Monthly Archives: December 2009

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End of Year Wrap Up

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2009 is coming to an end. If nothing else, I’m glad to see this decade pass for the simple fact that I never knew what to call it. We had the seventies, the eighties, the nineties … and then the oughts? The double-ohs? Nothing ever quite sounded right. Maybe they’ll have a better answer in 90 years. Won’t be my… read entire post
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Jessica the Bee Girl

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Every year for Christmas, I put together a slideshow that runs on our living room television. The slideshow consists of Christmas music and random photos of our family that I have taken throughout the years. There is one photo (or series of photos) that gets funnier each year. In 1997, Susan’s family had a Christmas gathering down in Bradley, Oklahoma.… read entire post
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Add Custom Quicktag Buttons to WordPress

For about four years now I’ve been meaning to figure out how to add custom quicktag buttons to the “Add New Post” page on WordPress, and for some reason I just got around last night to researching it. Turns out, it’s really simple to do. To paraphrase Apple, “there’s a plug-in for that.” Quicktag buttons, located at the top of… read entire post
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Rescheduled Christmas Eve

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Every Christmas Eve we have Susan’s family and my family over to exchange gifts. Unfortunately due to (cue music) BLIZZARD 2009 we weren’t able to do that. Our yearly gathering was rescheduled to the day after Christmas instead. Didn’t seem to bother any of the party goers, who all had a great time (if I may speak for everyone, which… read entire post
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Merry Christmas, 2009

Christmas 2009 was definitely unique, and I doubt anyone wishing for a “White Christmas” was expecting this. On December 24, 2009, Oklahoma broke its all-time one day snow fall total with 14.1″ of the white stuff coming down. Combine that with sleet, ice, and 60 mph winds, and you end up with one big slippery, wintery mess. By the time… read entire post