T F Stern's Rantings

My articles emerge depending on what ever tickles my fancy; hope you enjoy the ride. It started several years ago when one of my op-ed pieces to the Houston Chronicle got butchered; been blogging ever since.

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

I Gotta’ Have One of These!

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Okay, so maybe I don’t gotta’ have one; but I couldn’t help laughing as I saved the picture to my files. There was a list on Yahoo of Stupid...
Monday, November 26, 2007

Temples of Damanhur

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What, you never heard of the “Temples of Damanhur”? Join the rest of the world, that is until recently these jewels of workmanship have been...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

The Hand of God

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Today I got to listen to some talks at church which were based on something from the past General Conference in October. Henry B. Eyring ha...

Cryptodeletion Conspiracy Theory

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I watched the movie, Conspiracy Theory , with Mel Gibson and was drawn in by a character who lived in a very scary world where every event w...

Cryptodeletion

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Until this morning I’d never heard of the word Cryptodeltion much less understood its meaning. David Zincavage has a blog called Never Yet M...
Friday, November 23, 2007

A Few More Old Newspaper Pages

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I wrote about the anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy a while ago, posting a scanned front page Extra that had been store...

Just an Old Newspaper in a Desk Drawer

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Bonnie was looking for something in one of the drawers of our old desk. At one time we could hide candy from our grandkids; but that lasted ...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Thanksgiving Annual Stern Children Photo 2007

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It has become a tradition to have my children sit together for a group photograph each Thanksgiving after dinner. You can take a peek at la...

A Day to Give Thanks to God

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No, it’s not “Turkey Day”; it’s Thanksgiving Day. This is a day to acknowledge the hand of God in our daily lives; and yes, it’s a National ...
Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Individual Gun Rights or Not

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Bill Mears, writing for CNN’s Washington Bureau held my attention with a lead story , “The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide wheth...

Autumn on Autumnbrook Drive

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We’ve been getting the house ready here on Autumnbrook for Thanksgiving where our family and several of our friends will have a chance to en...

Invasion of the Nanny State

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Dad is home now, having both knees replaced with all the rehabilitation therapy that goes with it. I called my folks this morning and Dad w...
Sunday, November 18, 2007

WIN TICKETS TO BEIJING

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WIN 2 TICKETS ALL EXPENSES PAID INCLUDING AIR FARES TO THE 2008 OLYMPIC GAMES IN BEIJING, CHINA. To participate is very easy, just view the...

Heads You Win Tails You Loose Sign

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Rachael, one of the ladies who stops by to leave comments on Lucy’s blog got to stay at a bed and breakfast in Rugby, Tennessee this past w...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Response

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I sent the below letter back to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the envelope intended to hold a check; but, since I had t...

Give This Guy the Dirty Harry Award

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A neighbor, reportedly in his 70’s, observed burglary suspects coming out of his neighbor’s house during the night and grabbed his shotgun. ...
Monday, November 12, 2007

Is My Blog a Tough Read?

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Move Mike displayed a “ diploma ” showing the readability of his blog. Here’s my diploma… That explains it, too many drop outs.
Sunday, November 11, 2007

Want some neat wallpaper for your monitor?

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Click on each picture, save it to your files, go to your Control Panel and go to where you change the background or wallpaper. Then pick on...

Jennifer’s 28th Birthday

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Here’s Jennifer and Justin just before we lighted the candles for her 28th birthday celebration. You will notice that we can’t add, 24 + 5 d...

Love is Spoken Here

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This afternoon we were blessed by the Primary’s Sacrament Presentation where all the children participated in a scripted lesson interlaced w...
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T. F. Stern
I am a retired City of Houston Police Officer having served 20 years as a patrol officer and also a retired self employed locksmith having served the Houston area for over 40 years. I'm married to my sweetheart. We met while working at the Astrodome; she was the popcorn girl and I was the soda boy, both working in the back areas during our high school years. We are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and have 3 grown children and four grand children. We now live in our piece of Paradise, otherwise called Buffalo, Texas.
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