Category: Rev. Joe Dirt’s Ramblings

The unsolicited, unreasoned, uninformed, unapologetic opinions of Rev. Joe Dirt

Posted on

The South Will Rise Again?

Last time I went backpacking in rural Missouri, the American flag was everywhere.  Unfortunately I have come to view the flying of our national flag more an expression of nationalism than of patriotism.  And that scares me.

Last weekend I went backpacking in very rural Arkansas.  I say rural.  In order to get to the trail-head, I went down several small, paved, county roads, and finally turned on a dirt county road which I followed for miles before turning onto a forest service road.  I was officially in the boonies.

I had not noticed driving there Continue reading “The South Will Rise Again?”

Posted on

Oops

I went backpacking this weekend in Arkansas, down close to the Buffalo National River. This is a wonderful and beautiful area.  If you ever get the chance to visit there, do so.

I am driving there to meet my son and one of my brothers who are trekking with me.  I get a little south of Harrison, Arkansas and I realize that I need gas.  At this point I am getting very close to being in very rural Arkansas.  Now don’t get me wrong.  I lived in Arkansas for fourteen years, and I found many things to love about it. However, some of its reputation is deserved.

I pull into a run-down looking convenience store.  Sitting in front of the store is this snaggletooth woman somewhere between 40 and 65 years of age.  She is smoking a Continue reading “Oops”

Posted on

How Census Race Categories Have Changed Over Time

This is from Pew Research.  I found how the racial categories have changed over time very interesting.

How Census Race Categories Have Changed Over Time

 

Posted on

God’s Way of Saying It Is Okay

In these times when racism and bigotry seem to be rearing their horrendous heads with renewed vigor, I am reminded of a story that I tell from time.

My youngest brother is married to a charming Korean lady.  They have two very attractive children, obviously of mixed race, Korean and Caucasian (mainly British Isles and Scandinavia).

Many years ago my parents were visiting me when I lived in Jackson, Mississippi working for Saks of all companies.  We took a jaunt over to Vicksburg to see the very historic Continue reading “God’s Way of Saying It Is Okay”

Posted on

Rev. Joe’s Random Thought # 4,443

yeah I know you did not ask!

The vowels, (a,e,i, o,u) are pronounced differently in Spanish than in English.  They are respectively, ah, eh, ee, oh, oo.

I was thinking that during sex might be a good time to practice them…”ah, eh, ee, oh, oooooooooooo!”

For extra credit you could even do them backwards, “oo, oh, ee, eh, aaahhhhhhhhh.”

Posted on

Rev. Joe’s Random Thought # 6,642

yeah I know you did not ask!

We enter life down a tunnel with a light at the end of it.  From the descriptions of near death experiences, apparently we exit life the same way.

Posted on

Seinfeld Revisited

In the building where I work there is a gym on the ninth floor.  It is not a big gym and the locker rooms are tight.  You go down a hallway, and if you go through the door on the left it is the ladies’ locker room.  If you go through the door on the right it is the men’s locker room.

Twice now it has so happened that as I was changing a female has walked through the wrong door into the wrong locker room.  First time it happened it was a young lady who works at the same company I work at.  For a month afterwards, I could not look her in the face.

It happened again last week.  I was standing there in nothing but my shirt preparing to put on my running shorts.  A young woman walks in, and she suddenly gets a very perplexed Continue reading “Seinfeld Revisited”

Posted on

Rev. Joe’s Random Thought # 7,922

yeah I know you did not ask!

I was reflecting that old age is that period of life where the creditors come knocking on your door collecting for all the bad decisions you made when you were younger.

Posted on

Rev. Joe’s Random Thought # 6,841

yeah I know you did not ask!

Going around the Internet currently in reference to Effingham Donald Trump

POTUS: President of the United States
SCOTUS: Supreme Court of the United States
SCROTUS:  So-Called Ruler of the United States

I think I have a slightly better one:

SCROTUM: So Called Redeemer of the Unlettered Masses

Posted on

How do we get Trump to IKEA?

We had a small gathering at our house the other night in celebration of Robin achieving another year around the sun.  As sometimes happens the conversation turned to politics.  At least in our circle, these conversations never last a long time as we are all in consensus in being appalled and distressed at the current state of the country and the country’s politics.

I made the comment that Trump had started me praying again, a funny thing for an agnostic to do.  I do pray sometime, but I look at it as a way of focusing on what is upmost on my worry prone brain.  I elaborated by explaining that I pray every day that  Donald Trump Continue reading “How do we get Trump to IKEA?”