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stormy:
March 30th, 2008 at 11:45 am
First! (I’ve never done that before!)
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Wino:
March 30th, 2008 at 11:46 am
I’ve never done that before

You won’t be able to say that next time.
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marc:
March 30th, 2008 at 11:47 am

Katfish,

Yon hasn’t moved. He is still at http://www.michaelyon-online.com/
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stormy:
March 30th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Wino — true, there’s a first time for everything.

It also helps to be sitting 3 feet from the person who puts up the thread.
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american woman:
March 30th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Ahem………. I want to see the pics from last night…. pweese. It was such fun
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marc:
March 30th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

Some of you may recognize this man’s name from years ago.

This is an excellently crafted piece on Liberal Mania.

The Liberal Mania: Crazy in a Bubble
By Jeffrey Lord

A must read!
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emmekelley:
March 30th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Jennifer promises me that I will have her photos tonight. Since I am beat from work and cannot stay up late to get them tonight I will post them for you guys tomorrow.
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KentBook:
March 31st, 2008 at 5:13 am
Howdy All!
Sorry I missed the Faux Deaux Deaux–Can’t wait to see the pictures, of course the only one I will recognize is AW–perhaps someone could close caption them for me.

Anyway, to all of you that have prayed for us and have supported us with suggestions, job links and other means, we thank you so very much. I start new job this AM–still in HVAC, but takes me back a year to my original contract at the other company–still it’s better, I’ll be the only sales guy for a while, busy, but more profitable. We have about a 3 week window that will still be tough to get through, but if we do, we should be back on track w/in a couple of months.

Thanks again, and we look forward to meeting everyone at the wedding (if we are still invited).
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KentBook:
March 31st, 2008 at 6:01 am
Marc and other Music Fans—

Elvin Bishop–On XM40, or AOLRadio

Monday, Today
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
King Biscuit Flower Hour:
The University of Texas at Arlington for a rockin’ good show with Joe Walsh, recorded in September, 1973
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KentBook:
March 31st, 2008 at 6:07 am
OOPS, Joe Walsh–Elvin was last week
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american woman:
March 31st, 2008 at 6:23 am
Good Morning! Good news Kent, congrats.

The little warbler is doing fine. He is beginning to look not so scraggly, and is filling out.
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KentBook:
March 31st, 2008 at 7:21 am
Thanks, AW–off to work, c’y'all this PM
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bweldon:
March 31st, 2008 at 8:43 am
Glad to hear that the FDD was a success, I would have loved to come but our morning was what could be called a full and colorful day all by it’s self.

It started out with myself and my lovely wife testing for our probationary Black Belts and during the same time I also tested for my level 1 instructor certification. Yes I am working on becoming a Tae Kwon Do instructor. Add to that Oldest Daughter also tested for her level 1 Certification, as a 9yr old.

The big difference between what we are allowed to do in class is I can and am expected to be able to teach while daughter is only an assistant. So the level of responsibility is vastly different. And above all else my mother came and watched us (wife and I) test for the first time.

So we got home around Noon and were both physically and mentally spent. We all took naps and did not wake up till nearly 3 pm and then spent the rest of the day waiting for my car to come out of the shop after having to have the whole rear brake system rebuilt.

Look forward to seeing the pictures, Now all we have to do is wait out the day and hope that we do not receive a call from the academy saying that we did not pass part of our test…

Have a good day everyone… will let you all know if there is any change in the news today or tomorrow.
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emmekelley:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:40 am
Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™
It seems Jennifer was way to tired to download the photos from the party so I will get them tonight when she gets off work. Everyone have a wonderful day.
Congrats KB on the job.
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bweldon:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:32 am
Congrats KB on finding the job
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Mrs. Wino:
March 31st, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Howdy all.

Congrats KB, effective fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. You are still invited to the wedding as long as you send Wino your address.

BW,
Hope you all passed your certifications. It’s a trying time. I can remember when my daughter did her black belt.

Wino and I hope to have our pictures up tonight.
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american woman:
March 31st, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Hi ya’all. The air is heavy. The clouds are gathering, and the wind has picked up. I hope it rains and finally gets it over with.
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marc:
April 1st, 2008 at 12:31 am

And with this I wish you all a good morning.

How to tell the sex of a fly

A woman walked into the kitchen to find her
Husband stalking around with a fly swatter

‘What are you doing?’ She asked.

‘Hunting Flies’ He responded.

‘Oh. ! Killing any?’ She asked.

