Monthly Archives: July 2015

Monday, July 6, 2015 – What a Finish!

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Monday, July 6, 2015 – What a Finish!

What a great finish to the Fourth of July with the United States women winning the World Cup. Congratulations to all. I am proud of all of you! And I know what a “hat trick” is. Thank you, Carli Lloyd.

In other news from the Fourth of July – for my sister, Carolyn Sue, Lisa, and anybody who knows about the “spicy monkey on your back” … Sometime you just got to make some gumbo!

And it was some good, yea! As the great Jimmy Buffet says “It’s a little like religion and a lot like sex; you should never know when you gonna get it next.”

That’s it. No more today! Happy Monday.

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Saturday, The Fourth of July 2015 – E Pluribus Unum

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Saturday, The Fourth of July 2015 – E Pluribus Unum

E pluribus unum – Latin, out of many, one.

E pluribus Unum – The motto of the United States of America. It has been on the US currency since 1795.

Today – Celebrate – Freedom and Unity. Bless us all.

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Friday, July 3, 2015 – July Fourth Eve

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Friday, July 3, 2015 – July Fourth Eve

Time to get my red, white and blue on for the weekend. If you are looking for a fun time at the movies go see Inside/Out. I do not care for animation – never have since childhood – but this is one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. Of course I do plan to balance the intellectual, creative, symbolic, multi-level understanding and other brain stimulating attributes of that movie with Magic Mike XXL this afternoon.

Here is a puzzle for you. What is the meaning of the following list?

1. Mary

2. Sally

3. Louise

4. Gloria

Give up? It means Gloria’s fourth. Hope yours is too.

Thursday, July 2, 2015 – A Throw-Back Thursday Question

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Thursday, July 2, 2015 – A Throw-Back Thursday Question

A Freshman knows not, and knows not that he knows not.

A Sophomore knows not, and knows that he knows not.

A Junior knows, but knows not that he knows.

But a Senior knows, and knows that he knows.

Whose yearbook were those lines from? It was used to denote class distinctions. I thought it was the Magnolia High School 1966 yearbook, which would be yours, Ms. Wax, but alas no. Perhaps, the MHS Bulldog of 1965? Pat?

Maybe it was at J.L. McCullough – calling all yearbook people – Stephanie R., T. Manning. Conroe High? In The Flare?

Maybe it was not even in a yearbook and the lines are from one of those “…flashbacks they all warned us about…” (Jimmy Buffet – Meet Me in Margaritaville). Not to be confused with “we are the people our parents warned us about…” (IBID).

Nevertheless, I have used it in many speeches and presentations and I would really like to know the source. It describes so many things. I like to think of the lines now describing Life Stages.

Wednesday, July 1, 2015 – OU to the SEC?

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015 – OU to the SEC?

The OU Sooners are moving to the SEC? It’s Rumor Wednesday. OK – I made Rumor Wednesday up, but Throw Back Thursday had to start somewhere.

Well, the Sooners are leaving not anytime soon, but it does make a fun fantasy. Of course it would spell the end of the Big 12, which is pretty much dead, but has yet to be buried.

http://www.crimsonandcreammachine.com/2015/6/30/8875043/ou-headed-to-sec-rumors

So the OU Wagon, Boomer Sooner Song is not going to the SEC, but You So Yung is going to play golf. Happy July 1.