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The English teacher in me keeps finding unique ways of dealing with construction of the English language and some different ways of looking at it.

(I run this every year around Valentine’s Day. It emphasizes a truth that is branded on my heart and I am pleased to share it with you. Thanks, JBM) The following story is another life lesson I have learned from my long association with the Oklahoma Memorial.

(I run this every year around Valentine’s Day. It emphasizes a truth that is branded on my heart and I am pleased to share it with you. Thanks, JBM) The following story is another life lesson I have learned from my long association with the Oklahoma Memorial.

I recently celebrated a birthday in the hospital undergoing rigorous therapy for a busted hip. Now I am well, but I can’t whiz through the entrance to airports (like I might be flying) So now, I am older but apparently no wise.The following story surfaced recently.

As a lifelong English teacher and coach of numerous academic bowl teams, I’m always on the lookout for proper English usage. We ran across this once while studying for an academic bowl and I have used it ever since. Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble.

(I run this every year around this time. It emphasizes a truth that is branded on my heart and I am pleased to share it with you.Thanks, JBM) The following story is another life lesson I have learned from my long association with the Oklahoma Memorial.

POINTS OF ENLIGHTMENT from some of the greatest minds of our times.Al McGuire: “The only mystery in life is why the kamikaze pilots wore helmets.”Albert Einstein: “The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

One of the more popular expressions knocked around by people in my age group (OLD!!) is “used to be.”That is certainly true of our mothers, past and present.

My birthday was last week and while it will not be cause for the celebration that Preston Dunlap will have in a couple of weeks when he turns 17, it is still significant, to me, anyway.

By John Bill Martin Staff Writer An elderly man in Louisiana owned a large farm for several years.He had a huge pond in the back, and it was properly shaped for swimming, so he fixed it up nice with picnic tables, horseshoe courts and some apple and peach trees.