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Why Your Childhood Friends are the Best Friends You'll Ever Have

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RELATIONSHIPS JUL 25, 2014

BY CYNTHIA DITE SIRNI

Did you ever see the movieStand By Me? The last line gets me every time. “I never had any friends later like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone? ”This sentence is like a perfect capsule of childhood friendships.  When we make our very first friends, in kindergarten or nursery school or in the back yards, it’s at attachment in its purest form. 

We love those friends because of who they are and not for any other reason.  Childhood friendships are formed without jealousy or competition. There’s no sexual energy. There’s no resentment or insecurity. We play with these kids just for the love of play. 

Childhood friends are as close to siblings as we will ever have. There is something to be said for the entity of time when building bonds between people. Years of photographs and birthday parties and camp outs form a bond that can’t be broken. Even if we no longer see our childhood friends and aren’t in touch with them, we know that if we saw them we would smile and hug and wipe happy tears. We see past the receding hairlines and the widening waistlines to the child we knew. We always relate to these people in our child like mode even if we are friends as adults. Child like is different than childish. With these friends we can:

• Tell them they’re stupid to their face. They aren’t insulted and we aren’t being mean.  It’s just a fact at that particular juncture.
• Let down our guard. We don’t need to be “on” because they met us when we were “off” and they loved us anyway.
• Share a bed or a room on a trip. We’ve slept on countless living room floors, in hundreds of forts and under the stars together.  With co-workers, not so much. (I hope.)
• They are genuinely happy for us. We all have “frenemies.” There are lots of people we have to deal with every day of whom we are not fond.  Professional engagements, parents of our children’s friends, in-laws. You know who they are. Those people are a little envious and snide when something happens to us that’s wonderful. (If we’re honest, we feel the same way about them.) Childhood friends feel nothing but joy because you’re accomplishment is theirs as well.  Even if it isn’t.
• We can see through the B.S. When we see these people in their “on” mode in other social venues, we laugh because we can see the child.  
• They’ve seen us at our worst. Physically and mentally our childhood friends have seen us as a mess. Whether covered in grass stains or crying big snotty ugly cries, those friends have seen it all. 

Today, think about your dearest childhood friends. If you aren’t in touch, try and connect. Feel like you’re twelve again. 

The Worst Celeb Plastic Surgeries of All Time

THIS IS SCARY. VERY, VERY SCARY



 http://www.rantlifestyle.com/2014/01/13/worst-celeb-plastic-surgeries-time/#sEV4UzLXjJEw6FoF.99

"There Oughtta Be A Law" Title from Sunday Comic Strip Years Ago

TEN REASONS CLOWNS SHOULD BE  OUTLAWED

1. Scare Little Kids

2. Scare Old Folks

3. Criminal in Disguise

4, Run away Teenager

5. Child Support Skipper

6. Drug Dealer

7. Gangbanger

8. Unpredictable Actions

9. Clever pickpocket

10. Warrant Server

Wal-Mart Analysis (Based on observations only) Part 1

A score of scholarly works have been completed on the economic, social, and even political impact a Wal-Mart store has on a city or community. You Tube is loaded with photos of Wal-Mart shoppers.
 This Post is an attempt to draw some unscientific conclusions from my observations of shoppers in OK,IN,MO, and IL. Please note the use of the correct term "SO" to refer to the Significant Other in the shopping team. 

1. The larger SO of a couple team usually pushes the cart and directs which items to pick up and place in the cart.

2. Teenage girls usually wear shorter shorts with Mom than when they are with Dad.

3. The youngest kid who is walking gets picked on the most.

4. Mothers shopping without a male SO talk louder to accompanying children than when the male SO is around.

5. Women on mobile shopping units have a sense of power and absolute domination they do not posses elsewhere.

6. The older a male is the more looking around and less time shopping.

7. The older women use lists and read the labels. Very fit females who are younger do the same.

8. Males buy more snack food than women. Especially, ice cream and soft drinks.

9. Well endowed teenage girls and young women will walk a bit different if they know males are watching.

10. Young couples who appear to be married or living together use "What do you like?" several times while shopping.

Glenn <><
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MARRIAGE IS NOT FOR YOU.............

I SAW THIS BOOK COVER RECENTLY. SURE CAUSES LOTS OF REFLECTION AND DEEP THOUGHTS

MARRIAGE IS NOT FOR YOU: it is for the one you love.

