I met him in 1984.
I had just made a major move.
Leaving all I knew behind me.
Desiring to find my family ahead of me.
No not cryptic at all!
Forced to live under rules of American paranoia,
We were hidden,
Protected,
Kept from any association with our biological family.
And I longed to find my family!
All I had was a name, an address and knowledge of my title.
Precious little to find my grandparents with!
But, I settled in a small rural area and first up was to settle into a church.
I really was afraid of the closest church to me.
It was much too large!
There was a great Sunday School for adults, however and I greatly drew to admire the teacher.
So much so, that I decided to adopt him a year later.
Yeah, I had not found my family - no one had any memory of them!
So, I filled that hole by adopting the Sunday School leader and his wife.
I really wanted to know what it meant to be a Christian man - in ALL aspects of life.
He was not too thrilled.
His wife instantly adopted me!
It was two years before I even had a hint that they had children!
Though I did know that they had "adopted" another young man,
Now an adult with kids in the youth group I led!
That was 35 years ago.
Since then he and I have strongly identified with one another.
In spite of my not enjoying watch ANY sporting events!
He is an utter sports fiend.
And now, the man who inspired me with such awe,
Is dying.
No even a shadow now of the man he was.
His mind really good at old stuff,
Not so great with what is happening today.
The opposite of me.
And he will go before me.
So doctors predict.
He visited for perhaps an hour before sleep overcame him.
His wife wants to let me have what ever I want of theirs,
Because she knows her daughters will sell everything for cash.
And make a real stink.
She knows I value things only as memories of who they belonged to.
And I am uncomfortable taking anything.
I know that to even take a book will set the daughters against me,
And should I live long enough, they both will need me - or similar,
In his absence.
As will the wife, my adoptive mother.
So, I am torn.
I know she will increase pressure to let me have a memorial.
Hmmmmm ....
Maybe a photo of the both of them at their 50th anniversary party.
Now there was a party!
Complete with all of the typical family angst!
Yeah, now I think about it,
That is a great idea!
Daughters will not care about a photograph,
Son in laws will not either.,
And their grandchildren will understand quite well.
When he passes, I will tell you about him.
He is quite intriguing as a man.
And unlike any German I have ever known!
February 27, 2019
February 26, 2019
Specter of Death
Death is a given in this physical world.
But we are rarely prepared nor pre-warned of it.
I was told over the weekend, by someone's attempt at humor, that it has been a race across this past year between my adoptive father and myself - whom would be waiting for who in Heaven.
Yeah, February 18 marked one year since my old life vanished and I came within a breath of dying.
It was an anniversary I would just as soon not remember.
Yet, my body continues to fail.
And then recovers.
And across this past year my adoptive father's health has gone mightily downhill.
As of today, we have been told that his death is anytime now.
So, I am traveling today to see him one last time.
Probably only for a few minutes.
But it will be my honor to pay those last respects to him.
While he still lives.
Luckily he is a Christian, so we know where he will be.
But his family is in need of prayer ....
Your prayers for Paul and his family are greatly requested ....
This is not going to be easy at all!
But we are rarely prepared nor pre-warned of it.
I was told over the weekend, by someone's attempt at humor, that it has been a race across this past year between my adoptive father and myself - whom would be waiting for who in Heaven.
Yeah, February 18 marked one year since my old life vanished and I came within a breath of dying.
It was an anniversary I would just as soon not remember.
Yet, my body continues to fail.
And then recovers.
And across this past year my adoptive father's health has gone mightily downhill.
As of today, we have been told that his death is anytime now.
So, I am traveling today to see him one last time.
Probably only for a few minutes.
But it will be my honor to pay those last respects to him.
While he still lives.
Luckily he is a Christian, so we know where he will be.
But his family is in need of prayer ....
Your prayers for Paul and his family are greatly requested ....
This is not going to be easy at all!
February 25, 2019
Climate Change
When I was in school in Germany, grade 7, I would work on my English by reading. The reader's Digest, sent to us by my mother's friends in Portland, Oregon - was of immense help. About 1967, I think - but then we know what my memory is worth!, came many articles about Global Warming. I read these articles with great interest. This was my world I was growing into and if there was an avoidable problem - I wanted to know about it - and how to avoid it!
I rather quickly figured out that there was NO data to support the hysteria being communicated. So, it was easy to dismiss.
In America, going to high school, the hysteria continued and as more data was gathered - across time - it silently went away. Only to be replaced by "global cooling". But, this hysteria was equally unsupported by data. And after Al Gore completely embarrassed himself worldwide with his attempts at yellow journalism in the realm of earth sciences, we ended up with Global Change. Well, Duh! History is the story of man adjusting to what the earth throws at us! However, if the "scientists" would bother with history, they would quickly come to understand that the worst scenario has already happened ......
The tremendous eruption of Mount Tambora on April 10, 1815, was the most powerful volcanic eruption of recorded history. The eruption and the tsunamis it triggered killed an estimated 70,000 people immediately. The magnitude of the explosion itself is difficult to fathom.
I rather quickly figured out that there was NO data to support the hysteria being communicated. So, it was easy to dismiss.
