The Last Time I Talked To My Mother...

I miss Lufkin. There, I said it, okay? I miss it. Miss the people, miss the places, miss Abe Martin Stadium.

Okay, I don't miss Abe Martin Stadium. (I already have a church, okay?)

So, when I get a call, it's a good thing. I love seeing "DAD" or "PAPA" or a similar ID. This past week, my phone rang and I noticed "MOM" on the screen.

Naturally, I answered it, glad to speak to my mother. Would she be just checking in? Would she be heading up to Tyler soon to spend some time with my children? Was she calling to tell me she loved me?

No.
None of these.

ME: "Hey, mom."

MOM:

"Hey, can you help me publish my 25 Random Things?"

Congratulations, Facebook. You've arrived.


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"The Last Time I Talked To My Mother" is actually a regular series over at Melissa's blog. Melissa is one of my wife's best friends and she's a fantastic writer. I'd encourage you to check out her stuff...it's really great.

Tuesday With Clay (A Tale Of Robbery)

Every Tuesday morning, I have breakfast with Clay Walker, my good friend. On the way to breakfast this morning, I saw a guy doing some work on the side of the road and the individual was wearing a Bluetooth headset. I thought to myself...I'm going to blog about this. And I fashioned it in my head. My imagined blog would feature a picture of a guy with a headset read:

Is it just me or do we all automatically hate this guy?

An hour later, Clay and I are in our local Chick-Fil-A and I see a guy with a Bluetooth headset come in. Clay isn't facing the door, so I start saying, "I have this blog idea." But, before I can tell him, Clay sees the guy. Clay then exclaims, "I'm gonna' blog about this."

I say, "No, man, that's what I was telling you..." and I share what I wanted my blog was going to say. Clay didn't seem to be listening and kept saying "I'm gonna' blog this - I'm gonna' blog this - I'm gonna' blog this," so as a courtesy, I told him to blog his idea.

Imagine my surprise when I saw this:
www.claytonwalker.blogspot.com.

Now, we all make jokes about Clay stealing materials and he's always so quick to defend himself. Well, not today. I humbly ask each and every one of you to go Clay's blog and post this comment word-for-word.

"You stole this blog from Todd, and that is not cool."

Help me show this man for what he is.