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Saturday, February 24, 2018

This Week

NO Fluff I listen to a lot of audio books. I started doing this years ago. My wife reads a book a week, but I don't have time for that, so I joined Audible. You pay them so much a month and that gets me 2 credits a month which are good for 2 books. I've got several books on my phone all the time and I can go back a re-listen to any books I've bought before.  The thing you find out is that there are good writers with no story and there are great writers with great stories a... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, February 24, 2018

Saturday, February 17, 2018

This Week

Sleeping past 50 One thing you'll find out when you get past the age of 50 is that it's easy to go to sleep, but sometimes it hard to stay asleep. I wake up at 2:25am about every other morning. Usually it's just a matter of looking at the clock and turning over and going back to sleep. But sometimes I wake up thinking it's 5am (I can't sleep past 5am to save my life) I'm ready to get up and I look at the clock and it says 2:25. To some people that would be great, bu... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, February 17, 2018

Saturday, February 10, 2018

This Week

Valentine's Day … What I know now! I was sitting talking to 2 of my favorite people a few years ago. They were young and getting married soon. As soon as I sat down he looked at me and said "What's the first thing that pops in to your head when I say "Valentine's Day". I said "Dinner, Roses, Chocolate covered Strawberries". He put his head on the table feeling helpless and his Wife-to-be smiled really big. He wanted me to say it was dumb and sill... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, February 10, 2018

Saturday, February 3, 2018

This Week

The Click Every year I have to buy a new pair of boots. Not because they wear out on the bottom or look bad, but because they develop a "Click". This first happened a few years ago.  At first I thought it was just a rock caught in the treads, but there was no rock. Then I thought it was one of my shoestring ends hitting the top of my shoe, so I tied them up but I still had the "Click". I tried bending the shoe, hitting it on the ground, jumping up and down, no clic... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, February 3, 2018