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Hey, Little Red, I’ll pay you $1 million to get to see our babies from time to time. I hope an IOU is sufficient. I’m good for it. By the way, they are BEAUTIFUL. I love them, I love them,…
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Roger Waters Touring The Wall
This was ripped directly off his site at http://roger-waters.com where you can get information about his tour this fall of The Wall.From what I have heard, video technology has finally caught up with his vision. This promises to be a…
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God Bless George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States
It’s no secret that I plan on being elected President of the United States in 2024. You might be surprised and think I’m going out on a limb when you read what I’m about to write. When the second Gulf…
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Dear Lenny
Dear Lenny, Your service was exactly what I needed and exactly what I’ve been looking for. I want to support the Christian message and I admire your style. You are truly a talented man of God. I’m sorry for executing…
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Bucket List
Here is part of my bucket list: ** Be Professional Computer Programmer (completed) I wrote my first program in 1985 at the age of 17 for $1,000 for a little company that took inventory for grocery stores. I still have…
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Message of The Matrix
“You are a slave, Neo.” I saw The Matrix just after it came out. Friends saw it one evening and then called late that night and said #1 and I had to see it immediately, so we saw it 15…
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Arizona Anti-Illegal Immigration Bill
I realize there are big issues at play here, so I’m embedding media from opposing news organizations. NY Times Editorial Watch the latest news video at video.foxnews.com
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42
“42” is a very important number. I’ve been thinking about “42” since I read Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy when I was a kid. In the book, Douglas Adams wrote that the answer to the question of life, the universe,…
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A Music Lesson
Arsenio Rodríguez was called El Ciego Maravilloso (the marvellous blind man). During his time, he was the most famous band leader and composer is Cuba. He died in 1970. I was planning on writing a funny story by going to…
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Galileo: Earth flyby animation (December 11-12, 1990)
I think Jupiter and Saturn are pretty and interesting, but no planet in this solar system even comes close to matching the beauty and complexity of Earth. The video in high quality is hosted here on Facebook. As Galileo receded…
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Network Solutions is Infected with a Virus
One of the world’s largest web hosting providers, Network Solutions, has contracted a computer virus which is directly affecting the servers hosting the files stored on behalf of web hosting customers. ** SEE THE TERRIFIC RESPONSE FROM NETWORK SOLUTIONS AT…
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Want to Help 9.22 Billion Humans
The UN expects world population to peak at 9.22 billion people in 2075. I want to help every one of those souls live a free, healthy, and happy life. How am I going to do it? I’m going to help…
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The Don Father Taught Me
Since I was a little kid, I’ve been trying to do what the Don Father taught me: to always try to see things from other people’s perspectives, to take a walk in their shoes. My dad taught me the mechanics…
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Blessed Day
Wow. Everything I’ve touched today has lead to a victory. At 5:45 this morning, I wrote a letter to the Oklahoma Department of Human Services to ask for a review of my child support case and to get set up…
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Life, the Universe, and Everything
There’s a reason I like this painting so much, but you might never believe it, even if I told you exactly why. Throughout my entire life, the reasons for everything were being explained to me in little bits and pieces.…
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Here’s the Beef!
Several years ago I came up with an idea for a YouTube project. The issue is that people don’t know where their food comes from. So, my plan was to buy a cow before it was born, watch it born,…
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Happy Birthday Little Man
Today is your 9th birthday, Little Man. I am so sorry that I am not there to celebrate it with you. In the blog posting Hello Little Man, I wrote some advice for you. I also mentioned that the last…
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Sweet Distraction
I was super upset about missing yet another birthday of one of my kids, so I worked some, had an awesome lunch at Phoenix (saw Vivian!!!!), and then proceeded on to a gathering at a local watering hole, Hot Rod’s.…
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There was No Picture
So sorry, there was no picture, so that last post had to be removed. 🙂 The truth is interwoven into stories written and told and shown. It’s more fun to find the truth than to read a manual anyway. Besides,…
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Realignment Day
This image was taken yesterday evening at the homeless shelter where I used to live. That guy is Bob from my stories about the shelter. Bob spent the winter living with his son. He was hoping to find work in…
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joeDesktop
Holy crap!! I just got the final issue solved with joeDesktop. Wow. wow. God.
