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This song could have been written about my own early life

Posted on September 2, 2026

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I’ll never forget the first time I heard Joe Diffie sing.

It was close to midnight on a hot summer Sunday night as I was driving down a lonely stretch of I-20 between Columbia, South Carolina and Augusta, Georgia.

I was stationed at Augusta’s Fort Gordon Army base at the time and I was on my way back to Augusta after spending the weekend “back home” in Virginia.

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Why you should memorize the phone numbers of your emergency contacts

Posted on September 1, 2026

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If you’re like me you probably know few, if any of the actual phone numbers of the people on your phone’s Contacts List.

When all you have to do is tap on someone’s name to place a call it’s very easy to forget their actual phone number over time.

Unfortunately, this could cause major problems at some point in the future.

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Video: Have you ever seen a train like this before?

Posted on August 31, 2026

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I’ve seen a lot of trains in my life and I’ve had to sit and wait many times while a seemingly endless line of rail cars slowly rolled past me at a crossing.

Well, the train you’ll see in the short video below is probably unlike any train you have ever seen before. I know it was a new one for me. [Read more…]

Life is but a vapor. Make every day count.

Posted on August 30, 2026

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“…For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.“

-–James 4:14

Have you ever walked through a local cemetery and looked at the headstones of the folks who passed away a century or more ago?

If so, you probably saw at least a few that bore your own last name, especially if the cemetery was located in the community where you and your ancestors were from.

Now, think about this… [Read more…]

Another awesome Guus Dielissen instrumental classic: “Country Roads”

Posted on August 29, 2026

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As you probably know by now, Guus Dielissen has quickly became one of my favorite guitarists. I have featured several of his wonderful guitar instrumentals recently and you can check them out right here.

I just discovered yet another video of Guus playing one of my favorite songs from back in the day: the John Denver classic “Country Roads”.  [Read more…]

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