In America, going to high school, the hysteria continued and as more data was gathered - across time - it silently went away. Only to be replaced by "global cooling". But, this hysteria was equally unsupported by data. And after Al Gore completely embarrassed himself worldwide with his attempts at yellow journalism in the realm of earth sciences, we ended up with Global Change. Well, Duh! History is the story of man adjusting to what the earth throws at us! However, if the "scientists" would bother with history, they would quickly come to understand that the worst scenario has already happened ......
The tremendous eruption of Mount Tambora on April 10, 1815, was the most powerful volcanic eruption of recorded history. The eruption and the tsunamis it triggered killed an estimated 70,000 people immediately. The magnitude of the explosion itself is difficult to fathom.
It has been estimated that Mount Tambora stood approximately 14,000
feet tall before the 1815 eruption, when the top third of the mountain
was completely obliterated. Adding to the disaster's massive scale, the
huge amount of dust blasted into the upper atmosphere by the Tambora
eruption contributed to a bizarre and highly destructive weather event
the following year. 1816 became known as "the year without a summer" throughout the northern hemisphere.
The disaster on the remote island of Sumbawa in the Indian Ocean has been overshadowed by the eruption of the volcano at Krakatoa decades later, partly because the news of Krakatoa traveled quickly via telegraph.
Accounts of the Tambora eruption were considerably more rare, yet some vivid ones do exist. An administrator of the East India Company,
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles, who was serving as governor of
Java at the time, published a striking account of the disaster based on
written reports he had collected from English traders and military
personnel.
Beginnings of the Mount Tambora Disaster
The island of Sumbawa, home to Mount Tambora, is located in
present-day Indonesia. When first discovered by
Europeans, the mountain was thought to be an extinct volcano.
However, during 1812, three years before the eruption, the mountain
seemed to come to life. Rumblings were felt, and a dark smoky cloud
appeared above the summit.
Then on April 5, 1815, the volcano began to erupt. British traders and
explorers heard the sound and at first thought it to be the firing of
cannon. There was a fear that a sea battle was being fought nearby. This sould was hear up to 1,200 miles away!
The Massive Eruption of Mount Tambora
On the evening of April 10, 1815, the eruptions intensified, and a
massive major eruption began to blow the volcano apart. Viewed from a
settlement about 15 miles to the east, it seemed that three columns of
flames shot into the sky.
According to a witness on an island about 10 miles to the south, the
entire mountain appeared to turn into "liquid fire." Stones of pumice
more than six inches in diameter began to rain down on neighboring
islands.
Violent winds propelled by the eruptions struck settlements like hurricanes,
and some reports claimed that the wind and sound triggered small
earthquakes. Tsunamis emanating from the island of Tambora destroyed
settlements on other islands, killing tens of thousands of people.
Investigations by modern-day archaeologists have determined that an
island culture on Sumbawa was completely wiped out by the Mount Tambora
eruption.
Written Reports of Mount Tambora's Eruption
As the eruption of Mount Tambora occurred before communication by telegraph, accounts of the cataclysm were slow to reach Europe and North America. The British governor of Java, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles,
who was learning an enormous amount about the native inhabitants of the
local islands while writing his 1817 book History of Java, collected accounts of the eruption. Raffles began his account of the Mount Tambora eruption by noting the confusion about the source of the initial sounds:
"The first explosions were heard on this Island in the evening of the 5th of April, they were noticed in every quarter, and continued at intervals until the following day. The noise was in the first instance almost universally attributed to distant cannon; so much so, that a detachment of troops were marched from Djocjocarta [a nearby province] in the expectation that a neighboring post was attacked. And along the coast boats were in two instances dispatched in quest of a supposed ship in distress."
After the initial explosion was heard, Raffles said it was supposed
that the eruption was no greater than other volcanic eruptions in that
region. But he noted that on the evening of April 10 extremely loud
explosions were heard and large amounts of dust began to fall from the
sky.
Other employees of the East India Company
in the region were directed by Raffles to submit reports about the
aftermath of the eruption. The accounts are chilling. One letter
submitted to Raffles describes how, on the morning of April 12, 1815, no
sunlight was visible at 9 a.m. on a nearby island. The sun had been
entirely obscured by volcanic dust in the atmosphere.
A letter from an Englishman on the island of Sumanap described how,
on the afternoon of April 11, 1815, "by four o'clock it was necessary to
light candles." It remained dark until the next afternoon.
About two weeks after the eruption, a British officer sent to deliver
rice to the island of Sumbawa made an inspection of the island. He
reported seeing numerous corpses and widespread destruction. Local
inhabitants were becoming ill, and many had already died of hunger.
A local ruler, the Rajah of Saugar, gave his account of the cataclysm
to British officer Lieutenant Owen Phillips. He described three columns
of flames arising from the mountain when it erupted on April 10, 1815.
Apparently describing the lava flow, the Rajah said the mountain started
to appear "like a body of liquid fire, extending itself in every
direction." The Rajah also described the effect of the wind unleashed by the eruption:
"Between nine and ten p.m. ashes began to fall, and soon after a violent whirlwind ensued, which blew down nearly every house in the village of Saugar, carrying the tops and light parts along with it.
"I n the part of Saugar adjoining [Mount Tambora] its effects were much more violent, tearing up by the roots the largest trees and carrying them into the air together with men, houses, cattle, and whatever else came within its influence. This will account for the immense number of floating trees seen at sea.
