Cliff F. posted an article on Seek Him First - Dec 21, 2011, 9:12 am
Cliff Note: I just posted this on my other blog, WIXY's Gone Bananas. I then thought it would be good reading here as well. With all the political correctness from one side and making sure we don't deny our Lord, many of us have really forgotten the true reason for celebrating. I speak now as a born...
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Cliff F. posted an article on Seek Him First - Nov 6, 2011, 2:28 pm
It's been almost 20 months since I've wrote anything here. I guess it took 2 broken bones, a plate and 8 screws to get me to blog about my faith. Well that and the latest faith column by Terry Pluto. To bring everybody up to speed, here's what happened: Since October 22, I have been nursing a broken...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Nov 2, 2011, 5:26 pm
I guess I have had an epiphany of sorts today. I was out for the first time yesterday since my ankle surgery. I went to the specialist for followup. The soft cast was removed and replaced with an ace wrap. I've also been cleared to returned to work next Monday. So, since my first day back will be a ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Oct 24, 2011, 10:46 am
Well, I haven't been able to find much time to blog lately. Shouldn't be a problem for at least the next couple of weeks. To those who aren't on Facebook, I will now explain this to you. This past Saturday, after I got off work, I went over to my in-law's house to assist in sweeping up leaves. My fa...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Sep 18, 2011, 9:52 am
Cliff Note: the first comment is a response from Jeff Kinzbach. He sent it to me via Facebook and gave me permission to copy and paste it here. First a tip of the hat to longtime WMMS morning show host, Jeff Kinzbach, who I had the pleasure of meeting last night. The post I'm writing is based on a p...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Sep 7, 2011, 10:01 pm
I know...Been awhile.. When I last wrote here, Rufus, our dog, had been at the vet's after being severely attacked by another dog. He spent a total of 8 days there. He's now back home, all stitches and staples have been removed, and he's about as good as new...Now on to the post. When I worked in...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Aug 21, 2011, 10:29 am
This week started out on a very good note. At church our pastor had preached on Genesis 15 where Abram was promised a blessing from God.  Abram was instructed to set out a sacrifice, but had to chase away buzzards which gathered around the sacrifice. We felt real good and blessed as we left church....
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Aug 14, 2011, 3:17 pm
1971 Highland High School football team. I am in the middle of the second to last row.The other day I had a message on my Facebook wall. The post was from a high school friend, John, who was tagged in a photo I posted of the 1971 Highland football team and John was one of the captains of the team. J...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Aug 11, 2011, 9:06 am
It's a rarity nowadays for me to write posts on successive days. But  I was asked to write my thoughts on an article written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill. Cliff, of Views From Sandhausen fame, posted his views on his site. There are many people who feel like prisoners in their daily situations. Becau...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Aug 10, 2011, 12:23 am
Okay, I shall admit that I'm a bit prejudiced when it comes to this book. I'm prejudiced because one of the authors has a really cool name. And I also had the privilege of meeting the authors on a couple of occasions. Views From Sandhausen, Experiences from a Foreign Service Assignment in Germany ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Aug 3, 2011, 8:25 am
 Let's go back to a time where things were a little less stressful in my life... It was 1965, and my family was living in Breiningsville, Pennsylvania. My dad had been transferred there from his job in Cleveland. We lived there a total of 14 months as my dad also lost his job at that time. Anyway, ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jul 13, 2011, 3:03 pm
I'm still around and I'm enjoying summer some. Also, after 9 months on the job, things are going quite well. There are opportunities presenting themselves. In the past 18 plus months, I have learned quite a bit about patience. And it is true where it says in the Bible that tribulation brings patienc...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jun 22, 2011, 9:52 am
I heard about this news story yesterday: A man went into a bank. When he got to the teller, there was a note handed to the teller. The gist of it was, "This is a holdup. Give me $1 dollar and medical attention." The man then calmly waited for the police to come and arrest him. He is now sitting in j...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jun 18, 2011, 8:02 pm
A few posts ago,I mentioned about my new iPhone. I thought I would try to write a post with it. The one finger typing takes some getting used to, but the portability makes it worthwhile. Still doesn't beat the laptop I normally use,especially when it comes to uploading photos. Now my distant relativ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jun 16, 2011, 9:15 am
Riding on the bike pathTaking a little timeCrusin with my grandsonNot costing me a dime Seven miles one wayMight seem to you too longQuality time is pricelessAnd you never can go wrong We then stop at the west endTo rest and get a drinkWe turn around and go homeNot too long a ride I think And now I ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jun 8, 2011, 9:21 am
