Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Sunday, April 28, 2019
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Poop
I thought if a hardware store hired a person with tourettes syndrome, the sign should read, "I have tourettes syndrome. Please be patient. I know my shit. I meant to say that."
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Because of my evil, I am afraid of Your judgments. But, the faith of others amazes me and Your mercy is heartwrenching overwhelming.
Psalm 119:120 GNT
Because of you I am afraid; I am filled with fear because of your judgments.
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Because of you I am afraid; I am filled with fear because of your judgments.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Live Traps
I find it sad and ironic when bleeding hearts and tree huggers opt for live traps; rather than a quick merciful death, the mouse knows the agony of death by starvation.
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
God has given me every success I have ever had, and the dead will rise again.
Isaiah 26 GNT
A day is coming when the people will sing this song in the land of Judah: Our city is strong! God himself defends its walls! Open the city gates and let the faithful nation enter, the nation whose people do what is right. You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever; he will always protect us. He has humbled those who were proud; he destroyed the strong city they lived in, and sent its walls crashing…
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A day is coming when the people will sing this song in the land of Judah: Our city is strong! God himself defends its walls! Open the city gates and let the faithful nation enter, the nation whose people do what is right. You, Lord, give perfect peace to those who keep their purpose firm and put their trust in you. Trust in the Lord forever; he will always protect us. He has humbled those who were proud; he destroyed the strong city they lived in, and sent its walls crashing…
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Even when I was very low, I hung on to my faith.
Psalm 116 WYC
Alleluia. I loved the Lord; for the Lord shall hear the voice of my prayer. (Alleluia. I love the Lord; for the Lord hath heard the words of my prayer.) For he bowed down his ear to me; and I shall inwardly call him in my days (and I shall call to him in all my days). The sorrows of death (en)compassed me; and the perils of hell found me. I found tribulation and sorrow; (The sorrows of death surrounded me; and the perils of Sheol, or the land of the dead, took hold of me. And I…
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Alleluia. I loved the Lord; for the Lord shall hear the voice of my prayer. (Alleluia. I love the Lord; for the Lord hath heard the words of my prayer.) For he bowed down his ear to me; and I shall inwardly call him in my days (and I shall call to him in all my days). The sorrows of death (en)compassed me; and the perils of hell found me. I found tribulation and sorrow; (The sorrows of death surrounded me; and the perils of Sheol, or the land of the dead, took hold of me. And I…
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How could He punish them?
From a reading not long ago, I thought it intriguing that God punished the Egyptian gods.
Scratch1
Somebody said this weekend that the world would end in 13 years because of climate change...and I kept my mouth shut.
Monday, April 22, 2019
Rocket
When somebody says to me, "I know I'm x, but I don't want you to treat me any differently. I'm not looking for special treatment," my respect for that person skyrockets. I don't believe in treating people any differently. Some will say that us Xist and that they need (deserve) compensation. I never said that liberals didn't have a reason to support discrimination, I just said I don't believe in it.
Nuts for Lent
Because I gave up Facebook for Lent, I went a little nuts on Twitter and on this blog. 😅
Equal, but knot.
In the 1800s, women were seen as weak, and so were held back by society (not men) from working in what was then seen as a man's job. In the Royal Navy, it was a dishonorable act for a Ship of The Line to fire on a frigate. Likewise, women couldn't work. Women faught long and hard to prove they could do a man's job, just as good and without a handy cap. Fast forward to 2019, where--thanks to the cult of perpetual victimhood--women need to be over compensated for male privilege. I can almost hear Scooby Doo, "Bar"?
Ralph
It's like being sick. You fight barfing, even though you know you will feel better. If you just barf, get it over with, do it, then you will be able to pay your mortgage and car loan.
Didn't I just say this?
The Brussels Times - Electric vehicles emit more CO2 than diesel ones, German study shows
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...then there's the natural habitat destroyed with lithium strip mining.
P.S. Bio-diesel is the way to go.