"The sea rose nearly twelve feet higher than it had ever been known to be before, and completely spoiled the only small spots of rice lands in Saugar, sweeping away houses and every thing within its reach."
Worldwide Effects of the Mount Tambora Eruption
Though it would not be apparent for more than a century, the eruption of Mount Tambora contributed to one of the worst weather-related disasters of the 19th century. The following year, 1816, became known as the Year Without a Summer. And 1817 was a summer of much cooler temperatures.
The dust particles blasted into the upper atmosphere from Mount
Tambora were carried by air currents and spread across the world. By the
fall of 1815, eerily colored sunsets were being observed in London. And
the following year the weather patterns in Europe and North America
changed drastically.
While the winter of 1815–1816 was fairly ordinary, the spring of 1816 almost did not happen. Temperatures did not rise as expected, and very cold
temperatures persisted in some places well into the summer months.
In New England, the temperatures dropped to as low as 40 degrees in July and August and the year was long remembered as "eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death". One New Englander, Reverend Thomas Robbins recorded his experiences that spring in his diary. In the first days of March, he remarked that the land was still "considerably frozen", too early to plant peas. Later in April, Robbins noted that the "weather is so cold that vegetation does not appear to advance at all.” On June 9th, Robbins observed that “the cold and wind still continue. The last three days have been extraordinary. It is said that there was snow at the northward last Thursday.” As late as August 22, Robbins noted that there was frost on the ground in the early morning. During the peak of the harvest in September, Reverend Robbins wrote in his diary. "I presume no person living has known so poor a crop of corn in New England, at this season, as now.”
In December of that year, President James Madison opened his Annual Address to Congress with a few words about the "year without a summer". It was brutal for much of the country, but the United States fared better than much of Europe because we were blessed with a variety of soils and climates, not to mention easy trade with our neighbors to the South who were much less impacted. Despite, cold weather, our country's harvest remained bountiful, surpassing the needs of the country in whole. In 1816, America was thankful to God for his plentiful blessings, despite it being "eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death".
In New England, the temperatures dropped to as low as 40 degrees in July and August and the year was long remembered as "eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death". One New Englander, Reverend Thomas Robbins recorded his experiences that spring in his diary. In the first days of March, he remarked that the land was still "considerably frozen", too early to plant peas. Later in April, Robbins noted that the "weather is so cold that vegetation does not appear to advance at all.” On June 9th, Robbins observed that “the cold and wind still continue. The last three days have been extraordinary. It is said that there was snow at the northward last Thursday.” As late as August 22, Robbins noted that there was frost on the ground in the early morning. During the peak of the harvest in September, Reverend Robbins wrote in his diary. "I presume no person living has known so poor a crop of corn in New England, at this season, as now.”
In December of that year, President James Madison opened his Annual Address to Congress with a few words about the "year without a summer". It was brutal for much of the country, but the United States fared better than much of Europe because we were blessed with a variety of soils and climates, not to mention easy trade with our neighbors to the South who were much less impacted. Despite, cold weather, our country's harvest remained bountiful, surpassing the needs of the country in whole. In 1816, America was thankful to God for his plentiful blessings, despite it being "eighteen-hundred-and-froze-to-death".
Widespread crop failures caused hunger and even famine in some
places. Hunger riots were widespread as people sought food by any means! Ireland, Wales, Germany and the Russia's were all hard hit. It is estimated that worldwide 700,000 died from the starvation and the associated Typhus plaque through 1817!
In response, Germany issued a medal to fund food purchases for the needy of the country:
In response, Germany issued a medal to fund food purchases for the needy of the country:
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| "Give me bread for my hunger" |
In sheer volume, so much material was thrown into the upper atmosphere, that it would take the total output of mankind for sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and dioxide, as well as, dust and ash, an estimated four centuries to equal that single blast in 1815!
And I set back and now realized just how bad, bad science actually is.
Heck this past summer's California's fires exceeded all carbon release estimated totals for the world!
So, do we have climate change?
Heck yes, it has always been there and active!
We just are cursed with a generation that can not accept what they can not control ...
February 23, 2019
Musical Saturday Morning
Yeah, a song that cries, "Tell me all!".
But, no, it is enough that one of nieces commented one time,
"You know, I would have gone gay by now, if I was you!"
Yeah, well, not the best of luck in my lifetime.
But, gay, I am not!
And she she now attends a Christian University with a very different understanding on life!
:^)
But, no, it is enough that one of nieces commented one time,
"You know, I would have gone gay by now, if I was you!"
Yeah, well, not the best of luck in my lifetime.
But, gay, I am not!
And she she now attends a Christian University with a very different understanding on life!
:^)
February 21, 2019
Dropping Like Flies
Church has been very odd lately!
A few weeks ago, the congregation is singing their hearts out.
I am sitting.
Everybody is standing.
In front of me, is a 20 something I have seen for years.
No idea whom she is.
Yes, I continue my boycott of talking to any female!
Suddenly she drops her pen.
I bend over to picj it up for.
And shr drops like a sack of potatoes!
So I am now leaning back to upright,
She is dropping slightly sideways!
and I catch her, more out of protection than instinct!
