tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98928072009-11-03T05:43:28.498-06:00This is my personal blog. If you want politics, visit my other website, <a href="http://tennesseefree.com">Tennesseefree.com</a>, a group blog.Glenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13984289016011796699noreply@blogger.comBlogger1145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9892807.post-40686075053708085992008-12-25T11:10:00.001-06:002008-12-25T11:12:03.303-06:00

Merry Christmas everybody.

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Yes, today I turned thirty-nine, and as much as I love me some Jerry Lee Lewis, a more appropriate birthday song for me is this one by Kris Kristofferson. This has been a tough year for me both financially and personally, but in spite of all of that, my blessings still outweigh my troubles. Many people would love to have the "troubles" I have. Thank you Lord. Why me, Lord?What have I ever done

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I don't know where it came from. But for some reason, there was this really little and shabby looking pumpkin on my counter this afternoon. Even though I had never carved a pumpkin in my entire life, I thought "what the heck" and brought Frank in the kitchen and carved that sucker up. Now I know this is a really amateurish job of carving, but Frank loved it. Notice the mean face he's making.

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Can't wait. Below is an excerpt from my favorite episode. I love comedy that makes fun of racial stereotypes.

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What a sweet song! It's definitely one of my favorite Dead tunes, performed here by Jerry and David. Of course, David actually played mandolin on the album version, featured on American Beauty. Excerpt of Robert Hunter's lyrics below.Reach out your hand if your cup be empty,If your cup is full may it be again,Let it be known there is a fountain,That was not made by the hands of men.There is a

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Yesterday, I was sitting around lamenting the fact that I wasn't spiritual anymore and that I didn't even seem to want to be spiritual. I said a half-hearted prayer and asked God to help me get back. The next thing I know the words "renewing of your mind" came into my head and I remembered the verse from Romans 12. I looked it up yesterday and then again today. Gosh what an awesome passage

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When Frank's home, I spend a lot of time watching Noggin, Nick-toons, and Sprout. Some of those shows are pretty good. Diego, Dora, and Spongebob are all excellent, but my favorite is "Little Bill". I have always liked Bill Cosby. When I was Frank's age and a little older, I used to watch Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. What an awesome show, with great characters, and splendid music. Of course,

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Alabama- 34Clemson- 10Total domination at the line of scrimmage. I have not seen an Alabama team this strong and this tough up front in years. Our offensive and defensive lines controlled that football game last night. It was awesome. No interceptions, no fumbles. Just good sound, hard-nosed, shove it down their throat, hit 'em right in the mouth, football. The true freshmen, Ingram and Jones

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Damn a bunch of sad posts. I just got off the phone with Sanna, and she is going to allow me to pick up Frank from daycare today. Today is her day, so it's her call, you know. I get to spend a couple of hours with him, before I head out to the Flying Saucer tonight to see my old nemesis/friend Brittney.Yesterday, when I was sad, I was sitting around playing blues music. My mom, who was still here

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What a week and a half! I think I might be getting my mind back. Having Frank with me last night and today has really helped. My mom is visiting also.You know I have also come to realize that I have a lot of shortcomings. I guess, as long as I keep the focus on me and my shortcomings, and not the shortcomings of my soon to be ex-wife, then I have a chance of growing and being a better man in the

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Maybe I am over-reacting. After all it is only $6.95 a month that I am paying these jokers. Right?Not only has Tennesseefree.com been out for the last twenty hours, but I also have my three business blogs hosted by BlueHost. I am really disappointed with the fact that they keep lying and telling me that it will be two hours. I feel like I would have been smarter to just let Wordpress host my

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No I am not talking about that stupid primary election. Today is my son Frank's third birthday. It is also the fifth anniversary of my brother's death. My brother was also named Frank, as was my late father. I had made the decision to name my son after my dad and brother when we first found out the baby was going to be a boy. It's just so cool that he came into the world on the same day my

