Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Feb 5, 2012, 3:44 pm
(Editor’s Note: The original for this post is on the Genghis Grill site.  Please jump over there and give me a positive vote for it.  We’re in a tough race.) I have to say the icing on the cake about this challenge with Genghis Grill so far has been the people who I have enjoyed
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jan 31, 2012, 5:21 pm
Tomorrow I begin another adventure in the world of weight loss. I went and weighed a little while ago and I’ve gained back about 17 lbs since coming back home from Alabama in September.  That’s not good. In late August, I had that heart attack.  I was supposed to lose weight, not add it back.
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jan 30, 2012, 9:12 am
It’s amazing how much anxiety people feel over change.  They fight it.  Fret about it.  Talk about it.  Blog about it.  Resist it.  Hate it.  Complain about it. And so many of us each and every day seek to keep it from happening. Friday I received Chip Conley‘s new book, Emotional Equatio...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jan 3, 2012, 5:23 pm
It’s day 2 of 2012 and I’m drained at the stressors around me. Work is ever-present and I’m doing my level best to perform. I have three major projects underway and I’m doing everything I can to make them all come to fruition on time and within budget. The house, oMg, the house that has
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jan 2, 2012, 8:48 am
Goodbye 2011.  I don’t mind seeing you slip into the mystery of the past.  The year was certainly better than 2010, but it still wasn’t where I want to be on my life journey. There are some cool projects under way and I will be sharing more about them soon. In the meantime, I ask
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Dec 25, 2011, 7:29 am
Blessings to you and yours from my family.  May you have a wonderful holiday.
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Dec 12, 2011, 12:07 am
I just wasted another four hours on a Sunday to watch the Dallas Cowboys lose.  Again. For a long time, I’ve been writing here on this site that Tony Romo is NOT the quarterback who is going to take the Dallas Cowboys to anything but a losing season.  Time and again he has shown he
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Dec 11, 2011, 11:24 pm
I was saddened to hear the news today of the death of area Balch Springs Police Officer Matthew Garcia who died in a motorcycle accident off duty this morning. To make things worse, Officer Garcia’s wife was following behind and has to endure life with the memory of having actually seen what happe...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Dec 9, 2011, 3:31 pm
Well, December 2011 is flying by.  Sort of. Lots of work is going on on a couple of new and incredible projects. Last night my girls and I stopped at the house of former next door neighbors of ours and decided to knock on the door and say hi.  We haven’t visited with the couple
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Nov 25, 2011, 8:35 am
I know some of you who were up, well maybe never even went to sleep last night so you could be out shopping in the darkness of this Black Friday. Some day I hope to 1) have a situation where I have tons of money to go spend on the morning after Thanksgiving, 2) have
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Nov 24, 2011, 9:36 am
So many emotions flowing right now.  2011 has gone by in a literal flash with illnesses, work out of state, new clients here in town, time with my kids, time away from my kids, finishing a divorce, dealing endlessly in misery with my first wife, struggling with my weight, seeing new and old friends...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Nov 3, 2011, 8:30 am
For Texas, this Nov. 3, has begun on a “cold” note.  It’s in the 30s or 40s outside and the wind last night was fierce.  Really makes you wonder how the Cowboys and Indians survived in this when it was 80 yesterday afternoon and near freezing this a.m. Today is a new day.  The skies
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Nov 2, 2011, 10:45 am
Dear Friends and Friends to Be: In 2008, in much happier times in my life, I constructed a life-sized Santa Sleigh and Santa’s Workshop for display in front of my house in Balch Springs from just after Thanksgiving to Christmas.  Beginning on Black Saturday evening each year, I would don my home-...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Nov 1, 2011, 11:19 am
And so now closes another sad chapter that over the past few years has become the living tragedy of our fabled namesake. My second divorce is being “proven up,” today in court. For me, marriage has equated to the following: 2(Marriage) + kids + step-children/It wasn’t all my fault = FAIL + Dis...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Oct 31, 2011, 8:15 am
Dear Facebook. It’s been a few weeks, (or a month, or something, I don’t know), since you instituted some drastic changes in your UI and I just wanted to express a few helpful thoughts about the matter. Honestly, in many ways, FB feels like a SNAZU–Situation Normal, All Zucked Up. SMS TEXT MAL...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Oct 28, 2011, 2:57 pm
During the past year and a half, I’ve enjoyed a great working relationship with the people at Gillette. I have become a fan of the Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor and have shared a few with friends and even my dad, who last time I saw him, was still using the one I gave him. The
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Oct 27, 2011, 1:53 pm
The year 2011 is fast becoming a memory and has flown past in a blur.  It’s now the end of October 2011, Halloween is in a few days and in Texas, it’s chilly outside.  (Yes, 57 degrees is chilly in Texas.) As I sit here and write, my chili recipe is in the crock pot
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Oct 13, 2011, 5:49 pm