Glenn <><
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Had # 3 On My Mind Today V 2.0

I guess I'll always have cinders in my blood and steam in my lungs. Trains are a part of my past and a continual part of my memory. I love them.

As a boy growing up near McKinney, KY the railroad was less than 150 feet from my grandparents small house. Back then there was an almost constant stream of freight and passenger trains that regularly ran past that small four-room house and small town.

Freight trains would go onto a siding to let passenger trains go flying by. The passenger trains were so regular, the locals could tell the time of day by the train schedule.

At 3pm each day a passenger train would go past. The locals would say "there goes #3."

As the train flew past, the ground would shake and smoke and steam would come belching out. The person standing next to you could not hear you speak. The engineer would wave and pull down on that steam whistle as if to say "all is well." The # 3 never stopped at the depot in McKinney. It did stop at Moreland just 8 miles away.

 The memories of the great smell of creosote soaked rail ties and the fire box smoke and  boiler steam mixed in a manner I have never experienced anywhere but along the tracks near my grandparent's house. Was I lucky guy or what? The future was bright then and problems few.

I'll never forget # 3 and those wonderful childhood days.

Glenn <><
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Scottsburg 1958 and Sao Paulo 2014

THE THRILL OF VICTORY AND THE    AGONY OF DEFEAT !!!!!

Up Front: I have only played in a half dozen soccer games while in the USAF. It is the hardest sport I have ever played----no rest and running all the time. 

I have watched three grand kids play the game and I got tired just watching them play.   

The humiliating and tearful loss of Brazil to Germany in the World Cup brought back memories of the Shawe defeat of Scottsburg in the 1958 Sectional at Scottsburg,

SEE THE POST IN THIS BLOG: THE GAME AND THE SHAME 

'YA GOTTA WATCH THEM TRIANGLES

Is it Country? Jazz ? Cuban? It's The MAVERICKS

THIS MAY WELL BE THE MUSIC OF OUR FUTURE. LISTEN TO A COUPLE OF SONGS AND GET HOOKED LIKE ME:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw7RUQFVWWI

Glenn <><
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OUR DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE----FREEDOM STILL RINGS-

TYRANTS CANNOT CAPTURE IT

JUDGES CANNOT IGNORE IT

POLITICIANS CANNOT CHANGE IT

TEACHERS CANNOT FORGET IT


IN DARKEST TIMES WE TRUST IT

OUR CITIZENS CAN LIVE BY IT

YOUTH BUILD DREAMS UPON IT

OUR HISTORY DEFINED BY IT


OUR BEST DIED DEFENDING IT

POLS MAY TRY TO SUSPEND IT

HISTORY WILL VINDICATE IT

PEOPLE WILL REDISCOVER IT 


Glenn <>< July 4th 2014
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TWO REAL DOCTOR HORROR STORIES---You Can Get A Bad Doctor !

THE FOLLOWING DOCTOR STORIES ARE VERY TRUE, SAD BUT TRUE:

1. I was sitting in a large heart surgery waiting room with a family of the church I was pastoring in northern OK. Approximately 40 people were in the room. A doctor with mask and scrubs come in and asks a family near me,

"Do you folks know a good surgeon I might call to assist me? My other surgeon has not arrived and I cannot contact him! I cannot start your family member's surgery until another surgeon arrives." 

The doctor and the family went outside the waiting room to continue their discussion.

I am not a violent person; however, I wanted to hit that dumb doctor!

2. My wife was hospitalized for several days with a very serious condition. I tried several times to get her main doctor to share with me his prognosis of her condition. 

He sent me a message through his hospital office staff that I would have to schedule an appointment for which I would be charged. I reluctantly scheduled the appointment and went to his hospital office and he came to the receptionist desk and asked me to follow him.

I did and we entered the main waiting room of the hospital were he discussed my wife's serious condition with me and about 25 other very quiet listeners!

Yes, I did get billed.

Glenn <><
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IT CAN''T GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS ! V 2.0

HOW LUCKY CAN ONE GUY BE ?????

( Please Note: I am not providing investment advice or offering to finance venture capital start-ups.)

I recently bought 100, never opened, wall calendars from a travelling laid off harmonica repairman for a buck a piece. The calendars are a mix of 2009-2011 calendars.

