Archive for November, 2008

What’s a Few Billion Among Friends?

Maybe it’s just me but…
Saying the word BILLION can be fun.  Try it.
First of all… let’s all say it together…  BILLION… now spell it
B. I. L. L. I.O.N.

Pronunciation:
\ˈbi(l)-yən\
Function:
noun

Now take the time to say Billion…900 times. That should take you about 15 minutes to do.
Now try and count to a [...]

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When You’re Fifteen, it’s a Long Way to Cleveland

The place to be was Teagarden’s Pool that summer in Oak Harbor.
So many things happened there and of course, none of it was permanent.  Unless you count the flashes of images and thoughts of a time not cluttered with the responsibilities of adulthood.
Every kid needs a place to go to be a kid.  [...]

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Yellow Jackets Fall in Heartbreaker

Volleyball Eliminated in Heartbreaker
The Yellow Jackets dropped a tough five-set match to Wheeling Jesuit in the first round of the NCAA Atlantic Regional being held at Cal-Pa.
In a match-up of WVAIC regular season champ versus tournament winner the Cardinals prevailed by scores of 22-25, 25-10, 24-26, 25-20, and 15-13.
The squads end [...]

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Old Teacher’s Never Die

Old Teacher’s never die.
They live in your memory forever.  They were there when you arrived and they were there when you left.
Like fixtures.
Some teachers taught you something really new, but not too often.
Most teachers, basically taught things we really learned in Kindergarten.
You never really knew them, any more than they knew you.
But I remember one [...]

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What Will You Do?

Maybe it’s just me but…in 2009…
I WILL…have a passion for excellence.
I WILL…ask, listen and hear – to determine how I can best help those I come in contact with.
I WILL…be an example of commitment and integrity.
I WILL…follow a path that leads to Jesus Christ.
I WILL…focus on the strengths of those that I come in contact [...]

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Seven Wonders of This World

Seeing the Beauty of God’s Creation.
Hearing The Word of God spoken with Compassion and Conviction.
Tasting the Food that God has provided for us.
Touching the hand of someone who needs our help and pointing them to Christ.
Running the Race that God has laid before us.
Laughing in the Joy of being in the fellowship of God’s people.
Loving [...]

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I Know How Bad it Hurts to Lose Something I Never Really Had.

He didn’t make it.  We should have known.  Why did he think he could make it?  It is way too far for human to jump with a motorcycle.  Evel Knievel tried today to jump the Fountain at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.
He missed.
It was the first day of January, 1968.
The new year started with full [...]

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Everyone Has a Story

Just wanted to send a quick note to thank all of you that took time to honor my brother’s life, by responding or looking at his pictures I posted on the (Facebook) Legacy Builder’s site.
I received many notes of kind words and some even posted on the site. 
Sometimes it is so easy to forget. When [...]

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It was 38 years ago today…

I just want to share with everyone that reads this, that it was 38 years ago today my brother was killed in a car / train accident.
I started a group called “The Legacy Builder” on Facebook, so that people could have a place to post stories, videos and pictures to honor someone who has made a [...]

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President Barrack Obama, I’ve Been Wrong All Along

Well, it’s almost nine o’clock on election night, and it’s a foregone conclusion that Barack Obama is the new president. I was upset by this at first, but then I realized something, something that has set me free.
I’ve realized that I’ve been wrong all along.
Let me explain. I was raised by well-meaning, but obviously deluded [...]

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