Randomness of my Mind

I love lions. This guy is about to blow the dandelion seeds all over the place. Sort of like my blog. Right now I am getting about 4-500 hits a day. They are from all over.

Tauranga, New Zealand

Mississauga, ON, Canada

Branford, CT, United States

Mason City, IA, United States

Mountain View, CA, United States

Newton, IA, United States

Waldport, OR, United States

Palo Alto, CA, United States

Victorville, CA, United States

Kalamazoo, MI, United States

Brazil

Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Compton, CA, United States

  It is an interesting thing to check out.  Sometimes I get a little paranoid about it.  I kept wondering why I was getting so many hits from Mountain View, CA.  So I googled it and discovered that it is the headquarters of Google.  So now I am even more paranoid than ever.  Suppose they are watching me to see if I have a subversive blog.  And then there is Washington.. I wonder if they are watching because I have so many anti Rmoney posts.  Then I remembered that this is the USA and I will be fine ... I hope.

A friend sent me this.  Along with some others but this was my favorite.

Dental trip today for the first fitting.  I didn't get to keep them but this is what they will look like.  It will be nice to have them.  Too bad I can't do the same thing with my hair.

I got a new sweater in the mail today.  I was pleased to find that it had been made in the USA and that it had the following label.  My Lodge Brothers will be interested in the similarity between it and the Square and Compasses.

Jerry Marsengill wrote about the Unions and Freemasonry and you can find the essay here.


I found another picture of me when I was little.  This one has a smile and I had teeth then.

This is for a couple of preacher friends of mine.

Please send prayers to Madpriest.  His blog tonight brought tears to my eyes.. It starts: "Glenna the dog who was supposed to live forever, died this evening.

You can go here to read about this wonderful dog who will be sorely missed by us all. 







Thanks for stopping by

Things I Think About

God
Rev. Fred has a Post up which directed me to this article which had this question on it:

How could God be loving, generous, and merciful and then arrange for his own son to be tortured and killed? Is this to suggest that this was God's only-or even best-option for bringing salvation to the world? The atonement theology has never made much sense to me.

My answer is that he couldn't and didn't. Anybody else have an answer?

Pets

Over at Mirth and Matter, Stephanie (I still call her that) has a post up about the loss of her pet. That is two friends who have had beloved pets cross the "Rainbow Bridge" which is a hard and difficult thing. Some people don't believe that animals have souls. They have never known the unconditional love of an animal. Bark-Bark Woof Woof still has a picture of his dog Sam on his blog. My Bailey is laying against my leg as I write this. All of my animals are still with me. I think back over the years to their time with me and know that they were provided for me by a loving God who shares some of his love by giving us our pets. It is unfortunate that some people pervert that love by training these animals to be vicious killers. But that is not their nature. I posted a video the other day about cross-species motherly love. That is the true nature of these animals.

Bicyclists

Nephew Jon told me the other day that motorists give him the right of way when he "hogs" the road. By that he means drives in the middle of the lane and takes up as much space as a car. When I taught I had a father who was a bicyclist who was run off the road and injured (severely) while he was riding his bike. Jon was also hit recently by a woman not paying attention. Again by someone else who didn't see him. Drivers like that tick me off. Those riding bikes also tick me off when they do not obey the rules of the road. I routinely see bicycles run red lights and stop signs. Turn without signaling. Ride on sidewalks (they are for pedestrians) and generally be obnoxious riders. It goes both ways folks. Rules are there for the protection and safety of everyone.

Politicians, lawyers and lies

Some people think that it is OK to lie to other people. They think the end justifies the means. They are wrong. Unfortunately there are enough people out there who think that anything they read is true and believe it. They seem to be (on the) right.

TV

Generally sucks! Except for Craig Ferguson.
Friends

I am grateful for each and everyone of them and for those a-holes who have proven that they are vindictive, self-centered pricks who tried (and failed) to destroy my friendships with others. Well you can just marinate in your own sauce.

Time,

It gets away from me, Gotta run. Sone sent me this:
Thanks for stopping by ARTYAL, Hugs, j

You Tube/Random Thoughts

There is some great stuff on You Tube. Mark Day is a comedian with a fake Scotch accent. Here is his smiley face intervention.

Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley) and Jennifer Saunder play two women discussing sex. Be warned it is adult.

Last night I finished the Film Festival. Watched Will Smith's The Pursuit of Happyness. Again a movie about a father and a son and it was excellent. Then the Will Farrell Movie where he plays a tax auditor who hears his life being narrated and knows that the author is going to kill him off. It was also a very good movie and I have a lot more respect for Farrel. Good movies and a good ending to my "film festival."

I have decide not to go to the movies currently in the Theaters. Pirates 3 - Shrek 3 and Spider Man 3 - Why encourage them?

I am still getting ready to leave. I had to take my car down to be serviced. While there they discovered that I had a leak in the transmission pan. There went another $250.00. Such fun. However I did meet a nice guy who works there and wants to join the Masons. I had one of the Pocket Petitions supplied by Grand Lodge with me so I got him to fill it out and I will stop tomorrow to pick it up. Handy things. Since his boss is also a Mason I took the second line so Jeff could sign the first.

I finished the Albert Pike book while I was waiting if anyone wants to borrow it. I also practiced (studied) Royal Arch Ritual and some Lodge Ritual. I am hoping we can start doing some degree work in Chapter and Council this summer.

I have to run to Des Moines to pick up my tux pants tomorrow. (Had to have them taken in you know) Yes, I know I've told you that before but I am really pleased. These were the pants I had to buy last summer since my other ones shrunk. I can now get into them again. I am waiting for people to ask me if I am ill since I have lost so much weight. One guy did that to me one other time. Yelled it across his restaurant - I quit going there. He was embarrassing but he did make good soup. I need a snappy comeback for them. Any suggestions?

I didn't get to see Ginny before she left. She picked up the ham loaf from my refrigerator but she left the Chinese leftovers. I may have that tonight. 80 degrees is just right for eating on the porch. But then again, I have a letter to mail..But I could do that tomorrow. The only thing I know for sure is that I am watching Boston Legal tonight. The TV guide says it is still a new one.

Have a good evening and Be Happy and loved!