A few days later a disabled catfish fisherman attempted to hold us up at a stop light. He had a jar of stink bait and threatened to open it unless we gave him our money. Because I was broke, I wrote him a check!!!!!

Late night TV is were the real bargains are.

I bought our 16 year old grandson a Teenage Do It Yourself Atomic Bomb Kit. The line that sold me was when the announcer said, "Your kid can be the first kid on the block to be the only kid on the block !"

I received an invitation to address the Million Mime March. They only wanted a written speech.

The best part is when I bought 1,000 shares in a sequin mine located near Las Vegas for only $.55 a share. The guy said to me all of the performers in Vegas are partially covered in sequins.

Glenn <><

REFLECTIONS ON RETURN TRIP TO OKLAHOMA !

Living just off of I-40 it is common to see the NASCAR semi-trucks carrying the SPRINT Series cars east and west to/from CA, KS, AZ, and TX.

During our return to OK from my Dad's 99th birthday we saw a NATIONWIDE Series car at the motel we were staying in----# 14. I hoped to see some of the crew----no luck.

On I-44 in MO a professional bass fisherman, his pick-up and decked out,  insignia covered boat, passed us like the start of a tournament !

We are now back home in OK. Lots of stories of people we met will follow later.  

Skinny Ankles and Tenderloin Sandwiches !

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS OF RECENT TRIP TO COLUMBUS /NORTH VERNON INDIANA

1. Hoosiers are the world champs in maintaining picture perfect yards.

2. Didn't see a single super dirty car in Indiana. OK has many miles of unpaved roads.

3. Both Hoosier women and men have very skinny ankles compared to our family and most Okies.

4. Best tenderloin sandwich in the world at Zaharahos in Columbus. Pricey but worth it !

5. Columbus calls itself "The Athens" of the Prairie. This is only half right. Oklahoma IS the Prairie !!!

Final comment: When the Welte Orchestrion (Automatic Organ from 1908) played Oklahoma at Zaharahos, I stood up! Looked silly---but very proud! 

Glenn <><
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More On The James Covered Bridge

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS IMPORTANT LANDMARK OF OUR HISTORY, YOU MIGHT FIND THE FOLLOWING LINK INTERESTING





http://visions.indstate.edu:8888/cdm/search/searchterm/Covered%20bridges%20--%20Indiana%20--%20Jennings%20County/mode/exact

WOW! WHAT A DAY !!!!!

Dad's big 99th Birthday Celebration was very, very special. About 100 friends and family members were present.

Several PCHS , Deputy HS, and Dupont HS former students were in attendance. It was mighty nice to talk to some folks I had not seen in 50 plus years ! For a few precious hours I was in a time machine that propelled me back to some great experiences and simpler and happier times.

Special thanks to Blog readers who came to North Vernon to help make this day a day to remember.

Glenn <><
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What A Joy---Dad At 99 years old !

Our Dad will be the Guest of Honor for a huge celebration for his 99th Birthday on June 15th !!!

This will be a blessing for all of Dad's family and friends. Dad has already put all of us on notice that we had better be planning for the Big 1-0-0 !!!

US CONSTITUTION WINS !

The primary election returns from VA makes a statement heard from the White House to the Courthouse that America is first and foremost a nation of laws and not men.

Also, the results show that money does not vote but people do. The new comer winner spent 1/4 of a million  dollars and the incumbent entrenched opponent spent 5 million dollars!

As many of the readers of this Blog know, we have an obligation to leave our great nation in the hands of our children and grandchildren with a clear road map of the future. 

That political road map is the Constitution and the moral compass is the Bible. Both made this a great nation and will keep us great.

God Bless America!


Glenn <><


<I will be happy to post personal and original contrary views.No "Talking Points" and no material copied from other sources!>

HAPPY! HAPPY! HAPPY! 99th BIRTHDAY TO MY DAD!

TODAY IS MY FATHER'S 99th BIRTHDAY !!!


   HOW THANKFUL WE ARE TO HAVE HIM !

Glenn <><

AFTER ALL THIS IS OKLAHOMA

Tecumseh council takes no action on chicken ordinance

The Tecumseh city council considered an ordinance Monday night to allow residents up to four backyard chickens, but there were concerns about some of the wording in the proposal, so no action was taken.

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By Kim Morava 
Posted Jun. 3, 2014 @ 8:00 am 

The Tecumseh city council considered an ordinance Monday night to allow residents up to four backyard chickens, but there were concerns about some of the wording in the proposal, so no action was taken.

