Today I had the privilege and honour of observing the passage of the Buddhist monks on their "Walk For Peace" near Jordan Lake. To say that it was genuinely a life-altering experience is the understatement of the century... :)
Today would have been Dad's 81st birthday...a day he shared with Dr Martin Luther King Jr. How about a fun journey to see what other notable birthdays and events occurred on the 15th of January?
(This entry is very intensely emotional and personal and I'll understand if you choose to give it a miss!) The word "super" always had a special meaning between Dad and I for far longer than anyone else would have ever known of it's deeper meaning whenever he'd use it to answer their question. Today seems as good a day as any to finally let everyone else in on what it truly meant to the both of us...and still does to this day.
We'd barely been able to process the 389th (!!!) senseless mass-shooting event at Brown University in Rhode Island before the grim newsflash from Bondi Beach near Sydney of an attack upon Jews celebrating Hanukkah (the festival of light) and it makes me wonder if we can see anything at all in the darkness seemingly consuming our world. :(
I am genuinely conflicted as to what is more absurd...that this country has elected someone as President who is so clearly insecure and unable to live without sycophantic adoration or that FIFA felt compelled to make up a "peace prize" for a President whose body of work in that area doesn't bear close scrutiny!
Fortitude's blush probably has nothing on Babs Jansen's when a car moves at a particularly inopportune time during the riot at the end of "Animal House" but that tree puts on quite the show of red on the inexorable descent into being naked for winter!
All it takes is another half metre of effort but apparently that's too much for this delivery driver... :(
Food Lion wasn't quite to the point of paying me to liberate this turkey from their freezer case...but I think Dad would still have been proud anyway! :)
YouTube served up a certain clip from "WKRP in Cincinnati" and that was the inspiration for today's Thanksgiving message...humour and the people you love in this world can get you through just about anything life can throw at you.
My cousin Hannah is arguably among the strongest and most courageous people I have ever known. In spite of pain so severe that it is almost unimaginable that it could be endured, she's managed to finish a master's degree and advocate strongly on the behalf of those who society would prefer to forget and do more in her time than most have with many more years behind them. Now she's in what is literally the fight to reclaim her life and fully realise her destiny of being a troublemaker of the very best kind this world desperately needs. Will you help her in her time of need?
After Charlotte was invaded by ICE agents over the weekend, it appears that Raleigh is the newest front in the reign of terror that says it is only interested in nicking violent criminals who are eligible for deportation as illegal immigrants but their tactics seem to be stomping all over the Fourth Amendment (among others) of the Constitution... :(
Whilst waiting for some Chinese comfort food for Nicholas who was definitely feeling like the fourth day of a three-day liberty pass, there was a penny on the table whilst I was waiting for the food. That penny was apparently worth many thoughts that restores my faith in this country's ability to survive... :)
Historians years from now will be writing massive tomes on how not to handle an existential political crisis that threatens to bring down a President. This administration’s handling of the Epstein files seems to be just such a threat…
Taxes aren't ever really going to be fun but it is nice when you ring up a tax collector's office and not only are they polite and patient with your questions coming from half a country away, they've also got a decent sense of humour as well! :)
Another day, another pair of roofing scammers. What sets the taller one apart from most was a statement of such stupidity that I genuinely had to stand in awe of it...
As we honour the veterans and active duty members of the Armed Forces as well as those who came before them, they should not be the only ones shouldering the burden of fighting for the freedoms we often take for granted!
Let's face it...Internet domain name management isn't the most exciting thing in the world. And yet the team at Porkbun have managed to make it not only visually interesting and fun, they've also managed to cut out a lot of the BS upselling for about as cheap a domain name registration you can get.
Just because I have my hands on the virtual turntables doesn't mean that we are above giving the citizenry what they want. We're democratic. In some ways. :)
I love my Traverse but mending her occasional faults seems to have more than a little frustration thanks to curious design choices by the engineers of the Lambda series…or it’s just that they hate people who want to mend their own vehicle. So imagine my surprise when this little bit of maintenance was actually much less painful than expected… :)
Some of the most fun I have whilst spinning the tunes for MCHL Ironclad is shamelessly abusing my authority over what gets played outside of the games. Take for instance the fun I had with the set for my brother Benjamin’s birthday… :)
There was no shortage of contestants between Enloe High School and my house this morning. See if you can "Spot the Looney"... :)
Senator Hise certainly had a lot to say about those new Congressional district maps he's so proud of but the statement that'll win him the award isn't the one attributed to him that went viral...
Even though the aspiring monarch in Washington DC is certainly the most notorious of those who would wish to subjugate the population to their rule by fiat, there's more than a few would-be kings on Jones Street who have been a problem for far longer than King Donald I...
Millennium Roofing Inc is back (for the fourth time in two months!)...only this time not only are the two sales guys very disrespectful and rude, they're also on notice that the next time they turn up will have a complaint sworn out against them for second degree criminal trespass after warning (NCGS § 14‑159.13).
What do you get when you combine sazón, hot Hungarian paprika, and adobo with caramelised onions and browned ground beef? Tacos that absolutely blew our minds so much that we may never go back to the traditional seasoning... ;)
