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Funny things people say: “Rubs me the wrong way.”

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

I had someone rub me the wrong way today and it made me think about that way of saying a person did something that annoyed you. 

Taken literally, it’s kinda funny. Like you ran into someone who gave you a bad massage. Lol. 

For me personally, this could be a LOT of people because I don’t really like massages. It takes a real professional to NOT rub me the wrong way. 

That said, if I found such a person I wouldn’t go around telling everyone he or she “really rubbed me the right way.” Lol. People might get the wrong impression. 

It’s doubtful that I’ll get “rubbed the wrong way" again today but if I do I’ll let you know. 

Dissecting “The Lord’s Prayer”

Wednesday, March 23, 2022


I recite The Lord’s Prayer almost daily but rarely do I stop and consider the words. I thought it might make for a fun exercise so let’s do it!

Our Father, who art in Heaven,
— that’s a long way to say “God”

Hallowed be thy name.
— that’s just respecting who we’re addressing as sacred and holy. 

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven. 
— this is kind of a hard one but I think it means God has a kingdom and a will for us in heaven and we’re to open the door to his kingdom in our heart and follow his will down here as well. 

Give us this day our daily bread,
— sustain our physical bodies

And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. 
— forgive us for being shitty to people and the harder one of forgiving others for treating us like crap. What’s interesting about how this is worded is that it implies we’re always forgiving others. Are we? We should be if we’re not. 

And lead us not into temptation, 
but deliver us from evil. 
— idk why you’d lead us into temptation in the first place but in case you’re not clear we’re asking you not to. If you still feel the need to lead us there, we are then asking if you don’t mind getting us the hell out. 

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory. Forever and ever. 
— at the beginning we acknowledge that you’re sacred and holy and now we’re basically saying that we wouldn’t be praying to you if we didn’t believe you’re the absolute supreme ruler of all now and forevermore. 

Amen 
— thank you. 

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A diatribe on capitalization

Sunday, March 20, 2022


I dig this random Twitter account’s tweets along with the fact she is very committed to not using capitalization. 

Consider the tweet shown above:
you and me, we get back up. 

She could have capitalized the first word, but she did not. I like that. 

I stopped with the capitalizing years ago, maybe even before she was born. Lol. The shift key just became senseless and cumbersome to me. There are rare cases where capitalization is required to make whatever you’re writing comprehensible, but those cases are not enough to justify going back to using proper capitalization. 

Now at this point you may be wondering why I decided to use capitalization in this blog post if I’m so against it. 

Valid point. 

And it’s an easy answer: I didn’t use my laptop to write this. I used my phone. On the phone I make use of the technology. Hell, I barely even have to finish writing most of the words on the phone. 

The entire reason I abandoned capitalization in the first place was to save time by not having to use the shift key but since phone technology handles it for me I’m not going to now go back and “fix” sentences to NOT start with a capital word just bc I have it out for capitalization. 

It comes down to efficiency. 

So there you go with all that. The next time you see a blog post where nothing is capitalized you’ll know I used the laptop to write it. 

I have an entirely different and extremely deep story I could write about the content of that simple tweet about resilience but I’m saving that for the book. 

Happy Sunday and have a great week! 🙏
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16 to 1

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

We’re not supposed to repeat anything we hear inside a meeting of Gambler’s Anonymous but I heard something so cool last night I’m gonna break the rules. 

A member celebrating one year clean was expressing why he enjoys attending meetings and he said “It may not be appropriate to say in a GA meeting, but since I only have to share once and there are 17 other people here I’m getting 16-1 on my “recovery dollar” if you will”. Ha! I love that!

The milk is bad

February 23, 2022


Many nights I wake up at midnight craving a nice wholesome glass of milk. Tonight was no exception but for some reason I decided to just pee and forego the late night dairy. 

Good thing I did because, as you can see from the text my roommate sent earlier, the milk is bad. 

This is disappointing for a number of reasons not the least of which is the fact that I made a special trip to get this milk BEFORE the bad weather moves in. So much for that plan. 

Now I could let this sad state of affairs upset me more than it should or I could calmly just return the milk (albeit in bad weather) and get more. 

Today I’m choosing the calm route and I’m simply thankful God has blessed me with the means to buy milk in any condition. Gratefulness over entitlement. In making this choice, God is keeping me on the road of contentment which is much easier than other roads one could choose. 

Have a peaceful and joyous Wednesday!

Quick take on Kamila Valieva’s unique comeback story

February 19, 2022


Not unlike a billion others on Thursday night I watched a very young Russian figure skater fail miserably in the Olympics. And also like the rest of us I was so sad for her and immediately pulling for her inevitable comeback. 

It’s a very unique situation in sports where you start a comeback even BEFORE you fail in the performance that warranted the comeback. 

If she had won the gold medal they would have taken it away from her and she would be making a comeback to win it again legitimately. As it is, she has to come back now to win it for the first time. 

So no matter the outcome, she was on the comeback trail. She probably knew that subconsciously if 15-year old girls even have a subconscious. Lol. 

The silver lining is that now she has the entire world rooting for her comeback even more than she would have had she not skated so poorly so alls well that ends tragically. 

Go, Kamila! See ya in 2026! 🥇

My sleep prayer - works every time!

Friday, February 11, 2022

When I wake up at 3 in the morning now and again and I feel like I can’t go back to sleep I do two things:

1. I pray God look after as many friends and family as I can think of. 

2. I pray “God. please let me sleep a little longer.”

I swear there are times I don’t even finish the prayer for sleep before I’m already asleep. It works EVERY time.

Try this the next time you have difficulty sleeping and maybe even include me in step one. Ha. Let me know if it works as well for you. 

Have a great weekend! 🙏

How Covid is like addiction

Sunday, January 30, 2022

Aren’t you sick and tired of hearing about Covid? You don’t want it, you don’t wanna hear about it, you’re SO over it already!

Well, welcome to the mind of an addict. Whatever it is we’re addicted  to, we don’t want it, we don’t wanna hear about it, we’re SO over it!

I believe most people have a hard time understanding addiction if they’re not addicts themselves so maybe this analogy will help those who were never stricken with the disease of addiction. A little insight into our daily struggle. 

The kids like to say “the struggle is real” and it is until you finally surrender to God and let him guide you. God doesn’t want us to struggle. God wants us to know peace, love, and joy. 

No matter what you’ve been through in life, I pray peace, love, and joy for you and everyone you know.  Now and forevermore. Amen! 🙏

Thursdays with mom

Thursday, January 27, 2022


After work on Thursdays I take the bus and train from lowest Greenville Ave. up to Plano to spend time with mom. 

Dad goes over to Michelle’s to help out and take care of JayFay and I stay with mom. We usually watch TV and catch up. We almost always have popcorn but tonight we also had chips and salsa. Sometimes I make us shakes but not tonight. Tonight I had a big glass of orange juice. 

When dad got back from Michelle’s he brought the folio Michelle was kind enough to get me to protect my reMarkable 2 tablet the family gave me for Christmas. Sweet!

For various reasons I didn’t make it up to see mom the last two Thursdays and I missed it. I’m 55 but I’ll always be a mama’s boy. 

Peace, love and joy to you. Have a great weekend!   
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