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Prepared

I’m ready.  I’ve done virtually everything possible to make sure we make it through this snowstorm and the likely power outage without excessive complications.  I’ve got heat, we’ve collected water, we’re stocked on food and drink, we’ve got a way to cook.  We’re even charging the GameBoy and the Nintendo DS.  Hopefully nothing is forgotten.  [...]

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Christmas Holidays

A good friend of mine – a real world friend (I do actually have some of those, but most of them are too ashamed to admit it…) – posted a question on Facebook yesterday. “Do you say Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays?” So, I’ll answer.  I say “Merry Christmas.”  I don’t think the words “Happy Holidays” have [...]

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Negative

So, yesterday I redeemed some mutual fund stock at around $12 per share that I paid something like $18 per share for.  This was necessary to pay a complicated little thing called property tax.  <frowns> Last week, our pastor at Crossroads resigned.  <sad> Today, the “CHECK ENGINE” light on the dear little red Jeep has decided that [...]

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Perspective

I find it very interesting that the United States of America has existed for a shorter period of time than the period of silence between Malachi and Matthew. That’s not a political statement. It’s an observation of wonder regarding that period of silence. It’s also an expression of amazement regarding the Godliness of Simeon (Luke 2:25-33) [...]

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Friends

I’ve pointed a few “old” acquaintances toward this website in recent days. Friends from twenty years ago. Friends who knew someone who I feel is a different “me”. I wonder what goes through their minds when they prowl around the site. I’m a bit of a dork, but I’m socially capable, and I [...]

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