Hey Guys,
Was it me or did we have a snow event earlier this week? Have you ever seen a snow fall melt so fast? Up here on Tornado Alley,(Raider Road) when I left for work a little before 8:00 a. m. Tuesday there was about two inches of the fluffiest snow you ever saw. After we wrapped up Good Morning UpCountry right at 10:00 a. m. I looked out and it was gone! Never saw a snow fall melt so fast.
Well, what do you think about our new president. It looks like President Obama hit the ground running and has a busy first week. The one thing that really impresses me tremendously about our new president is the way he has given renewed hope to so many. It has been a while since so many Americans felt hopefull about how the state of our country was. I hope that this infusion of hopefulness will carry over and we as a collective group roll up our sleeves and get about the job of getting our economy back in order.
While I am at it I would like to ask, no implore you to pray for my friend Tommy Powell. You may not know Tommy, but if you have had a child or grandchild play Dixie Youth Baseball he has played a part in their life. He has not seeked the spotlight but without him there may not be a Dixie Youth Baseball program in Laurens. He worked for free over at Collyer Park for years, keeping the fields in shape, ordering equipment, lining up coaches and umpires, the list goes on and on. Sometimes during the summer, Tommy would get to the park before 8:00 a. m. and not leave until midnight. Thousands and thousands of kids have come through the program, and a lot of the credit for it belongs to Tommy Powell. How many folks can you name that are that dedicated to the kids around here. Oh, and I forgot to add, he did all this even though he is disabled because a mine nearly blew his legs off when he served in the Marines over in Viet Nam. Tommy had surgery the week before last and has had some major setbacks. He needs our prayers. My friend Tommy is a good man, and we have a big shortage of good men. Please pray for my buddy Tommy. Laurens needs him!
God Bless,
Big Gene
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Random thoughts from a random mind......
Hey Guys,
I have no idea where this blog is headed. I will just type up what comes to mind and we will see what happens.
Even though the economy seems to be tanking it had not really effected me that much personally until a close relative of mine was laid off from his job after 13 years. Now it's personal.
Whether you voted for him or not, Baraak Obama is our president. We better all pray that he is granted wisdom to lead our nation out of these turmultious times.
I am ready for baseball. Being the Cub fan I am each season brings eternial optimism that this may be the year the Cubbies win the World Series, and each fall the realization that once again it is not.
I hope that we get a good snow this winter. It would be nice to see one start on a Friday morning and be gone by Monday. Just a day or so of seeing snow on the ground, but no Ice, we do not need any ice storm.
A Friday Night basketball game sure makes the weekend seem short.
A good dog is worth their weight in gold. They sure are good company when you are beginning to enter the empty nest syndrome period of parenthood.
Glenn Beck worries me! He sees the worst in everything and seems to think that our country is going to implode in the next few months. I hope he is wrong, either way he still worries me.
The Daytona 500 should be interesting this year because of the economic issues that the series is dealing with. No testing in the off-season, sponsorship deals falling through, teams merging, massive lay-offs, reduced factory support, all sorts of things going on in the off-season that will have a profound effect on the sport.
My favorite TV shows are NCIS, Criminal Minds, Numbers, and CSI. I guess this means that either I am a fan of police stories that revolve around solving strange cases, or I am a dormat psychopath.
I am glad that we are having some global warming...... C an you imagine how much colder this past weekend if there was no global warming going on.
Sometimes truth is stranger that fiction. 99% of the country is thankful that we saw a miracle last week when the plane went down in the Hudson River and everybody survived. The folks with PETA are mad about them Damn Geese being killed that brought the plane down. Get a life and try a cheeseburger.
God wants us to eat meat, if he hadn't then why did he make so many tasty animals for us to enjoy?
I love watching football being played on a snow covered field. It makes for some interesting play calls.
For the first time in a month I am feeling about normal. That Creeping Crud was rough!!!!!!
I guess that's about it for now gang, Hope you have a great week!!!
God Bless,
The Big One
I have no idea where this blog is headed. I will just type up what comes to mind and we will see what happens.
Even though the economy seems to be tanking it had not really effected me that much personally until a close relative of mine was laid off from his job after 13 years. Now it's personal.
Whether you voted for him or not, Baraak Obama is our president. We better all pray that he is granted wisdom to lead our nation out of these turmultious times.