Over the years, I have collected a substantial quantity of motivational material.  It's in the form of books, cassette tape, CD, and now in mp3. It started around 1982, when my cousin got me involved in Amway. He told me that I was going to be rich! All I had to do was follow the plan and that in...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jun 4, 2011, 6:03 pm
...You just have to share them with the right people. Case in point, it's who you share your weight losses with. I have this relative who thinks I need to lose a ton of weight, which I do, but expects to see it off all at once, or so it seems. Some time ago, I had lost about about 5 pounds and I was...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jun 1, 2011, 8:40 am
With the Summer months starting, the need for blood everywhere will be high. If you are able to, please donate. My friends over at WIXY/100.3 in Champaign-Urbana Illinois, have kicked off the WIXY 5000, where they are trying to get over 5000 pints of blood donated. And boy, do they have some incenti...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - May 28, 2011, 7:01 pm
The following is from an email I received earlier this week: "I was recently searching online to see if I could learn information about Dr. Harvey Kassebaum, and came across a blog entry which I believe was from you. It indicated that Dr. Kassebaum had passed away in 2007, and that he had been t...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - May 27, 2011, 7:42 am
Being one who is in my mid fifties, and someone who recently, by no choice of my own, changed careers, I have found that one thing came relatively easy to me. That's burnout. Life has been happening at a quicker pace than I would like to see it, with family obligations, and trying to make the best ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - May 25, 2011, 9:06 am
AT&T and Apple made it possible for me, by making the iPhone affordable. I added the WIXY 100.3 app on my iPhone about 1-1/2 weeks ago. I've been listening to that and WIXY Classic 99.1, both from Champaign. Illinois. Being a fan of the WIXY call letters and country music fan, I thought those would ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - May 18, 2011, 7:56 am
The Cleveland Cavaliers have been awarded the first and fourth picks in the upcoming NBA draft. My reaction? Yawnnnn. But Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert gave me another reason to respect him. Gilbert's teenage son , Nick, represented the Cavs on stage for the draft lottery. Nick is suffering from neura...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - May 15, 2011, 7:45 pm
...I watched perfection. I was not there, but I saw it on the tube. In 1981, the Cleveland Indians were an early season surprise. Most fans knew at that time they were playing over their heads at this point of the season, but we would take the wins as they came. I figured during the day of May 15, 2...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - May 7, 2011, 8:56 pm
Kathy and I were shopping at Evil Big Box Store(tm) 2966 this afternoon. We just got our tax refund and decided to do some stocking up. We went into the store with 2 carts and first headed for the pet food aisles. We have 2 cats and a dog, and all 3 animals are picky. Matter of fact, one of the cats...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Apr 30, 2011, 8:24 pm
To those who aren't familiar with "WIXYspeak", here some terms I will use in this post and a quick definition: WIXYcam- My digital camera. WIXY/at&t/phonecam- My cell phone. Okay, I decided to take the time and finally ride my bike on the new bike bike path between Rittman and Sterling. Due to how b...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Apr 28, 2011, 9:06 am
...And I write a blog. At least part of the time. I do like being heard, and that takes many avenues. Anyway, for those of you not on Facebook, things are going well with me. Extra hours are available for me at work, which I'm gladly taking. With the skyrocketing price of gasoline, I have no other ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Apr 21, 2011, 8:59 am
Yesterday I was walking through the Summit Mall with my wife and our son. As we were going past the Cleveland Indians gift shop, I noticed a rack with some t-shirts. On the shirts were an illustration of the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Over the illustration were the words "Ten Cent Beer Night,...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Apr 9, 2011, 3:46 pm
......Writing a book? I understand about 85% of everybody has expressed the thought, and possibly the desire. I have been getting together my thoughts and writing them down. I also have fresh batteries in my digital recorder. Between all this and editing some of what I've written on my blogs over t...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Apr 1, 2011, 11:14 am
It seems that the only time I can get any rest is when I'm sitting in a hospital. Right now I'm typing these words while sitting at Akron children's hospital awaiting my grandson having minor surgery.Update: Grandson went through surgery well and will be back at full strength in the next 10 days. ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Mar 27, 2011, 10:42 am
I'm kicking around the possibility of writing a book again. Update 11:30am: The idea has been a recurring thought, I haven't written any book yet. Sorry If I led anyone wrong. Seeing that in the past 4-1/2 years, I've not only written over 1300 blog posts among my 4 public blogs, ranging from life i...
