Monthly Archives: July 2006

Firing up the lantern

One of my favorite ancient characters is Diogenes of Sinope. Born in Turkey about 400 years before Christ, he was a student of Antisthenes (444-370 BC), who was himself a pupil of Socrates. His philosophy was “marked by an ostentatious contempt … Continue reading

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It’s a little late for me…

Recently my bride and I celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary. I wish I could say it has been 30 years of wine and roses. Or,  for my legalistic friends, 30 years of Welch’s and practical cut flowers. But it has not always … Continue reading

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Anyone can grow weeds…

This has been a hot Texas summer. Even by Texas standards this has been a scorching July. How hot has it been? Thank you for asking. The birds have to use potholders to pull worms out of the ground Farmers … Continue reading

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A question I can’t dodge

My wife has many endearing qualities. But she has one trait that is really annoying. She has a amazingly fine tuned balderdash detector. I toyed with other words to title her detector but decided that even a Bad Christian should show … Continue reading

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Perfect Cyber Storm hits Bad Christian

Regular readers of these ramblings have been contacting me this week. Thousands of irate viewers…uhh…make that hundreds….okay….seven people have written to ask what is going on? “Why I have been *&*#$^ banned from your website?” asked one reader who represents … Continue reading

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In our last episode

The website went down a week ago and we have been unable to keep you updated via this site. So much has happened that I decided to put this update in the form of an old movie serial… First of all we must update … Continue reading

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Panic at 36,000 feet

I am taking a week off to spend with my bride. I am posting “gently read” articles from the very early days of this blog. Some of these posts are like new…only read by little old ladies on Sunday afternoons. … Continue reading

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Looks Like Your Hope is a Quart Low

I am taking a week off to spend with my bride. I am posting “gently read” articles from the very early days of this blog. Some of these posts are like new…only read by little old ladies on Sunday afternoons. … Continue reading

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I Fought the Law

I am taking a week off to spend with my bride. I am posting “gently read” articles from the very early days of this blog. Some of these posts are like new…only read by little old ladies on Sunday afternoons. … Continue reading

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You can’t make this stuff up!

I am taking a week off to spend with my bride. I am posting “gently read” articles from the very early days of this blog. Some of these posts are like new…only read by little old ladies on Sunday afternoons. … Continue reading

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