Elephant
Take it one hour at a time, break to break, day to day. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
Leap of Faith
Was Freud telling me, "You're not happy. Take the risk. Your subconscious is trying to tell you that you're holding yourself back because it's safe. Your fear failure."
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Now Hear This
📣I no longer believe that homosexuality is a sin for those who eat meat or work on the Sabbath.📣
This is not new, not a new position. I just thought I'd say it again. I've believed it for years.
Easter
I celebrated Easter in my Betterment Basement with Easter Day readings and Psalms, the Divine Office, and burning incense. I have kind of semi-decide to only burn incense on Holy Days, because of second hand smoke. However, I enjoy it; but, it makes chanting the Psalms and singing the Venite hard, as I loose my voice in the smoke. I can read okay, sing...not so much. Reading Exodus was thought provoking, picking a young lamb (yearling) without blemish. It would be killed by all the people. They would eat it's flesh. It's blood would save them.
P.S. I have some wonderful incense from Holy Cross Monastery, the good stuff. 😊
This Lent
It was a somewhat productive Lent. I gave up several (5) things, failed miserably at most of them. I stayed off of Facebook and coffee after the cruise, and did okay with the video games. Holy Week was better. I felt my faith. I attended Maundy Thursday service at St. Paul's and Good Friday service with Fr. Ted at St. Barnabas in the city of St. Catherines. Somebody stepped up at work and I got Good Friday off. Thanks be to God. There was a shift that ran, but it was volunteers and I was not needed; often when people volunteer, I am needed. It worked out that we were ably to keep our plans and visit Fr. Ted. The Good Friday service at St. Barnabas was different. It is Anglo-Catholic, but they has Eucharist this year, with only the bread. The bread was pre-consecrated from the Maundy Thursday service there, no wine. They carried a large cruifix around the Church after the communion. They didn't take up an offering, but I left a donation. Chandra didn't go with us this year because of the short notice. She had made other plans. We met Beryl and Bob, Chandra and Hayden last night at the Keg for an Easter meal in Brantford. It was pricy. Today, we will be having Easter dinner with the folks in Stratford and Chandra and Hayden are planning on joining. So, a pleasant and happy Easter so far, a so so Lent, a good Holy Week, thanks be to God.
New Job
I had a dream last night that I was offered a new job. I was being recruited by a head hunter at a large company. I got the feeling that they didn't like guns, and they didn't even like me carrying my little pocket knife. I'm not sure what they did, but the job was mine for the asking. It was all office space, with no manufacturing space that I saw. They wanted to hire me as a supervisor, although they wouldn't really tell me what I would be doing. A coworker had already moved to this company from my current job and was trying to talk me into it. They were a forward thinking company like Google, and he was going out for a helicopter ride to refocus. The office was filled with enlightened child prodigies that looked too young to work, and I got the feeling that I would be supervising them. I was shown an incident report where one of the children had gotten into trouble. The place looked awsome. It was scary, a big decision. To give up my severance and job security was a big risk, especially for a job that I didn't know if I would be any good at. The company may have had something to do with research and time; I went with my friend on his helicopter ride over a river which was oscillating back and forth, sometimes flowing backward, some times frozen. I got the feeling that I wanted to do it, but I felt bad for my old boss in the consulting department at my current job. There was no pressure and everybody there was happy. What would Dr. Freud tell me?
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Insane in the Brain
I opened the door at 4:45 to let the dog out. There's a full (or close to) moon out there and the birds are up chirping. Stupid animals, what non-insane creatures are awake at this hour?
Letter and Dragons and Children Oh My
I had a strange nightmare last night that woke me up just after 10 involving flying dragons, secret letters, time travel, and of course...possessed children.
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Office
Oh, and I skipped Evening Prayer. I came home and went straight to bed. So much for Holy Week, I may even have to work Good Friday.
Chops
Last night I delivered some Easter fundraiser pork chops for the riding association and didn't get to bed until almost nine O'clock. It's hard getting up for work at 4AM. I'm bagged.
