I was sitting in the shade with a cool beverage, but the vacation is over. Time for a podcast.
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"" Memorial Day is a time to take stock of the present, reflect on the past, and renew our commitment to the future of America.

Today, as in the past, there are problems that must be solved and challenges that must be met. We can tackle them with our full strength and creativity only because we are free to work them out in our own way. We owe this freedom of choice and action to those men and women in uniform who have served this nation and its interests in time of need. In particular, we are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.

I don’t have to tell you how fragile this precious gift of freedom is. Every time we hear, watch, or read the news, we are reminded that liberty is a rare commodity in this world.

This Memorial Day (of 1983), we honor those brave Americans who died in the service of their country. I think an ancient scholar put it well when he wrote: "Let us now praise famous men . . . All these were honored in their generation, and were the glory of their times. Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore." As a tribute to their sacrifice, let us renew our resolve to remain strong enough to deter aggression, wise enough to preserve and protect our freedom, and thoughtful enough to promote lasting peace throughout the world. ""

- Message on the Observance of Memorial Day, May 26, 1983, President Ronald Reagan

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(Video) It’s the simple things that make you happy. Like my brand new Drinking Happy Bird. Drinking out of a "Playing for Keeps" shot glass.

And we’re back. Did ya miss me? Well I missed you. Things are starting to get back to somewhat normal here at the home office, and hopefully these podcasts will get back to a regular schedule. I know it’s been a while…

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Spring has shown me something unique in our yard, an almost perfect circle. The cause of this near perfect circle, a dog named Widget. Widget resides in our backyard on a twenty foot leash. And just like a famous cartoon dog chasing after an equally famous cartoon rooster, Widget is always discovering the end of his leash. He has manged to dig a trench in our backyard in a near perfect circle. At his parameter Widget is ever vigilant, barking at anyone walking down the alley or even a block away. And God forbid a cat should wander to with in visual range.

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Welcome to the first episode of Exploring Oklahoma History.

This is a new podcast I’m developing as part of BlogOklahoma.us, a blog and historic places database dedicated to exploring Oklahoma’s History. With this podcast we are going to share our experiences in searching out Oklahoma’s historic monuments and places.

On Saturday, April 11th, 2009, We were on the trail to Blaine County, Oklahoma, in hopes to find the Abert Expedition historic marker.

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It’s another windy day in Oklahoma, and this isn’t just another windy day. It’s the 4th day in a row of high winds here in the West OK. It’s been 4 days of howling wind, rattling my windows, shaking my trees, and blowing new trash in to my yard. Annoying as it is, the wind does have its benefits. Just over the horizon from my home is a brand new wind power farm. Generating much needed electricity to our state and beyond. Wind is the past, present, and future of Oklahoma. So everyone please remember this the next time your screen door gets blown off its hinges.

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Oklahoma just had one of the worst snowstorms in recent history this past Friday. Many of our friends in the northwestern part of the state are still digging out. For us here in Elk City America the snow got about ankle high. But here it is Sunday and the snow has already melted away. I can see my lawn again. I am however particularly worried about all the plants around the state. It is spring after all, and every thing was starting to turn green. I took a tour of my yard this morning and everything that was green and blooming has wilted. So let’s hope all those plants bounce back soon. Hopefully everyone around the state survived the storms well and happy, everyone safe at home nice and warm. (mirror posting)

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I started preparing this week’s podcast with something funny, but ended up a on a short rant about social networking data overload, which you’ll find in the second half of the program. Every once in a while just have to rant. You read something in news, that just sets off that part of your brain forces you to comment on it. And I did. I think ranting is good every once in while. In fact I’m going to encourage you to rant on something this week. If you don’t have your own podcast or radio talk show, get an Utterli account. It’s free. You call a phone number and rant away. Other people will hear your rant and they’ll comment or rant about themselves. Start a chain reaction rant. So your goal this week dear Blog Oklahoma Podcast listener, go rant about something. Get it off your chest. But be nice about it. (Mirror Posting)

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