Family/Friends

Torched by Lyndie Strawbridge now available for the Nook and Kindle

May 10, 2011

This is a fact, one that I know to be true without having to look it up, or prove it: more people start writing novels than finish them. And nobody (at least nobody I know) buys a half-written novel for their Kindle, Nook, iPad, or any other e-reader. As someone who’s started several novels, and [...]

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Fool Mettle Alchemist

June 23, 2009

I was reading Seth Godin’s blog last week and he had posted this video: Here’s what he said about it: My favorite part happens just before the first minute mark. That’s when guy #3 joins the group. Before him, it was just a crazy dancing guy and then maybe one other crazy guy. But it’s [...]

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Five Fotos Friday: Growing Up Star Wars Edition

May 15, 2009

I’ve been meaning to post some pictures to the Growing Up Star Wars Flickr Group for a while now, so this as good a time as any to start going through the boxes and boxes of completely disorganized photos and see what else I can find to embarrass myself with each week. Washington Irving Elementary [...]

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Remember to make a note not to forget

May 13, 2009

First Note in the New Notebook: What you write must exist in two places or it doesn’t really exist (which must also be the reason we have doppelgangers). A few weeks ago, I was talking to Amy about my recent layoff scare, and how it scared me enough to consider doing something drastic, like trying [...]

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J: Year Three

August 1, 2008

James R. Graham III was born in Oklahoma on April 15, 1980 and passed away on August 01, 2005 at the age of 25. We will remember him forever. We will remember him forever.

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He’ll Get Around To It, But He’s A Little Busy Right Now

March 11, 2008

So, most of the people in my Inner Circle know that a few years ago, Todd quit keeping a personal blog. Well, under threat of being forced to watch Richard Simmons’s 20th Anniversary Edition of Sweatin’ To The Oldies, he’s back on The Tubes. His blog is here. Oh, yeah. He and his wife, Yuko, [...]

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Gone At 57

December 1, 2007

I haven’t had much time to sit down at the computer this past week, so for most of you this will be new news. I’m sorry I haven’t managed to write even a small post until now, but I just haven’t been able to bring myself to do it. My dad passed away last Sunday, [...]

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Something Resembling Normalcy

September 26, 2007

My dad is now off many of the machines and tubes. The ICU staff had tilted the bed more upright and turned it toward the TV because he’s been awake for most of today. He’d nod off for a few minutes every 30 minutes or so, but it’s leaps and bounds ahead of where he [...]

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Dennis Hastert

September 23, 2007

My dad’s recovery is going as well as one could hope for, given his physical condition and everything he’s been through during these past two weeks. He still can’t talk because of the tracheostomy, but occasionally he looks at you and you know he’s still in there. Sometimes, when asked a question he will squeeze [...]

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A Long Week Gone And Still Ahead

September 17, 2007

This has been a long week. At times, it feels like a single day that doesn’t end. Last Sunday evening, while Cindy and I were out, my mom called and said my dad was sick and that I had to come over right away. We pulled up just seconds after the fire department and an [...]

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