Thomas Edison taught his second wife, Mina Miller, Morse code so that they could communicate in secret by tapping each other’s hands when their families were around. Matthews, Scott. 1144 Random, Interesting & Fun Facts You Need To Know – … Continue reading Edison – The Epitome Of Pragmatism
Sometimes reality is in itself abstract. An example of that is above. It was taken at a Des Moines museum a few years ago. How creative. Continue reading Sometimes Reality IS Abstract
Divine Intervention means different things to different people and religious organizations. For many in the religious community it means that we must pray to God not to get cancer or even be sick, and if we do get sick, we … Continue reading Divine Intervention
In 1770, the British Parliament passed a law condemning lipstick stating that any woman found guilty of seducing a man into matrimony by a cosmetic means would be tried for witchcraft. Matthews, Scott. 1144 Random, Interesting & Fun Facts You … Continue reading Lipstick and Witchcraft
I, like Greta Thunberg, consider many of my Aspie traits to be my “superpowers” but some of them do need to be controlled sometimes in order to get things done. I love the fact that I can sit down and … Continue reading Reigning In My Aspie Traits… Sometimes
2020 was one hell of a year. Maybe the most stressful in my life. It felt more like an Apocalypse from a movie than real life. With the pandemic and the idiot in the Oval Office it seemed too much … Continue reading The 2020 Apocalypse
We are often told that we are only 5% of the world’s population. Whenever someone wants to emphasize our failures they use that number. We are 5% of the World’s population: but we have 20% of the COVID deaths but … Continue reading 95% Of The World’s Population….
January 17, 2021 There is so much of the Old Testament that still drives many versions of Christianity, especially among White Evangelicals. They seem to be fixated on the wrath of God rather than his love. The vast majority of … Continue reading It’s Time For DIVORCE… Or at least another separation
Lobster wasn’t always such a delicacy. In the 1800s, feeding lobster to prisoners was considered cruel and unusual punishment. Lobsters were referred to as the “cockroaches of the sea”. Backhause, Tyler; Backhause, Tyler. 1,000 Random Facts Everyone Should Know If they aren’t … Continue reading Feed Them To The Prisoners
I recently updated my “10 Pillars of Life” to include: “Everyone should have the opportunity to live up to their full potential”. That is what this post is all about. When I say everyone, I mean everyone, regardless of their … Continue reading Universal Education
I thought I could last it out! I did last 3 years 11 months and 3 weeks. That is something to be very proud about that I guess. But I just don’t think that my sanity can survive another week … Continue reading For The Sake Of My Sanity
I am a writer. I don’t know why I am obsessed with that craft, but I have to put my thoughts into words and get them out there. It’s not that I am seeking fame or fortune. I think I … Continue reading Being A Writer
My college years were probably the most important years of my life. They were a time when I quit being a skinny kid from a very small rural conservative town. They showed me that I had responsibilities as an adult … Continue reading Life Stories – Remembering Don
One of the things I have probably struggled with the most is the difference between the Old Testament God and the God as described by Jesus. It just seems to me that The OT God is pretty much an egotist, … Continue reading Doing God’s Will
I took a lot of pictures of the Mississinewa 1812 reenactments in 2019. Little did I know that this October 2019 event would be the last road trip until 2021. Hopefully, the pandemic will be under control this year so … Continue reading Simplicity
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