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The Weakness That Keeps on Blessing
The vagaries of DNA and life experiences leave us with an array of weaknesses and advantages. For the latter, we tend to run in two extremes. We either exult in our superiority, as if no other person can match it, … Continue reading
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Class, At Last
During my years online, I’ve always devoted a portion of my time studying and fighting spam, hoaxes, scams and urban legends, among other Internet abuses. After that prank when someone posted my resume on some of the most abusive job … Continue reading
Voice of Sorrow Crying in the Wilderness
I am unworthy to shine a real prophet’s shoes. Yet I cannot dismiss the notion I have been called to some sort of prophetic ministry. It won’t leave me alone. Crazy as I may seem at times, it would be … Continue reading
Near Miss Still Touches Me
(Warning: This is one of those crazy mystical posts.) There are plenty of times when God changed His mind, and let someone know. In the Bible, time was not viewed at all the same as we do here in the … Continue reading
Unmistakable Wife
My longest military assignment saw me sit for six years or so in the Netherlands. I was based at a support facility for the Americans assigned to AFCENT (Allied Forces Central Europe) HQ, a branch of SHAPE (Supreme HQ, Allied … Continue reading
The Doctor Sez…
I’m alright. Last month I received notice it was time for my annual Veteran’s health check. That means heading downtown OKC (the hospital district is just east of downtown) to the VA Hospital. I prayed it would be a warm … Continue reading
Hard Wired
Coming to terms with human flaws requires you put them all in the same basket, your flaws with those of others. My Dad was an abusive and hateful man. He came by it honestly, as both his parents were that … Continue reading
New Year Grammar Grouch 2
This should be pretty simple. there = a location, any place which can’t be called “here” their = the possessive of they — “It’s their choice.” they’re = a contraction for “they are” All pronounced very much alike, though actually … Continue reading
New Year's Grammar Grouch
Granted, in English we seldom differentiate between the direct and indirect object, but we do retain a distinct difference in pronouns for subject and object. The problem is, nobody wants to use it when we come to the various forms … Continue reading
Resolved: No Resolutions
This is my annual rejection of mainstream rituals regarding the Western observation of New Years’ Day. Over the centuries of human awareness, every culture and civilization has had their own reckoning of when the cycle ends and starts over. There … Continue reading