I'm a writer, photographer, and displaced Okie
who loves red dirt, green skies, all things
Disney, Sooner football, and Gary England.
I talk about SoldierMan, Baby G, Army life,
crazy puppies, and whatever God is working
out in me at the moment.
Say "hey" while you're here!
~KIA~
Cpl. Gary Moore ~ 03/16/2009
Cpl. Jonny Porto ~ 03/14/2010
Sgt. Jordan Tuttle ~ 07/02/2010
Lt. James Landrum ~ 05/04/2013
Capt. Jon Wynkoop ~ 03/31/2015
Quotes for Life
"Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should....My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether be life or by death."
~ The Apostle Paul: Eph 6:18-20; Phil 1:20
"Lord, I intend it to thy glory, and let no profane misinterpreter abuse it to thy diminution." ~John Donne
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy." ~ John Adams
"You have enemies? Good. It means you've stood up for something." ~ Winston Churchill
"I would rather have a plain down-right wisdom than a foolish and affected eloquence." ~ Ben Jonson
"The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it."
~ George Washington
"Country music is about new love and it’s about old love. It’s about gettin’ drunk and gettin’ sober. It’s about leavin’ and it’s about comin’ home. It’s real music sung by real people for real people, the people that make up the backbone of this country. You can call us rednecks if you want. We’re not offended, ’cause we know what we’re all about. We get up and go to work, we get up and go to church, and we get up and go to war when necessary."
~ Jeff Foxworthy
"The most dangerous predator of liberals is the real world. They hide from it in college campuses." ~ www.imao.us
"To educate a person in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." ~ President Theodore Roosevelt
"Only amateurs say that they write for their own amusement. Writing is not an amusing occupation. It is a combination of ditch-digging, mountain-climbing, treadmill and childbirth. Writing may be interesting, absorbing, exhilarating, racking, relieving. But amusing? Never!" ~ Edna Ferber
"A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in an argument." ~ Robert Frost
"I'm a Christian first and a mean-spirited, bigoted conservative second, and don't you ever forget it. You know who else was kind of "divisive" in terms of challenging the status quo and the powers-that-be of his day? Jesus Christ." ~Ann Coulter
"Feminism has nothing at all to do with being 'feminine.' Feminine means accentuating the womanly attributes that make women deliciously different from men. The feminine woman enjoys her right to be a woman. She has a positive outlook on life. She knows she is a person with her own identity and that she can seek fulfillment in the career of her choice, including that of traditional wife and mother." ~ Phyllis Schlafly
"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions." ~ G. K. Chesterson
"It isn't going to bed with a man that proves you're in love with him. It's getting up in the morning and facing the drab, miserable, wonderful, everyday world with him that counts." ~ Yours, Mine and Ours
"I owe nothing to women's lib."
~ Margaret Thatcher
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
~ Henry VI
"We're all born pessimists. It takes effort to be optimistic."
~ Rush Limbaugh
"True religion and true philosophy must ultimately arrive at the same conclusion."
~S.S. Smith
"There's no limit to what a man can do or where he can go if he doesn’t mind who gets the credit."
~ Jack Dake
"If a woman like Eva Peron with no ideals can get that far, think how far I can go with the ideals that I have."
~ Margaret Thatcher
"What I felt like saying was, 'I've produced my third child and my sixth book since I last saw you. Aren't either of these things more important, more interesting, than my size?' But no - my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book; finally, something to celebrate! Maybe this seems funny or trivial, but it's really not." ~ JK Rowling
"Dear Lord Lest I continue My complacent way Help me to remember Somehow out there A man died for me today. As long as there be war I then must Ask and answer Am I worth dying for?"
~Anon
"[Judgment] comes from four sources: God, nature, diligence and conversation. Serve the first, and the rest will serve you." ~ Ben Jonson
"I think political correctness is a wonderful fad. Probably not as spiritually uplifting as the hula-hoop, but undoubtedly better for the health." ~ Waiting for God
"Our God and soldier we alike adore. At the brink of danger, not before. After deliverance, both alike requited. Our God's forgotten and our soldiers slighted." ~ Oliver North
"The way to tell the professional writers from the amateur writers is that the amateurs only write when they feel like it." ~ Jerry Van Cook
"Remember that only in cheesy romance novels is the heroine guaranteed to find true love without the risk of vulnerability or pain." ~ Dear Prudence column
"We do not fear censorship, for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue." ~ from "The Birth of a Nation"
"Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: The requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree besides the river of truth, and tell the whole world - No, you move." ~Captain America
"While God doesn’t promise tomorrow, he does promise eternity." ~ Tony Snow
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." ~ John Stuart Mill
"I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers, and it was not there. In the fertile fields and boundless prairies, and it was not there. In her rich mines and her vast world commerce, and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits, aflame with righteousness, did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, America will cease to be great." ~ Alexis de Tocqueville
"I’ve got two daughters who will have to make their way in this skinny-obsessed world, and it worries me, because I don’t want them to be empty-headed, self-obsessed, emaciated clones; I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny - a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons. Let them never be Stupid Girls." ~ J.K. Rowling
Wisdom from the Great Communicator, Ronald Reagan: ------------------------------ Politics and morality are inseparable. And as morality's foundation is religion, religion and politics are necessarily related. We need religion as a guide. We need it because we are imperfect, and our government needs the church, because only those humble enough to admit they're sinners can bring to democracy the tolerance it requires in order to survive.
