Archive for August, 2008

Consolidation

Aug 31, 2008 Posted Under: blogging, Internet, opinion

In the past I have spoken about all the social networking sites such as Facebook, Myspace, Friendfeed, among others.  I am currently closing most of these accounts with the exception of this blog and my Flickr account.  I have a presence in so many places that it is hard to keep up with all the [...]

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Oklahoma Education is a Racket

Aug 30, 2008 Posted Under: education, opinion

There is one thing that really makes me mad and that is the racket that is our educational system.  If you are a citizen of Oklahoma you may or may not have noticed that we are continuously being told that we have one of the lowest paid teachers in America.  We are always given this [...]

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Blogging all Day

Aug 30, 2008 Posted Under: opinion, politics

This was supposed to be a day of getting school work done for the purposes of making my life better but yesterday John McCain had to go off and appoint Sarah Palin as Vice Presidential candidate.  I have been online all day reading blogs, Friendfeed, and Twitter responding to them. It is just amazing the [...]

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Blessings, Blessings, Blessings

Aug 29, 2008 Posted Under: news, Personal, politics, weather

There are some things that are often gone unrecognized in a person’s life and one of those is the small things you do with your family from day to day.  Today my wife and I took off work so we could have a four day weekend along with the Labor day holiday.  My wife Sunday [...]

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Happy Birthday Dad!

Aug 24, 2008 Posted Under: Personal

Update I posted this message on Sunday 24 August 08 but Larry Cline has just uploaded this video to Youtube so I edited this post to include it. Thanks Larry. Previous post below… Yesterday we went to my dad’s house to celebrate his 71st birthday and had 26 people show up.  That is pretty amazing [...]

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Holy Cow! What an Announcement!

Aug 20, 2008 Posted Under: Devon Energy, oil, Oklahoma City

Today was a big day in Oklahoma City with a big announcement from one of the biggest local companies.  There were a lot of smiles around town with this announcement.  This morning Devon Energy presented their proposal to build a new corporate headquarters here in Oklahoma City.  This new building will be 54 floors at [...]

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Del City Development

Aug 17, 2008 Posted Under: Del City, opinion, politics

If you have driven down I-40 at the Sooner Road exit you may have noticed the area on the South West of the intersection being cleared.  There is a new commercial development being built there that will have several stores, restaurants, and at least one hotel.  This is very good news from Del City as [...]

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John 14:6

Aug 17, 2008 Posted Under: Bible, Christian

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6, KJV Technorati Tags: Jesus,God,Christian,Christianity,Bible

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What?

Aug 16, 2008 Posted Under: blogging, technology

Oh no!  As I posted earlier last week I spent the entire weekend putting my blog back online specifically because I updated to the latest version of WordPress 2.6.  I just posted another post and right on the top of the page is says… WordPress 2.6.1 is available! Please update now. Holy Cow!  No way [...]

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Awkward yet Thankful

Aug 16, 2008 Posted Under: Personal, Work

I love my work though I find myself in an awkward spot.  I was hired into this position as a trainee so that I can be fully trained to replace some of the retirees.  My second level supervisor, or Squadron Director saw that I not only have a degree but also have a Six Sigma [...]

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