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A Dream, Miracles, and Messiahs
I went without good sleep for a couple of nights. Last night I did sleep, for a total of about 11 hours, in three shifts. Whenever I do that, the first shift has normal dreams. I had my first dream…
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I’m Am Not Trying to Kill Jesus
In this last blog posting, some posts on Facebook, and on Twitter, I’ve said some things that might make one believe that I am out to destroy religion. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Here’s something I wrote: God…
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Sunny Side Up
This morning I was looking for adventure, but first I needed to fill my tank. Happiness is a full tank. That’s a saying from Way of the Peaceful Warrior. It’s a book my brother bought for me. It’s sort of…
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Blogger, I Apologize
Blogger, I apologize for dissing your new-fangled editor. I was hurt because when it messed up my old postings, it made me feel like I had been foolish to choose to use it, wasting my time, and tweaking that core…
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Love My Love Pole
The Universe isn’t digital, really. Well, wait, you either are or you are not. Yes or no. Come or go. On or off. Digital means on or off. To be digitized is to be turned into a stream of ons…
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Early Morning Roller
Always looking for early morning adventure, I decided to pack up my camera and head to the Firelake Casino between Shawnee and Tecumseh, Oklahoma at 5:30am this Sunday morning. It was a beautiful morning. I walked all around the place…
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Judges
I enjoyed a nice little breakfast at the Salvation Army in Shawnee, Oklahoma then attended the morning announcements and the Sunday school lesson which was from Judges, a book in the Old Testament. I would give you a synopsis of…
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So, Judges
So I was in the middle of making a little statement about judgment when I realized I was out of cigarettes and had to make a trip to Mr. Kim’s little shop at the corner of Highland and Kickapoo in…
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You Make Me So Mad
Actually, no one makes me mad. If I get mad, it’s because I decided to get mad. My use of that headline is an instance of manipulation. In fact, if someone says “You make me mad!” to you, then they’re…
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My Prophecy
I thought I would put this prophecy into text again. My careers will take off. I will become very well known. I will continue to say what I have to say about religion as a power structure and continue to…
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Kung Fu is not Karate
I saw Karate Kid. It was great. Of course the movie has the messages you would expect: Prepare, don’t be scared; never give up; trust old men who know how to fight. The other message was all about the Chinese.…
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9:11 = 42
At 9:11 this morning, I’ll be 42 years old. I was born at a hospital called Research, so I’m obviously part of an experiment. I wonder if I’m in the control group or the freak. Two weeks after I threw…
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Kim With Bells On
I met Kim in my 7th grade English class at Union Junior High in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Ok, to be truthful, I don’t think I ever talked to her, but we were in the same class and I kept a close…
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Is is Logical.
