tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-185005942024-03-13T22:36:09.070-04:00I Laugh, Therefore, I AMA humorous view of politics, religion, human behavior, and insights toward everyday happenings by a single guy living in downtown Chicago.Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.comBlogger1676125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-25340880413885258672017-05-27T16:20:00.001-04:002017-05-27T20:46:27.965-04:00B L I<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Settling on a pair
of gold <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">lamé<b>
</b></span>slide sandals, Karen ambled through the aisles of the Pay-Less toward
the cashier to make her purchase. Dull back pain near her shoulder was a
reminder of the additional part-time job she had taken on; a paper route in
which she delivered the local paper at 4:00 a.m. each morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“God, I’m getting
too old for this,” she thought. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">At 46 years old, overweight,
and with chronic sinus congestion, Karen Hornbeck had worked full-time since
she was 18 years old. Never having attended college, she married soon after
high school, had two children, divorced, and now struggled to make ends meet. The
paper route would help her catch up on the credit card debt she had accumulated
over the past eight months. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Suddenly remembering
the reason for her trip to Pay-Less, she turned and headed toward the men’s
department. Her son, Lee, was home for the summer after having completed his
first year away at college and had obtained a part-time job at a nearby
manufacturing warehouse. Steel-toed boots were required.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“I baby him too
much,” she muttered. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But leaving the
house before he awoke in order to obtain the work boots he needed was typical
of Karen. Lee was her oldest child and had done well by obtaining a small
scholarship at a state college. Although it was a ten-hour drive away, Karen
had often made the round trip during weekends in order to bring various items
she thought he needed. In reality, she was simply a very lonely woman – a reality
Karen could not admit to herself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Having found the
size 10 boots, she made the purchase and drove toward his new workplace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">B L I manufactured traffic
channeling devices – something motorists see every day but never think about.
Now that Lee was working there, Karen began to notice the wooden, triangular
orange-and-white objects here and there along the streets of her town. If workers
were patching up a street, the B L I barricades would be there, ensuring that traffic
would be directed around the work site. Lee’s summer job entailed loading the
barricades onto delivery trucks each morning then unloading and storing them as
they were returned. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Karen felt a small surge
of pride as she noticed one perched over a pothole, its little yellow light
blinking away. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Karen pulled into
the gravel parking lot of the B L I site and found her way to the entrance of
the commercial building. A receptionist, somewhat younger than Karen, gave a
friendly greeting and Karen explained that she needed to get the work boots to
her son. The receptionist paged Lee’s supervisor and the two women waited for
him to return the call.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">While they waited,
Karen struck up a conversation with the friendly receptionist, Dariece. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“What does B L I
stand for, by the way?” Karen queried.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Barricade Lites,
Incorporated,” was Dariece’s response. “But for the longest time, I didn’t even
know!”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Mutual laughter
ensued.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Friendliness toward
others had long been Karen’s antidote to loneliness. However, conversations
with anyone were frequently turned toward herself. If someone mentioned their
pet, Karen’s response would revolve around an instance about her own. If the
other party had been involved in a car accident, Karen relayed a tale of a
worse accident that she had been in or knew of. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Finally, Lee
appeared and the work boots were handed over. Karen displayed her newly
purchased gold slide sandals from the shopping bag, over which Dariece feigned
admiration. As Karen was leaving, she and Dariece exchanged pleasantries which
Karen interpreted as a friendship being initiated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Let’s go out to
lunch sometime!” Karen bantered. Dariece replied in the affirmative, mainly out
of politeness. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Over the next two
months, Karen would often stop by B L I with something her son might need – a
lunch, an article of clothing, a forgotten asthma inhaler – And these visits
turned into chats with Dariece as Lee would be paged. Smiles or laughter on
Dariece’s part were always interpreted as camaraderie on Karen’s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Soon, it was time
for Lee’s return to college and his summer job came to a close. With Lee back
at college, Karen was lonelier than ever. She continued with her early-morning
paper route, slowly paying down her credit card. A weekend visit to Lee was made
within a month after the semester began. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">One day in October,
Karen was driving along near the B L I location where Lee used to work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“I should stop in
and see Dariece,” she thought. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As usual, Karen had
an exaggerated sense of the friendship, thinking her visits were <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">needed.</i> Such was her interpretation of
every friendship; a falsity which was the cause of her loneliness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">“Hey, Dariece!” she
called upon entering.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">There was no reply. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As Karen rounded her
way into the receptionist’s area, the first thing she noticed was lone table
where Dariece once sat. A phone, a company directory on a placard, and printed
instructions to dial the extension of the person the visitor wished to see were
the only objects displayed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Karen tried three
different extensions, only to receive voice mails. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Saddened and a bit
bewildered, Karen slowly walked back to her car -- The crunching of gravel under
her gold slide sandals was the only sound in the empty parking lot of B L I. </span></div>
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<br />Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-8942169178180191362015-09-16T17:51:00.001-04:002015-09-16T17:56:07.507-04:00Vegan Hungarian Paprikas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in the
1990s, I was an actual monk in an actual monastery. (Cue the chorus of angel
voices here.) Anyway, I taught myself to cook Hungarian food because most of
the elderly monks came over from Hungary during the 1950s and I wanted to give
them a taste of their homeland. (Also, I wanted to COOK – I was fine with the poverty,
chastity, and obedience, but I missed cooking. Hungarian food was my ticket back
into the kitchen.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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So,
remembering the robust taste of Hungarian paprika, sour cream, and hearty
peasant fare, I veganized “Hungarian Paprikas”. Hearty crimini mushrooms take
the place of the chicken and I developed a nifty cashew sour cream. By the way,