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Cliff F. posted an article on Whattville is on the Other Side of the Tracks - Mar 23, 2011, 1:10 pm
One day 'bout last yearWhile checking onlineI got a brief messageWhich turns out so fine A brief friend requestFrom one I once knewA question with itIf I was me too A quick confirmationAnd then I'm a hunterI find one old friendAnd then find another Most of these peopleI'd not seen for yearsWe discov...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Mar 19, 2011, 4:07 pm
One problem this age of the internet has increased is the problem of loneliness. The world has come closer together, but is has also drifted further apart. We can communicate with others from the privacy of our own homes without leaving the privacy of our own homes. And sometimes we are our own pris...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Mar 11, 2011, 9:16 pm
Or maybe just a simple "thank you"? There are times that I wonder if I will ever blog again, mainly after I've not posted anything here in over two weeks. I sometimes don't come around for days at a time, and when I do, I check my site meter and see that there are really some who care about what I m...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Mar 10, 2011, 8:28 am
A few posts down I wrote about my "Question of the Day," which I post every day on Facebook. My wife, Kathy suggested I post this last night as a question on Facebook. I hesitated, but decided to bring it to my blogging audience for 2 reasons; One is the fact that there will be a larger audience si...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Mar 9, 2011, 8:21 am
YEKIMI and I crossed paths again last night. I was leaving the Giant Eagle as he was entering. This time, I was on my way home from work, so I wasn't wearing my supper. We got to talking about our favorite mutual subject, radio, and how there are less and less jobs in that industry and most of those...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Feb 27, 2011, 1:55 pm
I'm writing this post because of some disturbing news. This past week a local teenager committed suicide, a result of being bullied. According to word on the street, he was bullied because he was different. In what way was he different? I don't know. Does it matter? No. This coming Friday is the 3rd...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Feb 10, 2011, 9:47 am
In April of 2009, I was headed out to my son's apartment when my cell phone rang. At the other end was Paul Rado. He was informing me that he had just been let go from his job as producer of the Mike Trivisonno show on WTAM/1100. This was a part of the never ending cost cutting measures in the world...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Feb 6, 2011, 12:03 pm
*News Flash: The Cleveland Cavaliers have set a new record for a losing streak during the season.* Cliff Note: So what else is new? As most know, I live in a region that has been devoid of a major sports championship now going on 47 years. Most of the time, the teams lose more than win, and during t...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jan 31, 2011, 9:37 pm
This is a post I originally wrote 0n June 17, 2008. I have probably seen these truth played time and again since I first posted it. Cliff Note:I am writing this post from a computer at the Wadsworth Library. I had this thought while driving to the library to return some books and thought it would be...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jan 30, 2011, 6:13 pm
Thank you for your patience while I've been away from this site. And thank you for checking in to see if I still write here! I was told by one of my teacher friends that my blog was being used in his classroom as an example of nonfiction. He also told me that his students informed him that I have a ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jan 13, 2011, 10:37 am
...And I've been getting some very interesting responses. Many of you follow me on Facebook, and you know I post a question everyday, called the Question of the Day. It was born from some musing I had about Velveeta, which was followed by 2 weeks worth of food questions. Some questions have good res...
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Cliff F. posted an article on Whattville is on the Other Side of the Tracks - Jan 8, 2011, 6:45 am
To go to workI'm in my carBut now my driveIs not as far A little laterNow I wakeNow hours closer To the new daybreak I'm on the phoneI talk all dayAnd hear what customersHave to say And though right nowThe pay's not greatFor real bright futureI'll have to wait I'll work real hardTo do this jobDress ...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jan 6, 2011, 9:16 am
Before this period of unemployment, the longest I was without a job was 3 weeks. That was in 1988 when I was fired as a car salesman. I had a wife and three young children to feed and I felt my world crashing down around me. In 2010, I took it much more calmly, at least until I started getting the "...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Jan 5, 2011, 9:00 am
2010 began with the classic good news-bad news scenario. Good news was I no longer had to drive 46 miles one way, early in the morning to go to work. The bad news was I was without a job. About 10:30 am on December 31, 2009, I was summoned to the outgoing company president's office. In front of thr...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Dec 22, 2010, 9:39 am
I was transferred to a different program at my job last week, handling consumer service calls for a major toy company. The past week has been spent listening to other communicators handling calls like I will be as early as tomorrow evening, learning about the product, and that company's data base. I...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Dec 12, 2010, 3:14 pm
The area of the country I live in has seen many talented people come and go in television, in radio and on the athletic field. Most of these people feel the need to take their talents elsewhere. The book I'm reviewing for this post is about one of the unselfish few who stay and use their talents for...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Dec 12, 2010, 9:17 am
Ihav eI have a special blog post coming up. I don't know if it will be ready to-day or to-Morrow. In the meantime enjoy the Cleveland Cavalier's fight song from the 1970's, "C'mon Cavs, Gotta Make it Happen."
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Dec 7, 2010, 7:09 pm
This past weekend I was feeling pretty low about myself. Having been flying high during the week, low was a pretty long ways to fall. I did let some feelings show on Facebook and started writing a blog post. After I read a couple of paragraphs, I had decided it was time to do some editing, which I d...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Dec 1, 2010, 7:51 am
The title if this post is a sentence from a message I got on Facebook this past weekend. One of my high school friends, Nancy, shot this to me after I wished her happy birthday via a wall post. At best, during high school, Nancy and I were casual friends. She was a cheerleader and hung with her grou...
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Cliff F. posted an article on WIXY's Gone Bananas - Nov 24, 2010, 8:37 am
There are many things for me to be thankful for this year... I am thankful for my new job, for the people who are taking the time to help me refine my skills and making sure I maximize my efforts. I'm thankful for those who have been reading my blog and posting encouraging comments for me to read. I...
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