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Getting out of the 'sphere and into the real world
Category: Local... Navel Gazing...
Posted Monday, April 30, 2007 at 05:50 PM [GMT-6]

I spent an enjoyable two hours this afternoon with Bob Westbrook, chief pixel wrangler over at Ran with the Devil, Walked with Angels. Bob may be the only blogger in Stanton; I feel pretty safe in saying that he's the only Yankee blogger in Stanton (in case you haven't kept up, he and his wife recently relocated to west Texas from Ohio, but Bob has lived in Texas on prior occasions, so I'm playing the Yankee card just to give him a hard time).

Bob's got a great life story, and he's using his blog to try to convey some of the lessons he's learned over the years. These are lessons having to do with the human spirit and God's grace and the stomach-churning roller coaster ride that we call life.

It's always fun to get to meet a fellow blogger, and I appreciate Bob taking the time to drive over from Stanton. We also got to confirm that the free WiFi at the south-side IHOP works as advertised, and the overall service is attentive and friendly -- especially at 3:00 p.m.

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Awesome! We look forward to meeting Bob and Cherie, as well.

Posted by: Janie at April 30, 2007 07:59 PM

Time can be the most valuable gift one can give and I greatly appreciated the time you gave me. It was good to have someone to talk with and even better when it was a Texan who could understand a yankified Texican. Been out of this state for twenty five years so I gotta learn how to talk all over again

Posted by: bob at April 30, 2007 11:19 PM

Sounds like a neat time.

Maybe a Basin Bloggers Meet 'n Greet is in order?

Posted by: Rob O. at May 1, 2007 09:21 PM

Rob, same thing occurred to me. The group's grown enough to have a critical mass for this sort of thing.

The Harvest Cafe in Midland is the one place I know of with enough space, coffee and desserts to accommodate it. ;-)

Posted by: Eric at May 1, 2007 09:42 PM

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