Monday, January 21, 2008
Books in the interest of happiness
In the interest of promoting happiness, "How to Make Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie is quite good. I know the title sounds a bit hokie but really is a book everyone should read.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Welcome to Aaron, Amy, Brian and Sonino, and Milla!
We just received your member information from Eva, and have added you to our northeast Ohio (NEO) membership list. You will see emails every-so often addressed to all the members and copied to our Ohio organizers, Jim Searcy and Jim Feuer, both from Southern Ohio.
Eva tells us that Milla is from Huron and a new Ohio organizer, too.
You all have arrived just in time to join us for our first Prager Group meeting of 2008. This meeting will be in North Ridgeville, this coming Saturday, the 19th at 7 p.m. I'll send you directions to Angie Hall's place if you plan to come.
And if you can come, please let me know,if you plan to bring anyone with you. If you want to bring a snack, please let me know that, too. It's really short notice, but if you can make it we'd love to have you.
On December 2, 2007 we introduced a blog site for the Prager Group NEO and encourage you to visit the site and when you get your "invitation" to join and "author," we hope you do just that. This is one of the ways we will begin to get to know each other and share in our "conservativeness." If you have any trouble getting into the site, please let me know.
If you have your own blog already started be sure and link to it. It's already apparent that although we're conservatives we're a very diverse group and the appeal of Dennis Prager is far-reaching.
I've attached the spreadsheet that I've been using to add new members. Please notice that the location ID corresponds to map quandrants I used to divide up our territory; the dividing line runs through downtown Cleveland north to south and from east-to-west along I-480. The PragerGroup NEO blog site shows the map with the 1-4 quadrants. I thought it would be an easy way to plot our approximate locations, and to give the Dennis Prager staff an idea where we all are. (For those of you who gave your location as Cleveland, I put you all in the NEO 3 section, by default)
Again, welcome to the NEO Prager Group, and watch your email for the invitation to the blog site. We look forward to meeting in person one day soon, probably at an evening social, after the New Year, after the busy-ness of the holiday season.
If you have any questions or suggestions on what we can do or what you would like to see happen with the group, please let me know. We're new at this and hope to evolve over time.
Best regards,
Dianne Mueller,
NEO logistics
Eva tells us that Milla is from Huron and a new Ohio organizer, too.
You all have arrived just in time to join us for our first Prager Group meeting of 2008. This meeting will be in North Ridgeville, this coming Saturday, the 19th at 7 p.m. I'll send you directions to Angie Hall's place if you plan to come.
And if you can come, please let me know,if you plan to bring anyone with you. If you want to bring a snack, please let me know that, too. It's really short notice, but if you can make it we'd love to have you.
On December 2, 2007 we introduced a blog site for the Prager Group NEO and encourage you to visit the site and when you get your "invitation" to join and "author," we hope you do just that. This is one of the ways we will begin to get to know each other and share in our "conservativeness." If you have any trouble getting into the site, please let me know.
If you have your own blog already started be sure and link to it. It's already apparent that although we're conservatives we're a very diverse group and the appeal of Dennis Prager is far-reaching.
I've attached the spreadsheet that I've been using to add new members. Please notice that the location ID corresponds to map quandrants I used to divide up our territory; the dividing line runs through downtown Cleveland north to south and from east-to-west along I-480. The PragerGroup NEO blog site shows the map with the 1-4 quadrants. I thought it would be an easy way to plot our approximate locations, and to give the Dennis Prager staff an idea where we all are. (For those of you who gave your location as Cleveland, I put you all in the NEO 3 section, by default)
Again, welcome to the NEO Prager Group, and watch your email for the invitation to the blog site. We look forward to meeting in person one day soon, probably at an evening social, after the New Year, after the busy-ness of the holiday season.
If you have any questions or suggestions on what we can do or what you would like to see happen with the group, please let me know. We're new at this and hope to evolve over time.
Best regards,
Dianne Mueller,
NEO logistics
Saturday night Prager Group meeting!
Just a reminder, Gang -
Saturday at 7 p.m is our first Dennis Prager Group NEO meeting of 2008 at Angie and Dan Hall's house:
They're going to leave leave the Christmas lights up around the door and wil turn them on that night to make it easier to locate.
This time I will remember to bring my camera out for a group picture.
I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone and if you would like, I'd love have you share how Dennis has influenced you, or how he has changed your life. Dan got me thinking about topics and I'm sure you all will some of your own to offer. I just have to remember to bring them with me!