Vice-Mayor Linda Praytor, who has been a proponent of the chicken issue, was among those worried about it allowing, as worded, ducks, geese, turkeys, guineas and pigeons in town. Another area also called for a limitation of eight chickens for those in agriculture-zoned areas, for which Praytor was against.

And while there was much talk about chickens at this and two previous meetings, Mayor Eddy Parker said, “I don’t think we’ve seen an ordinance as much fun as this.”

And while the mayor said he had received calls against such an issue, “you’re always gong to have a mixed review,” he said.

But he agreed with Praytor that those zoned for agricultural, meaning those with five acres or more, shouldn’t have a limit of eight chickens.

Councilor Linda Farris was concerned about the possibility of feral chickens after seeing a TV show about problems in Miami, Fla.

The council discussed that those residences in town zoned R-1 could have chickens if they have the space as outlined in the proposed ordinance, which would be about three lots that are 75 feet by 150 feet. But there was some discussion how some residential lots zoned R-1 that aren’t big enough, so because of that, there was confusion amongst a few in attendance on whether they would be eligible or not.

As discussion continued, Praytor said there are some people worried about chickens because of the waste they can produce, but she said the waste of four chickens in one day is the same as the waste of one dog.

Praytor, who said she feels like she’s the only one fighting for chickens, said they are productive animals. Four to five backyard chickens would produce about 120 eggs for a family each month, she said.

Read more: http://www.news-star.com/article/20140602/News/140609941#ixzz33jgOSmLo

(NAME WITHHELD)------ ANSWERED

Dear (Name Withheld)

I discussed your letter with my husband and our 8 year old daughter. The incident you reported was (Name Withheld) dropping (Name Withheld) off at the YMCA for swim team practice. 

My advice to you is to stop your twisted attempt to stir up martial discord, take your meds regularly, and go to a drug store and buy you some Snore-Ez.

Ready to go to Fist City,

(Name Withheld)

OKLAHOMA LAUDRIMAT

(Name Withheld)

Dear (Name Withheld),

You do not know me; however, I feel compelled to alert you to a low down home wrecker.

I was driving by the YMCA last Friday evening and I saw your husband walking hand-in-hand with a female wearing a tight fitting red swim suit. Just before she entered the YMCA, he kissed her on the cheek and then entered his car and drove away.

My ex-husband (Name Withheld) divorced me and pulled the same old (#@*&) on me. During the divorce proceedings my husband convinced the judge I was bi-polar, paranoid, insanely jealous, snored, and prone to tell half truths and even lies. He got the kids and I got $200/child/month in child support!

Seen it all before,
(Name Withheld) 

PAPER OR PLASTIC ?

Shawnee has recently experienced several convenience and fast food store hold ups at gun point. No one has thankfully been hurt.

I was discussing the situation with a worker in our second largest grocery store. He said that when he started work he was told"If you are held up and the robber demands money from the cash register, ask him if he wants the money in paper or plastic?"

Glenn <><
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Gilligan's Island ---Then and Now (Too much information?)

I never liked the series---my kids did.

Check out the You Tube link.  Makes me feel real old!!!! (My oldest daughter said last year that everything makes me feel old!)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY0nCQPd_jk

Glenn <><
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WHY I STAYED UP ALL NIGHT !

          "Couldn't Sleep At All Last Night"

1. Up all night studying for a blood test

2. Failed to find an honest TV info commercial 

3. Afraid Repo Man would come back

4. Wrote complaint letter to Look magazine

5. Reviewed old report cards---same result

6. Tried to identify 3 honest politicians 

7. Assembled all bills 90 days past due

 8. Played Solitaire with  a deck of 51 cards

 9. Finally opened last year's Christmas cards

10. Tried to find mates to 47 socks

Glenn <><
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THE BEST SINGER YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF --- LENNY WELCH

LENNY WELCH : He recorded some great music in the early--mid '60s. Super voice and some wonderful arrangements---especially on his signature song--"Since I Fell For You" 

Go to this You Tube link and hear some super music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7xrQY_FLM4&list=AL94UKMTqg-
9Cxry4Qv5MDHcmZ1cXY5P29

Glenn <><
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The Mystery Is Not A Mystery Anymore

In my home there are five television sets, three wireless phones, smart phones for my  two teenage grandsons who live with us, and an old flip cell phone that I use, more radios than I can count, five laptop computers on the Internet, 

THE PONDEROSA ---Magnet for Drifters, Ex-cons, & Runaways

On any given day at least four old Ponderosa  re-runs can be viewed on satellite or cable. Ben, Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe were quickly pressed onto this series and the results show it. Only Adam had any screen time on a horse.