Hungarian food can be pretty spicy (“csípös”) so feel free to oomph up
the cayenne pepper. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m really
pleased with this dish. Not only will it make a Hungarian monk long for his
homeland, (it’s THAT good) but we can enjoy it too.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Oh, and here’s
a photo of me roller-blading in my habit. In retrospect, it’s not surprising I’m
no longer a monk.<br />
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HUNGARIAN PAPRIKAS</div>
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(Cashew sour
cream: Soak 1 cup of raw cashews in boiling water for 30 min. Drain off water
and blend cashews with ¼ cup water, 1 ½ tsp cider vinegar, 1 ½ tsp lemon juice,
¼ tsp salt.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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16 large
crimini mushrooms, halved<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 bunch of
green onions, thinly sliced<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 red bell
pepper, cut into 1” chunks<o:p></o:p></div>
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3 Tbs
Hungarian paprika<o:p></o:p></div>
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½ tsp smoked
paprika<o:p></o:p></div>
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¼ tsp
cayenne pepper<o:p></o:p></div>
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dash of sweetener if needed</div>
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½ recipe
cashew sour cream<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 14 oz can
tomato sauce<o:p></o:p></div>
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1 14 oz can
diced tomatoes<o:p></o:p></div>
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Margarine and
oil for frying. (I like Earth Balance)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Your choice
of noodles. (Barilla veggie spirals are vegan)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fry the
crimini mushrooms face down in margarine until well-browned. Don’t turn them
over; don’t touch them. It’s important that they get really brown on the cut
side. After they’re brown on one side, they’re done. You’ll need to do this in
two batches. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Add the
onions and bell pepper and sauté until slightly tender. Add the spices along
with a little oil for frying in order to let the paprika “bloom” which,
apparently, is hugely important to Hungarians. Add the tomato sauce, diced
tomatoes, and simmer on low for 20 minutes. Return the mushrooms to the sauce
along with the sour cream and serve over pasta. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Enjoy!!!</div>
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© 2015 by Jon Buckner
Wheat. All rights reserved.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-38662976593347328132015-09-11T05:34:00.000-04:002015-09-11T06:12:04.013-04:00Josh Duggar Christian Confession Resurrects Ashley Madison Site<div class="MsoNormal">
The recent confession of repeated infidelity from American
Family Association’s poster-boy, Josh Duggar, has not only resurrected the
flailing Ashley Madison social networking service for those seeking extra-marital
affairs, but has resulted in a huge surge of highly-paid memberships to the
online dating service after the notorious hacking of its site.</div>
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“When our membership names were hacked and published,
frankly, I thought we were done for,” reported Ashley Madison president and
CEO, Noel Biderman, known as “the King of Infidelity” who had founded the
website in 2001 as a means for married men to connect with women online with
whom they could discreetly cheat on their spouses. “Our entire model depended on
the secrecy of our subscribers’ identities. When our members’ personal identifications
were revealed, I expected everything to come crashing down.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“If it hadn’t been for Josh Duggar’s confession to owning
two subscriptions, we’d be done for! Frankly, he turned out to be our best
marketing agent.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Apparently, millions of would-be, hesitant subscribers
flooded the website with highly-paid subscriptions once Josh Duggar divulged
his activities on the site.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“We’d had the reputation of posting fictitious female
accounts on a regular basis in order to attract married men to our site. This reputation
prevented many married men from availing themselves to our services. However, the
moment Josh Duggar admitted that he’d actually hooked up with dozens of women
from our site, millions of married men knew that our site was legitimate and
that they’d be assured of freely committing adultery just like Josh Duggar did.
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An anonymous subscriber listed as “Theodore Nugent,”
completed an on-line evaluation noting, “Hey, if a loser like Josh Duggar can
get laid on this site dozens of times, then you KNOW we all can. Pile on,
dudes!”</div>
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<o:p></o:p>Biderman stated: “Josh Duggar made the mistake of using his
own company credit card furnished by Tony Perkin’s Family Research Council.
Apparently, the FRC was so enamored with Josh that they gave him an unlimited
credit card which was immediately identified in the hacking of our site.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Biderman breathlessly continued: “Since then, all of our new
subscribers learned from Josh Duggar’s idiotic blunders and have signed up with
‘prepaid virtual Visa Cards’ that don’t require any identifying information. We’ve
even began supplying our own virtual credit cards, thanks to Josh Duggar’s
stupid gaffe. We’ve already made a bundle in add-on fees with these pre-paid
cards.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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According to Ashley Madison’s marketing director,
subscriptions have increased six-hundredfold due to Josh Duggar’s admission. “Our
increased revenue can easily pay for any and all lawsuits that have been levied
by the hacking of our site. It’s really ironic, but thanks to Josh Duggar,
marriage infidelity will increase unabated and remain profitable for years to
come.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-83812983008451210942015-08-13T03:13:00.000-04:002015-08-13T03:13:35.416-04:00The Highway to HeavenApparently, a lot of fundamentalist Christian folks believe that Interstate 35 is the “Highway to Holiness” mentioned in the Bible. Isaiah, chapter 35, verse 8 says: “A highway will be there, a roadway, and it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, but it will be for him who walks that way, and fools will not wander on it.”<br />
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Now, there are dozens of Christian groups scattered along I-35 praying for lost souls, praying that the naughty adult-type establishments will go away, and praying that God will deign to say that I-35 is, indeed, the highway mentioned in 35th chapter of Isaiah. (They probably think that God had something to do with numbering the chapters, after all.)<br />
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I don't know if that'll happen, but I am awfully familiar with I-35.<br />
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Growing up in south Texas, my family would often make the six-hour drive north to Dallas to visit our relatives for Christmas or Thanksgiving, most of which was on I-35. I don’t recall it being particularly “blessed,” -- mainly just boring. I do remember that my mom, being a new single parent and not particularly used to driving on interstate highways, was usually pretty tense during the entire drive. Threats of impending disaster were continually conveyed upon my brother and me in the back seat if we didn’t settle down and behave.<br />
