Well, I’m picking this one up right after I left the other one off.  I haven’t even left the house yet, but I wanted to get it started to force myself to get in the swing.  So, I’ll leave off right here, since it is started and talk to you soon.

You have to be a certain age to get that one…and maybe of the female persuasion … although I got it, so maybe not … or maybe that just proves that Impish Dragon is in touch with his feminine side.  I hear chick dragons like that.

This next one is an old joke but it is so charming that it just needs to be repeated.

This next one is from a Jewish word that I learned while reading a great book that my ministry partner lent to me entitled Isaiah 53 Explained This chapter will change your life. by Mitch Glaser.  See, the Jews, from what I understand, left that whole chapter (Isaiah 53) out of their readings in Synagogue and sometimes, right out of their Torah… their Bible.  Because it points directly to Jesus as being their Messiah.  And they don’t believe that Jesus is the Messiah.  There is a group of them now that do, called Messianic Jews.  Anyway, I’m not talking about the book, though for the readers out there, it is a GREAT book, I’m talking about this: 

Tikkun olam.  “Repair the world”.  Now isn’t that a cool concept.  Isn’t that a concept to teach our children and to practice ourselves?  

When I did a Google search there are Tikkun Olam groups and foundations and all kinds of things!  That is AWESOME!  I gotta wonder if there’s one near me.  Worth the search… more update on that perhaps later.

Two women were comparing notes on the difficulties of running a small business.

“I started a new practice last year,” the first said. “I insist that each of my employees take at least a week off every three months.”

“Why in the world would you do that?” the other asked.

She responded, “It’s the best way I know of to learn which ones I can do without.”

Makes sense to me!

Yeah, that worked for me for more than one writing project.

Fill those pages by following Romans 12:9-21.  I’ll leave it to those of you who give a care to look it up on your own.

There were two evil brothers. They were rich, and used their money to keep their ways from the public eye. They even attended the same church, and looked to be perfect Christians.

Then, their pastor retired, and a new one was hired. Not only could he see right through the brothers’ deception, but he also spoke well and true, and the church started to swell in numbers. A fund-raising campaign was started to build a new assembly.

All of a sudden, one of the brothers died. The remaining brother sought out the new pastor the day before the funeral and handed him a check for the amount needed to finish paying for the new building.

“I have only one condition,” he said. “At his funeral, you must say my brother was a saint.”

The pastor gave his word, and deposited the check.

The next day, at the funeral, the pastor did not hold back. “He was an evil man,” he said. “He cheated on his wife and abused his family.” After going on in this vein for a small time, he concluded with,

“But, compared to his brother, he was a saint.”

My two-year-old granddaughter, Paige, was with her mother while her older sister was being examined by a dentist.  Paige kept herself busy playing with toys in the waiting room until she noticed that her mom was resting, her eyes closed.

With about six other patients waiting, Paige marched up to her mother, looked her straight in the face and shook her shoulder.

“Mommy,” she yelled, “wake up!  This is not church!”

My wife, Lani, woke from her doze to the sound of other patients laughing.

Wasn’t that just precious?!

Okay, so it’s Sunday afternoon and I’m SICK AS A DOG!

Where did that term come from, anyway?

Dogs were often blamed for spreading diseases like the plague because they were in close contact with people.
And…
Dogs were often associated with things that were undesirable.
And…
It goes back to the early 1700s.

Anyway, Sunday…sick…dog…first of all … I bought the car!  I can’t enjoy it today, but I bought it!  And here it is:

Brand new 2014, Ford Escape…well, relatively brand new.  36,024 original miles.  I won’t go into the details other than to say that I’m about 

that much worried about money right now until I can get a couple of paydays under my belt.  It SHOULD be fine, as long as nothing untoward pops up…so…yeah…

And now we’re around to Monday and I’m REALLY sick.  I went to the Immediate Care, which was a nightmare, I’ll explain that in a moment, and it turns out that I have Flu A.  Whatever that means.  I guess it’s higher up than Flu B or Flu C.

So, late yesterday, Sunday, I went on line and made an appointment at my local Immediate Care for this morning.  When I showed up there for my appointment, the doors were all locked up and about five minutes before my appointment time I get a text that says that due to circumstances, the clinic is closed.  So, I quickly make an appointment with the next closest one which is 25 miles away.  

I love living in a small town in the midwest, but there are times where living in a small town in the midwest is problematic.  So I get seen and get tested, negative for COVID, positive for Flu A.  So the doc prescribes me special medicine and sends it to the pharmacy.  I get to the pharmacy and they tell me that neither they nor any other pharmacy in the area have the medicine because there are so many cases of this going around.  

What a comedy of errors today.

So here it is, Monday night and I did finally get my medicine, I feel like crap.  I’m dizzy, mostly out of it, and I FEEL LIKE CRAP!!!!!!

So, let’s get some more laughter in here, but first…I want to share this with you.

I got a wonderful message from Puckmeister that goes like this:

There are times while perusing through your posts that I feel like we are Brothers from other Mothers!  You seem to be able to take the words straight out of my brain.  I also am reminded that my issues, (75 yr Young Marine) are simply that!  Just the rewards of living this long.

Stay Safe…..Be Blessed

Semper Fi

Puck,

I agree, brother.  Living long gives one a completely different perspective on things.  So many things that seemed to be so important so many years ago, really aren’t that important now.  And then it seems to be easier to point out … to pick out those things that ARE important.  It is great when you find someone who feels the same way about things that you feel.  Thank you for sharing that with me.  You really and truly made my day.

I really wanted to send this out tomorrow, but I can’t concentrate, so we’ll look again at later.

Now it’s Tuesday.  I feel a little better.  I was really out of it the past couple of days.  Scary.

What’s even scarier, there is a huge influx of Flu A in Indiana, and they are making noises that go along with bird flu.  And here I thought I was special and it was just me.  This was supposed to be published on Friday, then on Saturday, then on Sunday, then on Monday, and here it is Tuesday!

I AM TIRED OF BEING SICK!!!!!!

This tree is bearing up under the weight of life.

May all the ladies out there read this over and over again and take it to heart!  PLEASE!

Okay, so I’m done.  I can’t do any more.  Be blessed my friends.  I don’t know when there will be another one.  I’m sorry my friends.  But, I’m REALLY SICK.  May Our Dear and Glorious Heavenly Father Bless you and yours with HEALTH and happiness and keep you safe, warm, and comfortable until we meet again.  

I apologize if this issue comes out as crazy as I think it probably is.  

AND we just now got issued a Winter Weather Alert for 2 to 4 inches of snow with the possibility of 2/10 of an inch of ice.  Now they weren’t real specific about where the ice was going to fall … the beginning, middle, or end.  Should be lots of fun.

So…. be well my dear friends.  And thanks for understanding.