I can't help but think of this story every year during the Christmas-New Year Holidays, and I always have this burning desire to share it. It took place just before New Year's Eve in about 1960. ++++++++++ Gigs for Italian singers had been terrible for a long time. But then out of nowhere came "
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12/30/2008
Everyone has heard about Bernard Madoff by now. He's the guy who has allegedly run the largest and longest running Ponzi scheme ever. And now his investors, the SEC, and anyone else who wants to either cry because of their losses, or make out like they knew he was a gonif all along, are wonderi
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12/29/2008
There are several very valuable lessons for Realtors here, so stick with me as I tell this story. BACKGROUND Although my primary profession is as a real estate broker, and that's been the case for more than forty years, throughout it all, I've also played cocktail piano professionally and tuned h
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12/27/2008
OPEN HOUSE FOR GUESTS SUNDAY, January 11, 2009 2 PM TO 4 PM 7518 COLGATE -- A DALLAS ADDRESS FOR THE GENTRY Directions: West on NW Highway to Bodecker -- NorthPark is on the north corner. Turn left. Then turn right on Colgate. Home is in the first block and on your left. My clients have lived
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12/26/2008
There is a new historical pictorial titled:Galveston: A City on Stilts (General History: Texas) by Jodi Wright-Gidley and Jennifer Marines (Paperback - Oct 13, 2008)It is primarily a selection of photos taken by a professional photographer named Zeva B. Edworthy, who lived in the city for about e
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12/26/2008
THIS OFFER EXPIRED WITHOUT A WINNER. BEGIN THE NEW YEAR WITH A SPECIALLY TAILORED OXXFORD SUIT FOR YOU FROM CULWELL AND SON $5,000.00 OXXFORD GIFT CERTIFICATE The suits I have primarily worn for my adult life have been tailored for me by Oxxford and Nathan David. The fabrics ar
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12/25/2008
Two interesting things came my way this morning. I want to share them with you...especially the thoughts of Dr. Adrian Rogers. 1) The News said Mr. Obama plans to dress up in a stove pipe hat and morning coat, taking his presidential vows with his hand on President Abe Lincoln's Bible. He need
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12/24/2008
"Wise Wife's Bridge to a Place of Discomfort"By Heber Taylor The Galveston County Daily News Published December 21, 2008 A preacher was telling a story about his wife. The Preacher's Wife, maybe feeling her life was shrinking a bit, began to pray that something wonderful would happen, to give her
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12/23/2008
How even the smallest town's citizenry supports the arts, its churches, and its public facilities like parks has always been of great importance to how the community grows and sustains itself. One of the primary reasons churches, for an example, don't pay property taxes is to encourage them to be
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12/22/2008
I'm never sure exactly when it's going to happen, but every year at this time I realize how much I miss jazz singer Mel Torme. Torme knew more about the mixing of cord harmonies than anyone did before or has since. He was the one who taught that art to band
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12/20/2008