So I am clumsily holding her torso and protecting her neck.
She is out cold!
The thing I could think was that she had a stroke or aneurysm!
Now some ladies are rushing up and lift her off ome,
But she not there.
Slowly she comes to and is very confused.
The ladies gather her stufftogether and wgisk her to the hospital.
Ashe has not come back.
Conversely, I have not heard of her dying either!
Sp, no idea.
And as we no longer have a prayer ministry - no way to find out even how to pray for her!
sigh ...
Then, this happened again to another woman!
This one standing behind me!
And she went down, she reached out to grab at me!
Luckily my pants stayed on. or up!
Not so sure she made it either!
Prayer is supposed to be a part of our lives.
In constant communication with God!
But apparently not in this church!
Were it not the gossips in the Church, it probably still would be!
sigh ...
A few weeks ago, the congregation is singing their hearts out.
I am sitting.
Everybody is standing.
In front of me, is a 20 something I have seen for years.
No idea whom she is.
Yes, I continue my boycott of talking to any female!
Suddenly she drops her pen.
I bend over to picj it up for.
And shr drops like a sack of potatoes!
So I am now leaning back to upright,
She is dropping slightly sideways!
and I catch her, more out of protection than instinct!
So I am clumsily holding her torso and protecting her neck.
She is out cold!
The thing I could think was that she had a stroke or aneurysm!
Now some ladies are rushing up and lift her off ome,
But she not there.
Slowly she comes to and is very confused.
The ladies gather her stufftogether and wgisk her to the hospital.
Ashe has not come back.
Conversely, I have not heard of her dying either!
Sp, no idea.
And as we no longer have a prayer ministry - no way to find out even how to pray for her!
sigh ...
Then, this happened again to another woman!
This one standing behind me!
And she went down, she reached out to grab at me!
Luckily my pants stayed on. or up!
Not so sure she made it either!
Prayer is supposed to be a part of our lives.
In constant communication with God!
But apparently not in this church!
Were it not the gossips in the Church, it probably still would be!
sigh ...
February 20, 2019
The Blessed Life
Psalms 1
Blessed is the well being associated with or for you.
Assumption being God is in Heaven,
And Jesus still sits on the Throne!
(otherwise, all
Hell is about to breakout here on Earth!)
Blessings are on God's terms only!
Are not momentary in duration.
But, eternal!
Blessed is the ONE:
Whom avoids temptation (in their walk)
Avoids those whom mock God (or participates with non-believers)
Delights in the Law of God
The Law is how we are to live:
24 X 7 - to observe
To meditate on
For our best
Now is compared to a tree.
Watered, producing fruit
In a desert environment
You are supposed to be that tree!
Blessed tells you what you can do
As well as what you can not do!
The wicked will be blown away
Forgotten.
And God does know!
Blessed is the well being associated with or for you.
Assumption being God is in Heaven,
And Jesus still sits on the Throne!
(otherwise, all
Hell is about to breakout here on Earth!)
Blessings are on God's terms only!
Are not momentary in duration.
But, eternal!
Blessed is the ONE:
Whom avoids temptation (in their walk)
Avoids those whom mock God (or participates with non-believers)
Delights in the Law of God
The Law is how we are to live:
24 X 7 - to observe
To meditate on
For our best
Now is compared to a tree.
Watered, producing fruit
In a desert environment
You are supposed to be that tree!
Blessed tells you what you can do
As well as what you can not do!
The wicked will be blown away
Forgotten.
And God does know!
February 19, 2019
Illinois Trailer Park
I unfortunately, was privy to watching one episode of, Jerry Springer.
I took all of 15 minutes before I walked out!
Yeah, then I worked on my English skills so I would not get a surprise like that again!
"Trailer park trash, nothing but a bunch of Illinois trailer park trash.", I commented as I left.
They did not realize I was referring to Springer, as well as, the actors and audience!
It literally sickened me!
So back in January, my oldest Daughter and her husband offered to let his sister move in until she could get acclimated.
And her kids in school, find a job, etc.
Of course, being French, drinking alcohol is not what she should do
And she is an alcoholic like many Frenchmen.
The drugs do not help either!
So, her utter brat of a son decides to pound on my grandson, whom does not understand fighting back.
So, granddaughter picks him up and throws him off her brother.
So, he gets in her face and she bursts into tears!
My son in-law now arrives and demands tro know what is going on.
Brat child turns on him and attempts to cripple him.
So, he does a body check of brat into the wall.
Stoner/drunk sister now comes to and call the ciops because her brother is beating up her son!
Cops arrive.
Ascertain that the boy is the problem.
While the paramedics check over the boy and tell the cop all is well - he is faking injury!
The mother is now in the cop's face!
And amazingly, rather that club her, evicts her and her children from the house!
Suddenly, peace is returned to my daughter's house.
Well, this will make two sisters now not talking to my son in-law!
Yeah, the other one has a substance issue too!
And exactly how did my daughter marry into a French, Illinois trailer park trash family?
Amazing, simply amazing!
I took all of 15 minutes before I walked out!
Yeah, then I worked on my English skills so I would not get a surprise like that again!
"Trailer park trash, nothing but a bunch of Illinois trailer park trash.", I commented as I left.
