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Sometimes when I am listening to really good music that moves me, I think, if life has any meaning at all, it is music.
Yeah, I know…
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #9,809
yeah I know you did not ask!
Way, way back in the day, but not quite Mr. Peabody way back, I used to have a t-shirt that had written large upon on it, “Nuke a Gay Whale for Christ.”
I loved it because it satirized multiple tropes current at that period of time. I always wondered, though, why they did not get the ubiquitous milk of this time period in there somehow…Got Milk?
What brought this up is that I saw a bumper sticker today that I have seen a few times before. It reads in large letters, “JESUS LOVES YOU“, and below that in a smaller font is “But I am his favorite.”
I have never quite figured out if the folks displaying these bumper stickers are evangelizing, satirizing or both. Or perhaps, given the epidemic of narcissism in this country, they really believe they are the favorite of one branch of the Christian trilogy. Going even further afield, perchance, the bumper sticker is referring to that well known playboy, the Mexican Mac Daddy, the gardener named Jesus.
On so it goes upon the highways and byways of the metropolis known as St. Louis.
Is Math Real?
Okay here is a chance to get your inner nerd on… I, at least, found this article from the website Big Think fascinating.
Is math real? The answer has major practical and philosophical implications
And so it goes.
USS Carr Crew Reunion with Carr Family
This last weekend Señora and I went to Checotah, Oklahoma. On the very long shot chance you do not know about Checotah, it is the birthplace of yours truly. Way back in 1952 there was actually a three bed hospital in Checotah on 3rd street where I was born, delivered by Dr. N. E. Cornstubble. It is also the home of Carrie Underwood and the Steer Wresting Capital of the World, having many champion steer wrestlers from around Checotah. When I was a kid there was a rodeo arena within walking distance of my grandmother’s house, and we used to walk down there to watch them practice. If you are a fan of cowboy clothes you will know about the line of cowboy shirts from Wrangler named Checotah.
My great grandparents and grandparents farmed/sharecropped in this part of Oklahoma, ending up in Continue reading “USS Carr Crew Reunion with Carr Family”
Carrie Underwood Sings about my Birthplace
Checotah, Oklahoma it is the birthplace of yours truly. Way back in 1952 there was actually a three bed hospital in Checotah on 3rd street where I was born, delivered by Dr. N. E. Cornstubble. It is also the home of Carrie Underwood.
Bloomsday – 16th of June
“Commemorating the life and legend of Irish writer James Joyce on Bloomsday, every June 16, we take a moment to honor and celebrate all we’ve gained from his works. The significance of June 16 is taken from his 1922 novel, Ulysses, which takes place on June 16, 1904, and follows a day in the life of the story’s protagonist (Leopold Bloom). It is also the day Joyce went on his first date with his then wife-to-be, Nora Barnacle. Either way, National Bloomsday commemorates these two occasions every year on June 16. The story of Leopold Bloom is recognized as one of Continue reading “Bloomsday – 16th of June”
A Couple Thought Experiments
I have read a few books and watched several Wondrium courses on Mesoamerica cultures, the Mayans and the Aztecs, among others. Add works on the Incas, other cultures of South America, and the tribes of North America to this mix of education as entertainment. On the North American tribes, I have watched a couple of courses on their early period and another one on 18th, 19th and 20th century treatment and fate of the Native Americans. None of the sources paints Continue reading “A Couple Thought Experiments”
June 9th: A National Day I Can Finally Get Into!
Grab your favorite love interest(s) this June 9th – or any other day – and celebrate the most wonderful of human pass times. Remember that there are many health benefits of sex, including lower blood pressure levels and a form of stress release. So, just in case you need an excuse…. doctor’s orders.
There truly is a day for everything and anything, everybody and anyone.
Laissez les bon temps roule.
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #330
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As the 3.141592 regular readers of my silliness might remember, I have written about the blue birds in our yard in the past. One such story was Señora’s Bluebird House.
I was mowing the yard today, and the last thing on my mind were birds, blue or otherwise. As I went along the eastern fence in the back yard I suddenly felt a slight breeze, heard a fluttering sound, experienced light touches on my hair. I had forgotten about the blue bird house there and as I went by it the occupants were attempting to protect their property. The blue bird of happiness was driving me away.
Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Es una aventura
What prompted the sharing of this anecdote was an exercise I did with one of my Spanish tutors. He was using a book of exercises that included an anecdote that about a person going to Paris on vacation, arriving at the airport only to realize they had forgotten their passport, causing them to miss their flight. Due to the delay the rest of their trip plans fell through too.
The idea being to relate a similar anecdote so I orally told him one about the time we arrived for a domestic flight at STL airport, and Señora had misplaced her driver’s license. Fortunately, after much ado, they let us on the flight. We had a friend get Robin’s passport from the house and overnight it to us in New Orleans for the return flight. C’est la vie..laissez les bon temps roule.
Since he also wanted me to practice my writing he assigned me to write another anecdote for my “homework”. The Spanish version is at the bottom for a couple of you nerds. Here is the same story in English, but it is not a translation.
Trip of Adventure
For various reasons that are not important to the arc of this story, my ex’s mother gifted her Continue reading “Es una aventura”