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My grandmother, "Budgie" -- always firmly implanted in passenger seat -- took it upon herself to provide a veritable feast for the entire trip which was expertly catered in foil-lined shoe boxes. One would be laden with sandwiches (half roast beef and half pimento cheese); another with deviled eggs; yet another with brownies and then there’d be thermoses of coffee and cocoa. Heaven forbid, we’d have to stop and eat at those horribly expensive Stuckey’s restaurants along the way. "Highway robbery!" she'd exclaim.<br />
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Those Stuckey’s supplied the only entertainment for my brother and me. We’d play a game called “zip” with the Stuckey’s advertising billboards. The first one of us to see one would suddenly bolt forward and scream, “ZIP!” which was followed by my mom bolting upright and screaming that we had almost caused her to careen off the highway into a fiery crash. And for the record, there were nine Stuckey’s restaurants between Austin and Dallas with ten billboards advertising each restaurant. That's 90 billboards evenly placed throughout the 200 miles -- Doing the math, the result was an adolescent boy suddenly screaming "ZIP" every 2.22222 miles.<br />
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Over the mayhem, Budgie would be offering everyone a deviled egg.<br />
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Good times. . .<br />
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Stuckey's went out of business years ago; probably because everyone’s grandmothers kept us all from stopping at any of them.<br />
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Then there was the time when I was sixteen years old and had just obtained my driver’s license. Mom was letting me drive the car along with providing continual visions of impending fiery crashes if I didn’t use the turn signal, or if I played my 8-track of <i>Tubular Bells</i> one more time, or if I went one iota over the speed limit.<br />
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I was instructed to stop for gas in Waco, so I exited I-35 and proceeded to run straight through a stop sign at the intersection.<br />
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<b><i>WHOPPP!!!</i></b><br />
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Mom suddenly backhanded me really hard across the chest. (She was a school teacher and employed a very direct corrective theory when it came to her son's driver education.) For years after that, I’d point out that intersection in Waco: “There’s where you nailed me for running that stop sign, Mom.” It became one of our favorite sites.<br />
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Soon after college, I moved to Dallas where I lived and worked for ten years. I-35 then became the highway home to see my folks.<br />
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I don’t know if I-35 is, indeed, the “Highway to Holiness” as mentioned in the Bible. It seems pretty egocentric for anyone to make such a claim just because they live near it. But for my little family, it sure holds lots of funny and poignant memories.<br />
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Those are best kind.Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-72127799676504784832015-05-29T19:56:00.000-04:002015-05-29T20:50:35.329-04:00Duggar Scandal Featured on Celebrity Tours<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: .25in;">
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">
- In order to capitalize on the Josh Duggar scandal, GoldLine Tours of
Hollywood, in conjunction with the City of Springdale, is offering guided bus
tours that focus on notorious sites featured in TLC’s <i>19 Kids and Counting</i> and the child molestation scandal of Josh Duggar. Springdale’s mayor, Doug Sprouse, explained that a
steady influx of tourists and curiosity seekers prompted him to contact the
tour bus company in hopes of benefiting at least financially from hordes of
onlookers in the Springdale area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"My
wife and I had just returned from L.A. and I remembered how much we enjoyed the
tour of celebrity homes," said the mayor. "I figured this would be a
great opportunity to generate some much-needed revenue for our fair city."
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For
$29.95 each ($15.95 for children under twelve), sightseers can board luxury
buses at various hotels in the Springdale area and embark on an exciting
ninety-minute tour of locations associated with the child abuse cases. The
buses pass by notorious sites such as the home of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar
and their 19 children, the first house that Josh and Anna lived in as newlyweds,
and the police headquarters where Jim Bob allegedly took Josh one year after
the molestations came to light. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Highlights
of the tour include photo ops in front of the famous Duggar home where the unreported
molestations took place ten years ago and the infamous hill featured at the
beginning of each episode, down which the children gleefully run along with one
on bouncing on Josh’s shoulders. The tour is followed by a picnic lunch (cost
included in the ticket price) in the parking lot of the used car dealership
that Josh once owned before taking his post with the Family Research Council in
Washington DC. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"I
can't believe we're really here!" exclaimed one tourist, Mindy Feingold,
who drove 20 hours with her husband, David, and their two children from White
Plains, New York. "It looks just like it did on television!" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"We
were going to take the kids to see their uncle's name on the Viet Nam Memorial
in Washington," said David Feingold. "But, historically, this is <i>much</i> more significant." His
children concurred. "It was fun, Daddy!" they said in unison.
Feingold playfully ruffled his son's hair. "And Jonathan here says he
wants to have his own reality show someday. Doncha, slugger!" <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">"The
tourist response has been phenomenal," reported Mayor Sprouse. "It's
going to be a real money-maker—much more than the actual reality show ever
was." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Owing
to the huge influx of tourists, Six Flags Corporation CEO, Mark Shapiro, has
indicated an interest in opening a large theme park in the Springdale area.
"The tourist season hasn't even begun yet, and the head counts look pretty
impressive," said Shapiro. "Interest in the Duggar molestation
scandal could certainly give [nearby] Warm Springs a run for their money."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">SPRINGDALE, ARKANSAS</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">
-- Reeling from the recent child abuse scandal and having resigned as executive
director of the Family Research Council, Josh Duggar, his wife, and three
children have left Washington D.C. and returned to the family homestead in
Springdale, Arkansas. Adding to further embarrassment, a local baker refused to
make a “Welcome Home Josh” cake for his mother, Michelle Duggar, upon his
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“As
a devout Christian, I just couldn’t bring myself to bake a cake for Michelle
Duggar knowing it would be used to celebrate the return of a habitual sex
offender into their home,” reported Harriet Johnston, owner of “I Knead Thee Every
Hour,” a bakery specializing in Christian-themed baked goods. “Mrs. Duggar has
been a long-time customer, but when she asked me to bake this cake, I held her
hand and told her I couldn’t do it because of my relationship with Jesus
Christ.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Johnston
thought for a moment and added, “At first, I thought I’d get persecuted for my
beliefs and by not complying with the Consumer Protection Act, but the Duggars
and Mike Huckabee have championed religious freedom for business owners in
Arkansas for years now. This is the only person I’ve ever refused to serve
during my 37 years in business, but I knew my Christian beliefs would be
protected.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mrs.
