Apr 13, 2010
Mar 19, 2010
Mar 17, 2010
Mar 13, 2010
What's New | "UO's Eaton sets world record" | The Register-Guard | Eugene, Oregon http://ping.fm/th7OV
Feb 28, 2010
Flyboys by James Bradley
This morning I finished reading James Bradley's Flyboys. It chronicles the unfortunate fates of 8 Navy pilots in our war with Japan. [My grandfather was a Navy Flyboy in WWII.] To tell the story Bradley explains Japan’s war history, philosophy, and strategy as well as US battles and strategies. It is a very well researched and written book, however the atrocities of war are immensely disturbing.
Feb 25, 2010
Feb 22, 2010
It is amazing how many taxes each of us pays and how complex the US tax system is. When will honest politicians stand up?http://ping.fm/Vya7I
Feb 17, 2010
Feb 13, 2010
Feb 2, 2010
Jan 27, 2010
Abortion groups tangle over Tim Tebow's Super Bowl ad - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com http://ping.fm/UfbEA
Jan 26, 2010
Jan 13, 2010
Jan 7, 2010
Jan 5, 2010
Boy's Quotes of the Month
“If we end the war that would be bad, because the bad guys won’t be fighting and they will do other bad things” Zane, age 7
“If he (The President) stops it (war) we probably won't be free any more.” Zane, age 7
“We always win … couldn’t we give someone else a turn”. Luke, after the Duck's loss at the Rose Bowl, age 6.
“I think it’s a good idea, when every time you leave the house, to have a parachute and a backup one … just in case. … I think I’ll do that when I grow up.” Zane, age 7
“If he (The President) stops it (war) we probably won't be free any more.” Zane, age 7
“We always win … couldn’t we give someone else a turn”. Luke, after the Duck's loss at the Rose Bowl, age 6.
“I think it’s a good idea, when every time you leave the house, to have a parachute and a backup one … just in case. … I think I’ll do that when I grow up.” Zane, age 7
Jan 2, 2010
Books Read 2009
Since about 1994 I have recorded the books I have finished reading. Below is this year's list.
There are some good books on the list*, some of my favorites.
Two of my favorite Louis L'Amour books were re-read this year. Education of a Wandering Man is an autobiography of sorts where L'Amour recounts his early life and how he educated himself through reading and adventures around the world. The Walking Drum is a novel based in Europe during the 16th Century ... a great adventure. If you have never read L'Amour you are missing out on great heros, adventure, accurate geography and history and historical characters.
The Fool of God is a historical novel about Alexander Campbell the great 19th century American preacher/reformer. It is a great read about an amazing man and leader.
Owyhee Trails is an interesting history of the South Eastern Oregon dessert during the Indian Wars, grand ranches, and settling of this wild country in the 1800s.
See You At The Top by the great Zig Ziglar is recommended reading for all. Especially for leaders, both church leaders and business owners/leaders.
From Age-ing to Sage-ing is also a great read about a recommended paradigm shift about how we view aging and our Elders. I plan on blogging a longer review of this book in the weeks to come.
1. The New Ultimate Book of Home Plans, 2007, p 608
2. *See You At The Top, Zig Ziglar, 1974, p 384
3. The Millionaire Maker, Loral Langemeier, 2006, p 274
4. Bunglalows, Camps and Mountain Houses, 1915, p 126
5. The Simple Home, Sharon Hanby-Robie, 2004, p 175
6. The Art of the Bath, Slavin & Petzke, 1997, p 108
7. *Owyhee Trails, Mike Hanley & Ellis Lucia, 1975, p 314
8. Earl Campbell: The Driving Force, Sam Blair, 1980, p 175
9. *The Walking Drum, L’Amour, 1984, p 425
10. *Education of a Wandering Man, L’Amour, p 232
11. *The Fool of God, Louis Cochran, 1985, p 407
12. *The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence, 1958, p 112
13. The Purpose of Christmas, Rick Warren, 2008, p127
14. *From Age-ing to Sage-ing, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, 1995, p 303
There are some good books on the list*, some of my favorites.
