Did You Hear About Morgan Ensberg in San Diego?

Archie Brown has been wanting a change at third base for the Houston Astros for several seasons. Morgan Ensberg has been so aggrivationg that Archie has called him Morgan Stinkin' Ensberg since before he was the goat in the World Series in 2005. His tendency to take called strikes was the source of the irritation. He was supposed to be a run producer. He got traded to San Diego this week and made his debut for the Padres today. He went 4 for 5 with 2 homeruns and 4 RBI.

That is a run producer!

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Did You Hear About How Dry It Is In Abilene?

Archie Brown had grown up in a part of Texas that had woods and a bit of swamp and lots of vegetation. When he went to college in Abilene, he found himself in a whole other world. He had chosen to go there because a lot of his friends were going, and it was far enough from home that he would be on his own, away form constant oversight by his parents.

There were lots of things to like about the school and the experience. But when he had been there only a couple of weeks, he told his dad over the phone, “If you want under a tree out here, you have to crawl under it!”

Did You Hear About the New Book?

Archie Brown is an avid reader and an active Christian. Today at work he heard about a new book called the Way of the Christian Samurai. The conversation was about the books attempt to draw advice for the modern Christian from the ancient writings of the Samurai. Archie had never read much of the philosophies of the Samurai, so he was interested in investigating and trying to Find out more about 'The Way of the Christian Samurai'. He pledged to get on the computer and check out the information to determine if he wants to buy and read the book.



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Did You Hear About The Dickens Amusement Park?

Ever since Archie Brown's grandson played an orphan in a community production of "Oliver", the whole family has been drwan to any references to Charles Dickens and his influence in liturature and in society. Now there is a new amusement park dedicated to Dickens opening in the UK. Check the video for more info.

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Did You Hear About When I Was Tagged by Pinhole?

About the only place Archie Brown would consider putting a picture of himself is in the garden, to keep the birds away from his produce. But because of a challenge by Pinhole, he is going against his better judgmet and posting a few pictures that are representations of his current look.

Here is the interview that goes with the challenge:

Blog Title: Spinayarn's Blog
Blog Description: stories form the life of a boy

Country: USA
Occupation: preacher
Email: 2
Birthday: August 18
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Drink: I like Dr. Pepper best, but mostly I drink ice water.
Favorite Fruit: fresh peahes, closely followed by bananas
Favorite Dessert: Peach cobbler, banana pudding
Blogs with my pics: Just this one

Rules for those that follow: Post a short article and include your photo. If you already have a pic online somewhere, get creative with a new one. Next, include a link to the others who have displayed their pic, or include their pic in your post, adding a reference to it.

Here are all those who've already revealed themselves:

Gayla at Mom Gadget Char at Essential Keystrokes Paul at Reflections Rob at 2Dolphins Zep at The In-Sect Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjorn Petersen at The Beta News Randa Clay at Randa Clay Design Drew McLellan at The Marketing Minute Becky McCray at Small Biz Survival Phil Gerbyshak at Make it Great! Steve Woodruff at StickyFigure Dave Olson at Live the GREAT life that you desire Greg at Become a Remote Control SEO Ariane Benefit at Neat Living Blog Genesis at the At Home Mom Blog Armen at iFFECT.NET Mihaela Lica at Online Public Relations Tara at Graphic Design Blog Doris Chua at Home Office Women Edward Mills at Evolving Times Tony D. Clark at Success from the Nest Jonathan-C Phillips at SmartWealthyRich Karen at A Deaf Mom Shares Her World Lisa Gates at intrinsic life design Rammel Firdaus at rammelfirdaus.com Carol at Pentimento Adam Kayce at Monk at Work Thomas at Technical Blogger Tammy Lenski at I Can?t Say That! Chris Brown at Branding & Marketing Rory Sullivan at Hamelife Derek Wong at Going The Wong Way Embuck at embuck.com Ms. Q at QMusings Shelly Tucker at This Eclectic Life Steve at Ramblings from the Marginalized Troy Worman at on!blog Lilith at Lilith’s Owl Nest Revov at REVO-OVER Karin at Stop/Start Jamy at Seay’s Kopitam this is a miracle Anything Goes! My Life Starts at Forty-Two Seiche Gazing Into the Abyss, Did You Know,

The final step is that if you do link back to me, let me know and I’ll show you some link love as well. Everybody loves link love.

There are not many that I know of who don't have their pict on their blog. I will tag Jellen, and two more to be named later!

Did You Hear About My Mile Run Progress?

Archie Brown has been challenged by his six year old grandson to run a mile with him. Archie has not run a mile in more than 30 years, but he wants to encourage his grandson to keep running, so he accepted the challenge. In about two weeks Archie has extended his distance from a couple of hundred yards to about three quarters of a mile. The race is scheduled for about a week from now, so Archie thinks at least he will be able to complete the mile. That will make him a winner even if the boy finishes ahead of him!

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Did You Hear About The Bridge Collapse in Minnesota?

Archie Brown and his wife, Ronda, were saddened as they watched the news last night of the collapse of the bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. It was a such a busy time of day with traffic leaving the business district heading home, as well as the fans of the Twins heading into town for the game. Archie was surprised that the game went on, until he heard the reasoning of the DOT people, thinking that it was best to keep the fans off the roads at the moment till the emergency had settled a little and the best routes out of the city could be determined.

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Did You Hear About The New Blogger?