Duggar was reportedly quite taken aback by the refusal of service from a
Christian-owned business. She repeatedly tried to obtain services from other
area bakeries, including the local Wal-Mart, but was continually turned away. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“I
have nothing against Josh Duggar personally,” said Johnston. “I have a problem
with what this cake would be used <i>for</i>
– to welcome him back into the midst of all those children. It’s their
lifestyle I have problem with. I’ll always say that all children deserve a
mother and a father – but ones who would not harbor a sex offender in their
home.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-style: normal; line-height: 107%;">MEXCO CITY</span></i><i><span style="font-style: normal; line-height: 107%;"> - After learning of the recent cases of the Ebola virus in Texas,
Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Nieto</span>, </i>has taken prompt and effective
measures to insure that Mexican citizens are kept safe from the deadly virus spreading
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our border safe and secure,” stated Nieto. “To that end, effective immediately,
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officials wearing hazmat suits and detained for extensive medical evaluations
before being refused entrance into the country. </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-style: normal; line-height: 107%;">“I was never so humiliated in my
life!” reported Heather Platter of Plano TX, a newlywed arriving in Acapulco
for her honeymoon. “This was supposed to be my dream wedding. We spent
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-style: normal; line-height: 107%;">Similar fates were met by other
Texans hoping to enter the country. A group of senior citizens from the First
Baptist Church of Dallas appeared visibly rattled after receiving extensive
medical examinations by Mexican health officials upon their arrival at </span></i><span style="line-height: 107%;">Cancún International Airport earlier today. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">“I realize these are
drastic measures,” reported Nieto. “But since Governor Perry refused to
participate in President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, he left millions of
Texans with no access to health care. With the rate of Ebola having increased
by 100 percent in the recent weeks, I had to take all measures possible to
protect our citizens from Texans who might pose a threat to our nation’s health
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A few months ago, I wrote an <a href="http://jbw53191.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-faith-tones.html" target="_blank">extensive piece</a> about The Faith
Tones, a female gospel trio who recorded an album in 1964 titled <i>“Jesus Use Me.”</i>
Their album cover depicting the three of them in their 1960s hair styles seems
to be all the rage across the internet. </span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zh3OkcWCgcs/UP2IIkmUzhI/AAAAAAAAEpM/P0XR2krEMkg/s1600/Faith+tones+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zh3OkcWCgcs/UP2IIkmUzhI/AAAAAAAAEpM/P0XR2krEMkg/s320/Faith+tones+cover.jpg" width="319" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I was able to confirm that they’re for real and that
they really did release this album in 1964, I decided to put my creative
writing skills to use. I wrote some pretty extensive bios about each of the
members including making up their names. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The thing was, my entry was a work of
creative writing; 95% of it was fiction. So many sites had made some pretty wild claims about them, so I decided to write a satirical piece but keep it "just" believable enough that people might buy in to it. For example, I identified one of them
as Marie Samuels. But any Hitchcock fan would recognize that name as the alias the
main character used in the movie,<i> Psycho</i>, when she checked into the Bates
Motel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My blog entry quickly became Number One on Google. I was surprised</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A couple of months later, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faith_Tones" target="_blank">Wikipedia article</a> appeared and
the information from my blog entry was used as fact. (A link to my blog was
provided). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And no, I did not make the Wikipedia entry. As
a matter of fact, I’ve tried contacting the person who made that entry but have
yet figured out how to do it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That’s a perfect illustration of why you can’t believe
everything you read on Wikipedia. Or on the Internet for that matter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I’m here to set the record straight. Last week, I
noticed that a mint condition LP of the infamous Faith Tones album was up for
auction on eBay. This album is exceedingly rare – the last
one available was over two years ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I read all about how to “snipe” on eBay and watched the
auction carefully. Finally, with ten seconds to go, I leaped out of the bushes
like a puma and entered my offer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I won.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The mint condition album arrived in the mail yesterday. The
reverse cover contained some bio information on each of the women <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">including their names. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">From left to right:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Marilyn Seidler -- a licensed cosmetologist</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Becky Seidler – has a degree in Business</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rosalie Wolff – an Education major at the University of
Montana.</span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DDgJmnCADIU/UP2IP1-k_RI/AAAAAAAAEpU/wHSBJZgypbY/s1600/Faith+Tones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DDgJmnCADIU/UP2IP1-k_RI/AAAAAAAAEpU/wHSBJZgypbY/s320/Faith+Tones.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Daniel H. Squire - recording engineer<br />
Bud Tutmarc - Producer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">A friend of mine has a turntable that will convert each
track into MP3 recordings. That will be my project for the weekend as well as
posting the recordings to YouTube. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, yes, my fascination with The Faith Tones is real. I
would love to know more about these women and their life journeys, for I’m sure
we can all relate to them in some way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I've come clean about the piece I wrote, but my blog entry remains at the top of Google and the Wikipedia article remains unchanged. Later, I’ll have the joy of making their music available for us all to
enjoy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The journey continues. . . </span></div>
Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-49366392399731477422012-12-04T18:08:00.000-04:002012-12-04T18:26:26.513-04:00Books<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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1990s, I wrote a number of papers on the spirituality of St. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Thérèse of Lisieux. This was back in the day
when we actually had to go to these things called “libraries” and borrow items called
“books” and research them for useful information. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">I imagine graduate
students these days probably tweet theological treatises, download it, and
boom, there’s their term paper. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Anyway, one of the
most inspiring books I came across about St. Thérèse was titled, <i>The Hidden
Face </i>by Ida G</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">ö</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">rres.
It had been translated from German many years ago and only a small number of
copies were published in English. It was beautifully written, told the real
story of this saintly nun (not the usual saccharin-laced stuff mostly written
about her) but it was still a very inspiring work. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It had long been out
of print when I tried to obtain a copy about ten years ago. There were some
copies out there in rare book stores selling for two or three hundred dollars;
a sum I didn’t want to shell out, St. Thérèse notwithstanding. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Finally, I found a
copy advertised online selling for about thirty bucks from a tiny book shop in rural Maine. I called the shop and the owner told me that someone
else had called to buy it; however they hadn’t followed through with the cash.