Two of my favorite Louis L'Amour books were re-read this year. Education of a Wandering Man is an autobiography of sorts where L'Amour recounts his early life and how he educated himself through reading and adventures around the world. The Walking Drum is a novel based in Europe during the 16th Century ... a great adventure. If you have never read L'Amour you are missing out on great heros, adventure, accurate geography and history and historical characters.
The Fool of God is a historical novel about Alexander Campbell the great 19th century American preacher/reformer. It is a great read about an amazing man and leader.
Owyhee Trails is an interesting history of the South Eastern Oregon dessert during the Indian Wars, grand ranches, and settling of this wild country in the 1800s.
See You At The Top by the great Zig Ziglar is recommended reading for all. Especially for leaders, both church leaders and business owners/leaders.
From Age-ing to Sage-ing is also a great read about a recommended paradigm shift about how we view aging and our Elders. I plan on blogging a longer review of this book in the weeks to come.
1. The New Ultimate Book of Home Plans, 2007, p 608
2. *See You At The Top, Zig Ziglar, 1974, p 384
3. The Millionaire Maker, Loral Langemeier, 2006, p 274
4. Bunglalows, Camps and Mountain Houses, 1915, p 126
5. The Simple Home, Sharon Hanby-Robie, 2004, p 175
6. The Art of the Bath, Slavin & Petzke, 1997, p 108
7. *Owyhee Trails, Mike Hanley & Ellis Lucia, 1975, p 314
8. Earl Campbell: The Driving Force, Sam Blair, 1980, p 175
9. *The Walking Drum, L’Amour, 1984, p 425
10. *Education of a Wandering Man, L’Amour, p 232
11. *The Fool of God, Louis Cochran, 1985, p 407
12. *The Practice of the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence, 1958, p 112
13. The Purpose of Christmas, Rick Warren, 2008, p127
14. *From Age-ing to Sage-ing, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, 1995, p 303
Jan 1, 2010
Dec 16, 2009
Dec 15, 2009
Dec 13, 2009
Dec 10, 2009
Dec 3, 2009
Dec 2, 2009
Nov 29, 2009
Nov 26, 2009
Nov 21, 2009
Nov 1, 2009
Oct 31, 2009
Oct 29, 2009
Oct 28, 2009
RT @UOsportsdude Somebody Go Get the Officiant: I’m in Love With Oregon Football - http://ping.fm/E493m
Oct 26, 2009
Oct 16, 2009
Oct 14, 2009
Oct 9, 2009
Oct 6, 2009
Oct 5, 2009
Oct 3, 2009
Sep 29, 2009
Sep 26, 2009
Sep 19, 2009
Sep 16, 2009
Sep 15, 2009
Sep 14, 2009
Mt Hood Huckleberry Campout
Mt Hood Huckleberry Campout ... the berries were mostly gone, however beautiful weather and great camping and road trip! 
Sep 10, 2009
Sep 7, 2009
Sep 6, 2009
Sep 5, 2009
Sep 4, 2009
RT @GeorgeSchroeder Column: Blount gives Oregon a massive black eye. http://tinyurl.com/l9hsgw ... Chip Kelly faces big decision. Will he do right thing?
Sep 3, 2009
Sep 1, 2009
“We owe that team a whuppin.” (LaGarrette Blount when questioned about this game in SI’s College Football Preview issue) If the whole Oregon Ducks team plays like they owe the Broncos a whuppin, they can deliver it. (http://ping.fm/vnc4F)
Aug 30, 2009
Aug 29, 2009
Aug 28, 2009
Aug 25, 2009
Aug 23, 2009
Aug 22, 2009
Aug 21, 2009
Aug 19, 2009
Aug 17, 2009
http://ping.fm/USN43 Remembering Kyle...a friend I still think of often. My sermon "Real Relationships in a FB World" speaks of him also.
