Is This Green...or Mean?
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on May 14, 2008
WOW! Looks like I haven't blogged since early last month! Sorry. So maybe this is my monthly blog. The Austin Family Compound is committed to "going green"....at least my wife is! Let's talk recycling. I, (as chief operating garbage officer C.O.G.O.), have to handle the recycle bin and everything in ...
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Chuck Heston
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on April 7, 2008
You kind of know you're getting older when all your childhood icons are passing away. We lost Charlton Heston over the weekend. I still remember going to the Times Theatre in Savanna, Illinois to see "Planet of The Apes". Charlton Heston is a tradition at our house every Easter on ...
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UFC Fighting...or not?
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on March 25, 2008
I've knocked this around (pun intended)for days now and still haven't decided what to do. My 16 year old son, David, is a HUGE fan of UFC cage fighting. This is the stuff where 2 guys get into a chain link fence octagon and punch, kick, elbow each other. There ...
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What do you collect?
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on March 11, 2008
I don't know where I got it, but all my life, I have gone through stages of collecting stuff. Mom didn't , Dad didn't...I do. When I was a kid, I started noticing rocks that I liked for one reason or another. One looked like a dinosaur tooth, another had ...
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Lake Austin
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on March 3, 2008
I almost hit the trifecta today. On the way in here to WJVL, I was on my usual route coming up 51. As I was going under the little railroad bridge by the "Marine Corp League", I hit the standing water that has accumilated there...just then...BAM!...I hit the pothole that ...
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Makes a Darn Fine Babysitter!
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on February 11, 2008
Just saw where the latest "Prevention" magazine has an article about doctor proven home remedies. #1...DUCT TAPE!!! Yup, our ol grey friend. Now, you and I have known for years about the virtues of Duct Tape. I have held entire cars together with Duct Tape. My first set of drums ...
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God Bless the Risk Taker.
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on February 4, 2008
Terry Campbell and Ken Hendricks...having moved to the area this past year, I am truly sorry I never had the opportunity to meet these two gentlemen. Entrepreneurs are the true backbone of our country. Men and women who come up with a new idea or a better way to do ...
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Superbowl on my daughter's terms.
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on February 1, 2008
I will watch the game this weekend with my sons and talk football, eat junk, grunt, groan, spit and let the testosterone flow...then there's my 13 year old daughter. Monika likes watching UFC with her brother! But, when it comes to football, I like most other dads, struggle to connect ...
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Thank God for neighbors!
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on January 30, 2008
My wife and I moved to Wisconsin from Michigan back in 2000. One of the first things we noticed is that we actually knew our neighbors. This may not seem like a big deal to you, but in Michigan, we never knew or even talked to any of our neighbors. ...
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I Got A Hot Date!!!!
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on January 24, 2008
Yee Haw! 2 years ago my wife, Lisa "The Big Hair Woman", and I actually went out to a movie then went to have some cocktails and I ended up singing with the band at the Holiday Inn in Stevens Point. Now, 2 years later we are going out ...
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A Cool Quote I found.....
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on January 22, 2008
I have this quote posted above my desk, I read it everyday and this morning I sent it to my 16 year old son. He said he liked it, that it was an inspiration. Thought you might like it. I don't know who said it...maybe you do. Hope you get ...
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Flat Stanley!
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on January 15, 2008
I got an e.mail a while back, from Mrs. Wade's 2nd grade class in Evansville. She asked if I would be interested in being a host for a project called, "Flat Stanley". My friend "Flat" as I like to call him, is a little paper man. Students take him with ...
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SORRY....My Fault!
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on January 9, 2008
It's my fault...or rather my kid's fault! We went to Disney World for Thanksgiving and part of that trip, with our 6 children, was a once in a lifetime, 10 course meal at "Victoria & Albert's " which is a 5 star restaurant at the Grand Floridian inside Disney World. ...
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Driverless Cars
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on January 8, 2008
First let me say...God be with those of you who suffered through the storms yesterday! Weird to hear tornado sirens going off in January! OK, I saw this story and, along with all the gadget stories coming out of the Consumer Electronics Show out in Vegas, I now believe the ...
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New Year's FOOD!!!
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on December 31, 2007
Imagine that...I equate New Year's with...FOOD! I used to live in Texas, and I picked up a Southern tradition every New Year's Day. I have to have black eyed peas. The saying goes that if you have black eyed peas on New Year's Day you'll be Blessed all year long. ...
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The Million Minute Challenge
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on December 27, 2007
With the cold days of winter here and colder ones still on the way, we might struggle with how to keep "cabin fever" from taking it's toll on us and the kids. Well, we are a game playing family, always have been. Folks don't play board games much anymore. There's ...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on December 24, 2007
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) 2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. ...
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Wonderful Life....with rabbits?
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on December 20, 2007
I have no idea how he stumbled on this...but it's what greeted me this morning in my e.mail, from Jason Ryan. GO HERE! You'll laugh out loud. http://www.angryalien.com/1204/wonderful_lifebuns.asp MERRY CHRISTMAS...'at a boy Clerence!
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A Spears Family Christmas!
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on December 19, 2007
I don't have much to say about this one. In looking through the news online, last night, I saw the story of Jamie Lynn Spears (Britney's little sister). 16 years old, star of a kids show on Nickelodeon...AND PREGNANT! Yup! Mom & Dad must be very proud. I gotta wonder ...
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TOM & JERRY TIME
Posted by MIKE AUSTIN on December 12, 2007
Well, it's Christmas and that means Tom & Jerrys! Ever since I was a kid, I equate the Holidays with Tom & Jerrys. That sweet, spicey, hot concoction that warms the bod and personifies "Holiday Cheer". Some of my favorite memories are of my Dad making Tom & Jerrys in ...
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