Would I give them another 24 hours? If they hadn’t come through, it would be mine.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">She called me the
next day to give me the good news. I finally got my hands on this rare treasure
of a book. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The thing is, the
owner of this book shop, Wendy, and I became friends through this transaction. I had
sent her a nice thank-you note, she wrote back, and we became pen-pals. It was all
very much like the movie, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/84,_Charing_Cross_Road" target="_blank">84 Charing Cross Road</a>, starring Anne Bancroft and
Anthony Hopkins back in 1987. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">That was ten years
ago. I still have my lovely book, and Wendy and I have enjoyed our
Ann-Bancroft-Anthony-Hopkins relationship for many years. (I sent her a DVD of
that movie and we had a really good laugh over that.)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Anyway, I was searching
on Amazon last year and noticed that this book had been re-published and was
now available in paperback. (You can order it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Hidden-Face-Therese-Lisieux/dp/089870927X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1354659781&sr=8-2&keywords=the+hidden+face" target="_blank">here</a>). I sent a copy to my niece as a gift. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Here’s the really
strange part. While riding the bus to work yesterday, I noticed that this book
is now available in a Kindle version. Within a few<i> seconds</i>, I was reading it on
my smart phone while riding the bus to work. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">That’s how much
technology has advanced in just ten years. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">But at what cost? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">No longer can we
thoughtfully buy a book as a gift, wrap it, and ship it to someone special.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">And longtime
friendships that serendipitously occur between a bookshop owner in Maine and a
guy in Chicago will never be caused by Kindle. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Unable to compete
with Amazon, Wendy sold her quaint little bookshop and moved to Boston several years ago.</span></span></div>
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Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-71836176266645725922012-11-28T16:54:00.003-04:002012-11-28T17:08:18.300-04:00I Like Big Bridges<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I live on the shore of Lake Michigan and I can tell you this
– it’s BIG. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Huge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I was intrigued by the prospect of a bridge crossing
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then I got to thinking about it and realized such an
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">First, let’s talk about the size of the bridge. The longest
bridge I know of crosses Lake Ponchartrain in Louisiana and it’s 24 miles long.
Lake Michigan is 90 miles across, so this thing would be over three times
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But the real clincher is that Lake Ponchartrain is little more than a
swamp; it’s probably about seven inches deep, so its 24-mile bridge is no big
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lake Michigan is 300 feet deep. You do the comparison. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let’s talk about the weather up here. Namely, winter. </span></div>
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three months of the year, Lake Michigan is inundated with wind-driven, thick
ice and blizzards. <i>Ships</i> don’t even brave Lake Michigan in the winter. Would
you want to drive an automobile 90 miles across that? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What if you needed to stop for a bathroom break? What if you
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">If you still don’t think the weather would be a problem, I
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Edmund Fitzgerald. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Now, let’s talk about practicality. Why would we <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">need</i> a bridge across Lake Michigan? One
argument is so that people in Wisconsin and Michigan could cross over without
having to go through Chicago. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“Oh, but now that there’s a bridge across Lake Michigan, let’s
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Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-68248448144783678022012-11-20T13:09:00.003-04:002012-11-20T13:09:47.632-04:00Thanksgiving<h5 class="uiStreamMessage userContentWrapper" data-ft="{"type":1,"tn":"K"}">
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">A Public Service Announcement: </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Having
worked in homeless shelters, here is my public service announcement for
everyone you know: PLEASE refrain from volunteering to serve meals on
Thanksgiving and Christmas. </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">STAY HOME. Shelters and food banks are
totally inundated with well-wishers who want to serve turkey to the
“less fortunate” on Thanksgiving and it requires lots of extra work for
these shelters just to handle the volunteers. (Public officials are the
worst offenders about this.) </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">DO NOT bring your kids there on
Thanksgiving, thinking it will do them good to see the less fortunate. A
SHELTER IS NOT A ZOO. </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">That being said, shelters DO need volunteers to
show up regularly all year long. Have your teenager volunteer to unload
the delivery truck in the back alley every Saturday morning. Better yet,
send an anonymous donation, stay home, and give thanks for your bounty. </span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">Gobble Gobble.</span></span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">About two weeks ago, my life completely and irrevocably
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">No, I didn’t win the lottery or fall madly in love or find
out I have a long-lost identical twin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Banking: I had a check to deposit and the smart phone took a
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Pac Man or Space Invaders or any of them. But when a friend of mine turned me
on to Trainyard, I was hooked. (You get to design all these tracks, get the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Pray for me. </span></div>
Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-63057752148796550142012-10-23T15:39:00.001-04:002012-10-25T00:45:50.234-04:00The Lakefront Path<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Never again!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See? Isn’t that nice?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">In reality, the lakefront running path should be called the
Lakefront running/dog-walking/biking/speed-skating Lane of Terror. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Here’s what it actually looks like:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">See? Isn’t that <i>horrible?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Remember in grade school when you jumped rope? Two kids
would be looping the rope round and round and you’d have to time it just right,
dash into the looping rope and begin hopping up and down with split-second
accuracy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">That’s what it feels like just getting <i>on</i> to the pathway. Dogs
and speed skaters and competitive bicyclists are all whizzing by in different
directions. You have to time it just right and dash right in to get swooped up
in the maelstrom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I made it onto the path and began my slow <i>trot-trot-trotting</i>
along. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Keep in mind that the running path is hardly wider than a
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I heard a sonic boom behind me as several <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tour de France</i> contenders blazed by with
the warning, <b><i>“On your left!!!”</i> </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">My heart was still pounding when roller-bladers
whizzed past which left hardly any room for the guy on his bike pulling a
toddler in the kiddy-trailer attached. Dogs on leashes complicated the matter. </span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Trot-trot-trot . . . </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I couldn’t <i>wait</i> to get off the damn running path. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">There are some really beautiful, wooded pathways that
meander through the bird sanctuary near my place. I’ve mapped out a two-mile
route through there that I’ve been using.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">True, the paths through the bird sanctuary aren’t really
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">They’re for bird-nerds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But let’s be honest about my running. </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Trot-trot-trot. . . </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Birdwatchers ambling along will probably pass me by. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></div>
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Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-52960411371463948262012-10-22T12:51:00.000-04:002012-10-22T12:51:07.012-04:00Julia the Vixen<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent">Julia Child as a senior intelligence officer
with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) while in Ceylon, 1944. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="userContent">Julia
referred to this pose as one of "anticipatory lechery." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I think I’m one of the last persons on earth to still own a
regular, no-frills cell phone. I got an iPhone two years ago, but since I had
