Archive for the 'News' Category

Blackberry Outage

Dec 22, 2009 Posted Under: News, cell phones

This evening I had some family from out of town visiting.  I took some pictures with my Blackberry with the intention of uploading them onto Facebook.  After about 10 attempts I became frustrated.  I could not understand why I could not upload even through my dad’s wifi.  Here it is about four hours later and [...]

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NEWS: You Are Going to Die!

Oct 25, 2009 Posted Under: News, bias

DISCLAIMER: This is another humorous anti journalism post so if this sort of thing offends you, then go somewhere else. This just in…  You are going to die!  The H1N1, Swine Flu is taking over the world and you have less than a zero chance of survival.  Hug your children and bow before the great [...]

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My Problem with “Going Green”

Jul 20, 2009 Posted Under: News, bias, politics

I think we all have a responsibility to be good stewards of the resources around us and that is nothing new. It has always been irresponsible to just waste things and pour pollutants out into the environment so I have no problem with that.  Where I have a problem with this “going green” movement is [...]

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Do Not Worry About the Economy

Jan 07, 2009 Posted Under: News, bias, journalism, opinion

I hear concerns every day about the economy.  People worry unecessarily all the time because they watch the news.  I am old enough to have experienced several recessions and one thing that always seems to be common with each of them is that the media always says “this one is different” or “this one is [...]

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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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Pet Food Recall

Mar 17, 2007 Posted Under: Events, News

It appears that a company that contracts dog and cat food has done a recall of their products. This company contracts out to some large pet food companies.  It looks like both the dog and cat food that we use is affected. You can read all about it here where T.J. has the story in depth.  [...]

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Hit and Run

Dec 29, 2006 Posted Under: Events, News, Oklahoma City

This evening we were going to Best Buy in South Oklahoma City and were waiting at a red light. There was a lady waiting at the light on the other side of the intersection. A car came up from behind her and ran into the back of her and then swirved around her going over [...]

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