Ask yourself: Is it possible for there to be nothing? Was there a time when there was absolutely nothing? Don’t limit the question to the known universe! Was there a time when there just was nothing?!?!? It’s difficult to consider…
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Back
I’m not going to write about what happened last week. I deleted my website, blog, Twitter, Tumblr, and Facebook accounts last week so I would not have any place to post negative things. That’s my excuse anyway. This blog, the…
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It’s Over
I tried to return to work this morning and quit again, for the last time. I appreciate the help I’ve received and the opportunity to continue, but I am unable to do any more computer work. My brain doesn’t want…
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Empty Set
In math, an “empty set” is a set of numbers that contains no numbers. It could be thought of as a place where you could put numbers, if you had some. I just deleted the story I was telling. Strangely,…
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Stranded, Sort Of
I’m currently far from Shawnee. I spent seven hours in a car this morning watching someone else sleep. Actually, the time was broken up by moving from one place to another to avoid being noticed, much. The passenger side window…
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The Problem With This Blog
The problem with this blog is that I wrote it under my own name… people who know me read it. So, there’s no longer complete honesty here. I’ve definitely got that same feeling a school kid gets towards the end…
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Feeling Much Better
I decided to stop trying to give up and I feel much better. I have to admit that the plan was to kill myself… ignoring temporarily that I have not been able to accomplish the task in the past due…
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Not
This isn’t going to work out because I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place. (a) I can’t tell a potential employer that I would be an asset to their organization. The reality is that my throughput is below…
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Everything Repeats
This is just like 2008 when I knew I was going to be homeless with the exception that at that time I had never been homeless and didn’t know just how much it was going to suck. Oh sure, there…
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#4
You saw the number thing as being reduced to a number… it was actually a compliment. Perhaps you have had dozens and dozens of relationships, but I’ve had 4. Look at all that has happened recently. Having me around was…
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Overreaction
Folks, I’m just being dramatic and expressing how I feel, but I am not going to kill myself. It’s looking like I’m going to be homeless, but I’m not going to kill myself. I don’t think I can be homeless…
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Things I Would Like To Do
Ok, I said there was nothing I wanted, but there are some things that I said I wanted in the past. I guess I still want these: (1) My daughter and I dreamed about buying some land near a neighborhood…
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Rocketman
Music by Elton JohnLyrics by Bernie TaupinAvailable on the album Honky Château She packed my bags last night pre-flightZero hour nine a.m.And I’m gonna be high as a kite by thenI miss the earth so much I miss my wifeIt’s…
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Hello Mr. Prospect
You found my blog. Excellent. I’m flattered you bothered to look me up. When you read what I’ve written here, you’ll come to the following conclusion: I am just the person you’ve been looking for, crazy enough to make that…
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DROID Eats Thumbs, It’s Lucas’ Fault (Lucas is a Genius)
Apparently Motorola has my email address because they sent me an ad last night for this DROID2 phone which runs the Android 2.2 operating system. This is pretty funny because I can’t actually afford things like cell phones or internet…
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Caught in the Headlights
Deer will sometimes freeze when caught in headlights. Sometimes people will also freeze in fear. Sometimes people can get so depressed about what they think is coming, impending doom or whatnot, that they just freeze. Sometimes people hope for a…
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I Dreamed About You Twice
I very rarely dream about you, but this morning I dreamed about you for the second night in a row. You were laughing at a joke I made about some stuffed animals. I had forgotten how nice it was to…
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How to Scan: Defensive Encounter Tactics
When your new friend is being attacked by a racially and sexually diverse assassination squad, you’re going to need to know a few tricks to turn your scanning hobby into a survival skill. First: Always dress for scanning success. Only…
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Changes to this Blog
The domain name service for the blog has been switched back to blogspot.com, so the search feature might not work for some time, while Google catches up to the change. This is the last posting that will be announced to…
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Feeling v Thinking
People who act solely by what they think seem cold to me, but I have to admit they appear to be more successful in life than people who act solely on what they feel. Regardless of what people tell you,…
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About Money
Until you have absolutely no money, you cannot imagine the true value of having money. I don’t know when you’re reading this, but when you’re a kid you might understand the value of your money. You don’t understand the value…
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I’m So Tired
John Lennon seemed so old in 1980 — the big 4 0.
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The Infidel
This guy who’s a Muslim finds out he’s adopted. He tracks down his birth records and it turns out he was born a Jew. Then he finds out that his father is still alive, but he’s dying and the rabbi…
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The Reason(s) Heterosexual Geeks Like to Watch Chuck
Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker Chuck is a television series appearing on NBC. You can see episodes here on NBC.com. Here are the reasons geeks watch Chuck. (1) Chuck is a geek.(2) Yvonne Strahovski has a license to kill.(3) Chuck becomes…
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Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED)
Box from: Wikipedia about LEDs OLED technology is going to completely change our lives. LEDs are little lights. The light is emitted because electrons try to jump across a semiconductor… they try because the semiconductor has holes for them. When the…
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joeDesktop: Learning to use jQuery
Screen capture of animation at http://joedesktop.com joeDesktop is a software product and associated online service I’ve been planning for a while. The desktop software will most likely be done for Adobe AIR. I have been planning on learning to use…
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Dear Web Developer: MongoDB Rubs Your Feet
John Cusack as Lane Meyer in Better Off Dead (1985) I graduated from high school in 1986. If you don’t remember 1986 because you were young, unborn, or in a coma, then you could see Hot Tub Time Machine for…
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I miss you.