no reception on the 50<sup>th</sup> floor where I lived, using it was
exceedingly frustrating. I took it back the next day and got my regular, “dumb
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">One month from now, I will have fulfilled the two-year <s>enslavement</s>
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encountered more and more situations when a smart phone would come in handy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ordering Thai food online to be delivered while
riding home on the bus has a coolness factor that I can’t even begin to fathom. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">However, I truly hope I don’t turn into one of these people
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out while standing in line at the grocery store, while walking across the
street, and during concerts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Of course, everyone on the bus or train endlessly smart-phones
away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But at what cost? Have we lost the ability to daydream; to
truly experience “down time” anymore? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I have a sinking feeling that the human capacity to engage
in profound, reflective thought will be a thing of the past. Had Descartes an
iPhone, I doubt that his brilliant <i>“I think, therefore, I am”</i> would have ever been
realized. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Has the age of smart phones dumbed us down?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I know one thing. Whipping out a smart phone at church
during the first scripture reading is surely a recipe for eternal damnation. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I’m almost sure of it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I’ve noticed this ad posted at many bus and train stations
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">What if this guy’s promoter cheated him out of, let's say, a million
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rap Guy: <i>“Dude! I’m f*cking angry with you!!!”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I ride the bus to-and-from work every day along with hoards
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for about a mile then hops on Lake Shore Drive for the three-mile shot into
downtown. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Fortunately, I get on at one of the first stops. I always
get a seat. (I take a seat by the rear exit because I get off at the first stop
downtown.) However, two stops later, it’s standing room only. Two stops after
that and there’s no room at all for any additional passengers. It quickly turns
into sardine mode. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It’s important for the standing passengers to move as far as
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board as possible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The thing is, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a
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prevents the other passengers from moving back and, ultimately, prevents
passengers from boarding at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It really irritates me. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Few things are more inconsiderate than that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">This morning, it happened. A young woman got on, stood near the
door and refused to go further. There was space toward the back of the bus,
unoccupied, and I could see that passengers were being turned away at the front
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<i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Grrrr!</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I tapped her on the arm and said, “Here, you can have my
seat <i>so that you’re not blocking the aisle.”</i> I got up, gave her my seat, and
moved all the way to the back, freeing up a lot more space for more passengers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It felt great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">It was my passive-aggressive way of <i>doing</i> something. Also,
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I’m going to do this every time I see someone blocking the
aisle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I'm going to be the super-hero of the Chicago Transit Authority, ensuring that no one pulls that Rosa Parks crap anymore. <br /> </span></div>
Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-13495226989954904332012-09-20T13:56:00.002-04:002012-09-20T13:56:32.634-04:00Married?<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">There's news going around about a 4th-century papyrus fragment written in Coptic that indicates Jesus was <a href="http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/world/jesus-married-the-gospel-of-jesus-wife-prompts-many-questions-as-well-as-answers" target="_blank">married</a>. True, that sounds pretty sensational on the surface. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I got to thinking, <i>"What would Jesus' personal ad look like?" </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I imagine it would go something like this:</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><span class="userContent">"Single
Jewish Male, early 30s (looks 25) br/br, facial hair, seeks nice
Palestinian Jewish female for long-term relationship. Employed as a
teacher, but enjoys woodworking, fishing, and water sports in my time
off. Strong believer in universal health care, equal rights for women,
minorities and individuals with disabilities and feeding the hungry.
Friends say that I’m kind, compassionate, fun at parties (can turn water
into wine) and that I look good in a loin cloth. Raised with small-town
values, I come from a non-traditional family (one mother, two fathers).
Favorite meal: Broken bread with a cup of wine. Interested in long-term
relationship only. Fundamentalists are a huge turn-off and need not
apply."</span></span></span></span>Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-89547618670138413072012-09-14T07:40:00.002-04:002015-05-29T20:48:53.119-04:00The Faith Tones<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">Recently, a friend of mine posted a photo of this gospel LP
on Facebook and I could hardly believe my eyes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here it is: The Faith Tones <i>“Jesus Use Me”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Could it be real? I began investigating.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It turns out that, yes, there <a href="http://www.popsike.com/THE-FAITH-TONES-JESUS-USE-ME-ANGELUS-LP/260685363767.html" target="_blank"><u>was</u> an album released</a> by <i>The
Faith Tones</i> with the title, J<i>esus Use Me</i>, by Angelus Records in 1964 (WR 4802). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Faith Tones</i> became a quest. I had to know more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Fortunately, I have a buddy who used to work for the CIA, is
now a private investigator and also joined in on my quest. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here’s what we discovered. . . .</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Faith Tones</i> are<i> <u>real</u></i><u>.</u> Those are <i>not</i> men in drag. That’s
really them, bouffant and all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here’s a recent photo of the album that sold on
eBay on December 30, 2011 for $214.00. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The real deal, folks:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As my buddy and I went to work, details of The Faith Tones
began to emerge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Faith Tones</i> began as a gospel <i>quartet</i> during the spring of 1963 in the Winston-Salem, North
Carolina area. The group originally consisted of Beverly Beecham (one the left
with the bouffant), Vivian Wyler (middle), Marie Samuels (with the glasses) and
Roberta Long (not pictured). They soon
became a trio probably due to the fact that Roberta Long, a newlywed, gave
birth to her first child soon after the group began. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The remaining trio of Beecham, Wyler, and Samuels were all
single working women in their early twenties, thus, many evenings were
available for rehearsals. All of the women were trained church musicians,
accomplished pianists and organists, and were members of the Lottie Moon
Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem NC. Their combined talents, along with their
availability, proved to be quite productive. They quickly became a much
sought-after group among numerous Southern Baptist churches often lacking in
talented or inspirational musical devotionals in the area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Apparently, their talent lay in the fact that they
were all trained pianists; vocal abilities were secondary. At any performance, one
of them could supply accompaniment on a piano or Hammond organ while easily
supplying a third vocal harmony – a feat seldom accomplished in any Southern
Baptist church at the time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It was at that time that Angelus Records was making a great
deal of revenue from releasing multiple recordings of Negro spirituals after
the “March on Washington” in April 1963. Numerous talent scouts were in the
Washington-Virginia-North Carolina area and it was only a matter of time until
the Beecham-Wyler-Samuels trio was heard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Performing their popular gospel song, “Jesus Use Me” one week after the
assassination of John F. Kennedy, probably caused their pastor, Br. John W. Buckner, to announce in a following sermon something like, <i>“these devout women truly sing the
inspirational tones of faith.”</i> -- </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">While their
popularity was rising among local churches, an agent from Angelus Records was
in attendance. Perhaps he heard the <i>"inspirational tones of faith"</i> sermon where they had performed and came up with <i>"the faith tones"</i> as a name. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A 45 rpm recording of “Jesus Use Me” by <i>The Faith Tones</i> was
released to local radio stations in North and South Carolina in January 1964.