By the way, I tried to make plans to go and hear Dennis speak on February 7, in Cherry Hill NJ, a mere 7 hour drive from here, but it doesn't look like I'll be able to go. If one of you decides to make the trip, here's the information web site: http://www.congregation-bethel.org/calender.asp . I wouldn't wait too long to order your tickets, though.
If someone does go you can share the experience with the rest of us!
See you Saturday!
Dianne
Saturday at 7 p.m is our first Dennis Prager Group NEO meeting of 2008 at Angie and Dan Hall's house:
They're going to leave leave the Christmas lights up around the door and wil turn them on that night to make it easier to locate.
This time I will remember to bring my camera out for a group picture.
I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone and if you would like, I'd love have you share how Dennis has influenced you, or how he has changed your life. Dan got me thinking about topics and I'm sure you all will some of your own to offer. I just have to remember to bring them with me!
By the way, I tried to make plans to go and hear Dennis speak on February 7, in Cherry Hill NJ, a mere 7 hour drive from here, but it doesn't look like I'll be able to go. If one of you decides to make the trip, here's the information web site: http://www.congregation-bethel.org/calender.asp . I wouldn't wait too long to order your tickets, though.
If someone does go you can share the experience with the rest of us!
See you Saturday!
Dianne
Thursday, January 10, 2008
A 'History of Thought..."
Please forgive me for sharing something from Hugh Hewitt's program on Dennis Prager's NEO blog site, but I just can't keep a good thing to myself.
Some of you may have already heard Hugh's six-part interview series with Hillsdale College President, Dr. Larry Arnn last week, a "history of thought." It seems to have been Dr. Arnn's choices of the world's great thinkers and from Socrates to Churchill.
I've been working at temp job for a couple of weeks, on a pretty boring although necessary project, and I turn on my I-Pod Shuffle in the morning when I arrive and leave it on all day, listening over-and-over again to the wonderful capsulettes Hugh and Dr. Arnn put together for us.
I recommend at least one run-through of the series for everyone; its' just that the soft and rhythmic sound of Dr. Arnn's stories has become like music to my ears and I have yet to tire of it. I especially love the vignette about George Washington.
When you go the Townhall.com web site to listen to the podcasts remember there are six of them, across two pages. Enjoy!!
Some of you may have already heard Hugh's six-part interview series with Hillsdale College President, Dr. Larry Arnn last week, a "history of thought." It seems to have been Dr. Arnn's choices of the world's great thinkers and from Socrates to Churchill.
I've been working at temp job for a couple of weeks, on a pretty boring although necessary project, and I turn on my I-Pod Shuffle in the morning when I arrive and leave it on all day, listening over-and-over again to the wonderful capsulettes Hugh and Dr. Arnn put together for us.
I recommend at least one run-through of the series for everyone; its' just that the soft and rhythmic sound of Dr. Arnn's stories has become like music to my ears and I have yet to tire of it. I especially love the vignette about George Washington.
When you go the Townhall.com web site to listen to the podcasts remember there are six of them, across two pages. Enjoy!!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Welcome and Happy New Year!
Hello, Barbara, and Happy New Year to the whole northeast Ohio Prager Discussion Group!
We just received your member information from Eva, and have added you to our northeast Ohio (NEO) membership list. You will see emails every-so often addressed to all the members and copied to our Ohio organizers, Jim Searcy and Jim Feuer, both from Southern Ohio. I try to do logistics for our northern group.
Hope everyone's 2008 is off to a good start. A couple of you have taken a crack at posting on the PragerGroupNeo blog. Keep up the good work! (I'll be adding you, Barbara, to the list of members, and a separate email to let you know how to sign in and post your own thoughts. If you have any trouble getting into the site, please let me know.)
Did anyone go and hear Happiness Hour theme song? - Lyrics by Alan Miller. I would love to see us sing along - on video, of course - at our January 19th meeting. I'll be adding a link to Allan's YouTube rendition by the end of the week - maybe even tonight.
I have RSVP's from those of you planning to come to the January 19th meeting at Angie and Dan Hall place (in North Ridgeville) but if you plan to bring a guest would you please let us know ahead of time. We might need more chairs. And, if you can bring a dessert or snack it would be appreciated.
We're really looking forward to meeting and if you would like, we'd love have you share how Dennis has influenced you, or how he has changed your life.