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It was 25 years ago today that Bear Bryant died. Having grown up in Alabama, I can't think of any historical figure more important than Coach Bryant. I was 13 years old when he died and I remember that time very well. He always said that if he ever quit coaching, he'd "croak in a month", and he did pass away a little over a month after his last game. I remember the outpouring of grief across the

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After watching a little bit of the Johnny Cash at San Quentin concert on TV a couple of weeks ago, I can't get his and June's version of Darling Companion out of my head. June Carter was such an attractive little firecracker. She never really was that pretty or glamorous, but she displayed a different kind of beauty. There was something about her smile and pep that just made her adorable. She

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First off, I want to extend my condolences to the Hobbs family.I also want to comment on this post, written by Bill before heading up to Philadelphia to spend time with his mother in her last days.Bill wrote,....after a five-year battle with breast cancer that for a few years she appeared to be winning, is now indeed closing in on victory. Not a medical victory over the cancer, which long ago

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What I've been writing about lately.Here is a link to just a few of the 103 posts I have written at Tennesseefree.com over the last couple of weeks.The Agnostic's Confessional,A Post About Whether Or Not Reagan Was A Transformative Figure,Principles Versus Pragmatism,The Myth of a Bad Economy,Martin Luther King Day and My Opposition To It,The Regressive Redistribution Program Known as the

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Just asking, because this blog went from a whole bunch of inbound links to zero. My new blog is showing a few, but not even close to all.Surely Technorati must be messed up. Does anybody know of a better service I should be using?

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This rant by Southern Beale got me to thinking that maybe its time to write about how much I love women and why. SB's feelings about what I may or may not be do not really bother me that much. It's her point of view. I respect it.But I am the farthest thing from someone who hates or dislikes women.Let me tell you why. Unfortunately, my father died when I was ten. At that time, my brother was

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As John Hutchinson put it, the SEC rules. College football's toughest conference ended up 7 and 2 in the bowl games. I am not aware of any records, but has any conference ever won seven games in the post-season? LSU just came across as much more talented than Ohio State.

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I just purchased the domain tennesseefree.com and loaded Wordpress into it. Hopefully somebody will accept my offer to participate in that open forum. Also, I need help with design and loading templates. If any smart person can help, it would be greatly appreciated. This blog is not meant to compete with MCB, but to coexist with it. I look forward to the experience of participating in a wide open

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A while back, August 2005 to be exact, I started a group blog called Tangled Up In Blue. The blog was specifically designed for music discussion and music discussion only. It only had one rule, and that was no political posts. For a while I really enjoyed writing at TUIB, and I was especially proud of contributor Dolphin's blog design.I don't want to say that TUIB failed, but it certainly did

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Larry Summers, former Treasury Secretary in the Clinton administration, is making the argument that in order to prevent a recession, the President should implement a short-term fiscal stimulus to compliment whatever help the Fed can give by lowering the Federal Funds Rate. I have a lot of respect for Summers as an economist, in spite of the fact that he is a Democrat. Instead of lifting a few

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First off, I think it was a bad idea for Fox to exclude Ron Paul from tonight's debate. I realize that Paul isn't polling very well nationally, but this was a debate for the New Hampshire primary. Paul is actually doing quite well in New Hampshire, ahead of Thompson and Guiliani.Having said that, I am glad that crazy joker wasn't at that table tonight. As for my analysis, I think Romney really

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George Will on the Populists:Like Job after losing his camels and acquiring boils, the conservative movement is in distress. Mike Huckabee shreds the compact that has held the movement's two tendencies in sometimes uneasy equipoise. Social conservatives, many of whom share Huckabee's desire to "take back this nation for Christ," have collaborated with limited-government, market-oriented,

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Brian at Six Meat Buffet has posted about Obama's naive idea of invading Pakistan "with or without their permission". I'll cover that later, but first I want to discuss the GOP. The Republicans The Republican debate was a disaster for Mitt Romney. All of the candidates ganged up on Mitt and he was obviously flustered. The others were able to define him as a chameleon, someone who changes his

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