Archive for April, 2007

Randy Wayne White’s Latest Book

April 30th, 2007

Hunter’s Moon - Randy Wayne WhiteI love the “South Florida Mystery” sub-genre of books. John D. MacDonald, Carl Hiaasen and Randy do a superb job at writing mysteries with twists, turns and great characters. I’m going to pick this one up very soon and, I’m sure, will enjoy it as much as I have all of Randy’s other books.

UPDATE:
I’m 4 chapters into the book and it’s setting up to be a GREAT mystery.

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Rules of the South

April 27th, 2007
  1. Pull your droopy pants up. You look like an idiot.
  2. Turn your cap right, your head ain’t crooked.
  3. Let’s get this straight; it’s called a “gravel road”. I drive a pickup truck because I want to. No matter how slow you drive, you’re going to get dust on your Lexus. Drive it or get out of the way.
  4. They are cattle. That’s why they smell to you. They smell like money to us. Get over it. Don’t like it? I-40 goes east and west, I-65 goes north and south. Pick one.
  5. So you have a $60,000 car. We’re impressed. We have $250,000 cotton strippers that are driven only 3 weeks a year.
  6. So every person in the south waves. It’s called being friendly. Try to understand the concept.
  7. If that cell phone rings while a bunch of doves are coming in, we WILL shoot it out of your hand. You better hope you don’t have it up to your ear at the time.
  8. Yeah, we eat catfish & crawfish. You really want sushi & caviar? It’s available at the corner bait shop.
  9. The “Opener” refers to the first day of deer season. It’s a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to the first of November.
  10. We open doors for women. That is applied to all women, regardless of age.
  11. No, there’s no “vegetarian special” on the menu. Order steak. Or you can order the Chef’s Salad and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.
  12. When we fill out a table, there are three main dishes: meats, vegetables, and breads. We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup! Oh, yeah…. We don’t care what you folks in Cincinnati call that stuff you eat… IT AIN’T REAL CHILI!!
  13. You bring “coke” into my house, it better be brown, wet and served over ice. You bring “Mary Jane” into my house, she better be cute, know how to shoot, drive a truck, and have long hair.
  14. College and High School Football is as important here as the Lakers and the Knicks, and a dang site more fun to watch.
  15. Yeah, we have golf courses. But don’t hit the water hazards — it spooks the fish.
  16. Colleges? We have them all over. We have State Universities, Universities, and Vo-techs. They come outta there with an education plus a love for God and country, and they still wave at everybody when they come for the holidays.
  17. We have more folks in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. So don’t mess with us. If you do, you will get whipped by the best.
  18. The south is the greatest!! If you are from the south you are part of the best people in the USA!!

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I’ve Heard of a Serial Killer…but a Serial Entrepenuer?

April 27th, 2007

Here’s an interesting article about someone who just can’t stop starting up businesses:

Serial Entrepreneur: Mark Fletcher

“Being an entrepreneur can be lonely,” says Mark Fletcher, winner of the Wired Magazine Tech Innovator Rave Award in 2005. “When I first started a business in 1987 I wished there was somewhere I could turn to for help.”

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A Salmon taught me this

April 26th, 2007

When the flow of life seems to push you back, you can tap the hidden resources of your human spirit and personal inner knowing. The journey may not be in your favor, but you can choose to honor the wisdom you carry and instinctually do what is right.

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Oh, the things we say…

April 23rd, 2007

Why is it that sometimes when we open our mouths or write something down it looks WAY better than when it’s repeated back or read to you? I recently did an interview where I mentioned that I once had this hair-brained idea to learn Team Roping. We’ll everyone is now calling me “Cowboy” and singing Kid Rock songs in my presence.

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I needed this today

April 20th, 2007

Leo: Horoscope

You have more willpower than you think you do, so what’s with the excuses? Today you need to stop pondering and equivocating — and start doing. Any action you take today will put you one step closer to your goal. Victory might seem far away, but as they say, the longest journey begins with just one step. Of course, they fail to mention the many steps that must follow — but the stars say that a long walk will do you some good right now. So get going!

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