They did not realize I was referring to Springer, as well as, the actors and audience!
It literally sickened me!
So back in January, my oldest Daughter and her husband offered to let his sister move in until she could get acclimated.
And her kids in school, find a job, etc.
Of course, being French, drinking alcohol is not what she should do
And she is an alcoholic like many Frenchmen.
The drugs do not help either!
So, her utter brat of a son decides to pound on my grandson, whom does not understand fighting back.
So, granddaughter picks him up and throws him off her brother.
So, he gets in her face and she bursts into tears!
My son in-law now arrives and demands tro know what is going on.
Brat child turns on him and attempts to cripple him.
So, he does a body check of brat into the wall.
Stoner/drunk sister now comes to and call the ciops because her brother is beating up her son!
Cops arrive.
Ascertain that the boy is the problem.
While the paramedics check over the boy and tell the cop all is well - he is faking injury!
The mother is now in the cop's face!
And amazingly, rather that club her, evicts her and her children from the house!
Suddenly, peace is returned to my daughter's house.
Well, this will make two sisters now not talking to my son in-law!
Yeah, the other one has a substance issue too!
And exactly how did my daughter marry into a French, Illinois trailer park trash family?
Amazing, simply amazing!
February 18, 2019
Cooking
Cooking used to be a big part of my life.
I started when I was 8 years old and never stopped.
My first Blog was for my kids and about cooking.
But my health failed a few years ago.
And I took down that Blog until I could have time to make it healthier.
But, it has been 4 years now since I was in the kitchen.
I really did not mind the stroke taking my memory.
But, I am frustrated that I have to learn to cook all over again!
It seems Kris in the kitchen is now an invitation to disaster!
My first eggs this year - utter failures.
Even a grilled cheese sandwich was beyond salvation.
Yeah, too many Wendy's take away burgers to compensate for disasters, as the house airs out.
sigh .....
I used to breeze through a meal of almost any complexity or size.
At least up to parties of 30 or smaller!
Today, I have no clue how I did some of those recipes!
My notes carried an assumption I was not as clueless as I am today!
sigh ...
But, with practice, I conquered the grill cheese sandwich last week.
So, being the daredevil I am, we did a repeat performance and added ham!
Twin successes!
So, I am thinking about making Rosti for the grandchildren.
It is just fried potatoes.
What could go wrong?
Postscript:
Youngest daughter had dumped bacon grease on the burner I used.
Of course never telling anyone, nor cleaning it up!
Stove naturally caught fire.
House filled with smoke.
Wiring is gone in the stove now.
As are the burners!
And I have to buy more Baking Soda!
Of course, I do not need that until I finish rewiring the stove top.
sigh ....
Cooking!
ARGH!
In the meantime, I am seasoning and cleaning my cast iron collection.
Until the first of the month and I get my monthly residual award for my lone patent.
God has surely blessed me with those fees!
Yeah, it might only be about half a cent per disk drive made, but it does add up!
:^)
I may never get my cooking site back up.
:^(
I started when I was 8 years old and never stopped.
My first Blog was for my kids and about cooking.
But my health failed a few years ago.
And I took down that Blog until I could have time to make it healthier.
But, it has been 4 years now since I was in the kitchen.
I really did not mind the stroke taking my memory.
But, I am frustrated that I have to learn to cook all over again!
It seems Kris in the kitchen is now an invitation to disaster!
My first eggs this year - utter failures.
Even a grilled cheese sandwich was beyond salvation.
Yeah, too many Wendy's take away burgers to compensate for disasters, as the house airs out.
sigh .....
I used to breeze through a meal of almost any complexity or size.
At least up to parties of 30 or smaller!
Today, I have no clue how I did some of those recipes!
My notes carried an assumption I was not as clueless as I am today!
sigh ...
But, with practice, I conquered the grill cheese sandwich last week.
So, being the daredevil I am, we did a repeat performance and added ham!
Twin successes!
So, I am thinking about making Rosti for the grandchildren.
It is just fried potatoes.
What could go wrong?
Postscript:
Youngest daughter had dumped bacon grease on the burner I used.
Of course never telling anyone, nor cleaning it up!
Stove naturally caught fire.
House filled with smoke.
Wiring is gone in the stove now.
As are the burners!
And I have to buy more Baking Soda!
Of course, I do not need that until I finish rewiring the stove top.
sigh ....
Cooking!
ARGH!
In the meantime, I am seasoning and cleaning my cast iron collection.
Until the first of the month and I get my monthly residual award for my lone patent.
God has surely blessed me with those fees!
Yeah, it might only be about half a cent per disk drive made, but it does add up!
:^)
I may never get my cooking site back up.
:^(
February 16, 2019
Musical Saturday Morning
A little moldy oldie from 1967 ....
That was one interesting year for this little German NATO Brat!
Maybe a topic for next week?
hmmmmmm?
That was one interesting year for this little German NATO Brat!
Maybe a topic for next week?
hmmmmmm?
February 15, 2019
Observation ...
Welcome to our world today.....
Where sex is free and love is expensive.
Where losing a phone is more painful than losing your virginity.
Where modernization means nudity, profanity, and if you don't drink/smoke dope you're out of fashion/style.
Where boys stay boys and never want to become men, and girls become men to rule over them.
