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.

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Waiting to See Lucy’s Post Office Picture

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Lucy came home from grocery shopping a while ago with 35 pounds of chicken thighs she got for 35 cents; not 35 cents per pound, total cost 3...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009

My Blue Heaven

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Every now and again someone will drop a great question in the comment section, one that makes all the others pale in comparison. This week t...
Sunday, September 27, 2009

What Good is an Old Rocking Chair?

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One of my friends salvaged an old table from the dumpster near their apartment the other day, painted it and turned it back into a useful pi...
Saturday, September 26, 2009

Selling With Real Enthusiasm

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I watched a video , a rather long video at that, regarding how to properly evaluate the usefulness of a hand gun. I was entranced by the e...
Friday, September 25, 2009

Environmental Harassment Suit in the News

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I was prying my eyelids open, sitting at my computer this morning with my bowl of oatmeal as the headlines rolled off the monitor. The Hous...
Thursday, September 24, 2009

Cash for Clunker and It’s a Wonderful Life

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Remember the old Christmas movie, It’s a Wonderful Life , where our hero is sitting in old man Potter’s office grabbing at his last straw af...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Really Cheap Watch Contest Update

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Last week I announced the return of the Really Cheap Watch Contest and thought it was time to show the “carrot” dangling out there before...
Sunday, September 20, 2009

Remembering Hurricane Ike

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( If you use Firefox this particular blog article will have major font changes later on; but if you use Internet Explorer these font changes...
Saturday, September 19, 2009

Oh, But This Can’t Happen Here…

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Lucy found this news article about an elderly couple who have had their lives stolen by the State of Texas. It made me angry and I don’t ev...
Thursday, September 17, 2009

Whut Evar Happined to Prouf Reeding?

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I winced the moment I saved the title, my apologies; but I couldn’t resist after reading a short article posted on the Foxnews website this ...
Monday, September 07, 2009

These Guys Got Off Easy

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I read on the Foxnews website where the attempted suicide bombers over in the UK were convicted . These are the followers of that "r...

It’s War and Bad Things Happen

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I read an article on the Foxnews website, U.S. – German Dispute Emerges After Afghan Strike . “An airstrike by U.S. fighter jets that appe...

Really Cheap Watch Contest Returns

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Years ago when I was teaching in the Primary I challenged my class of eleven year olds to participate in the Really Cheap Watch Contest. I ...
Thursday, September 03, 2009

Hide In Plain View and Other Security Thoughts

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I got my weekly email from the Associated Locksmiths of America this afternoon and there were some good ideas worth passing along. I’m gadg...

New School Pledge?

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I saw this over at Nickie Goomba’s ; gotta love a guy who steps up to the plate with a name like that. I’d offer to take him for a free m...
Monday, August 31, 2009

Facebook Stalker List

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I got one of those Facebook challenge “thingies” from one of my old chiropractors; it should come as no surprise that I have a long list of ...
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Be Prepared

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The Boy Scouts have nothing on Lucy; just look at my dinning room table as she has this “stuff” laid out getting ready to teach a class on P...
Saturday, August 29, 2009

82 Year Old Dead Pine Tree Removal

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Yesterday we set up an appointment to have a dead pine tree removed from the back yard. Two young men had been driving through the neighbor...
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Swine Flu Vaccine Not Safe?

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Already I’m off on the wrong foot; that should read H1N1 Vaccine Not Safe, so much for being politically correct. I’ve got to be more caref...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

Don’t Send a Man to the Grocery Store

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So many folks are going on and on about the passing of Sen. Edward Kennedy; but I was taught that if you can’t say something nice about some...
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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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