
the following a few years back and I'm reposting it here today, with just a
few ...
Either He did or He didn't!
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*Your weekly dose of Spurgeon*
The *PyroManiacs* devote some space each weekend to highlights from the
lifetime of works from the Prince of Preachers, Char...
The Star Tribune 100
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The Star Tribune 100
Excerpt:
The Star Tribune 100 is a measure of the largest publicly held companies
with headquarters in Minnesota ranked by reve...
The Engineering Student and the Frog
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A handsome and wealthy prince ran afoul of a witch, who promptly turned him
into a frog. What do these witches have against princes anyhow? The frog
hoppe...
More Favorite Things
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Today was the Smocking meeting in Richfield. I drove 1 1/2 hours to meet
with 20 some ladies who share a common interest; sewing for children. It
is a gr...
I Heard It On The NARN
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Here’s the link for Childcare Freedom. They need your help today more than
ever. If you’re not reading John Rouleau on Twitter, you should be. He’s
with ...
How Envy Devours
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Introduction
This chapter marks the beginning of civil war in Israel. There had been
strains and tensions before, but now it breaks out into open hostilit...
Your Local Attractions
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We are getting ready to set forth on an epic road trip, going the length
and breadth of this great land of ours. I’ve always wanted to do that. To
get ou...
Grammar and Spelling Fail
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I saw this yesterday, in Gardena, while visiting Mom and taking her
shopping at the local Wal*Mart.
Gardena, California: "We are who you thought we were."
Wait till next year
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Sorry, Cubs fans, but it's already certain that the Cubbies will not win
the World Series. No, it's not their record, which apparently is already
dismal a...
Why I Carry a Handgun for Protection, Vol. 62
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Because in the city in which we reside the supposed good guys can sometimes
actually turn out to be the bad guys.
Detectives with the Arizona Department of...
The End of the Road
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When I decided to abandon this blog, I thought I’d experience a sudden
desire to feverishly write all the posts I’d never gotten around to writing
over the...
My 2012 Fantasy Team: Grumpy Old Men
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These boys better perform. I want consistency. Last year my team would
score 140 points one weekend, and 70 the next. I have no clue how good any
of th...
So I had this bird
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by Tiger Lilly She was a beautiful girl, turquoise feathers with a yellow
cap (a very rare color for parakeets). My aunt found her after a huge storm
in 20...
The Greek alphabet song: now with MORE COWBELL!
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Pretty funny. It also uses the tune I've used to teach the alphabet:
(I would quibble about American pronunciation of the a's [as in bad rather than father...
.....but part of me wishes that the captain of the cruise ship recently shadowed by Somali pirates had slowed down his ship just enough to let pirates think they could keep tailing him while calling the Navy first thing.....or better yet they could "just happen" to have a squad of security guards on board that could "just happen" to introduce the pirates to the tender mercies of Ma Deuce.
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grumpy old seaman: "get off my wake!"
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