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Entries from January 13th, 2009

Using Control-Alt-Delete in Our Lives

January 13th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Families, Inspirational, Perspective, Reflections

Sometimes – often with my old one here – computers (PCs, anyway) get locked up in whatever program or file they are in and just freeze.  You can’t X out, you can’t use your mouse, you can’t punch keys on the keyboard and cause anything to happen. You’re just stuck. So, you finally resort to [...]

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Ten Commandments According to Bubba

January 9th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Humor, Philosophical

 Ten Commandments according to Bubba! Some people have trouble with all those ‘shall’s’ and ‘shall not’s’ in the Ten commandments. Folks just aren’t used to talking in those terms.. So, in middle Tennessee they translated the ‘King James’ into ‘ Jackson County ‘ language….. No joke, (posted on the wall at Cross Trails Church in Gainesboro [...]

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Coming Out of the Fog

January 7th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Inspirational, Legal Career, Reflections, Theology

What I noticed first about her was her demeanor.  How frightened and – well, in a fog she seemed to be. As I walked into the small conference room, two pleasingly plump ageless black ladies sitting side by side to my right at the long table looked up at me expectantly.  She sat nearer to [...]

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The Heart of David

January 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Inspirational, Our Kids, Reflections

[Note:  Please VOTE for Julian today here if you haven't already.  See last post.  Dee] Today is the birthday of my son, David.  I was a mere 18 years old when he was born in a small hospital way down in east Texas – Nacogdoches, Texas – by a general practitioner.  His delivery cost $150 [...]

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Vote for Tom’s Grandson, Julian Nguyen – PLEASE!!

January 4th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Dee's Family, Families, Tom's Family

I need for all y’all (as opposed to just y’all) to please help us out here today. Help Tom’s 16 year old violinist grandson, Julian Nguyen, that is, by voting for him online before this Saturday, Jan. 10, at 11 a.m. EST, in a worldwide music contest he has entered. It is sponsored by National [...]

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