‘Yep, 3 males, 2 Females,’ he replied.

Intrigued, she asked.
‘How can you tell them apart?’

He responded,
3 were on a beer can,
2 were on the phone.

Thank God for friends that send me this stuff.

Nite all.

Marc
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marc:
April 1st, 2008 at 12:41 am

BTW, Happy April Fools Day!
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emmekelley:
April 1st, 2008 at 7:55 am
Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™
Here are the photos that Jennifer took at the Faux-Deaux-Deaux™. Can you tell the focus of the photos were Charlise and the dogs.

http://sandys-thoughts.blogspot.com/2008/03/faux-deaux-deaux.html
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american woman:
April 1st, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Hi everyone! Long day! Emme, the photos are great………Jennifer picked the prettiest girl in the room…….. thanks Jennifer. I’m too tired to say anything……….. is that a first?
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Mrs. Wino:
April 1st, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Thanks for posting the pics Em. We haven’t downloaded ours yet. To tired, catch you all tomorrow.
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american woman:
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:19 am
There is going to be a huge protest to the TTC this weekend in Austin. Anyone interested in going, email me.

Good Morning ya’all.
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emmekelley:
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 am
Mornin all, another day that God has given to us.™
AW, I wish I could go but I have to work, I will be there in spirit with y’all. Be careful and come back with a report on how it went.
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stormy:
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
Can someone give us the web site again where we can enter a protest online? I think it was based in Austin County.

THX
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emmekelley:
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:15 pm
Is it the TTC meeting that you are looking for stormy? I hope this helps.

http://www.texasturf.org/images/stories/pdf/Fliers/TURF-rallyFlyer-2.pdf
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MrFoilHat:
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:22 pm
Whats shakin folks?

Guess whos driving by?

Anarchy Baby!
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Wino:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Why aren’t you working, Mr. FH?

Stormy, I tried to find it. I’ll ask 64Novaman to post a link. I’m pretty sure he knows it. We need to set up something more permanent so that others can find it more easily, and when desired.

I’ll do that when I get time. Maybe September.

2011.

On a Tuesday.
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marc:
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm

Hi to Shakey!

Wino,

I noticed that the blogroll went away with the upgrade to 2.5. Was that a widget that you added?
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american woman:
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:06 pm
This is the info I received on the protest caravan to Austin. This caravan will be people from many organizations and just people who don’t belong to anything but are mad as hell and want to do something about it. This is where it begins

1025 N. Hwy 6, (Interstate 10 & Hwy 6) at 730 A.M. to caravan to the Trans Texas Corridor Protest being held at the Capitol. We invite everyone to join us in this Caravan. We will be pulling off the parking lot at 750am to make our way to the Capitol. Some of us are going to have signs put on our vehicles. Our signs will read, “Join Our Caravan To The Capitol To Protest The Trans Texas Corridor.” Another one will say
“Follow Us To the Capitol To Protest The Trans Texas Corridor.” Some of us are also going to have small American Flags displayed from our car windows. We also will be having our headlights on. Hope many of you will join our Caravan. Please spread the word about the Caravan!!!

“
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american woman:
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
DJ…… this one is close to home for you…… are you going? I think I am going to pass on this one. ya’all carry the ball. I spent all day last Sat at that district meeting, and will probably be back protesting with Border Watch the following.
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KentBook:
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Evening Folks!
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KentBook:
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Wino–You got mail
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Wino:
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
marc,

I dunno about the blogroll. It was supposed to be part of the database. It went away on another update, too. I’ll see what I can do.

KB,

Going to check the email now. UPDATE: Got it. Forwarded it to the boss.
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american woman:
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:30 am
Good Morning! We are getting close to the weekend, yeahhh
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The Dude:
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:50 am
Hey Wino,

I saw your question on HS’s blog. I will email you tonight with more info. It may be something that interests you. I’d just rather do it via email than on a blog. I’m sure you understand.

BTW… if you don’t mind, post your email address again so I’m sure I have the right one.
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Wino:
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:57 am
wine underscore drinker (a) hotmail dot com

Thanks… Not that I’m trying to horn in on what you have, really. I’m pretty much hoping to get mine set up this week, so I can tell my current employer how happy I’ve been the last year or two.
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bweldon:
April 3rd, 2008 at 9:59 am
Christains fighting back against the bigotry of the liberal, anti-faith establishment.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,345274,00.html
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american woman:
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Greaat news bweldon, thanks for posting. I’m glad this family said ” enough is enough”
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emmekelley:
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Hey Wino, I was going tell you something about your upgrade yesterday. The login screen has changed it’s look, it’s no big deal to me just FYI. It is kind of neat to see something different.
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marc:
April 4th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

From my brother Tim

“The only thing that comes to those who wait is the stuff no one else wants.”