Poor acting, second class scripts, and phony sets notwithstanding, the show always had a high moral plane. This cut and paste TV show become number one for many months. 

One of the recurring plots revolved around visitors to the Ponderosa. Often there was a connection with Daddy Ben---after all he lived in several places. Almost without exception, a lovely girl is part of the crew that stays with the Cartwrights.  

Adam or Little Joe falls for the smiling, beautiful and helpless (often scheming) maid.Every now and again Hoss is visited by Cupid and he has to battle a brother over some stylish and seemingly innocent miss.

I wonder if the show were filmed today would Hop Sing get into the mix and contend for the attention of some sweet, young thing from back East? 

While I am at it, is it just me but Sheriff Roy Coffey always seeks help from Ben and the Boys when he is in trouble but let a simple false charge be made against the Cartwrights and he starts seeking a strong limb and a new rope. What is wrong with that picture? I personally think the sheriff is Bi-polar and needs to get into treatment. I know I'll never give again to the Silver City Sheriff's Association.



  

Livers, Gizzards and Wings

Rural convenience stores sell gas, cigs, and beer----just like their urban counterparts.

Many of the rural Oklahoma convenience stores sell a variety of ready to eat fast foods. Pizzas are popular but do require a prep time before they are ready to be picked up.

It is the deep fried chicken livers, gizzards and wings (and sometimes catfish) that brings in the pickup trucks, motorcycles, and all manner of cars. Cowboys, ranchers, oilfield hands, students, ballplayers, busy Moms who work outside of the home, fishermen, hunters, sales people, and a vast array of other folks stop to sample these Sooner State tasty delights.

Upon entering one of these rural stores, the smell of cooking oil that is near the flash point can be detected. Sometimes a thin transparent light blue cloud hangs magically suspended from the ceiling. The cloud signals a busy and profitable day for the store.

Many of the stores have a few tables and benches where the gourmet food can be consumed and juicy gossip exchanged. Retired men, hunters, and fishermen usually get first dibs on the few tables and benches.  

Of course gas, diesel fuel, candy, soft drinks, bread,
milk and beer is offered for sale. Some stores sell sacked cow and horse feed, weed killers, worms and minnows.

The front windows are nearly covered with school sports schedules.  Coming rodeos and church event signs are there also. A hastily drawn sign seeking blood donors for a community member injured in an auto accident shares adjacent space with another hand drawn sign for items requested for a burned out family.

These stores are routine transit points for most of the people I know, love and serve. How blessed can this old preacher be?

Glenn <><
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UNCLE WALTER 'GK' GIVENS

          THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION
     ( DO YOU HAVE AN UNCLE WALTER? )

Uncle Walter “GK” Givens

Uncle Walter “GK” (Grassy Knoll) Givens was not your typical atypical crazy uncle that seems to be standard issue for each American family. No sir! Uncle Walter came to earth from his own alternate universe. Sadly, he spent much of his life attempting to find the worm hole portal through which he must have transited en route to a troubled sphere called Earth.

Older family members summarily dismissed the Star Trek explanation for his bizarre behavior; instead, they point to a head first fall from Miss Carrie Sutton’s prize apple tree when Walter was six years old. He was in a coma for nine days and when he awoke he told of a fantastic voyage from somewhere in the night sky to Earth. He, and the people that knew him, was never the same.

At age 12 he created a firestorm by writing a letter to the editor of the local newspaper by stating there was a huge conspiracy between Santa, the Tooth Fair, and the Easter Bunny and the seven dentists in his town. 

Later, at age 16 he accused the TV and radio weathermen of getting a kickback from area grocery stores each time snow or other bad weather was forecast. To prove his point he went from grocery store parking lot to grocery store parking lot counting cars after a forecast of bad weather. He stated there was an almost 100 percent correlation.

As he grew older his conspiracy theories grow bolder. He believed in November , 1963 the JFK assassination involved a second shooter on the grassy knoll.

Much of what he learned about conspiracies he picked up from the late night “Coast to Coast AM” radio broadcast. He slept until 11am most days.

