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Todd

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About Me

I'm a grace-crazed ragamuffin. That means that I'm very much in touch with my intense need for God's grace. If you don't know what being a ragamuffin means, drop me a note. You may be one and not even know it! Bottom line: God loves us more than we can ever comprehend.

What do I do for a living? Well, I'm pleased to say I never got a 'real job'. I have a small industrial chemical company and do consulting in heavy industry. I'm a bona fide safety nut!
Even though I don't necessarily consider myself a real tree-hugger, my truck runs on used vegetable oil (love them fries!). I have a gasifier that converts wood into a gas to run a generator (wood powered electricity!). I'm working on solar heating for house as well. Oh, and I design chemicals to be readily biodegradable from sustainable ingredients.
I recently moved back to El Dorado to take care of my mother. I'm learning a new meaning to the phrase "serving in love". It truly is in the giving that we receive.
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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I enjoy meeting people who enjoy conversation... really sharing from the heart. Deep down, everyone is interesting. Sometimes the challenge is getting to the 'deep down'
I love making new friends. Hopefully someday I can find a partner for life. But, that's not my top priority right now. When I do find "her" I can assure you she'll be my best friend as well as my lover. I'm the kind of guy who would rather keep a friend for a lifetime than just have romance for a season.
I can honestly say I've been rich and I've been poor and I can't really tell much difference. Sure, toys are nice... but they're just toys. Money is not my motivator. Doing a good job and helping others is what turns me on. So, to use a line from The Razor's Edge with Bill Murray: "I don't want a big house and a new car every year and to hang out with a bunch of people who want a big house and a new car every year." If that's what you're into... have fun. Not me.
I also enjoy meeting fellow ragamuffins... folks who love the Lord and understand they don't have it all together. And as such they don't expect others to have it all together either.

My Blog

Mother's mashing vs. pressing

........ <!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Here in the South, we tend to mash buttons. You know... we mash the door bell. We mass the ...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:26:00 GMT

To understand or to trust?

........ Talking with a friend recently, we discussed how hard it is to understand the opposite sex. She doesn't understand how men think. And I don't get women. We both like the opposite se...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:39:00 GMT

Some thoughts on carbon cap & trade

........ I first started hearing about carbon cap and trade two or three years ago. At an international renewable energy conference up in Washington, DC, about a year and a half ago it was...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:08:00 GMT

I heard a friend's name on the 6 o'clock news

Last night, I came in from Monroe and turned on the 6 o'clock news which had been recorded earlier on my DVR. Half listening to the TV, I checked emails and did a little online surfing. Then a name ...
Posted by on Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:38:00 GMT

Big time preachers, sordid affairs and falls from grace

I was flipping channels this evening and landed on Paula White's show. She was interviewing a rabbi over in Israel. Pretty good show. As she talked, I thought about how much she reminded me of a very ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:49:00 GMT

Before you take off, wiggle your toes

........ A friend sent me a link to a really neat Youtube clip about Bob Hoover, probably one of the best precision pilots ever. That got me to watching clip after clip of great flying. And ...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:03:00 GMT

How can anyone be against capitalism?

........ I saw a couple of college students on the news tonight who were flat out against capitalism. Uh... do what? They thought there was no reason why anyone should make more than $500,00...
Posted by on Sat, 26 Sep 2009 11:01:00 GMT

Would you opt for drug free housing?

........ Day before yesterday I wrote about a former Miss Arkansas rebuilding her life after ending up in a homeless shelter. For over twenty years, I've worked with men in much the same pos...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:59:00 GMT

Stopping the downward spiral

I just watched a TV special on worldwide poverty. My secret dream is to help developing nations get hooked up with renewable energy AND clean water (two areas of specialty from work) so I thought it...
Posted by on Sat, 19 Sep 2009 08:21:00 GMT

"Fiscal conservative" and "environmentalist" aren't mutually exclusive terms

I eat, sleep, breathe, play, imagine and generally live environmental stuff. I run my truck on used cooking oil and am researching converting kitchen waste into ethanol for my mother's car (gasoline...
Posted by on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:20:00 GMT