Where if you don't fool your partner it's because you're not clever enough.
Where the bathrooms have become photography studios.
Where pizza delivery is faster than the emergency response.
Where people fear the thieves and the terrorists more than God.
Where churches copy the world system and values to draw crowds in.
Where Worshipping God is difficult.
Where temples turn into dating pools.
Where lies become the preferred reality.
Where the ladies fear pregnancy more than h.i.v. .
Where babies are murdered so the ladies can escape responsibility.
Where people become toxic when they speak the truth or resisting to turn from what is actually toxic.
Where perspectives and clothes decide the value of a person.
Where money is more important than family and God.
Where children are ready to leave their families for their love of the moment, rebellion and spite.
Where the marriage covenant is no longer sacred or taken seriously.
Where it's easier to play house than to build a home.
Where jumping from partner to partner for sex or attention is easier than waiting for the right partner for life.
Where love is a game.
Where evil no longer exists.
The new generation of humanity.
II Timothy 3: 1-4
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Matthew 24:12-13
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of many will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
There's still hope, in Jesus, it's not too late!
Where sex is free and love is expensive.
Where losing a phone is more painful than losing your virginity.
Where modernization means nudity, profanity, and if you don't drink/smoke dope you're out of fashion/style.
Where boys stay boys and never want to become men, and girls become men to rule over them.
Where if you don't fool your partner it's because you're not clever enough.
Where the bathrooms have become photography studios.
Where pizza delivery is faster than the emergency response.
Where people fear the thieves and the terrorists more than God.
Where churches copy the world system and values to draw crowds in.
Where Worshipping God is difficult.
Where temples turn into dating pools.
Where lies become the preferred reality.
Where the ladies fear pregnancy more than h.i.v. .
Where babies are murdered so the ladies can escape responsibility.
Where people become toxic when they speak the truth or resisting to turn from what is actually toxic.
Where perspectives and clothes decide the value of a person.
Where money is more important than family and God.
Where children are ready to leave their families for their love of the moment, rebellion and spite.
Where the marriage covenant is no longer sacred or taken seriously.
Where it's easier to play house than to build a home.
Where jumping from partner to partner for sex or attention is easier than waiting for the right partner for life.
Where love is a game.
Where evil no longer exists.
The new generation of humanity.
II Timothy 3: 1-4
But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,
Matthew 24:12-13
Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of many will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
There's still hope, in Jesus, it's not too late!
February 14, 2019
Storm
Been quite a snow and ice storm!
No one is sure if it is over.
Guess we will find out by Friday!
We got about 18" across several days.
Mind you the stuff melts within hours.
Currently this town should be renamed Slush-ville!
Storm drains are all frozen over,
So stand pools of water / mini-ice rinks are everywhere.
The neighbor whom blew their Challenger engine racing my Solara sometime back,
Now has a 550 horse power fire breathing beast under the hood!
And on ice, completely unusable....
They sat at the stop sign for 35 straight minutes burning their tires off!
And unable to move anywhere other than sideways!
Finally at 11:30 last night they gave up when this engine blew!
Sure glad I do not need sleep....
But, that is not as bad as the people whom just panic and abandon their cars on the road!
Yesterday I was stunned to watch a 20-something walk away from their truck,
The road was only wet at that spot!
No ice, no snow, just water!
I know, I had to pull around her!
People really need a dose of common sense.
No one is sure if it is over.
Guess we will find out by Friday!
We got about 18" across several days.
Mind you the stuff melts within hours.
Currently this town should be renamed Slush-ville!
Storm drains are all frozen over,
So stand pools of water / mini-ice rinks are everywhere.
The neighbor whom blew their Challenger engine racing my Solara sometime back,
Now has a 550 horse power fire breathing beast under the hood!
And on ice, completely unusable....
They sat at the stop sign for 35 straight minutes burning their tires off!
And unable to move anywhere other than sideways!
Finally at 11:30 last night they gave up when this engine blew!
Sure glad I do not need sleep....
But, that is not as bad as the people whom just panic and abandon their cars on the road!
Yesterday I was stunned to watch a 20-something walk away from their truck,
The road was only wet at that spot!
No ice, no snow, just water!
I know, I had to pull around her!
People really need a dose of common sense.
February 13, 2019
Church With Three Men
The Third Letter of John was written to the Christian Churches under his care in the greater region of today's Turkey.
John had already survived being boiled in hot oil.
Then sent to the Island of Patmos, one of the Roman death camps.
The idea there was to die in the poor quality copper mines on the island.
Early Church fathers, wrote that John Wrote this letter about 85 to 90 AD.
Jerusalem had been destroyed by the Romans.
The Christian Church was besieged by Gnosticism.
And John was the lone Apostle still alive!
This letter, describes three kinds of men to be found in those churches, by name!
Ouch!
For someone!
Now all three men claimed to be Christian, or more properly, a part of "The Way".
The proper name of the early Christian Church.
A politically incorrect religion - to the Romans and to the Jews.
Gaius, the gracious man.
A common first century name.
Walked in truth.
John was told of his:
Honor
Witness
Silent witness
Point is people see you, listen to you and all that you do!
Yo will be known by all, for what you do and say.
Diotrephes, the dictator:
No praise for this guy by John
"Don't be this guy!"
