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Memo

"For sale:baby shoes,never worn."- a famous 6-word story attributed to Ernest Hemingway If any of you have never heard of my Uncle Roy and his Monday Morning Memo you are missing out. I want to say that his memo this Monday was “spot on” in his message about our dire economic circumstance. I love to read the thought process of intelligent people. Anyone who has never seen my Uncle’s website here is the link: http://www.mondaymorningmemo.com/ Please feel free to visit and sign up for his Monday Morning Memo that will enlighten you to his wonderful world of advertising and theories of “life”. Today’s message was titled Please Don’t Throw Me in the Briar Patch. I LOVED his message. One of the things I am proud of is the fact that I come from an EXCEPTIONAL family. Starting, with my own father Daniel Denny and his family, who built houses in my home town of Owasso. I am also proud of my Grandma and Grandpa Compton. They began a legacy of friendship and faith many years ago, and

Happy New Year!

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." Benjamin Franklin I love clever quotes like this. My add to this quote is…if the new year doesn't find you a better man (person), then at least let it find you older and wiser. Not that getting older is always fun, but it usually is coupled with getting wiser. Getting “wiser” is always a good thing. I have an addiction to learning new things; useful or not. It seems that I am constantly on the prowl for something new to learn. My only bad habit is sharing my (sometimes) “useless information” with those around me, and bore them to death (figuratively). Let me tell you though, Trivial Pursuit is a lot easier to win when you know a bunch of useless information. Those of you waiting to hear the name of my “MG” book, I have not decided on a title just yet. I have some ideas, but I am not telling anyone what they are (except for two people so far). I changed the title of my