Rant
I truly hate my job right now. I’m stressed out and exhausted. When
my alarm goes off each day, my first thought is that I should call in
sick today. I am ready for a change. Sixty hour work weeks and
rotating shifts while being the point man on a project with
aggressive goals that really should have been better planned for and
really should have been started earlier are not for me. Now, it
looks like I’m even going to have to work on Good Friday. In a
secular Western society that has forgotten it’s Christian roots,
it’s just a statutory holiday. Our family tradition of visiting a
priest friend in his parish this year will likely be cancelled. The
expectations placed on one person in one position are too high and
the demands are unreasonable.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Our Lady
A sad day today as Notre Dame Cathedral burned down, we have lost a holy place and a world treasure.
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Last night my spirits really sank into the pit of dispair. Cindy woke me up when she came up to bed and I had trouble falling back to sleep. My mind was racing, about work and opportunities wasted, about debt, about my father and our relationship, about Rachel and the unfairness of her tragic situation. It was like part of my mind was still asleep, the positive part. It was awful, and I couldn't turn it off and sleep.
I was also very tired. Being back on rotating shifts is very hard. It takes some time to adjust. Even straight nights would be better than rotating. I'm 44 and I'm done with shift work. I would like to move beyond supervision as well. It seems like such a waste.
I thought about mortality, my own and wasted time, Rachel and how bad things happen to good people, the fragility of my faith, the mortality of my father in the Winter of his life. We've had a turbulent relationship, more off than on, not all because of not getting along with one another. Time and opportunities are decreasing for us and for me. People around me are subject to failing health, sickness, and death. Thank God that nobody in my immediate family has passed away. But death, especially young tragic loss, of those around us is troubling and forces you to reflect. I seem to be rambling now, so I'll take my leave as they say. Suffice it to say that it was a missarable night. And now, I'm off to work...
Sunday, April 14, 2019
A prayer request: If you're the praying type, I would welcome prayers on my behalf for the work week ahead. It's a highly stressful time and I haven't had a good day in the last month.
FATHER in Heaven, I ask for peace and comfort for the work week ahead. Guide and protect me. Strengthen me and keep watch over me. I ask these things in the name of Your Son, my Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Palm Sundy
Even in the BCP the reading is long today. I can't remember St. Peter's denial being so strong. He swore he doesn't know Jesus. He even says that God can punish him if he is lying! I can't recall it being so extreme. Wow Peter. I feared for him as I read the words. Yikes.
Foot Washing II
We should wash one another's feet, just as we should forgive one another of their sins.
Freud, help!
I had a dream last night that I was at 243 Welling St., sleeping on the front porch. My Team Leader and Lead Hand showed up to pick up their kids and were walking between the houses to the side door. I think work is really bothering me.
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Foot Washing
Keeping in mind the 65th Psalm and how strong my sin is, I wonder about the foot washing passage in the Gospel according to St. John. If we are baptised in Christ and it makes our whole body clean, is it only our feet that sin makes dirty as they are walking in the world? Our feet make contact with the dirt of the Earth. Is it only our feet that need cleaning as Christ forgives all our sins and makes us clean already?
Keys to The Temple
Being asked to return the key breaks the connection and gives my time there an air of finality.
65
I read the 65th Psalm yesterday. I love how it says that we come to God because of our sin and how sin is stronger than we are. It gives me comfort how this is actually recognized in the Bible.
April 15th
We don't understand how Blacks of the early 20th Century were treated, how they had to live--especially race baters. It was barbaric, violent, and beyond unfair. We are likening things like Unconscious Bias to conspiracy and collusion. They are miles apart. There never would have been a Black President in the first half of the 20th century.