This summer the congregation where Archie and Ronda Brown worship have had a youth ministry intern. This young man and his wife are in college and he is studying to become a minister. It has been a learning experience for him and a blessing to our work.

His wife has seen how much fun Archie has blogging. She has decided to start her own blog. Archie wants you to go and check out this New Blogger!

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Did You Hear About The Tree In Our Front Yard?

Archie Brown has a big white oak tree in front of his house. It is probably older than me, and is at least two feet in diameter in the lower trunk. It has been beautiful and provided a lot of shade for his home.

About eighteen months ago it was struck by lightening. The Browns have monitored it closely since that night. They do not want to have it fall on the house. In the past few weeks they have seen the development of some vertical stress fractures in the trunk. Archie had done all the trimming he could do with his limited equipment, so he called a tree specialist to come do some professional work on the tree this week. He took off some of the low hanging limbs and gave the tree some balance in hopes that they can save the old beauty.

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Did You Hear About My Reunion With an Old Friend?

Archie Brown had not heard from the guy he roomed with for the first semester of his freshman year of college in the forty years since Archie left that school. One day a few weeks ago, dale was driving through Archie's home town. He stopped and looked up Archie Brown in the phone book and called. He got Archie's dad, who is also Archie. Dale got Archie's number and gave Archie a call. It was a surprise, and led to a reunion this week for supper.

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Did You Hear About The Jalapeno Tree in Carthage?

Archie Brown's had a speaking engagement in Carthage, Texas last night. Because he had appointments back here in Houston this morning, he planned to drive up and back in one day. He asked Archie to ride with him to keep him awake on the drive home. It was a pleasant drive up through East Texas, with its rolling hills and pine trees.

After the speech They joined several of the members for supper at a place called the Jalapeno Tree. Archie had the best shrimp quesadilla he has ever eat and, and he has eaten quite a few. This one also had shrimp and bacon bits inside with the shrimp. The Visio so!



If you're ever in Carthage, Texas, stop at the Jalapeno Tree.

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Did You Hear About The Hockey Draft?

Archie Brown want to see its first ever professional hockey game this past season. It was minor-league hockey in Houston. Archie enjoyed the speed and power of the game, and it what it is appetite to watch NHL games on television.

The recent NHL hockey draft took place with the Chicago Blackhawks taking right winger Patrick Kane as the first choice. As Archie wondered Kane is the future of the Black Caucus and the NHL, he also wondered if there was a future for the NHL in Houston. There is already an arena, the Toyota Center. And Rockets owner, Les Alexander, has been pursuing a franchise. Arch would like to see it happen.

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Did You Hear About What My Grandsons Ate?

Archie Brown's grandsons, aged six and seven, have spent the summer in Singapore with their aunt. A few days ago to take a trip to Shanghai, China. When they arrived safely in Singapore, they called the Browns on Skype to tell them about the trip.

The first thing the boys said was, "Granddad, while we were in China we ate snake, and ducks' tongues, and pigs' bellies, and donkey meat."

Archie said, "You ate what?".

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Did You Hear About Mike Coolbaugh?

Archie Brown read the sad, yet inspirational story of Mike Coolbaugh this morning in the paper. Mike was drafted in the 16th round of in 1990 and decided to go pro instead of go to college, because his dream was to be a professional baseball player.

Over the next 17 years my plate and several organizations and made to brief appearances in the major leagues. But he always seemed to be caught in the numbers are behind somebody that was a bigger star.

Please let not be capitalized and in 2005 season. Mike had a superior season going in AAA, at Round Rock. The Astros were in a push for the pennant that ultimately ended up in the World Series. That aside I would call up Coolbaugh for some added strength to the bench. But that might Mike got hit by pitch and his wrist was broken. So he missed his chance to enjoy a trip to the World Series.

This season he had decided not to play any longer in the minor leagues. He had gone to San Diego and begun to try to sell real estate. But just last month he had accepted a position coaching first base for the Tulsa Drillers, which is a minor league team for the Colorado Rockies. He was thrilled to be back in uniform and have a future in the game.

Then Sunday night in the ninth inning of a game in Little Rock, Arkansas, Mike was struck on the side of the head by a line drive. He collapsed and less than an hour later was pronounced dead. He leaves behind a wife, five-year-old and three-year-old boys, and a third child to be born in October.

Mike Coolbaugh was just 35 years old.

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Did You Hear About Our Trip to Singapore?

Archie Brown and his wife, Ronda, are heading to Singapore in a few days. They are going to visit their daughter and to pick up their grandsons who have spent the summer over there. Archie went to get a few pairs of shorts yesterday. He doesn't wear shorts around in public at home very often, but it is so hot there and they will do a lot of walking, biking and being active that it makes sense to wear shorts over there. He will need to take some sun screen, because he has the whitest legs anywhere.

Arch bought some shorts by Starter that are designed to draw the moisture away from the body and keep one cool. They were on sale, so he bought four pairs. He sweats a lot.

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Did You Hear About the Meeting in the Bar?

Archie Brown was just watching the news on the television on the NBC station in Houston. There was a report that is as strange as he had heard in a long time. A victim of a shooting four years ago. The shooter was convicted and sentenced to forty years. Yesterday he was sitting in a bar when his attacker came up to him and spoke to him. He called the police who found out that there had been a typographical error on the paperwork between the court and the prison. The sentence on the papers that arrived at the prison had left off a zero. So the man was released after 4 instead of 40 years.

The convict was picked up today and taken back to prison!

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