Author Archives: Granger Meador

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About Granger Meador

I am retired from employment and enjoy reading, technology, day hikes, art museums, and photography. My wife Wendy works in the Bartlesville Public Schools in northeast Oklahoma, but this blog is outside the scope of any employment.

My Ta La La

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Granger Meador

As we broil in 100+ temperatures in Joklahoma, how nice it is to think of cool inviting Sweden. Stockholm’s highs this week are 75 degrees Fahrenheit, but I’m thinking that it would be even colder were it not for the … Continue reading →

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If This Is Goodbye

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Granger Meador

The climax of the new album All the Roadrunning by Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris is this poignant song, inspired by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Knopfler wrote the song after reading the empathic article Only Love and … Continue reading →

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Our Cities Suck…

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Granger Meador

You owe it to yourself to visit the TED site and see its wonderful short videos of ideas. One of my favorites is this call to action by James Howard Kunstler to re-engineer our abysmally dysfunctional American cities.

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The Humans Are Dead

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Granger Meador

The Humans Are DeadUploaded by HBOclips Two fellows from New Zealand cracked me up today with this video clip. You can check out their new show on HBO or on iTunes. Preview/Buy MP3 at Amazon

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Oregon Trails

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Granger Meador

Highlights from my 2006 Oregon Trip I don’t have the luxury of a long vacation in the Pacific Northwest this summer, so I’ll have to rely on fond memories of last summer’s dayhikes and tourism along the Oregon coast.

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