UPDATED 10/14/11 1:14 p.m.:  I figured out this morning what happened.  When iCloud went down at one point yesterday, it took that account offline, so when it came back on, it didn’t because of the requirement to manually bring it back online.  All is well now. All has gone well with the updati...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Oct 6, 2011, 10:04 am
  The thing to remember about Steve Jobs dying is that even if you run a company that has more cash on hand than ExxonMobil or the US Government, there are still just somethings that modern medicine hasn’t been able to cure. When it is your time to go home to be with the Lord,
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Sep 30, 2011, 9:57 am
Today is the day. Not because the movie, Courageous is now in theaters nationwide.  But because today might be the last day you have to step forward and show those who mean the most to you, that you love them, that you love God, and that you’ll do whatever you can to move mountains for
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Sep 26, 2011, 9:48 pm
I’ve been a fan of Judy Greer for a long time.  Last season she was on Mad Love.  A show that’s obviously gone.  In the past she’s been on a show here and a show there.  She’s always done good stuff playing a serious, dead pan role here and there.  And I was so happy
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Sep 24, 2011, 6:41 pm
It’s almost been a month now since the heart attack in Huntsville and I’m in the process of making some significant and past due changes in my life. Since returning to Dallas, I’ve cut ties with some fokes who have either tried to or succeeded in dragging me down in the past.  More on that
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Sep 6, 2011, 10:05 am
Well, it looks like AT&T’s Website, already noted here for it’s poor functionality is up to it again. I hate going to their site as it is. It’s worse when the damn thing doesn’t work on top of everything else.
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Sep 4, 2011, 8:18 am
A week ago this morning I awoke to a beautiful sunny day in North Alabama.  Friday night and most of the day Saturday I’d had a great adventure with a close friend and her family.  Work was going great.  The stress level had dropped immeasurably.  I was in good spirits, though missing my girls...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Aug 31, 2011, 9:34 am
I’m trying to rest, but wanted to write a few lines before I go back to sleep. I had a mild heart attack Sunday.  About 11 a.m. my chest started feeling like it was going to explode and my throat was closing in.  I couldn’t decide if it was an allergic reaction or my heart. 
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Aug 20, 2011, 4:49 pm
Hey All, My apologies for the break in posts.  In late June I got sick with diverticulitis again, spent five days in the hospital and then the rest of the month in agony from the side effects of three rounds of antibiotics. But I’m back to me, trying to eat healthier, and trying to continue
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jul 28, 2011, 11:18 am
I hate spam like anyone else. I really hate phuckers who try to make money off of innocent people over the Internet. Take for instance this “solicitation” I just got from this A$$hole named gwwindor@gmail.com.  (That’s the address it was purportedly sent from). Their physical address allegedl...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jul 13, 2011, 10:42 pm
Wow.  I didn’t think it was possible in this day and age, but Chase Bank sent out this notification tonight that they’re going to be down for up to 36 hours this week. They’re a huge bank, with no doubt millions wrapped up in their Web-based services.  And they think it’s okay to be down
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jul 9, 2011, 11:20 pm
It’s Saturday.  Day 10 or 11. Still low energy. I’m hungry, but don’t want to eat anything because I feel full. Diverticulitis sucks.  It sucks the energy out of your body.  It sucks time.  It sucks on your mind. I want to be better.  I must be better.  I have so much more to do
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jul 8, 2011, 11:00 am
I’m living in Day 11 of my second bout with the intestinal infection known as diverticulitis and I felt obligated to write a note for the ages that warns others with this ailment–This is nothing to play around with. During the past 11 days, I’ve spent 5 of them in a hospital bed.  There were
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jul 3, 2011, 8:31 pm
Not every hospital admission has to be a bad thing.  In what now is Day 3 of this adventure, which was caused by a flare up of diverticulitis, I remain hospitalized and my precious, eldest daughter, Chandler, remains at my side here in the Texas Regional Medical Center in Sunnyvale, Texas. Who woul...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jun 27, 2011, 9:01 am
If you’ve not been able to tell already, I’m in the process of revamping the site. After 28 hours of Hell with 1and1.com and being able to make adjustments to MySQL database size, all of the content should be on the site. Please bear with me.  I’m juggling clients, strategic work, and trying ...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jun 8, 2011, 10:48 am
DISCLOSURE: Back in February, my client, Professional Nutrition Therapists of Dallas, under the careful attention of Carol Ireton-Jones and Donna Israel, conducted a DNA test on me to determine, based on my genetic makeup, what I have to do in order to lose weight.  This piece is going to reveal so...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jun 8, 2011, 9:51 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’m on a mission to cut my calorie intake from “out of control” to 1,800 per day.  Not going to be easy.  Just to show you how easy it is to get to 1,800, I’m going to show you the next couple of days. Breakfast: Two cups of Cheerios, 1 cup of skim