A year after the tragedy in Dallas, when ZIP codes were implemented, he knew the codes were a sneaky communist plot to sub-divide the United States into easy to rule cells after the USSR defeated the USA in a threatened preemptive nuclear strike.

In addition to conspiracy theories, he made several “outside the box” deductions. One was to reduce the school dropout age to 14 from the present 16. His reasoning went like this: When a student drops out of school at 16 they realize their mistake later but are too embarrassed to return to school at 18 or 19. Therefore, if they drop out sooner they will be more likely to come back to school later!

School dropouts were of major concern to Uncle “GK”. He read a study that said many boys left school early to work full time so they could keep a car on the road. Well, why not have the government subsidize teen car owners to keep them in school? He said it could be called Medi CAR!

Since UFO’s, Greens, and Greys, are real we need to start communicating with them. But how? Uncle “GK” figured the only universal constant is the mathematical concept of Pi. He convinced a couple of dozen true believers to join him on a hilltop outside of town to use their car headlights to flash “3.14” in International Morse code for two hours each night for a week. No answer ever came. It appears he had not thought this through too well---why would an advanced civilization know or even care about the International Morse code?

Of course the moon landing was faked, Elvis was alive and owned a Krispy Kreme donut store in Detroit, and alchemy was a subject that should be taught in every high school and college.

He believed the government was keeping secret the radio power transmission experiments of Nikola Tsela to protect big oil and the electric industry. He made a feeble attempt to duplicate the experiments and only succeeded in knocking out power to all the homes in three blocks around his old two story home.

One of his prize projects was trying to develop a biodegradable bubble gum. He field tested his work in most of the parking lots in town. All of the bubble gum remained as planted. The only outcome was four letter words from men and women walking to and from their cars in the parking lots.

At one family reunion he brought a bologna covered cheese and macaroni casserole. Strangely enough the kids loved it. No adult would try it. 

 His best suit of clothes was a ‘70s lime green leisure suit. He always wore the suit to weddings, funerals, and when he was called for jury duty. He was called three times but did not survive the first round.

This poster man for crazy uncles never married. He had one date while in high school. Late at night, almost every night, he thought of the girl of his one night date and wondered if she had married, had children, grand kids and whether she was happy. He hoped she was as happy as he was. His only regret in life was that he had never kiss a female, Mom doesn't count.

 This nightly fleeting thought was always quickly replaced by his current project or an idea that no one had ever thought about. Crazy Uncle “GK” slept the sound sleep of a happy man and looked forward to each new day.

Glenn <><

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TRUTH HURTS---A LOT v2.0

At times I feel like a stranger lost in an undiscovered country.

No amount of preparation can get you fully ready for the feelings, physically and mentally, a person experiences as they enter a chapter of their life called Old Age. (Someone has jokingly said Old Age is 15 years older than you are !!!!)

I accidentally discovered a portion of a poem written by Thomas Carew (1589-1639) that sure hits me where I live. Truthfully, I feel uneasy knowing someone (outside the Bible) centuries ago knew exactly how I would feel in 2014.

Disdained Returned.

He that loves a rosy cheek,
Or a choral lip admires,
Or from star-like eyes doth seek
Fuel to maintain his fires;
As old Time makes these decay,
So his flames must waste away.

Strangely, I am listening to 1950s music as I type this. I have been young and now am old---I think I like young better !!!!

Glenn <><
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"IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME" ----Brook Benton v2.1

 

SHAWNEE IS BLESSED WITH TWO BOOMERANG DINERS. THE 50'S MOTIF AND GREAT HAMBURGERS MAKE THE DINERS A FAVORITE PLACE FOR ME AND THE GRAND KIDS.

I CAN NAME MOST OF THE SONGS, SINGERS, DATES, ETC. THIS IS ABOUT THE ONLY TIME I CAN IMPRESS THOSE KIDS.

Glenn <><
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MAJOR MARK JUST AHEAD !!!

PLEASE LET FAMILY AND FRIENDS KNOW ABOUT THE BLOG.

WE ARE JUST A THOUSAND HITS AWAY FROM 10,000 ! 

IT'S ALL GOOD !!!!!

What About The Economic Future For Your State??

You might find the following link interesting:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/04/15/which-states-have-the-best-economic-future/

 

"The heart is deceitful above all things,....."

