My wife went down to McComb, Mississippi working for 7 straight days helping to run a mobile food kitchen with other Baptists. A team of reporters from the Columbia Missourian (probably journalism students from MU) travelled down to New Orleans and stopped in McComb on the way back. Here's a link to a video they took of the feeding operation ( Read more... )

Most people remember the First Moon Landing as the big news story of 1969. Not me. I lived in Biloxi, Mississippi when Hurricane Camille hit. I was only in the 6th grade at the time, but it made an impact on me ( Read more... )

I like playing games. One of the reasons I like games is that they have rules. Rules provide structure. Rules provide focus ( Read more... )

I had a rough day at work Friday. One of my single co-workers didn't show up and didn't call in. Someone tried calling her and she didn't answer her phone. She is very dependable, so we were concerned. One of the guys was running an errand so he went by her condo to check and see if she was there. Her car was in the driveway so he rang the ( Read more... )

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The 110 banned books thing List of the top 110 banned books. Bold the ones you've read. Italicize the ones you've read part of. Read more. Convince others to read some.

#1 The Bible

#2 Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

#3 Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes

#4 The Koran

#5 Arabian Nights

#6 Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

#7 Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan ( Read more... )

I went to a 'quiz site' to find out how cool I was (cooler than JayMark, but otherwise: 'never mind'). Then I noticed their latest quiz, 'When will I die?' and took it.



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Having a bad day at work. Got moved to a new cubicle. This one is in a corner formed by two higher cubicle walls, which at first blush I thought would be nice since it would provide more privacy. Unfortunately, these two higher walls also serve to block light from those directions. And the ceiling light fixture over my head only has two of its ( Read more... )

Last week was 'one of those weeks ( Read more... )

I was cleaning out some old files and ran across a note I sent to my son months ago. It was in response to personality tests he and I had recently taken, in which he was classified as an introvert and I as an extrovert. Here are some excerpts:

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