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It’s Not Cancer
The good news is that it ISN’T cancer! For the last three weeks I’ve been sweating out this news and biting the bullet. I think I’ll get a pretty good night sleep from here on. The blood in my stool, pain while urinating, and having to get up to pee several times a night and…
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What is Porn to You?
There have been some attacks levied against me for claiming to be a Christian and also accepting as friends, people or organizations that offer pictures of themselves half-naked. I am a person who is willing to take an attacker head-on, so my answer is thus: I’d rather be like Jesus, hangin’ with the Sinners than…
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The Pointy Finger of Pornography
There have been some attacks levied against me for claiming to be a Christian and also accepting as friends, people or organizations that offer pictures of themselves half-naked. I am a person who is willing to take an attacker head-on, so my answer is thus: I’d ra•ther be like Jesus, hangin’ with the Sinners than…
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The Politics of Pumpkins
The government in the state of Iowa must have TOO much time on their hands as they have decided to tax pumpkins! Now, this may not seem like much, but the pumpkin is a food and therefore not taxed as a rule. Yet some smart-assed pencil pusher figured out that some of this ‘food’ was…
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Ramona, California Evacuated Due to Wildfires
We have family living down south in California. My wife grew up in Ramona, which is 60 miles from San Diego and Ramona was evacuated last night. Her sister lives there still with her husband and two kids. Her brother also lives there and has decided to stay to protect his home that he shares…
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Captain Jack
There’s your braided leather kack Just sittin’, lonely on its rack. And reins hang against the wall. The inside of my dead ponies stall. I miss you Captain Jack. I miss you my old friend, Now that you’re at your trails end. Old age is what caught you And I suppose it’ll catch me too.…
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Building Confidence
For several weeks Angela had suspected Kristen of undercutting her editorial authority. She accused Kristen of little things at first; purposely using a certain computer to keep Angela from working on the front page and changing headlines or photographs for the paper. It soon progressed into much larger accusations. Angela confided in Tommy that she…
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One Fracture and a Big Scratch
The last few days have been hard on my body and mind. After falling during cross-country practice last week while coaching, my right forearm would not quit hurting. I went to the VAMC and had it x-rayed. Yup, I broke it. My record is looking pretty good averaging out the last three-years. I have fallen…
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What’s in A Name
Labor Day, I filled in on the air for another newscaster who had taken the three day weekend off. It was during my 7 p.m. newscast that I misspoke Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s last name and I knew it. Instead of “Pell-oh-see,” like it should be, I said “Poh-slee” or something to that…
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Nevada Gubenatorial Candidate Aaron Russo, Dead at 64
Aaron Russo, the Hollywood producer-turned-political firebrand who sounded early alarms about a coming global surveillance state, has died at age 64. Russo, who had battled cancer for nearly six years, passed away Friday, August 24, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, surrounded by family and loved ones. But Russo’s death leaves lingering questions—and a legacy that some…