A few of you have ask about adding some Dennis-oriented topics to our meeting so we'll all have an opportunity to drop an "agenda" item into the Suggestion Box that will waiting there for you. (Paper will be provided.)
How would you all feel about meeting every other month?
Please let me know, okay?.
We have had an offer to use one of our members party room facility in Westlake. We're grateful to Angie Hall for housing us on the 19th.
Again, welcome to Barbara, and Happy New Year one and all.
Dianne
We just received your member information from Eva, and have added you to our northeast Ohio (NEO) membership list. You will see emails every-so often addressed to all the members and copied to our Ohio organizers, Jim Searcy and Jim Feuer, both from Southern Ohio. I try to do logistics for our northern group.
Hope everyone's 2008 is off to a good start. A couple of you have taken a crack at posting on the PragerGroupNeo blog. Keep up the good work! (I'll be adding you, Barbara, to the list of members, and a separate email to let you know how to sign in and post your own thoughts. If you have any trouble getting into the site, please let me know.)
Did anyone go and hear Happiness Hour theme song? - Lyrics by Alan Miller. I would love to see us sing along - on video, of course - at our January 19th meeting. I'll be adding a link to Allan's YouTube rendition by the end of the week - maybe even tonight.
I have RSVP's from those of you planning to come to the January 19th meeting at Angie and Dan Hall place (in North Ridgeville) but if you plan to bring a guest would you please let us know ahead of time. We might need more chairs. And, if you can bring a dessert or snack it would be appreciated.
We're really looking forward to meeting and if you would like, we'd love have you share how Dennis has influenced you, or how he has changed your life.
A few of you have ask about adding some Dennis-oriented topics to our meeting so we'll all have an opportunity to drop an "agenda" item into the Suggestion Box that will waiting there for you. (Paper will be provided.)
How would you all feel about meeting every other month?
Please let me know, okay?.
We have had an offer to use one of our members party room facility in Westlake. We're grateful to Angie Hall for housing us on the 19th.
Again, welcome to Barbara, and Happy New Year one and all.
Dianne
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Iowa 2008 Caucus
The results are in from Iowa and Mike Huckabee and Barack Obama are the winners for their respective parties caucus. While I am still a free agent for whom I will support, a large part of me is glad to see Huckabee win in the face of Romney's multi-million dollar barage of Iowa.
As for Barack Obama I believe he is a nice man with an honest agenda. Unfortunately it is the antithesis I what I would like to see. I do not buy into his change revolution. Every four years we here about change. Two words that make me cringe are "change" and "progressive. Progressive really means oppressive and the change we need is to change back to the morals and values that brought our country to this point. That said, when I see and hear Obama I am reminded of the quote the classical compose Claude Debussy made about the music of Richard Wagner, and I am paraphrasing; "He is a magnificent sunset mistaken for a dawn".
As for Barack Obama I believe he is a nice man with an honest agenda. Unfortunately it is the antithesis I what I would like to see. I do not buy into his change revolution. Every four years we here about change. Two words that make me cringe are "change" and "progressive. Progressive really means oppressive and the change we need is to change back to the morals and values that brought our country to this point. That said, when I see and hear Obama I am reminded of the quote the classical compose Claude Debussy made about the music of Richard Wagner, and I am paraphrasing; "He is a magnificent sunset mistaken for a dawn".
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
"BASEBALL, DENNIS AND THE FRENCH"
As promised, I proudly share "BASEBALL, DENNIS & THE FRENCH."
by Paul Croshaw.
by Paul Croshaw.
Hello,
My name is Paul Croshaw and I'm the producer of the documentary BASEBALL, DENNIS AND THE FRENCH -- which features Dennis Prager.
You all are "hardcore" Prager fans like me. And the websites and blogs you all have created are really good. Like you , it's become my mission to promote Dennis Prager and Judeo-Christian values. Most of you are leaders of Prager discussion groups and I want to know if you would forward this email to your members.
It's a Special Update e-blast with a unique fundraising request. Read the Update and if it's appropriate, I would really appreciate it if you would forwarded to your members and anyone else who cares about the values we share. Some of you, without solicitation, have already donated to help make this film.
Thank You! I would also be happy to link your website or blog on my website. Let me know -- I'm flexible.
Again, thank you so much and if I'm ever in the area I would love to come to a meeting.
Paul Croshaw, Producer http://www.BaseballDennisandtheFrench.com
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