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Dagon Design ?Form Mailer? plugin for Wordpress
2008-08-19 01:56:00 A few days ago I stumbled across what I consider to be one of the best Wordpress plugins I have ever seen, Dagon Design ’s “Form Mailer Plugin ”. I have used a number of different plugins and scripts in the past for some of my blogs, but this one is a real gem. First of all, it ... More About: Technology
Alison Krauss on the Tonight Show
2008-08-12 01:22:00 No other genre of music produces a sweeter sound than Bluegrass. The songs the performers pick and sing touch the heart in many ways, especially the ones with inspirational roots. Although Bluegrass singers and musicians are among the most talented in the business, most of them find it almost impossible to achieve the level of commercial ... More About: Show , Alison Krauss , Tonight , Tonight Show , The Tonight Show
Why I love Google
2008-08-08 16:22:00 Most people think of a search engine as nothing more than a tool to help them find a bit of information on whatever topic they happen to be interested in at the time, but I find myself using Google on a daily basis to help me get through the day. Here are a couple of ... More About: Love
Our encounter with a fawn
2008-07-30 14:42:00 Yesterday morning Cheria and I were driving down a narrow country road on the way to my mom’s house in rural Widener Valley, Virginia when we rounded a curve and saw this young fawn drinking from a “mudhole” beside the road. I slowly pulled up beside the young deer and stopped, fully expecting it to ... More About: Encounter
?That?s gonna kill you someday!?
2008-07-24 15:27:00 My dad absolutely loved every kind of food that was bad for him. For example, he wanted at least one meal of biscuits and gravy every day, and if mom didn’t prepare it for him he would “fix it” himself. And he would rather have had a needle stuck into his eye than for you ... More About: Kill , Gonna
The planned obsolescence of computer software
2008-07-23 01:51:00 One of my greatest pet peeves is the diabolical scheme that the software companies have devised to keep separating their loyal customers from their dollars: the strategy of planning for the eventual obsolescence of their own products. If you’re like me you have no doubt noticed how there seems to be a new version of your ... More About: Software , Computer
Barack Obama?s candidacy for President
2008-06-05 16:03:00 Well, it’s official: Barack Hussein Obama will be the Democrat party’s candidate for President of the United States in this November’s election, and there is a very real possibility that on January 20, 2009 he will be sworn in as this great nation’s 44th President. This is both good news and bad news, depending on ... More About: Barack Obama , Candidacy
I?m set to inherit a fortune!
2008-06-04 21:55:00 Yep, like the title says, before long I’ll be rolling in the dough! I received an email this morning from the distinguished attorney for the estate of my late uncle Mogumbu Rouse. I never knew Uncle Mogumbu personally, but according to the email he was a rather wealthy prince in my ancestral homeland of Nigeria ... More About: Fortune , Pet Peeves
The low prices of hard drives
2008-06-03 01:40:00 It’s been a while since I last shopped for a hard disk drive (like 2 years?), so I was thoroughly shocked to discover just how low their prices have fallen since then. What’s more, the storage capacities on even the lowest priced models are beginning to reach into the technological stratosphere. I remember way back when ... More About: Hard , Hard drives , Prices
Jesus? patience with his disciples in Gethsemane
2008-06-02 16:47:00 Matthew 26:36-45 36 - Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 - And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 - Then saith he unto them, My ... More About: Patience
Madison playing in a cardboard box
2008-06-02 16:01:00 Never one to miss an opportunity to photograph our two beautiful granddaughters, Cheria had a flash of inspiration last night. She decided to line a large cardboard box with a blanket, place Madison inside of it, and then snap some pictures of her after she got busy doing whatever she decided to do. The result ... More About: Cardboard
My ?Ingrown Toenail? ordeal
2008-05-30 04:05:00 As I sit here writing this I have my left big toe soaking in a pan of insanely hot water, trying my best to get it to heal after “minor toenail surgery”. If you’re at all interested in how it all went down, read on. If not, I’ll “see” you back here next time with ...
My new Visiontek Radeon HD 2400 Pro video card
2008-05-22 07:10:00 A stand-alone video card will make a PC run faster than the “integrated video” circuitry built into most modern motherboards for two reasons: 1 - The memory used by the integrated video circuitry is “stolen” from the available system RAM, reducing the amount of memory available for applications and data. 2 - The video processing is done ... More About: Video , Card , Video Card , Radeon
?The Homeless?
2008-05-16 01:01:00 Matthew 8:20 - And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. Visit any city and you’re sure to see a “homeless” person or two. They’re usually not all that hard to spot because of the ... More About: Homeless
Everyone will believe in God?someday.
2008-04-17 23:57:00 2 Corinthians 5:10 - For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. We live in a world that is full of unbelievers, but there will come a day when every ...
Obama?s speech about ?small town Americans?