Live each day to the fullest. Live each day with enthusiasm, optimism and hope. If you do, I am convinced that your contribution to this wonderful experiment we call America will be profound.
The dustbin of history is littered with remains of those countries that relied on diplomacy to secure their freedom. We must never forget...in the final analysis...that it is our military, industrial and economic strength that offers the best guarantee of peace for America in times of danger.
We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free.
September 28, 2010
TV Tuesday is Back!!!
I know you're excited!
First, Chuck.
I am SO glad Chuck is back! I am so excited about this season's story arc. And I'm really looking forward to all the random guest stars they are bringing on. Like last night, they had...the Old Spice Guy! You know, this guy:
I was like, Holy Crap! It's the Old Spice Guy! Cracks me up!
Seriously, if you aren't watching Chuck yet, you should be. I love how they are making Morgan more of a forefront character. Love Morgan! Love them all!
And of course, because I know you love it too....
Amazing Race! Yay!!
I don't know about you, but this year's contestants all seem decidedly mediocre. I've heard some "chatter" on forums that they have deliberately tried to "stack the deck" to raise the odds of an all-female team winning - which has never happened in 16 seasons of the show - by putting on more all-female teams than usual and only having, shall we say, less competition than usual. I can't really argue with that theory. It seems entirely possible. What do you think?
I have no predictions of winability at this point, but I do have some favorites:
I love Team Kentucky! I loved her in the Miss America pageant and I think she's just adorable. I know they don't have great chances - really, they just don't scream "endurance" to me - but I love watching them and I hope they last a while.
I will be the first to admit that Team Shopping Channel did not impress me out of the gate. They seemed like divas. But I have to say, anyone who gets pummeled with a watermelon to the face and gets back up again without crying - I respect that. And no, unlike apparently the rest of the world, I didn't think it was funny. That had "concussion" written all over it. If they can keep that attitude and learn to do more than Power Walk, they can make it to the finale.
And, of course, Team Adoption. I cried when they were telling their story: how she gave her daughter away at birth and this is only the 3rd time they have been face-to-face. Yeah, they don't seem like a powerhouse team by any means, but that's not why I like them. They really tugged at my heartstrings and I'll be rooting for them as long as they last.
So that's it. Those are my favorites. Who did you like?
The birth mom and daughter team is ah-mazing! I really want to be on the race....one day, when I find a partner that can put up with me I'm so applying!
I love the Kentucky team too!! They are too cute :) Also, I think the 'newly' dating couple are pretty entertaining.. I doubt I'll be pulling for them, but it was funny to watch them argue.. haha!
I love Chuck! Unfortunately, the new eps are sitting in my DVR. I have class on Monday nights and I have not had time to watch them yet.
ReplyDeleteI liked the Doctor ladies, the mother/daughter ones with the adoption story and one other group I can't remember...lol KY is cool too.
ReplyDeleteI did not like the guys who were just kinda jerky. I think there were 2 teams were the boyfriend just seemed like a jerk.
Gosh, you make me really want to see Chuck!! I watch waaaaay too much TV already hahahaha
ReplyDeleteThe birth mom and daughter team is ah-mazing! I really want to be on the race....one day, when I find a partner that can put up with me I'm so applying!
ReplyDeleteI love the Kentucky team too!! They are too cute :) Also, I think the 'newly' dating couple are pretty entertaining.. I doubt I'll be pulling for them, but it was funny to watch them argue.. haha!
ReplyDeleteI use to watch Chuck but haven't for awhile! I need to catch up!
ReplyDeleteI looooveee Chuck and I'm so excited for this season! I had no clue that was the Old Spice Guy, though I did recognize him!
ReplyDeleteHaha I love the Old Spice guy...I crack up everytime I see a commercial.
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