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Work in Progress

Men who exude assuredness about who they are seem more attractive to women. But those that feel their lives are a work in progress are...

Thanks Andy,

I have always loved to read, but I'll be honest, five minutes in I'm usually fast asleep. The process relaxes me to the point where I...

First World Problems

Consider for a moment the problems a simple shopping cart creates, I'm mean besides most of them needing a front-end alignment or having...

Mercy!

I have always been a large man. I am 6' 3" and somewhere around 250 to 275 depending on the time of year and the number of donuts I am...

Conveniences

As we travel through time we are blessed with one convenience after another. However, the word blessed can be a double-edged sword. We...

The Ugly Cry

Gentleman, we have all heard our wives use the term "ugly cry." It's not the first time nor will it be the last time a woman will use an...

Our Demise

We would all like to deny it, but it seems death is a growth industry. That's sounds like a contradiction in terms because, (let's be...

Choose Wisely

Yesterday I was taking a load of junk to the dump, but on the way, I stopped off at the ever-evil Mc Donalds . Advertising that came to...

Southern Style

I think it was Jeff Foxworthy that once said, " you don't have to be from the south to be a redneck... but it helps." Which brings to...

ASMR

ASMR stands for Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response. Like everything else in this touchy, feely new world it begins and ends with...

Parental Guidance Suggested

Have you ever noticed that when it comes to advice dad's and grandpas often develop a reputation of spreading around what we Okies refer as bull? Often that reputation is well earned. Some claim you cannot be injured by flying bull but that's up for debate. Grandpa once told me, " Young man, it's not how deep you fish, it's how you wiggle your worm." Now, in my defense, we WERE fishing at the time, and I was only SIX years old. Most of the advice the old man gave me for life

Shopping

Anytime we wish to stick our fingers in the eye of a big box store we have to be careful, don't we? These are the times we should refer...

Flying

I rarely fly, mainly because everything I need can be found in the four corners of Oklahoma. This place is home, and I love it here....

Randomness

Are the happenings of life just a nonstop string of events that are not within our power to change? Let's whittle that question down just...

Fun With Dad

Dad had one of those extraordinary lives, not unlike a cat he also had nine. By the time he turned thirty I think he had already used...

Ideas to Live by

Grandma had a few sayings she used while I was growing up that are hard to forget. She said things like, " the cow will always wait until...

The Steak House Fail

There seems to be a lot of confusion these days about what makes a quality restaurant. As a man who has never managed a restaurant but...

Bat Crap Crazy

Have you ever seen those medical case studies they do on people who are addicted to heroin? Any time a person partakes in that drug their brain lights up like a kid's Lite Brite. I suppose you cannot blame a people with such a troubled pasts to figure out a way to dull their pain, but to what end? Are we really going to tell them it's okay if they end up on a ventilator and all three of their kids, with three different daddies (who are BTW all MIA) are all going to become w

That's Legal!?

Not unlike a sphere that is pulled in two different directions I too was raised between the pull of two poles. On one hand mom and granny always taught me to be polite. On the other hand, the crusty old codgers in my life (and there were many) taught me to be a straight shooter and tell it like it is even at the risk of hurting someone's feelings. In fact, from those old guys point of view hurting someone's feelings was an absolute must in order to drive home a point. Needles

Slave to the Clock

I have spoken at length in the past about the concept of time. It always seems to be a topic that is left up to interpretation because it...

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