Category Archives: personal

Oklahoma Heart Hospital Is Grossly Incompetent

Let me make this clear: You may well receive very good medical care from Oklahoma Heart Hospital. However, their accounting and billing operation is so pitifully incompetent it borders on criminal negligence in my opinion. Let me explain. We all … Continue reading

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Faithful at All Times

How to handle a rainy day? Stay busy and do stuff you’ve put off. I can only do just so much indoor exercise before the arthritis calls a halt. Today was supposed to bring heavy rain. It never quite made … Continue reading

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The Second Man

I’m sure my regular readers will understand: On the one hand, there are no words for it. On the other hand, I can try to indicate something about this so you can share in my portion of sweet shalom from … Continue reading

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My Town

We moved often in my childhood, and quite far at times. While most of it was somewhere in Oklahoma, it did range out to Four Corners once. Up through my current adult life, I’ve lived as far west as Salem, … Continue reading

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Bits and Pieces 20

While I’ve left Debian Jessie on the server, I found too many things implemented wrong for my laptop. So I moved back to Mint 18 (Sarah) and I’ll just grit my teeth on the suspend issue. Part of what drove … Continue reading

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Free Care Is Expensive

Hospitals are not a healthy atmosphere. Yesterday was another VA appointment. I didn’t learn what I wanted to know, but I did learn something. Through the stumbling bureaucratic confusion, I managed to get an echo cardiogram. The technician said she … Continue reading

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Some Ripening

It’s been quiet around the parish this past couple of weeks. I honestly hope that means you are all busy with God’s work in your own life. Genuine fellowship between us in the Holy Spirit won’t die so long as … Continue reading

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Bike Soon

Boy, that was a boondoggle. I’m not blaming anyone; this is simply the way it works in real life. So the actual replacement for my crunched mountain bike is no longer available; GT no longer makes that model (Ricochet 29″ … Continue reading

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Sunday Evening Chatter

We went out in the car yesterday to see some countryside. I took my camera, of course, but all my shots turned out lifeless. And plenty of stuff I missed because there simply was no place to stop the car … Continue reading

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Out in the Social Wilderness

Your heart knows when you don’t belong. There was a time I was still sensitive to the opinions of others, in the sense that I felt a need for affirmation from my associates. It was the nightmare world of my … Continue reading

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