tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-223162252009-11-13T20:49:45.343-06:00Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth. I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board. Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)The Friendly Neighborhood Piperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801966842022621248noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22316225.post-90074053276817500532009-11-13T20:28:00.004-06:002009-11-13T20:49:45.350-06:00

This blog exists for the purposes of family, posterity of such, and enjoyment. There have been many times that i have desired to write about deeper things or things outside The Kingdom itself. I've often contemplated a distinctly separate blog just for those purposes. Perhaps one day, but not this is not that day. On rare occasion i have delved into the depths of soulful things, and the

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Some years back, i'd say at least thirty, give or take a couple, i was home from school sick. At that time, my grandparents lived with us, my dad's parents. They were good days, lots of good food (which i didn't appreciate that much at the time) and good talks. Having your grandparents available day after day was a good thing for a kid of 10 or 11, they were full of stories of their childhoods

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I can't do it better than this folks...if you have any tissue, get it ready now.Dave Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist for the Miami Herald. Colonoscopy Journal: I called my friend Andy Sable, a gastroenterologist, to make an appointment for a colonoscopy. A few days later, in his office, Andy showed me a color diagram of the colon, a lengthy organ that appears to go all

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Hey y'all...dey's been alotta MAN YAP round heah...figger'd i'd trow in a little curve ball. Got ma Cajun on t'nite, y'all hep y'self to summa dis...Das rat...Shrimp Etouffee...an it was sum kina good!Awright! Awright!Viva la VIEUX CARRÉ!

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DISCLAIMERThe following contains an earworm that will go on immediate loop in your mind for the next few hours...notwithstanding the possibility of the next few days. Click at your own risk...especially if you are a blues fan.Now...i had to do that as a segway to this story relayed to me by Her Majesty The Queen who was giving The Prince a bath a couple nights ago..."OK, you're done...let's get

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Some people hate it when the power goes out...i suppose it depends on the moment, but for the most part...i actually kinda like it. We're just into the 4th quarter of the Sooners vs. KState the other night and... fade to black...everything...gone. The Queen had been feverishly sewing on The Prosecutor's stocking, trying to beat her annual 4th or 5th deadline for this year, the Royals were

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Birthday Presents:1) can't talk about this one2) new racquetball racquet...with which will aid in shedding all these unwanted cells.3) accessory's to #2, just to look cool doing it.4) dinner with the fam and the Flying Dutchman at Outback...where i'm waiting on my prime rib to show up and behold, a shot of Jameson appears magically in front of me...courtesy of my neighbors down the street who

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This time of year is always fun for me. So many things are going on that make me remember some very, very special days. First, as previously described, Oct. 27 is our anniversary, that is ALWAYS a good day to remember. Since that day happened to fall on the same day the World Series began in 2001 (Yankees vs. Diamondbacks) the beginning of the World Series always brings back those memories too

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Sleep had come timidly to one whom we were never enemies. I had slept, but not well, and not long. I had a lot on my mind with the gravity of the coming day. I showered, dressed, and found whatever i could forage in a tiny kitchen where leftover dregs remained from the night before. I saw and heard stirrings of the few others in the house beginning to do the same. Looking out a stark black

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It has come to my attention that SOME of y'all think Oklahoma is ugly...read 'teepees and tumbleweeds'. Well, let this post serve notice, it don't ALL look like pumpjacks and black jacks. We, and a passel of other friends, read 'family' went campin this weekend in the Wichita Mountains. I know, you sunny CO readers are chuckling at my use of 'mountains'...i didn't name them...deal with it.

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OK, y'all know how i like to cook...for obvious reasons (hence the name of the venue). Thanksgiving then, is probably my favorite season (OK so ALL the holidays are my favorite, but..who freaking cares). I was bumping around this morning on Facebook and one of my friends posted a link to AwkwardFamilyPhotos.com. This may become my homepage. It is entirely too funny to at least not favorite it

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We're going camping this weekend, starting tomorrow...its raining right now. The Queen informed that the forecasted temp for Fri morning...37*. We have an eight man tent...read 'extremely thin hotel'. Should be interesting. I have bruschetta and garlic toasts to slap together for tomorrow night... enchilada lasagna to concoct for Friday night. So in all the preparations, i have not a minute

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I can't believe how little time i've made to write...its like school just drains my creative side. I get done with school, and i need to move on to the next thing, and never make time to write. Well...I'm makin time today! Saturday night i couldn't think of a better thing to do than sit out on the back porch with The Queen and all four Royals, fire up the chimichanga and roast some dogs.