Aug 16, 2009
Aug 15, 2009
Aug 14, 2009
Aug 13, 2009
DeWalt Nail Gun? Sweet!
New DeWalt Nail Gun?
By J.R. Bluett
Just thought I would show you a picture of the new nail gun DeWalt just came out with…this baby is a Man’s Tool!
It can drive a 6-D nail thru a 2 X 4 at 200 yards.
This makes construction a real breeze — you can sit in your lawn chair and build a fence.
Just get the wife and kids to hold the fence boards in place while you sit back, relax with a cold drink — when they have the board in the right place, just fire away.
With the hundred-round magazine, you can build a fence with a minimum of reloading.
After a day of fence-building with the new DeWalt rapid-fire nail gun, the wife won’t ask you fix or build anything else.
We likey. Just make sure the fam is wearing safety goggles, and some Kevlar.
Aug 6, 2009
Aug 5, 2009
Aug 4, 2009
Aug 3, 2009
Proverbs 3.13-18
How blessed is a man who finds wisdom
And the man who gains understanding.
For her profit is better than the profit of silver
And her gain better than fine gold.
She is more precious than jewels;
And nothing you desire compares with her.
Long life is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are pleasant ways
And all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those
who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.
And the man who gains understanding.
For her profit is better than the profit of silver
And her gain better than fine gold.
She is more precious than jewels;
And nothing you desire compares with her.
Long life is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.
Her ways are pleasant ways
And all her paths are peace.
She is a tree of life to those
who take hold of her,
And happy are all who hold her fast.
Aug 2, 2009
Aug 1, 2009
Jul 20, 2009
In Honor of Ed Freeman
You're a 19-year-old kid. You're critically wounded and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley , 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam . Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1 and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not getting out. Your family is half way around the world, 12,000 miles away and you'll never see them again. As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day.
Then, over the machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter and you look up to see an unarmed Huey, but it doesn't seem real because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.
Ed Freeman is coming for you. He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.
He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in and sits there in the machine gun fire as they load 2 or 3 of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out, through the gunfire to the doctors and nurses.
And he kept coming back, 13 more times, and took about 30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman died on Wednesday, June 25th, 2009, at the age of 80, in Boise , ID. May God rest his soul.
Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman! Since the media didn't give him the coverage he deserves, send this to every red-blooded American you know.
THANKS AGAIN, ED, FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR OUR COUNTRY.
RIP
[Received via e-mail forward from Mitch Wofford. -Cory]
Jul 1, 2009
TV and the American Household
The following is part of a letter I heard read on the The Dr. Laura Show. It is a VERY sad commentary on the change TV brought to the common American household. We must be careful the Internet doesn't do the same to us...
Dear Dr. Laura:
When I was a girl, we had no television. When we got home from school and work, my mom (stay-at-home type mom) would sit us at the table and we got our homework done while she cooked dinner. When my dad got home, we ate and talked about our day. If the phone rang, we asked our callers to call back after dinner. Then the kids cleaned up the kitchen (no dishwasher, either) while Mom and Dad spent a little time together and did whatever grownups do.
In the summertime, we all went outside and the kids played while the grownups sat on the porch and enjoyed the long summer evenings. Our neighbors (who also had no TV) would often stop by and join the grownups on the porch while their kids played kick the can or Annie over.
We never were bored. There were books to read, chores to do, friends to visit, and we had "music parties" where everyone brought an instrument and played, and we danced. We had taffy pulls (bet nobody knows what that is). We rode our bicycles. We had fun!
Then, when I turned about 14, everyone in our little town got TVs. When Dad got home we ate on TV trays and watched Bonanza and Rifleman and Grand Ol' Oprey. If we tried to talk during the programs, we were shushed. Nobody came to visit any more, because they, also had TV. When they did visit, the TV was on, so nobody could concentrate on talking. ...
Thanks for listening.
Trish
http://www.drlaura.com/letters/index.html?tmpl=printer&mode=view&tile=1&id=17379
Jun 28, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
