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Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #7,070
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My positive thought for the day.
As my mama with the 5 sons taught, I raised both parts of the toilet bowl lid to do my business. Therein, I saw a small moth swimming on top of the water. I then proceeded to rain on his aquatic endeavors. Being finished with my activities I flushed the toilet, and watched Mr. Moth disappear in a whirlpool of off colored water.
No matter how the rest of my day goes, I will have had a better day than Mr. Moth.
Radiolab – The Cataclysm Sentence
Radiolab is one of my most favorite podcasts. When first I discovered it I went through their archives. I have literally listened to every episode that is available on Stitcher. A bit of a feat as the podcast has been around a long while. It has been interesting watching the evolution of the show. The early episodes were nerdy, sciencey, hidden side of things. The current shows are still many times that, but they have also branched off into social and philosophical realms.
This week’s episode is titled The Cataclysm Sentence.
The theme of this podcast was if Continue reading “Radiolab – The Cataclysm Sentence”
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #2,039
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Funny how the meaning of words can change over time.
Reginald gaily ejaculated his approbation of the proposition for dining alfresco.
Read in a Victorian novel the previous line would have been perfectly acceptable even somewhat trite. Now days you would be hotly ejaculating, “Tsk, tsk, please do not send me anymore of your porn.”
Yup, that one was very random!
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #8,851
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Scary fact from NPR article: What Coronavirus Exposes About America’s Political Divide
From the article:
“Right now, a majority of Americans live in just nine states and so are entitled to just 18 senators (less than one-fifth of the total), according to 2019 Census estimates. At the same time, about 18% of the population is spread out over 27 of the least populous states. So less than one-fifth of the nation’s population has a 54-seat majority in the Senate.”
Further down it continues:
“Defenders of the original Constitution and its view of states’ rights argue that the non-proportionate Senate still makes sense, or that it can be amended through the usual process. But a constitutional amendment requires three-fourths of the states to agree, meaning it can be blocked by as few as 13.”
Our founding fathers got a lot of things right, but there are a number of things, in retrospect, they could have done better. This is one of them. We do not want the urban side running roughshod over the rural areas, but right now it seems the rural is doing that to the urban.
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #2,944
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I have two conjoined fears.
First fear: it looks like the total number of COVID-19 deaths will come in lower than the original predictions of 100,000 to 240,000. This is a good thing, but time will tell. Gospodin Trump will use this lower number to tout the success of his “management” of the crisis. The MAGAs and GOP faithful will buy it, believe it and repeat it ad nauseam.
Secondly, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be hitting urban areas the hardest, and especially poor people and people of color in those places. This will result in the cluster fuck of an institution known as the Electoral College electing Gospodin Trump to a second term. See NPR story: What Coronavirus Exposes About America’s Political Divide
If they have a vaccine by then the south of Spain is looking very good. I am sure I could figure out health care options when I get there. I am not sure what the golf situation is in Spain, but I have figured out that most of the golf in Central America is resort golf and very expensive.
Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #4,235
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As we go through life we develop triggers that bring back memories. I have no way of enumerating mine, but I suspect I have 100s if not thousands of the little beggars. Right now I am thinking of two of mine that have been persistent over many years. One is sweet, and the other, perhaps, a little weird.
Between my stint at the University of Rhode Island and finishing up college at the University of Central Oklahoma I took Continue reading “Rev. Joe’s Random Thought #4,235”
RIP John Prine
One of my all time favorites…
How to Sew a Face Mask
Okay, let’s have a contest… I want a mask with a Razorback on it, a mask that is OU red with the logo, the Cardinal one she made was really cool. They are talking about sheltering in place here in St. Louis past the original 30 April date so I could use several. Heck I would even take one that had the STL Blues logo on it.