Jeremiah 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it."

Have you ever learned shocking info about a person you once knew several years ago? It happened to me this week.

A young couple with three little girls moved into our neighborhood about 12 years ago. When I met them the husband and the wife joyfully told me they were joint youth pastors in a church in a nearby town.

For what ever reason, they left that church and not very long thereafter, they went through a terrible divorce that included late night screaming and the local police department. After they moved the house they were renting had several fixtures broken or missing and holes in the walls that would make Hulk Hogan green with envy.

All divorces are sad and difficult on all concerned. This week I learned the woman had been arrested for child porn production, maybe involving her own children.

According to newspaper accounts she produced the child porn and forwarded it to a local pastor who sold it on the Internet!

I wanted to vomit. The fate of those girls concerns me more than anything.Sexual abuse is a crime that seems to keep on being replayed in the victim's mind and heart.

Some may ask--so what? Here's why I have included this account:

All of us have made snap judgments about people that time proved us wrong.

In addition, within the human heart, even born again believers, there is the capacity to do all manner of sin and wickedness.

It now appears each of the child abusers will get 15-30 years in prison. Knowing what I know about the code of prisoners I doubt if either make it out alive.

SO MUCH FOR MY BASKETBALL PREDICTIONS

CONGRATS TO UCONN MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM FOR BIG WIN OVER UK!!!

I WAS WRONG !!!!!!!!

GLENN <><
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NON-DEBATABLE REPLIES TO---"Are you gaining weight?"

1. Both my mother and father come from big boned families.

2. You should have seen me last year. I've dropped 65 lbs since Christmas.

3.  I might have been given the placebo in the clinic's weight loss study.

4.  My daughter and son-in-law bought a Daylite Donut Shoppe a couple of years ago. They pay us in donuts to watch their 18-month old twin boys.


5. I know now why my late mother would not let me play with you when we were kids.

Glenn <><
Just West of Yesterday

REVEALED----The Secret Life of # 1875 !!

North Vernon Old Library

OK ! The title is a bit of an overreach. Number 1875 was my library card number at the old North Public Library.

Each Friday, sometimes on Saturday, my folks would journey to the big city of North Vernon for groceries and a host of other stops. I would be let out in front of my home away from home--The Library.

The brick and concrete was almost a sacred temple for me. As I climbed the outdoor steps, I knew was entering the Holy of Holies.  

Upon entering, a library patron was immediately aware of the unmistakable odor of old books written by authors many times smarter than you.

The circulation desk was straight ahead as you entered the second floor of the library. Usually two ladies sat behind the desk. One was old, cranky, and not very nice. The second was much younger, much prettier, and possessed a figure of some delightful confirmation ----at least to a teenage farm boy. Her voice was as pleasant as her looks. I always tried to present my books for checkout to her. 

The periodicals that garnered my attention was Sky and Telescope, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Boys Life (Boys Scout Magazine) Scientific American, and occasionally, Car and Driver. In addition, I tried to read at least one fishing article from Outdoor Life, Field and Stream, or Sports Afield.

The newspapers were attached to long wooden rods with slits in them. The sports page was my first destination and the second was the radio program schedule. Our little black, tubed Admiral was my private portal to the world.

CONFESSION TIME : Later, as a high school student, I would check and see what movies were playing in Louisville and Indianapolis. Here comes the confession---I would look at the Burlesque Show ads---even though I never went. Some of the girls had some very exotic and intriguing names. (Thank God for forgiveness!)

During my years at the library I read a lot of biographies--- Abe Lincoln, Buffalo Bill, Babe Ruth, Kit Carson, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, David Livingston, and a score of others.

I read every book in the library on astronomy and cosmology. Ditto for radio and electronics. All of the non-fiction books were by and large written prior to 1950.

Rarely, I would venture into the fiction stacks. Here the books were published more recently than the non-fiction works.

As I previously mentioned in an earlier Post, I was the only boy that qualified for a summer reading program party. I believe I read 20 books that summer to earn the entrance to the cookie and punch celebration at the library.

Even though more than a half century has elapsed, I distinctly recall the locations of the books and periodicals I read the most.

For years, I kept my old # 1875 library card. The card has long since been lost. However, the memories of that wonderful and mysterious fount of knowledge and inspiration will remain until I cross the River to that Golden City not made by Human Hands.

Glenn <><
Just West of Yesterday