Struggles
I usually don't get too personal on here, although I have. So, I want to talk about the struggles of my area at work. I was reciently given some overly negative criticism my our company VP. He claimed that the single biggest problem in my area was the reaction time of my Team Leader and myself to problems. What I took that to mean was, we should be looking for gaps in the production line and, immediately inserting ourselves into the line (and position of manual labourer), doing half of the Team Member's job. After paying lip service to wanting to see the skills applied that I learned while I was in the consulting department, I've come to realize that what they truly value is two extra floaters. Without struggling, the Team Members will not get the practice needed, the repetition needed to get faster. They will develop the mindset that they don't have to run at Takt Time because I will do half their job if they do not keep up. Ironically, I am seen as soft and too lenient on the Team Members.
The Troubles of Supervising
I had a dream that I dangerous out of control gorilla was nearby. My partner started to condition the gorilla. I was impressed. Soon, they were teaching the gorilla to play softball with the gorilla. I was scared to play hard and offend the gorilla, lest he attack me.
Friday, April 12, 2019
Save'a'me Street
Could Sesame Street have been saved? The Green Bay Packers were saved. The Winnipeg Jets were resurrected. Star Trek went on to be a pop cultural icon. Could they gave worked harder (hard?) to find alternative funding and new revenue? Did they maybe just want a free ride and blame Trump? Maybe the problem with PBS is in the P?
Public Parks, Common Areas, City Busses, Welfare, Food Banks, and Tools on Shadow Boards
The problem with being overly generous is that is creates distain for the giver and for the object given. Excessive generosity is wrong, even according to Virtue Ethics. People only respect things they earn and seldom the things they are entitled to be given.
PMs
I had a dream that I was sitting down with Trudeau and Jean Chretien. I was letting Trudeau have it for the methodology used on an opinion pole and for Bill M-104. Chretien looked like the cat that ate the canary, so I told him that I voted for him and that I was ashamed of it. He looked extremely offended. I said that it wasn't that he was a bad PM (which he was, although compared to Trudeau he was honest and competent); I said it was his policies that stank (liberal).
Sunday, April 7, 2019
Re Re
Maybe squirrels run in a zig zag pattern because they're retarded. There may have been a group of squirrels with a mental disorder that caused them to not be able to run in a straight line. Being as the zig zag pattern protects them from birds of prey and increases their survivability, they passed along the gene with the mental defect as only the retarded squirrels survive. Maybe squirrels are just really retarded.
Violins
1. Violence should never be your first option.
2. Violence should always be your last option.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
If we get rid of all the rocks, the cavemen won't fight.
So, I was waiting in the Timmy's drive thru lane today listening to CBC or some leftist talk radio (I know), when the subject turned to gun control. It pisses me off that the first reaction of the left is always to disarm the victims after a shooting. The man in being interviewed had lost his daughter (truly tragic) in a shooting, and wanted to get rid of the guns. Would his reaction have been different if she had been stabbed? Would he be campaigning for better mental health care or better proactive measures to detect and stop violent acts? If you even mention the word gun, people line up on both sides like gym class dodge ball. It is an issue that is too political and far to emotional with very few people listening to reason or facts.
Pee Stream
Sometime in for future, scientists may discover a parasite that can swim up the pee stream from the urinal.
If she floats, she is a witch and we will burn her. If she drowns, she was innocent.
Why can't we switch to ethanol or bio-diesel? Why does it have to be electric? I'd even consider hybrid if it wasn't pushed down my throat. Why do environmentalists never consider the destruction of natural habitat for lithium strip mining or the carbon footprint to produce electricity for charging?
Dentist
I went to the dentist on the second week of my vacation this Spring (March), and they gave me the sunglasses for the glare thing. They were wet; there was fluid on the noise guard that got on my face and close to my eye. Tears from the last patient? Did it get in my eye, did it not. I don't know. I know they are professional about sterilization of tools and professional regrading hygiene; but, SARS was perpetuated by a doctor's pen in Toronto. I started thinking, "what if I get Hepatitis from fluid transfer from dentist's glasses?" Are I overreacting, or is this a valid concern.
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