Monthly Archives: August 2005

ScrappleFace: Leak: Draft of Bush Answer to Cindy Sheehan

Man, does ScrappleFace have a great "satire" entry: Leak: Draft of Bush Answer to Cindy Sheehan. Quoting from the article: Dear Mrs. Sheehan, You have asked me to identify the noble cause for which your son died. I have not … Continue reading

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The Click of A Hundred Guns Cocking

At our Boy Scout patrol meeting last night, we were discussing activites that they would be interested in doing.  Some of the suggestions were: Laser Quest (a lasergun tag game that takes place in a maze) and paintball.  I know … Continue reading

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Firefox Extensions

If you haven’t tried Firefox (a web browser), please give it a try.  It is one of my favorite applications and I now rarely use IE except for pages that are broken (hear me Yahoo Mail?). One of the nice … Continue reading

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Color Me Amazed

Not sure exactly where amazed is in the Crayola box, but it must be close to stupified. Apparently I’ve been nominated for Best Political Blog in the 2005 Okie Blog Awards.  Just found out via a comment from Monica, who … Continue reading

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Cutting Edge Movie Reviews, That’s What You Get Here!

I was filling out paperwork last night for insurance and happened to catch One Hour Photo. It is a creepy and eerie movie where Robin Williams plays a photo technician at a super center photo processing center.  He "stalks" a … Continue reading

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Be Sure To Bring Your Great Ham Salad

My wife’s grandfather passed away some years ago from Alzheimer’s.  My cousin’s grandmother is currently suffering from it.  And a friend just told me that his grandmother has it as well. What is so frightening about Alzheimer’s is that it … Continue reading

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Allen Like Band

One of my favorite bands, Jimmy Eat World, is performing tonight at the Ford center in OKC.  I’m sorry to say that I couldn’t make the concert, but it should be a real treat for power-pop/alt-rock fans.  One of my … Continue reading

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Come To Frontier City!

Come to Frontier City for the Fun!And stay for the great rides! Get the #@$% out of here. Why are you bugging us? My mother-in-law took my daughter and niece to Frontier City yesterday afternoon for a day of fun.  … Continue reading

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Everybody sing now!

(sung to "Where Have All The Flower’s Gone?") Where have all the Unix gurus gone?Long time going.Where have all the Unix gurus gone?Long time ago. The AT&T research department that invented Unix has finally disbanded. So Where Have All the … Continue reading

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Expedient?

From dictionary.com: Appropriate to a purpose. The  weekend of the 6th, as noted in an earlier post, our family took a trip to look at colleges for my son.  After touring the University of Kansas and the University of Missouri, … Continue reading

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