Paul L. McCord Jr.

I went ahead and re-opened my Facebook account as it gives me more control over the content unlike Friendfeed.  I left all the other social networking sites closed.  Of all  the sites that I really do love to use, I would say Flickr, Twitter, and Facebook.   The rain is moving back in today and I love it.  I should have been raised in Seattle because it can never rain too much for me.  I just found that many of my church members including the Pastor is on Twitter as well.  I already had them on Facebook and they use it pretty heavily.

Looks like Obama made a comment yesterday that said something about you being able to put lipstick on a pig, it is still a pig.  Everyone is saying it was aimed at Sarah Palin and I do believe it was though you could make the argument that since he paused before saying it, that it was a spontaneous thought with no calculation behind it.  They fired back and said that McCain had made a similar statement in 2007 when referencing Mrs. Clinton.  And the drama continues.  There is a reason that I usually turn the TV volume down the moment theys begin discussing politics.  Oh well, it is the same thing over and over again.  I will certainly be glad when it is over as you know that it will continue after the election regardless of who wins.

I have been attending a class at work and it has two more days.  It is called Item Unique Identification (IUID).  This is an initiative to assign a unique identification number to every piece of equipment that is either $5,000 or more.  Other items can be added if the program manager deems it necessary to keep track of them.  They used our government identification cards called the common access cards (CAC) as an example of how each of us has an unique number and no other person has this number.  This is reminiscent of Revelation chapter 13, versus 15-18.  I know this is not what it is but sure does give you the creeps.  The government has put this program into place that all items acquired by the government will have these scannable marks beginning 1 Jaunuary 2004.  What gives me the creeps is that never before in history has there been the technology for Revelation 13:15-18 to make sense.  The point being is that the technology is here. The next two days of this class we will be doing practical application.  I must say this overview class that I went to was easily the most boring class I have ever been to.  Razor blades should be issued upon entry for those that just want to end the pain .  Other than this and school there has not been too much going on.

It has been no secret that I love my hometown of Oklahoma City an I am very proud of what it has become.  We have spent years fending off stereotypes people have of us throughout the nation  As our leadership’s vision continues to grow, our city reaps the harvest of those actions.  In recent days the National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced that our city is at the top of the list for obtaining a new franchise after the support we have given to the New Orleans Hornets after Hurricane Katrina.  Our dilapidated downtown. has begun to revive itself with new life.

With this new life, I wanted to look at our past and stumbled on a book by Larry Johnson, Historic Photos of Oklahoma City.  Larry Johnson, a reference librarian for the Metropolitan Library System in Oklahoma City has compiled many historic photos of Oklahoma City and put them in a very nice hard back book with narrative descriptions of the photos.  Some of these photos go back to the 1800’s and tell a story of the early days.  Some of the buildings in these pictures are still there and they reveal the history behind them.  This book is a walk through history in Oklahoma City showing the good times and the bad.

As most are aware, OKC has a long history with the aviation industry and one of the photos shows a primitave biplane flown by Charles Willard in the Capitol Hill area as early as 1910.  As one that has spent most of my life in Oklahoma City, I learned a lot from this book.  Many of these pictures are full page high resolution for their day.  This book follows a timeline from the early days until more recent times so one can follow the history of our great city.  I think this book is a wonderful addition to any collection.  It is well put together and has a historic look that is even pleasant to look at in your library.

This book can be purchased through many of the large retailers such as Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Target, and Alibris.  The book is published by Turner Publishing Company from Nashville, TN, and Paducah, KY.  As a person that is very proud of my hometown, I would certainly recommend this book.

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