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Saturday, May 26, 2018

This Week

The Problem I was thinking about friends that I haven't seen in a long time and I remembered my buddy Vernard. He is a very smart guy. He was the valedictorian of his class in college. I'm sure I was in the bottom third of my class but I majored in computer science. One day he came over to my house and asked me to tutor him in a computer class, he didn't know anything about it, it was the only one he had to take, and he didn't want to mess up his GPA. So I did. The 2nd day ... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, May 26, 2018

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

This Week

The Humming Bird Rules My wife called me one day and left a message: "Be careful when you come home there's a Humming bird trapped in the garage!" Two things sounded funny "Be careful there's a Humming bird" why would I need to be careful with a Humming bird? Was it a killer Humming bird? Was it a 20lb Humming bird? Were there 400,000 more Humming birds sitting on my house ready to attack if I didn't let it go? And why was it "Trapped"? I didn'... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Friday, May 11, 2018

This Week

Onon Rings and Duck Dogs I love the onion rings at Huey's, those big fat ones. They always feel safe on the outside, nice and crispy. Then you bite in to it and realize that the inside is about 4000 degrees. I always burn my tongue, every time. I spill tea down my shirt trying to stop the burning. Usually I try to cool them with ketchup, but that just makes it worse. Hot ketchup gets all over my mouth and on my fingers and on my face and in my eyes and I can't talk because my tongu... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Friday, May 11, 2018

Saturday, May 5, 2018

This Week

Blue My best horse story happened when I took a bunch of kids to Young Life camp.  It was our day to ride but they had too many riders. That meant that the horse that nobody wanted to ride was being saddled up. I knew all of the Horse wranglers and they all decided that it would be a good idea to put me on this horse. The horse's name was "Blue". They told me the only problem with Blue was that I had to go through the last gate last because he was going to sprint home an... Read More
Posted by Mack Oates at Saturday, May 5, 2018