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Shooting Fish in a Barrel

I love fishing. I have so many good memories that revolve around fishing trips it would literally make your head spin. My BIG brother Julian, aka ‘Giant’, was the first guy to introduce me to it. My dad, Mr. Albert Delean, introduced fishing to Julian. It seems to be one of those pastimes that have

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Proud of big mouth

‘Loose Cannon’ definition: an unpredictable or uncontrolled person who is likely to cause unintentionaldamage. I loved being raised on a farm. The memories that I have are nothing but a proverbial ‘Diamond Mine’ that would make even the ‘De Beers’ diamond company salivate uncontrollably. One particular memory I possess revolves around a device known as

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Chuck the schmuck

I once knew a guy named Chuck. Chuck really wasn’t a friend of mine. As far as I was concerned, Chuck was a real ‘Schmuck’ What is the true meaning of schmuck? Definition of ‘Schmuck Schmuck, or shmuck, is a pejorative term meaning one who is stupid or foolish, or an obnoxious, contemptible or detestable

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Unworthy but Loved

There’s a saying “God helps those who help themselves”. I believe “God helps those TO help themselves” Many people don’t help the needy because they feel they have caused their own problems and they’re really not worthy of help because of it. Or they harbor bitterness and contempt by feeling “Why should I help them

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When we become Christians, God gives us new clothes, new shoes, and a new hat to wear. The clothing is very baggy leaving room to grow, the shoes too are bigger and looser than we normally wear, but the hat is far too small. Our heads have to shrink before we can wear it.  The

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“I’m a Priest!” So What?

It was a dark and stormy November night back in the year of 1979. November 17th, to be exact. It was the night that the mini series ‘Salem’s Lot’ was unleashed upon an unsuspecting North American television viewing audience. It was based on a novel written in 1975 by none other than the one and

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“Mine‘s Better”

When I was an impetuous young man, I always had to have the best of everything. The best truck, the best motorcycle, the best clothing, the best, the best, the best of everything. If I didn’t have the best, I would sell what I had and then buy the best. It was a never-ending cycle.

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Don’t be a ‘Gorn’

This may be a crazy question, but have you ever been around someone who seems to be determined to ‘Destroy’ you, no matter what the cost? Let me assure you, it ain’t a whole hell of a lot of fun. No matter what you say or do, it seems as though you have become a

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