It was met with wide acceptance and rose to No. 14 on the East Coast Gospel Chart
at its highest rating the following month. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The chorus is still popular among many televangelists. You can here Jimmy Swaggart performing it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h8P_7IgxvI" target="_blank">here. </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Jesus use me; Oh Lord, don’t refuse me,</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>For surely there’s a work that I can do;</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>And even though it’s humble, please help my
will to crumble</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Though the cost is great, I’ll work for
thee. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The “B” side
to <i>The Faith Tones</i> 45 rpm release contained an obscure 19<sup>th</sup> century
Protestant hymn, <i>“Where Is My Boy Tonight?”</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Where is my wandering boy tonight—<br />
The boy of my tenderest care,<br />
The boy that was once my joy and light,<br />
The child of my love and prayer?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Soon after, local demand and popularity called for an LP of <i>The Faith Tones. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Angelus Records supplied it. WR 4802. Released in 1964.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">(<u>Very</u> few recordings exist. The last known copy sold on eBay on Dec 30 2011 for $214.00) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It turns out that the original members of<i> The Faith Tones</i> performed
in hundreds of non-denominational churches across the Southeastern and Southern
U.S. for the next eight years up until 1972. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The last known <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=czweAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IL8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6756%2C4435138&dq=faith-tones&hl=en%2F" target="_blank">documented performance</a> of <i>The Faith Tones</i>
took place on <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=czweAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IL8EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6756%2C4435138&dq=faith-tones&hl=en%2F" target="_blank">October 26, 1971 </a>during a week-long revival celebration at the
Tyro Baptist Church in Lexington, North Carolina.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Like I said, my buddy, a private investigator, and I did
quite a bit of sleuthing and can now supply details for those of you who would
like to know about the members of <i>The Faith Tones.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Beverly Beecham</u>:</b> b. 1938 . </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The eldest of four
siblings; although the daughter of Disciples of Christ parents, she was
educated in a private Catholic school. We found her Sophomore year class photo!
Beverly is on the front row, fourth from the right. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Beverly’s parents converted to Southern Baptist when Beverly
was sixteen years old. She obtained a music scholarship to North Carolina State
University but apparently dropped her studies after three years in 1959. She
applied for marriage license the same year but never married. From 1960 through
1972, she earned very little income aside from occasional royalties from a
subsidiary of Angelus Records. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In 1972, she applied for a three-month visa
sponsored by the Southern Baptist Association to teach in Burma (now Myanmar).
She remained in Burma/Myanmar as an undocumented worker until returning to the
U.S. in 2004 at the age of 66 whereupon she applied for a marriage license to marry
a same-sex partner in Massachusetts. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">She remains married and employed as a private
music instructor in the Boston area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Vivian Wyler</u></b>: b. 1940. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Orphaned until 1944. Adopted by
parents, aged 39 and 44 years old in Dover, Delaware. Obtained B.A. in applied music from Oberlin College in 1961. Resided
with parents in Raleigh N.C. until 1963. Employed as cosmetologist in
Winston-Salem from 1963 to 1972. Received royalties from subsidiary of Angelus
Records through 1972. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here we go! (The good stuff) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Civil court records filed in
1974 document numerous hotel monetary records with a named companion who was a NASA
astronaut. (No names here). He was slated for one of the later moon missions
that had been cancelled. Apollo 18, 19 or 20. But, Ms. Wyler moved to Houston
in 1972, had an Order of Protection placed against her by Mr. X, the astronaut,
and subsequently moved to Beaumont, Texas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">She opened a hair-weaving salon in
1975, innovative at its time in East Texas, which was very successful until
hair weaving refugees inundated the Beaumont area after Hurricane Katrina in September
2005.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><u>Marie Samuels</u></b>: b. 1945. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The eldest of 18 children born to Southern
Baptist parents from Springfield, Missouri, who were influential in creating
the “Quiverfull” notion of multiple offspring that would infiltrate society
with like-minded conservatives. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Although Marie was the eldest child of eighteen siblings in
a family of fundamentalist Baptist parents who espoused an insular, almost cult-like
devotion to the familial cloister, she somehow obtained a full music scholarship
to North Carolina State University, probably against the will of her parents. Though she
was the eldest of eighteen, she was the youngest of <i>The Faith Tone</i> members at
nineteen years of age. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">During the next seven years of <i>The Faith Tones’</i> heyday,
Marie worked at a minimum-wage night-job supervising children with Down syndrome
while working toward her Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Music Composition at
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both degrees, she eventually
obtained. </span></div>
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would never have been possible had it not been for the quiet, diligent
compositional work of Marie Samuels; </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">She obviously refrained from any and all romantic involvement,
devoting all her time to her work with disabled children and toward her music
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<span style="font-size: small;">In 1974, she signed a lease with a young product engineer
employed by 3M, apparently having fallen in love. Two months later, she sought
medical treatment suspecting complications from a possible unexpected
pregnancy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Marie died from complications during surgery when a
parasitic twin, a <i>fetus in fetu</i>, was
discovered in her abdomen and surgeons attempted to remove it. She died from
trauma and blood loss at the age of twenty-nine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, there you have it, folks – the complete history of <i>The Faith Tones.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When you think about it, their lives pretty much exemplify what we all experience. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Beverly:</u> An
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Worked to overcome her past. Became successful; fell in love; and failed. But
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Marie:</u> Completely altruistic, died unexpectedly at 29; possibly the true success story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>The Faith Tones </i>and their legacy album "Jesus Use Me" may look perplexing, and even ridiculous on
the surface. But when we dig deeper, we can never know whether or not our lives will turn out to
be that of Beverly’s or Vivian’s or Marie’s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">By all means, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Let’s relish all we<i> can</i> with our <i>own</i> Faith Tones! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Please note: The preceding article was an exercise in fictional creative writing.)</span></i> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">U<span style="font-size: small;">P<span style="font-size: small;">DATE!!</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">I actually got my hands on a mint-condition LP of "Jesus Use Me"<span style="font-size: small;">. One came <span style="font-size: small;">available on eBay and I sniped it! So, here you go, folks! An actual<span style="font-size: small;"> recording of the lovely Faith Tones performing "Jesus Use Me".</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was ten years old the first time I got to travel out of state.