Tim Boyd 2007

COURT SETS ATHEISTS’ HOLIDAY

Have you heard about this case? Great answer from the judge!

In Florida, an atheist became incensed over the preparation of Easter and Passover holidays. He decided to contact his lawyer about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations afforded to Christians and Jews with all their holidays while atheists had no holiday to celebrate.

The case was brought before a judge. After listening to the long passionate presentation by the lawyer, the Judge banged his gavel and declared, ‘Case dismissed!’

The lawyer immediately stood and objected to the ruling and said, ‘Your honor, how can you possibly dismiss this case? The Christians have Christmas, Easter and many other observances. Jews have Passover, Yom Kippur and Hanukkah…yet my client and all other atheists have no such holiday!’

The judge leaned forward in his chair and simply said, ‘Obviously your client is too confused to even know about, much less celebrate his own atheists’ holiday!’

The lawyer pompously said, ‘Your Honor, we are unaware of any such holiday for atheists. Just when might that holiday be, your Honor?’

The judge said, ‘Well it comes every year on exactly the same date—April 1st! Since our calendar sets April 1st as ‘April Fools Day,’ consider that Psalm 14:1 states, ‘The fool says in his heart, there is no God.’ Thus, in my opinion, if your client says there is no God, then by scripture, he is a fool, and April 1st is his holiday! Now have a good day and get out of my courtroom!!

Way to go, Judge!
AMEN
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american woman:
April 4th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
That’s an encouraging post Marc Thanks. It’s rainy in Cypress. blah. The temp was 80 around noon, now probably high 60’s Talked to kiddo at UNT around noon. She said it was feezing up there……..they had a bad storm, big hail, etc.
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bweldon:
April 4th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
A SPANISH Teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike
English, nouns are designated as either masculine or feminine.

‘House’ for instance, is feminine: ‘la casa.’
‘Pencil,’ however, is masculine: ‘el lapiz.’

A student asked, ‘What gender is ‘computer’?’

Instead of giving the answer, the teacher split the class into two
groups, male and female, and asked them to decide for themselves

whether computer’ should be a masculine or a feminine noun. Each
group was asked to give four reasons for its recommendation.

The men’s group decided that ‘computer’ should definitely be of the
feminine gender (’la computadora’), because:

1 No one but their creator understands their internal logic;

2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers
is incomprehensible to everyone else;

3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for
possible later retrieval; and

4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

(THIS GETS BETTER!)

The women’s group, however, concluded that computers should be

Masculine (’el computador’), because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;

2. They have a lot of data but still can’t think for themselves;

3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time
they ARE the problem; and

4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a
little longer, you could have gotten a better mod
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gtotracker:
April 4th, 2008 at 7:20 pm
I have a request of Wino, and others who care to offer advice. My son needs a crash course in writing essays. His H.S. school UIL team on history and current events is one win away from going to the State competition. He places first on tests but is the tail dragger on essays. My idea is to take his computer monitor and pound him on the head with it if I catch him playing games instead of studying. He has placed out of college requirements for freshman English, grammar is not an issue. What he is missing at is organization; Introduction, body, and conclusion. Just asking for ideas. (And please do not use examples of my comments on what not to do.)
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american woman:
April 4th, 2008 at 7:56 pm
An old fashioned way is to use index cards. If he has to do research, he writes it on the cards. He then reads his cards, organizes them and numbers them. Intro and conclusion will be easy, after he reads his cards and sees where his research takes him. If there is no research, he can do an outline, and do that on the computer. I.Introduction. and points can be A.B.etc. Body can be II. points he wants to hit….. and III can be conclusion… This is old school, My college prep was 67. I would have kiddo contact him, cause she has taken a ton of writing in college, but she is covered up right now.
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Wino:
April 4th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
gto,

My first advice would be for him to read a lot. Since there is not enough time for that, I am going to make a few suggestions that are general purpose. If I knew the way the essays were assigned in the UIL, I’d be able to give better advice. What follows is a list I’m making on the spot assuming he’s been given a task to write an essay about a certain topic with certain criteria, such as: “Compare and contrast with” another topic; Give examples of it; support your statements; explain how it applies.