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Couldn't have said it better myself...and i have entirely too much to do today to make any kind of decent post, so...To all you detractors out there...beware...we have four more of these coming at you...and please...save it on Winston Churchill and Charles Dickens...we already know...like the disclaimer said...this is comedic in nature...relax.

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As a specie of post script to the previous entry...I just came from the royal bath chamber where The Prince is once again engaged in naval battle simulations. Upon entry, he asked me, "Daddy, can I get my man on?"What do you say to that?

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I swear...i should pimp myself as a Sloganator. Maybe i shoulda gone into advertising and made millions like my cousin in CO Springs. OK maybe that's a bit of a stretch...he's pretty amazing. He's an advertising Chef...i'm a fry cook. Anyway... a month or so ago we're at Sam's and bought a couple bottles of Axe shower stuff...for MEN...yeah...sniff, sniff, grunt, flex. I've actually come to

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My my...3 weeks. Sad. Well not really, its not like NOTHING has been going on around here, its really been pretty crazy. School started, a couple high school football games, the State Fair, a Disney show, a Black Crowes concert, a roadie and another State Fair, we Wii'd...well...i guess the best way to do this is pictures.My niece's husband is the Old Ball Coach in 2A Lexington. He's starting

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How will your few seconds of fame define you? Don't know if you all have seen this before but... let the question sink in when you watch this...

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Apparently, i just wanted to cut somethin today... First i started with the yard, well i suppose i should qualify that statement, i STARTED it yesterday, i FINISHED it today. See, we got these gawdawful goatheads (read sandspur) in the backyard that are just Hades on little bare feet in the summertime. My mower is a mulcher, at least that's how i got it set up, i do hates baggers. So i hadda

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I'm really going to try to write through the haze of the...one, two..three glasses of sangria i've had since dinner...so, this could be fun.I'll admit...i just couldn't hold out...The Prince and i went to The Mecca on Saturday...i know what you're saying,"...but it was IDAHO STATE..." and fully aware of that, i just couldn't resist. Actually, like all other Crimson and Creamers...i just needed a

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OK...so...the OU game didn't quite go as planned...oh well, life moves on. I love college football, i'm a big Sooners fan, but my planet doesn't revolve around Memorius Stadia, that crimson beauty that shines so brightly on Fall evenings here in central OK. And hey, in all honesty, the season ain't over in one game...that's an out of conference loss to a currently #9 ranked team. There is no

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Well kids...its almost that time again...yep The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...FOOTBALL SEASON! And here where the Wind comes Sweepin Down the Plains its in our genetic code, its...really...it's... spiritual.Call us Chokelahoma, say Sooners are really just cheaters, make fun of our schooner (one of the COOLEST mascots in the GAME), whatever you want. But then, ask yourself...when was the

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Coupla interesting things that happened today, years ago... 476 West Roman Empire formally disbands/emperor Romulus August ousted1565 Oldest city in the US, St Augustine Fla, established1605 Henry Hudson discovers and explores Delaware Bay1789 Sir William Herschel discovers Saturn's moon Enceladus1830 1st locomotive in US, "Tom Thumb," runs from Balt to Ellicotts Mil1837 Pharmacists John Lea &

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You might wanna grab a pen and recipe card(s), or at least save this one for future reference.After throwing this little selection up on Facebook,"Son...if you want something really good in this life, you have to cook it yourself...now lets add that bechamel to the lasagne...and the responses i got on that...i decided y'all needed another recipe (or two) for your kitchen cache.So...i present to

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Text while driving? OK...well...prepare yourself for a ticket akin to a DUI. What? You haven't heard? Folks...it's coming, and it'll be a whole lot easier for an officer to prove you were texting than if you were chemically impaired. The law will pass at some point. As for me? Yeah...i've done it...but those days are over. The Queen and i both have handsfree headsets and they work very

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