2008-04-15 23:39:00 Surely by now you have heard the recording of Barack Obama ’s recent “speech” in which he makes some rather disparaging remarks about those of us who happen to live in “small town America”. If you haven’t, he more or less said that people who don’t live in a big city are bitter about the state ... More About: Small , Town , Americans , Speech
Computer magazines that cover everything?except computers!
2008-04-14 00:01:00 I have been a computer enthusiast since the late 1970’s, and ever since I bought that very first Radio Shack TRS-80 I have enjoyed reading computer magazines. Soon after the home computer was “born”, a number of magazines sprung up to fill the void of knowledge and information about them. Those magazines were great because they ... More About: Technology , Computers , Magazines , Computer , Cover
Spring flowers
2008-04-11 20:26:00 I just love spring! The weather was gorgeous this afternoon so I took a walk around my large yard to check out the beauty of the spring flowers. The other day I wrote about the dandelions that cover most of our lawn, and today I noticed that the violets that carpet much of our long ... More About: Flowers , Spring
Peter?s amazing ministry
2008-04-11 15:33:00 Acts 2:38-41 38 - Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 - For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, ... More About: Amazing , Ministry , Devotions
Kids who don?t respect their parents
2008-04-10 21:46:00 I was in Wal-Mart the other day when a group of young teenagers walked by, and I overheard one of them make the following statement: “I wish my parents would just die already and leave everything they have to me.” The sad part is, judging by the serious look on his face, I don’t think ... More About: Kids , Parents , Respect
Blowing the dust out of your PC
2008-04-10 20:00:00 Did you know that component overheating is the number one reason for computer hardware problems? And did you also know that most overheating problems are caused by dust collecting inside your PC and restricting airflow? If you want to keep your computer running smoothly, it’s a good idea to blow the dust out of it every ...
Dandelions are all over my lawn!
2008-04-08 22:23:00 Yep, just like the title says, my lawn is absolutely covered up with those little yellow flowers that most people with a lawn to mow hate with a passion. But you know what? I actually like them. In fact I like them a lot! Back when I was growing up, most people in these parts didn’t ...
The ?death? of Ebay as we know it
2008-04-06 02:22:00 Pierre Omidyar launched Ebay on September 4, 1995 as a “place” where ordinary folks like you and me could sell our merchandise on a level playing field with other sellers of all types and sizes. Over the years literally millions of small businesses have sprung up selling their wares on Ebay - many of them ... More About: Death
Madison ?driving? for the very first time
2008-04-02 22:23:00 My beautiful granddaughter Madison will be celebrating her first birthday later this month, but she has already celebrated another “first” - driving! I snapped this picture of her a few days ago as she was driving her little car around the “track” inside our home. Actually, Madison’s car is a hand-me-down from her big sister Olivia, ... More About: Driving , Time , First Time
How to get a permament and personalized email address
2008-04-02 00:31:00 Have you ever had to go through the hassle of notifying all of your friends and acquaintances about a change in your email address after switching ISP’s or some other event that required you to get a new one? Worse still, if you use your email address for business, you most likely had to pay ... More About: Technology , Email , Address
Changing the belt on our vacuum cleaner
2008-04-01 01:39:00 Have you ever noticed how some things that should be simple are often quite difficult? Take for instance the routine task of putting a new belt on our vacuum cleaner. You would think that after all these years the vacuum cleaner manufacturers would have devised a quick and easy way to change the belt, but ... More About: Vacuum , Belt , Changing , Vacuum Cleaner , Cleaner
I?ll never get Cheria to ride the ?London Eye? after this!
2008-04-01 00:51:00 At 443 feet, the London Eye is the world’s tallest “Ferris Wheel” in Europe and one of the tallest on the planet. That means that Cheria (who is deathly afraid of heights) likely would have never gotten on it anyway, but after she finds out what happened last Tuesday there will no longer be any ... More About: Ride
Singing in the shower
2008-03-30 22:43:00 As a young boy I enjoyed watching the old “Flintstones” cartoon series - you know, the one with Fred, Wilma, Barney, Betty, Pebbles, Bam-Bam and Dino. Most of my memories of that iconic show have long faded away, but one episode has stuck with me all these years. This particular show started out with Fred, Barney and ... More About: Shower , Singing
Satellite Television
2008-03-28 17:52:00 These days we take all of those ubiquitous satellite dishes we see on rooftops and lawns across America for granted, but I can remember a time when it was just a dream for rural folks who had a hard time getting decent reception on their TV sets. Back in the 1970’s we lived “up in the ... More About: Television , Satellite
Reflecting on ?Hog Thief Creek?
More articles from this author:2008-03-27 21:06:00 Some of my most enduring childhood memories of my dad are of the times he would drive our family down the narrow country road that followed a stream known as “Hog Thief Creek ”. The name of the creek intrigued me from the start, and every time we went down that road I would ask him ... 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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