1. Make a short, NOT detailed list of what is required: Main theme, compare, contrast, 3 examples, support, explanation of each. The list should be vertical, not horizontal (which I did here).

2. Make a short list of words that are germaine to the topic. For example, let’s say you’re told to write about the Mexican-American War. Some words might be: Alamo, San Jacinto, Santa Ana, Texas, Mexico.

3. Write down the main theme as the main sentence. If the assignment said to write about today’s presidential election, then you had better use the words “United States presidential election” somewhere in your first sentence.

The 2008 United States presidential election is unique for many reasons.

4. Group the words from list 2 by drawing some connecting lines between them. Don’t waste time re-writing your list. For example, Alamo and Texas need a line, as do Santa Ana and Mexico.

5. Do NOT try to use stilted vocabulary or “50 cent college words.” The purpose of writing is for communicating an idea as clearly and economically as possible. I have a very large vocabulary, and use it when I write, but I try to define esoteric terms when I use them. Esoteric basically means “outside the realm of common usage or knowledge.” You should NOT define your terms in your paper, if you use the correct word correctly. The judges should know the word or look it up. Yes… I just did what I told you not to do.

6. Remember that any paper needs to be at least five paragraphs long.

6a. The first paragraph states the main theme or purpose of the paper. The first sentence in the first paragraph states what the rest of the paragraph is going to be about.

6b. The last paragraph sums up what was said in all of the other paragraphs. It should not repeat the first paragraph word-for-word, but it should review the purpose of the paper, and show how the purpose was accomplished.

6c. The paragraphs in between should do what the first paragraph states they will do. The first sentence in each paragraph will need one of your keywords (at least), and the rest of the paragraph should be tied to the same idea as the first sentence.

6d. When completed, you should be able to read the first sentence of each paragraph, and have a complete idea of what the paper says. All other sentences will support the sentences you read. Any sentence that does not support the main sentence in each paragraph does not belong in that paragraph.

7. When finished, go back to the list from step one, and check off each item, to insure it was covered in your paper. Find the sentence, phrase, or whatever in your paper that fulfills the objective, and then cross out the word. Use only a single line to cross out the word on the “rule 1 list.” You should still be able to read it, in case you want to double check or do something else with it. You are only marking it, not obliterating it from the face of the earth.

8. All rules are made to be broken, but you should be aware when you break the rules above, and know exactly why you are breaking them. They are guidelines, but unless you have a valid and definite reason for ignoring the rule, then follow the rule, instead.

There’s probably more I could write, but that should be a good start.
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gtotracker:
April 4th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
AW, good ideas to beat into his skull in time. Gameboy is in a competition. They are given an essay question and write one with nothing at hand but the pen. But you hit me with a clue. ‘Outline’. A basic I had forgotten. Thanks.
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gtotracker:
April 4th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Thanks Wino. On just a first read through of your reply I think 6d is an example of gameboy’s primary problem.
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american woman:
April 5th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Ah the next generation….. Wino excellent advice! Wino is right about the first sentence of each paragraph. I had forgotten that point! old age hehe. He needs to be concise and to the point.
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Katfish:
April 5th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Well from one who magically seemed to please his teachers sans formatting of any kind……..AW & Wino GREAT stuff!

(but now my head really hurts)

GTO - all I can say is if you walk by close enough to that evil game boy with a hammer in your hand - you could trip and fall yanno………..those devices are pure EVIL IMHO. In the days of Nintendo I used to make my kiddoes earn time on the damn thing
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stormy:
April 5th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Wino’s great list on writing an essay is what we call “Performance Support” in the training world. I would like to comment a little further on his suggestion to do a lot of reading.

I had Katfish’s “problem” in High School, and I struggled through my Bachelor’s program in college, pretty much on my own. Later in life, Marc told me about his use of “Cliff’s Notes” — they cover a lot of topics besides literature, and enable a person to cover a lot of reading and studying in a shorter time. (Actually, they are meant to supplement the real thing.) So I’m not suggesting this as a short-cut to real study, but as a possibility for quickly growing the mental database.

When I finally went back to school in middle age (no, not the middle ages!), my instructors kindly gave me a list of the requirements for all of my papers (not essays), I learned to use their list of requirements as my outline, with slight adjustments based on my topic (or how my topic fit into their outline). Worked like a champ! Of course, that’s not a fit for Gameboy’s needs at this time — just a little extra info for the future.
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marc:
April 5th, 2008 at 11:59 am

Remembering a hero.

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