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So learning never stops?

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

Rick,
In recent days, we’ve have been discussing releasing the old you and inviting GOD’S view. Sounds like the beginning of a song, Huh? Anyway, I’m coming to realize that the previous fifty years of my life needs to be thrown out. At best, I feel like a first grader trying to learn quantum physics, […]

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Small Business Owners understand.

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

If you run your own small business you know that you ware 2 main hats to keep things operating:
Hat #1 is… well, Owner/Operator. That means you and/or your employees make sure all aspects of your business are handled. But, at the end of the day the buck starts and stops with you. […]

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French for “ornery”…

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

I’m not cracking on my Dad, But he has always been known as Robin. But, the family knew him as AWNRIE’.
(Henri’) That’s French is’nt it?

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Merry Christmas vs. Happy Holidays

Monday, December 31st, 2007

The “Merry Christmas vs Happy Holidays” debate.
So many Christians are getting frustrated because
the very mention of Christ, Joseph/Mary, the manger,
etc being pushed out of the public square that
they won’t say any season’s greeting except “Merry
Christmas.” The concern is that if Christ isn’t a part
of the holiday greeting that the secularists have won.
Removing Christ from […]

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High Tech cleaning

Monday, December 31st, 2007

I happened to be in a ritzy part of Nashville a few
weeks ago. I already knew it was a ritzy section of
town, but it was reinforced when I saw the cleaning lady
pushing her cart off the elevator. She had all the
cleaning trappings, tools, etc… and, hanging off
the side of her head was a […]

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Southern Speak

Monday, December 31st, 2007

In this edition of Southern Speak you’ll learn how to use
the phrases a) “Fine as frog hair” (pronounced Frawg Hair),
and b) “draw back a bloody nub.”
a) Let’s say that you’re eating one of your favorite meals
cooked just like you like. When ask if you’re enjoying the
food you should respond: “Yes, it’s FINE AS […]

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What really matters?

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

What really matters? Have a child and you’ll know what really matters. Have your child get sick and you’ll get tunnel vision REAL quick. Nothing else matters. My youngest daughter is in Nashville’s Vanderbilt Hospital right now. She appears to be healing now. But at 4am this morning
that wasn’t the case. […]

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Indoor fishing.

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

It’s very apparent that my daughters enjoyed their Thanksgiving fishing
trip with their granddad. I walked in the den the other day found them
fishing from our couch. They had tied a string to a broom handle, tied
our dog’s nylon bone to the other end, and were fishing for him. They
were playing like our dog […]

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Nutshell News - Installation 1

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

Nutshell News will be an on-going blog of combining all of todays news into a mish-mash of pontifications. I’ll be doing something that I do quite often…Speculating on things that I know very little about.
Today Ike Turner died. God rest his soul, and may he remain in God’s presense eternally.
Now, setting the serious […]

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Job’s cousin… Jim

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

Let’s see where this goes. I’d like to introduce myself. From now on I will be known as Job’s cousin Jim. Where to begin? How about a guy who loves to give, always tries to have a smile on his face no matter what the situation. Helps his fellow man, allows […]

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