Selfish
Puts self before others
Does not acknowledge authorities!
Unloving
Demetius, the disciple.
Everyone loves Demetrius.
He tries to walk in Jesus' footsteps
He tries to do as Jesus would do
Looking back at John and his times with the early church, it becomes apparent that John is telling the Church then, as well as now:
What you for God,
And not yourself ....
John had already survived being boiled in hot oil.
Then sent to the Island of Patmos, one of the Roman death camps.
The idea there was to die in the poor quality copper mines on the island.
Early Church fathers, wrote that John Wrote this letter about 85 to 90 AD.
Jerusalem had been destroyed by the Romans.
The Christian Church was besieged by Gnosticism.
And John was the lone Apostle still alive!
This letter, describes three kinds of men to be found in those churches, by name!
Ouch!
For someone!
Now all three men claimed to be Christian, or more properly, a part of "The Way".
The proper name of the early Christian Church.
A politically incorrect religion - to the Romans and to the Jews.
Gaius, the gracious man.
A common first century name.
Walked in truth.
John was told of his:
Honor
Witness
Silent witness
Point is people see you, listen to you and all that you do!
Yo will be known by all, for what you do and say.
Diotrephes, the dictator:
No praise for this guy by John
"Don't be this guy!"
Selfish
Puts self before others
Does not acknowledge authorities!
Unloving
Demetius, the disciple.
Everyone loves Demetrius.
He tries to walk in Jesus' footsteps
He tries to do as Jesus would do
Looking back at John and his times with the early church, it becomes apparent that John is telling the Church then, as well as now:
What you for God,
And not yourself ....
February 12, 2019
Walking With God
The Second Letter of John talks abour two shoes you can wear in your walk with God:
Love
Appears 4 times inn this letter.
Only in context with Truth.
We are to live Jesus' Love:
Full time
Fully consumed by it
It will take everything you have
It takes TIME!
Truth
Appears 5 times
Only in context with Love
Truth will transform you:
In how you trust others
Can be known
Comes from God
Walk in the truth
Believe "it is so"
Verses 7 to 11:
What to do when truth is not there!
Love
Appears 4 times inn this letter.
Only in context with Truth.
We are to live Jesus' Love:
Full time
Fully consumed by it
It will take everything you have
It takes TIME!
Truth
Appears 5 times
Only in context with Love
Truth will transform you:
In how you trust others
Can be known
Comes from God
Walk in the truth
Believe "it is so"
Verses 7 to 11:
What to do when truth is not there!
February 11, 2019
Last Monday And Snow
So last week, on Monday, I settled down to play with my nickels before dinner, and WHACK!
Hit by a heart attack!
BLAM!
I was down for the count!
BOOM!
A week in a hospital with no WIFI.
Sniff....
I had planned to see my cardiologist on the 12th and schedule some artery work in six weeks or six months.
But, it seems the heart chose now, rather than later.
sigh ...
So, my strange, twin front arteries are now wide open.
One was completely clogged.
The other had a clog that was swinging open and closed.
The heart apparently selected the closed feature.
It seems,
And I was down.
After surgery, they tested a few more medications on me.
Seems I am a walking pharmacy now!
So, back home.
Just in time for SNOWMAGGADEN, 2018.
Yes, Seattle is now snow bound.
With 10 more inches expected tonight!
Lord save me from weather reports!
And whiny Washington drivers.
It is not like it does not snow here at least once a year!
People just have to slow down and stop parking their cars on the freeway when they panic!
"OMG, a snowflake!"
Slams on the brakes and cranks the steering wheel hard over!
Honest!
I have seen this so many times!
Saturday, my son drove over from Renton to take me to breakfast.
He actually just wanted to drive his wife's four wheel drive SUV!
And he did really well.
Over course, on a day following a snowstorm, it was hard to find somewhere open!
Good old Denny's - always open!
Hit by a heart attack!
BLAM!
I was down for the count!
BOOM!
A week in a hospital with no WIFI.
Sniff....
I had planned to see my cardiologist on the 12th and schedule some artery work in six weeks or six months.
But, it seems the heart chose now, rather than later.
sigh ...
So, my strange, twin front arteries are now wide open.
One was completely clogged.
The other had a clog that was swinging open and closed.
The heart apparently selected the closed feature.
It seems,
And I was down.
After surgery, they tested a few more medications on me.
Seems I am a walking pharmacy now!
So, back home.
Just in time for SNOWMAGGADEN, 2018.
Yes, Seattle is now snow bound.
With 10 more inches expected tonight!
Lord save me from weather reports!
And whiny Washington drivers.
It is not like it does not snow here at least once a year!
People just have to slow down and stop parking their cars on the freeway when they panic!
"OMG, a snowflake!"
Slams on the brakes and cranks the steering wheel hard over!
Honest!
I have seen this so many times!
Saturday, my son drove over from Renton to take me to breakfast.
He actually just wanted to drive his wife's four wheel drive SUV!
And he did really well.
Over course, on a day following a snowstorm, it was hard to find somewhere open!
Good old Denny's - always open!
February 9, 2019
Musical Saturday Morning
Thought a little 1980's music would be appropriate this weekend.
Last week was horrible for me, as Monday's post will tell you about!