I am ready for baseball. Being the Cub fan I am each season brings eternial optimism that this may be the year the Cubbies win the World Series, and each fall the realization that once again it is not.
I hope that we get a good snow this winter. It would be nice to see one start on a Friday morning and be gone by Monday. Just a day or so of seeing snow on the ground, but no Ice, we do not need any ice storm.
A Friday Night basketball game sure makes the weekend seem short.
A good dog is worth their weight in gold. They sure are good company when you are beginning to enter the empty nest syndrome period of parenthood.
Glenn Beck worries me! He sees the worst in everything and seems to think that our country is going to implode in the next few months. I hope he is wrong, either way he still worries me.
The Daytona 500 should be interesting this year because of the economic issues that the series is dealing with. No testing in the off-season, sponsorship deals falling through, teams merging, massive lay-offs, reduced factory support, all sorts of things going on in the off-season that will have a profound effect on the sport.
My favorite TV shows are NCIS, Criminal Minds, Numbers, and CSI. I guess this means that either I am a fan of police stories that revolve around solving strange cases, or I am a dormat psychopath.
I am glad that we are having some global warming...... C an you imagine how much colder this past weekend if there was no global warming going on.
Sometimes truth is stranger that fiction. 99% of the country is thankful that we saw a miracle last week when the plane went down in the Hudson River and everybody survived. The folks with PETA are mad about them Damn Geese being killed that brought the plane down. Get a life and try a cheeseburger.
God wants us to eat meat, if he hadn't then why did he make so many tasty animals for us to enjoy?
I love watching football being played on a snow covered field. It makes for some interesting play calls.
For the first time in a month I am feeling about normal. That Creeping Crud was rough!!!!!!
I guess that's about it for now gang, Hope you have a great week!!!
God Bless,
The Big One
Sunday, January 11, 2009
The crud that keeps on giving!!!!!
Hey Guys,
As y'all know and have heard the crud has been going around WLBG. Randy and Emil got it first and despite my efforts to aviod it by taking massive amounts of vitamin C and trying to avoid the desease carriers I still got it around December 15th, and am still trying to get over it. This stuff is ROUGH. It clogs your lungs up and generally makes it hard to breath. Them there is the coughing fits that come with it. I declare, sometimes after a fit I think that I should be in a TB ward. Plus, you nearly lose your voice, and even though I have a terrible voice, I still need it each day for GMUC and other duties here at WLBG. I tried all the home remedies, loads and loads of Rock and Rye, more vitamin C, all types of cough syrups and expectorants, nothing seemed to work. Finally I gave up and headed to my doctor and he loaded me up with antiobiotics, steriods, and cough pills and after a week I am finally feeling like I may shake this stuff in the next few days.
I hope that you avoid this crud, but if you don't please go on to the doctor, don't delay going like I did. Three weeks plus of feeling terrible is enough to get anyone down, even the Big One.
Here's to your good health!!!
God Bless,
The Big One
P. S. Please remember my buddy Tommy Powell in your prayers. He is in the hospital recooperating from surgery and could use your prayers!!!
As y'all know and have heard the crud has been going around WLBG. Randy and Emil got it first and despite my efforts to aviod it by taking massive amounts of vitamin C and trying to avoid the desease carriers I still got it around December 15th, and am still trying to get over it. This stuff is ROUGH. It clogs your lungs up and generally makes it hard to breath. Them there is the coughing fits that come with it. I declare, sometimes after a fit I think that I should be in a TB ward. Plus, you nearly lose your voice, and even though I have a terrible voice, I still need it each day for GMUC and other duties here at WLBG. I tried all the home remedies, loads and loads of Rock and Rye, more vitamin C, all types of cough syrups and expectorants, nothing seemed to work. Finally I gave up and headed to my doctor and he loaded me up with antiobiotics, steriods, and cough pills and after a week I am finally feeling like I may shake this stuff in the next few days.
I hope that you avoid this crud, but if you don't please go on to the doctor, don't delay going like I did. Three weeks plus of feeling terrible is enough to get anyone down, even the Big One.
Here's to your good health!!!
God Bless,
The Big One
P. S. Please remember my buddy Tommy Powell in your prayers. He is in the hospital recooperating from surgery and could use your prayers!!!
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