I miss you. It’s getting harder and harder to cheer myself up, but this helps. I’m sorry if we don’t see each other again.
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I give up.
I’m not cut out for this. Oct 24, 10: I figured out that suicide for me is about control. There’s very little that I feel I can control. I’m not in control of my feelings, my actions, my mission, my…
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Speed of Light
If you’re a pitcher who can throw a 90mph fastball and you find yourself in space standing on top of a ship travelling 100mph and you throw a fastball ahead of the ship… then that ball would be leaving you…
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RIP Trish
Trish died earlier this year. One of her family members wrote this tribute to her. Rest in peace, Mrs.!!! You really always did have a positive attitude going. My mom did, too. Trish was a avid reader. She liked all…
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Phi 1.618
As you might have noticed, numbers are very important to some crazy people. Since people have noticed this ratio in nature and deemed it “Golden” then as an homage to my formerly crazy self, I’m going to remind you that…
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JoeWantsJen
I decided to continue my mission to meet Jennifer Aniston. I like Jennifer Aniston and I’m not going to apologize for it. Ok, I guess I have to admit that I like the image Jennifer Aniston emits. To find out…
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Another Thought
My last post was missing an important element: Acknowledgement of the problems I caused you. I apologize for my behavior and I am sorry that I delayed realization of the home you wanted. I just told a little story about…
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Action Plan for Jesus
How will you know if Jesus returns? Every search on every search engine on the Internet will show only one result no matter the search parameters:Jesus is Back, Come Say Howdy The Big Guy has returned and he has a…
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Exodus: Political Propaganda Supporting a Dictator?
After some reading of Exodus (it’s a book in the Old Testament of the Bible) it dawned on me that it read like political propaganda in support of Moses, as if Moses was trying to maintain his power as a…
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A Half-Step Back
I’m taking an anger management course. It’s been really good. I’ve learned a lot. Here’s what I’ve learned: (1) There’s nothing wrong with anger. Behaviors get me into trouble.(2) No one can make me angry. Getting angry is a choice.(3)…
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I’m in the 7%
[THIS WAS FORWARDED TO ME BY MY AUNT, WENDY. I’M POSTING IT HERE SO I CAN FORWARD IT TO MY 1440 FOLLOWERS ON TWITTER.] Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio To celebrate growing…
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Killing Everyone on God’s Orders?
There’s this book of books called The Bible. In it is the book of Joshua – the story of what happened to the Israelites after Joshua took over after Moses died (at a ripe, old age). The sixth chapter of…
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Dear Fruit of the Loom
Dear Fruit of the Loom, As you may have heard, I recently named Fruit of the Loom the official covering manufacturer for my stuff. Your lovely little pants keep my stuff contained and protected from the ravages of denim chafing,…
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What Men Think About
I think about more than sex and food.(Click image for the larger version) In this image, always worthy of special mention, is Jennifer Aniston. The image on the computer screen is from Quake 3 by id Software. The car is…
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I Love You Grandma and Grandpa!