And I got to remembering my one time friend, Bunty Bailey.
No one knew of her when I did.
She got famous due to her boyfriend.
And appeared in many 1980's videoes!
Can you find her in this one?
Last week was horrible for me, as Monday's post will tell you about!
And I got to remembering my one time friend, Bunty Bailey.
No one knew of her when I did.
She got famous due to her boyfriend.
And appeared in many 1980's videoes!
Can you find her in this one?
February 4, 2019
Antique Show
Billed as "the world's largest antique show" - it certainly wasn't!
It was down a full third of dealers from when last I attended.
2015 perhaps?
But it was fun to see a few familiar faces!
Unfortunately, my heart has grown so weak, I had to constantly rest!
And I had no air for talking more than a sentence at a time!
I swear, half the time my eyes were crossed due to utter brain shutdown!
I did not see much cash exchanging hands,
Nor many bags of stuff being carried away.
Prices were high on things being offered.
Often, something I thought would have been a solid $150 item, bore a $750 or higher price tag!
Yup. they sure liked their offerings!
I did manage to find a few interesting offerings that came home with me:
A Yakima or Cayuse Indian marble gaming ball.
A stack of 9 Recipe books from circa 1900 to 1910 for my sister, Sommer's birthday.
Three pint sized canning jars I didn't have.
A blue rabbit soft boiled egg holder, for Sommer, as well.
2 19th century Lodge tiny cast iron pans.
2 books on American Indian artifacts.
A Scottish sporran from 1890-1910 time frame.
And a dye trials piece from a potter I started collecting in 2014.
Best part?
Outside the sporran, which I paid $20 for, everything was only $3 each!
Yeah, there was a dealer dumping stock so, $3 was a good for me.
And it was stuff I was interested in besides!
The sporran I will have to replace the lining on, else was in perfect condition.
Thinking about maybe doing their November show ...
Who knows, I might still be alive then!
And I do have a storage shed of stuff still to sell!
It was down a full third of dealers from when last I attended.
2015 perhaps?
But it was fun to see a few familiar faces!
Unfortunately, my heart has grown so weak, I had to constantly rest!
And I had no air for talking more than a sentence at a time!
I swear, half the time my eyes were crossed due to utter brain shutdown!
I did not see much cash exchanging hands,
Nor many bags of stuff being carried away.
Prices were high on things being offered.
Often, something I thought would have been a solid $150 item, bore a $750 or higher price tag!
Yup. they sure liked their offerings!
I did manage to find a few interesting offerings that came home with me:
A Yakima or Cayuse Indian marble gaming ball.
A stack of 9 Recipe books from circa 1900 to 1910 for my sister, Sommer's birthday.
Three pint sized canning jars I didn't have.
A blue rabbit soft boiled egg holder, for Sommer, as well.
2 19th century Lodge tiny cast iron pans.
2 books on American Indian artifacts.
A Scottish sporran from 1890-1910 time frame.
And a dye trials piece from a potter I started collecting in 2014.
Best part?
Outside the sporran, which I paid $20 for, everything was only $3 each!
Yeah, there was a dealer dumping stock so, $3 was a good for me.
And it was stuff I was interested in besides!
The sporran I will have to replace the lining on, else was in perfect condition.
Thinking about maybe doing their November show ...
Who knows, I might still be alive then!
And I do have a storage shed of stuff still to sell!
February 2, 2019
February 1, 2019
Auto-Immune
So, living with an auto-immune problem is just plain weird!
There are apparently five different types of auto-immune "diseases".
(in quotes because it is nore of a syndrome than a disease!
The doctor said that if yo could choose which one to inflict yourself with, this is the one.
It has an easy response with little impact on you.
Some that is of little comfort when you have tubes hanging out of you because of it!
So, round two of the Prednisone.
Bleeeeech!
Makes my mouth taste odd,
Gives you body an interesting scent,
Messes with your sugar levels,
and for me turns me into a raving maniac!
So, I think three times before I open my mouth
And all weapons are squirreled away.
And hopefully, with much prayer I will not slip into some pathological anti-social behavior -
Spell that one: kill no one!
So far I only slipped once and rip a less than civil servant a new one .....
Yeah, that embarassed me but she had it coming!
gggggggrrrrrrrrrrr!
To quote my first daughter.
Big accomplishment today will be getting my stitches out from the biopsies.
sigh
There are apparently five different types of auto-immune "diseases".
(in quotes because it is nore of a syndrome than a disease!
The doctor said that if yo could choose which one to inflict yourself with, this is the one.
It has an easy response with little impact on you.
Some that is of little comfort when you have tubes hanging out of you because of it!
So, round two of the Prednisone.
Bleeeeech!
Makes my mouth taste odd,
Gives you body an interesting scent,
Messes with your sugar levels,
and for me turns me into a raving maniac!
So, I think three times before I open my mouth
And all weapons are squirreled away.
And hopefully, with much prayer I will not slip into some pathological anti-social behavior -
Spell that one: kill no one!
So far I only slipped once and rip a less than civil servant a new one .....
Yeah, that embarassed me but she had it coming!
gggggggrrrrrrrrrrr!
To quote my first daughter.
Big accomplishment today will be getting my stitches out from the biopsies.
sigh
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