The Word of the Day is Courage

Published in July 30th, 2008

I am an avid reader, so much so that I even jump into my wife’s reading material if it happens to be laying around. She’s reading “Failure Is Not An Option” for work and I’d like to share some excerpts from chapter two with you guys.
This is one of those reads that has […]

Veteran Campers Ready for More Adventure

Published in July 25th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest, Society

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Pack 373 broke camp last weekend and I now have at least two solid outdoorsmen under my tutelage. They had a great time and learned a lot. The Webelos earned all or part of four or five belt loops and pins. We did BB Shooting, Archery, Citizenship and Smimming as advancements. We did rappelling off […]

Cub Scout Summer Camp

Published in July 18th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest

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We’re hitting the road to summer camp!!! Yeah! Time for some high adventure for my little city slickers. As Cub Scouts they’re not going to rough it like Boy Scouts just yet. We will be in tents with sleeping bags but they’re not on the ground. They will be on concrete platforms with cots. At […]

Let’s Jam Some Soulfège

Published in July 15th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest, Music, Politics

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Readers do you remember Derrick Ashong who became blog famous for his interview outside an Obama campaign stop earlier this year? Refer back to my February 28th post on the young guy who gave answers to an impromptu street interview. Guess what? Homeboy is a singer and he’s pretty good too. Actually he’s the leader […]

Talk of the Town Toastmasters is a Presidents Distinguished Club

Published in July 9th, 2008

Posted by Marty in Business, Toastmasters International

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We made it! Yeah baby, it became official on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008. The Talk of the Town Toastmasters Club attained Presidents Distinguished Club status when we got one more Competent Communicator qualified with her 10th speech. I am extremely proud of all the hard work the club put in to reach the finish line […]

Solutions for the Fuel Crisis

Published in July 8th, 2008

Posted by Marty in General Interest

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T-Boone Pickens is the first oil man putting his smoney where his mouth is, ready to seriously put alternative energy sources into play. In this CNN interview he talks about implementing a national wind power strategy to reduce American oil dependency by 1/3 according to his early projections.
Good thing the business community is finally tired […]