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Walmart, You are Killing Me!

By Ron Pereira - August 18th, 2008

So check it out. A few months ago my wife noticed some suspicious charges on our Washington Mutual debit card at a Walmart in the Fort Worth area. After discussing it we realized someone had swiped our information and made two separate

Must Read Article about Top Toyota Engineer

By Ron Pereira - August 5th, 2008

If you don’t already read Jon Miller’s excellent blog you’ll want to pay a visit and read his most recent article “Toyota’s Top Engineer on How to Develop Thinking People.” The original article Jon r

It’s a Girl!

By Ron Pereira - July 27th, 2008

“Children too are a gift from the LORD, the fruit of the womb, a reward.” ~Psalm 127:3 Yesterday my family was blessed with the arrival of our 4th child, a baby girl. While the births of all my children have been amazing, this one

Happy 4th of July!

By Ron Pereira - July 4th, 2008

“Freedom has its life in the hearts, the actions, the spirit of men and so it must be daily earned and refreshed – else like a flower cut from its life-giving roots, it will wither and die.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower A me

Stumped in the Toilet

By Ron Pereira - May 6th, 2008

I’d like to think I am a relatively intelligent person.  I graduated with a 3.8 GPA during my undergrad studies and a 3.7 GPA while getting an MBA.  But, alas, today I realized I still have much to learn as I attempted to use

That which doesn’t kill us makes us stronger

By Ron Pereira - January 7th, 2008

As a young boy growing up in Ohio I learned to love Ohio State.  I was watching them play football before I even knew what football was.  It’s hard to explain to most how much I love them.  And it’s hard to express how s

Back from the Big House

By Ron Pereira - November 18th, 2007

Let me just say this past weekend rocked!  As regular readers of the blog know I attended the Ohio State versus Michigan football game this past Saturday.  Well my Buckeyes handled Michigan with ease and won the Big Ten championship.

God’s Country

By Ron Pereira - August 5th, 2007

As I previously explained my family and I took a roadtrip the last few weeks.  We drove from Keller, Texas to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.  We traveled through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota on our wa

My Latest Invention Idea

By Ron Pereira - July 13th, 2007

I often come up with some great invention ideas only to find out someone already thought of it. Well, this morning when I was filling my car up with gas I thought of one I am almost sure no one has thought of. Introducing Vacuum while

God called down the rain

By Ron Pereira - June 22nd, 2007

I’ve had a crap week and need to vent.  Earlier this week in Keller, TX we received about 7 inches of rain in about an hour.  Normally this would create a small lake in my back yard that would soon run off into the street. 

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