Archive for June, 2011


4th of July Independence Day and Canada Day

Seems like the WoodChips are getting all geared up for the 4th of July.  They’re getting ready to lght up a big rocket from Cape Canopy, Florida.  That’s their Cape Canaveral.  They are hoping their fireworks can be seen all the way north to Canada. So depending on which side of the border you live on, [...]

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TMA – Too Many Acronyms

Don’t you just hate it when people use too many acronyms in a meeting? I swear, the meetings I attend these days are nothing but acronyms – which makes them incredibly hard to understand. One of the worst fields for acronym abuse is IT (Information Technology – i.e. Computers) whose name is even an acronym.  [...]

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A Brief History Of WoodChip Golf

Many WoodChips enjoy a round of golf today, but are unaware their game was much different in the distant past as it evolved from the primordial Forest to modern times.  The history of WoodChip golf can be broken down into roughly three major periods, these being the early Paleogolfic, the Mezzogolfic, and the Contempogolfic, or modern [...]

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Big Doin’s At The Tree-Shirt Factory

Hey, there’s big doin’s going on at the WoodChips Tree-Shirt factory.  They’re all designing away.  As you can see, Maple got her’s done first and she’s thinking about putting it up for sale.  So if you like her Tree-Shirt, just click like below. Have a nice day – J. Daniel

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Happy Feet-The Little Penguin Is Getting Better

For those of you following the status of brave little penguin Happy Feet, who became ill after swimming thousands of miles from Antarctica to New Zealand, it looks like he may be getting better. You may think it was the long swim that made him sick, but no, it was simply a lack of tourist [...]

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Gratification And Achievement … Not!

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One Second After by William Forstchen – Thriller Book Review

So what would life be like one second after all of our electronic devices stopped running – permanently!  Just our electronic devices, you say.  Well, that includes your car, which is now a computer controlled electronic device, unlike cars of just twenty years ago.  In fact, electronic device probably fits just about everything you depend [...]

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Norman Rockwell, Mickey Mouse, Disney And The WoodChips

I ran into the classic self portrait of Mickey Mouse and Walt Disney a couple of years ago at, of all places, Disneyworld, here in Orlando. I quickly sketched (and I mean sketched) the gist of the portrait since I was in a rather long line at the time to go on some fun ride. [...]

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I Enjoy Barbecuing The Most When I …

Isn’t it amazing what procrastination does to us? This cartoon puts me in mind of my night school days years ago.  I had a more than full time job managing the corporate IT department of a Fortune 500 company plus taking a full load of night school courses at Lindenwood University. So while my friends [...]

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From The Mouths Of Babes And Saplings

Isn’t it amazing the perception and truth that comes out of children’s mouths.  Haven’t we all experienced that many times in our lives? Which reminds me of Art Linkletter, who made a successful living from the wisdom of children.  The most popular segment of his radio and television show House Party was called Kids Say The [...]

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