Thank you so much for thinking about me this Christmas. I was surprised when my boss handed me some mail (only Dad had the address) and very happy to find it was a card from you two. I hope you’re…
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The Reason I Do It
I hope the things I post here and on Twitter and Facebook don’t sound like whining or complaining or, God forbid, blaming anyone (even God) for my interesting situations. Everything that has happened has been a direct result of a…
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The “5 Years” Ends
Today is the last day of the five year period I am going to forever call, “The 5 Years.” By New Year’s Day in 2004, it was pretty obvious my marriage was over. I had been and continued to go…
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Consideration of the Words
Several months ago a young woman caught my eye, grabbed my attention, and started running through my mind. I was so excited, I wrote about it. I’m constantly evaluating and reviewing everything I think and I feel and why I…
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Adam Woke Up
Adam woke up. Adam didn’t know he was sleeping. He didn’t know this was another day. He didn’t know anything except that guy he loved was there when he woke up. Adam’s sense of love was not as you and…
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The Universe Is My Friend
Once again, I cannot sleep. I probably don’t use the name, God, like most people in my community. While it warms my heart to think of God as my Father–a caring, supreme being–or perhaps as the Son of the Father…
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Another Failure
Hello! It’s day 3 of the 28 Day Challenge where I am blogging every single day for 28 days. Or is it day 2? Yes, I’ve already dropped the ball and forgotten to make the second posting on the second…
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Last Message from My Babies
This is the last communication I received from my babies. I was already not allowed to have any contact with them. I can’t say who passed this letter to me. The scribbled writing was made by my son. The letter…
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Guess What, Chicken Butt – Joe has a Girlfriend
My girlfriend is better than your girlfriend. I’ve never met your girlfriend, but with all due respect… my girlfriend, she is better. If you’re a girl, then my girlfriend is better than you. You don’t suck, but you’re not my…
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First Kiss
Mary Richert, @notitles, is one of the writers I follow. She recently put up a video of her reading some of her work, Memories of Kissing. It’s really good. She talks about how one learns to kiss, first kisses, that…
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YouTube Channel Created: IdeasWinett
Ok! So I decided to start a new YouTube channel where I would give away all my business ideas. I mean, I’m not going to do them all, right? I’ll be like Johnny Appleseed, skipping to your neighborhood and leaving…
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YouTube Channel: First Idea!! Not.
Here we go! I’m ready to release my first business idea.
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JoeWantsJen – The Lost Episode.. The First Episode
Written for my never launched YouTube channel, JoeWantsJen. Welcome to episode one of JoeWantsJen. I’m Joseph Michael Winett and you’ve found the channel where all your questions about life, the universe, and everything will be answered. Oh, that’s a big…
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YouTube Video #3: Leader of the Human Race
I actually received the best business idea I’ve ever received about a month ago. Last night I developed the idea into a little plan. It took about 55 minutes to write 17 pages of notes (no, not every line). This…
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Ends Met In My Head
And on a Sunday, too.
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Jennifer Aniston’s Plane
I pulled some strings at Boeing and was able to get this image of Jennifer Aniston’s plane during it’s initial air worthiness checkout. Now I need to check with airport management here in Shawnee, Oklahoma to see if she can…
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Joe’s Desktop is Conceived
Finally something I can program myself that will have a big enough impact to get the other things done that I want to get done.
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Amazon Web Services
You may have heard that I’m moving all my stuff to Amazon’s Web Services which is a cloud computing solution. AWS includes everything one would need for gigantic systems but it’s completely flexible on how resources are deployed and you…
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Who’s a Capitalist Pig?
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Complete and Total Automotive Domination
Yesterday duty called from Stillwater, Oklahoma and so I loaded up Little Red with a backup computer and headed that way. About ten miles south of my destination, Little Red overheated, as she (yes, she) had been doing more and…
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The 21st Renaissance
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Universal Principles
The Universal Principles is a book I started writing and will probably never finish. You can see the formatted version with footnotes here. Chapter 1: In the Beginning “So you believe what you’re saying and this isn’t just a work…
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What If I Stumble
I made this animation with Google’s SketchUp and put it to dc Talk’s What If I Stumble. The song expresses the writer’s internal conflict about becoming famous and whether he’s working for himself or for God. High quality version available…
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Easter Awesomeness
I had a pretty amazing experience on Easter. Before I get to the story, I’d like to announce that this blog received a referral from Lenny Kravitz’s web site last week. I was shocked. My body looks exactly like Lenny’s…
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It has begun.
Hello – I got these email addresses from the website at [address] . I realize you did not ask for this email and since I’m trying to buy a for-profit set of radio stations, this could be considered an unsolicited…