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Jun 7, 2011, 6:14 pm
Sorry for the break between posts.  Over on the Claxton Creative side of my life, things have been rolling. Over the past two months I’ve been on a downward trend in weight loss.  Today marked three weeks since the last time I was in to see Carol Ireton-Jones of Professional Nutrition Therapists...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - May 25, 2011, 12:59 am
UPDATE:  (I invite you to read Mike Orren’s take of this, too. ) During the massive storms in the DFW area tonight, TV stations WFAA ABC 8 and KXAS NBC 5, even in the midst of a time period when there were six active tornado warnings between Fort Worth, the Mid-Cities, and Dallas to points
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - May 17, 2011, 12:28 pm
I’m having a hard time with food. I’ve pretty much reached the point where little tastes good to me anymore.  Former comfort food?  Ugh.  All I see in them is carbs, carbs and more carbs. Breakfasts?  Grease.  Cholesterol.  More grease.  Don’t have time to cook.  Have been gone a month...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - May 3, 2011, 1:05 pm
UPDATE May 17, 2011:  SmartS3 plug in developer John Morris reached out to me and helped me get this working.  Thanks John.   I’m going to start using this on this site and others, too. Anyone out there using SmartS3 for videos off AWS and Add to Facebook plugins on WordPress?  I’m having i...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - May 3, 2011, 9:44 am
For me, seeing a picture of Osama bin Laden‘s left upper brain quadrant missing isn’t going to do anything for me.  And if he was wrapped in a white sheet and set into the ocean, I don’t think there’s going to be much to watch there either unless his emanating energy like it was a
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - May 2, 2011, 12:06 pm
Okay, this is appropriate now. The death of Osama bin Laden. Identified by his wife before Navy Seals shot him in the head. Mission Accomplished.   Related articles Mission Accomplished: Osama bin Laden Dead! (horsesass.org) Bin Laden’s Death: Is It Really “Mission Accomplished”? (kjreyes13.w...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - May 2, 2011, 10:36 am
This is supposedly a picture of a dead Osama Bin Laden.  But it’s a fake.   Related articles Osama bin Laden Has Been Killed; President Obama Announces Osama bin Laden has be Killed (sugarslam.com) White House: Osama Bin Laden is Dead (benzinga.com) The World Responds to Osama Bin Laden’s Deat...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - May 2, 2011, 10:03 am
The questions have begun. The mansion where Osama Bin Laden has been living was eight times bigger than any other in the neighborhood and no one had a clue about who lived there? Others will draw this better, but the concept is there. How the hell do you miss this?    
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - May 2, 2011, 12:35 am
Image via Wikipedia Osama Bin Laden is dead.  Please celebrate responsibly. And please make a point to fly your US flag tomorrow in honor of those who died because of this horrible, horrible man.     Primetime interrupted: Osama bin Laden dead (insidetv.ew.com) White House: Osama Bin Laden is...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - May 1, 2011, 12:59 pm
The Huffington Post, which got its share of zingers last night at the White House Correspondent‘s Dinner, has a post up about how members of the news media were booing Donald Trump at last night’s 97th annual event in Washington, and to me it shows just how biased the news media, which by princi...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Apr 29, 2011, 12:35 pm
We don’t have Publix out in Dallas where I live, but they’re all over Alabama and Florida.  And Thursday morning after tornadoes had ripped apart 1/2 of the state of Alabama, even way up north in New Market/Meridianville, AL, running on emergency power, still able to process debit/credit cards,...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Apr 29, 2011, 12:12 pm
In Alabama you’re either “one of them,” (A fan of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa) or an Auburn fan.  There is no in between.  But after Wednesday’s tornadoes, even that doesn’t matter.  Sure, fokes (that’s how the Montgomery Advertiser spells it and has for decades) are still...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Apr 29, 2011, 10:28 am
UPDATE 9:33 a.m. 4/29: Karen just sent me a text saying power is likely out now for 5-7 days There were moments Wednesday, April 27, 2011 in the Huntsville, Alabama area when I seriously thought I would never be writing this.  Again. For once again in my life, at about 7:30 or 8 p.m., I was once ...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Apr 22, 2011, 11:47 pm
This Easter weekend I want to be home.  Problem is, which one?  After 46 years of life and a good many of them with a dad in the air force, (I’ve moved 35 times in 46 years) even the definition of “home” to me is skewed.  These days with family all over the map, it’s really an emotional u...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Apr 21, 2011, 10:24 am
Walmart, you need to either create a Walmart App for iPhone/Droid, that’s either linked to my FourSquare check in, or build your own that provides a map of the respective store layouts.  (UPDATE: @HAHMom says the app should also have a Walmart store locator.) Call it the Walmart/FourSquare In-Sto...
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Daddy Claxton posted an article on DaddyClaxton.com - Apr 20, 2011, 6:17 pm
I’m  still on Facebook. But I’m beginning to wonder if the sensation of online social networking is beginning to fade.  Of course, with more than 500 million Facebook users,  along with a Facebook visit today from President Obama, I’m sure Zuck would argue with me.  But in the past year, ...
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