It was to pick up my step-sister in Tuscaloosa, Alabama because she was too
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Tuscaloosa! In Alabama! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Oh my <i>GOSH</i>, I was excited! We got to drive through other exotic
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">When I was sixteen, the speech team in high school had the
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Indiana. The speech teacher mentioned that it probably wasn’t worth the money
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I remember thinking, <i>“Are you <u>kidding</u> me? I would LOVE to go
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">But now, I really have no desire to travel. I really <i>don’t.</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Nowadays, we have the internet. Even a kid in my little
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sure, there are some places I’d like to see. I’d like to
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boring compared to exciting places like Tuscaloosa and Muncie. I’m fortunate
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So, I think my traveling days are over. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Maybe I’ll drive down to Muncie for the weekend just to see
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Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-13621329386395940702012-09-10T10:20:00.000-04:002012-09-10T10:20:10.468-04:00Morning Scene - Sunrise<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I’ve actually taken up jogging lately now that I live on the
lake front. What’s even more shocking is that I went jogging at 6 a.m. this
morning and saw the sun come up. I snapped this photo just as a flock of
Canadian geese were flying above the water. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Strangely, they were headed north. </span></span></div>
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Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-22284626190607843312012-08-24T12:33:00.002-04:002012-08-24T12:33:33.241-04:00Karma<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
<span style="font-size: small;">Is this the height of irony or what? </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Four years ago, Stuart Sheperd from
Focus on the Family wrote that everyone should pray for rain to disrupt the
Democratic National Convention in Denver. He wrote:<i> "So I’m praying for
unexpected, unanticipated, unforecasted rain that starts two minutes
before the speech is set to begin."</i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hAuQIoBV4sg/UDervK9koXI/AAAAAAAAEj4/15fAP2144n4/s1600/hurricane.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="288" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hAuQIoBV4sg/UDervK9koXI/AAAAAAAAEj4/15fAP2144n4/s400/hurricane.png" width="400" /></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Perhaps he would do well with a refresher on Matthew 7:12 - - </span><i><span class="text Matt-7-12" id="en-NIV-23329"><span class="woj">So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. </span></span></i><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Bottom line: Karma can be a bitch. </span></div>
Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-42269904857521001332012-08-20T14:09:00.002-04:002012-08-20T14:13:17.988-04:00Get With the Times<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">While riding on the bus, I noticed a periodic announcement
that says, “Please be considerate of other passengers. Loud talking and radio
playing are prohibited.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Radio playing?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I think their announcement needs to be updated. Whenever I
hear that announcement, I envision a bus passenger listening to a transistor
radio – probably with Petula Clark’s <i>“Downtown”</i> blaring from it. </span></div>
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O_ti286NXb0/UDJ8LTg1ouI/AAAAAAAAEjU/13g_UZcrFVM/s1600/transistor+radio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O_ti286NXb0/UDJ8LTg1ouI/AAAAAAAAEjU/13g_UZcrFVM/s320/transistor+radio.jpg" width="298" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another announcement says to "Dial 9-1-1." </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">“Dialing a telephone?” When was the
last time you ever dialed a telephone” </span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--z5RAC1cGro/UDJ8S61ucoI/AAAAAAAAEjc/Jou9rVUo-Yk/s1600/black-rotary-phone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="301" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--z5RAC1cGro/UDJ8S61ucoI/AAAAAAAAEjc/Jou9rVUo-Yk/s320/black-rotary-phone.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you have at all, you’re probably over
forty years old. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here’s something else that needs updating. Here’s the
caution sign, telling motorists to slow down because children are prevalent. </span></div>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Y_peCSxP8E/UDJ8eIAh6nI/AAAAAAAAEjk/dqsFpR3LQFk/s1600/slow+children.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Y_peCSxP8E/UDJ8eIAh6nI/AAAAAAAAEjk/dqsFpR3LQFk/s1600/slow+children.png" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Notice that the boy is wearing knickers - - <i>Knickers!</i> From the 1930s. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Even back in the sixties when I was a kid, I thought this
sign was out of date. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Not only is this boy’s attire out of date, the likelihood of
seeing a kid running outside these days is virtually nil. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They’re all inside, texting each other and listening to
music on their smart phones. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Listening to radios, dialing a phone, or children playing outside are things we need never worry about. </span></div>
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Br. Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03794716304960943782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18500594.post-43763215928747212952012-08-18T04:12:00.000-04:002012-08-18T08:02:20.784-04:00Trains<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">I recently found myself at one of Chicago Transit
Authority’s main stations where several train lines meet (the Howard station
where the Red, Purple, and Yellow lines do their thing together). </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I waited for the Purple train, I found myself mesmerized by the maze of train
tracks that lay before me. I had to get a photo of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ever since I was a little bitty kid, I’ve been interested in
(obsessed by) train tracks. Whenever I’ve seen multiple tracks crossing and
switching together, I’ve found myself studying how the wheels of a train will
go from “this” rail to “that” rail. It’s just about the most fascinating thing
to me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I can vividly remember when this interest began. I was three
years old and somehow my dad and I ended up on a foot-bridge overlooking the
Fort Worth Train Yard where myriads of lines converged and where hundreds of trains
cars separated and re-grouped. </span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bMpoE3uf43I/UC9L79Dd9aI/AAAAAAAAEiw/CPj_NyNaxWU/s1600/ft+worth+train+yard.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bMpoE3uf43I/UC9L79Dd9aI/AAAAAAAAEiw/CPj_NyNaxWU/s400/ft+worth+train+yard.png" height="218" width="400" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I can still see the box cars as they negotiated the tangle of tracks and rumbled underneath our feet to be joined with an awaiting
train. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was spellbound. It's one of my earliest and most vivid memories. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">So, when I saw this multitude of spaghetti tracks, I was
once again transfixed and captivated. I mean, just <i>look</i> at these tracks – -</span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-24sD4C5bjXM/UC9QAwWHjII/AAAAAAAAEjA/Re9G4-yH3BY/s1600/tracks.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-24sD4C5bjXM/UC9QAwWHjII/AAAAAAAAEjA/Re9G4-yH3BY/s320/tracks.png" height="154" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">How could
you <i>not</i> be impressed with such complex, well-thought and creative engineering?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I saw this, I instantly wished I had been so fortunate
as my dad; to have had a little son who would find such things as these tracks
so enthralling; someone I could share this train yard with. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then, I realized that this little boy did exist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">He was right
there with me, awestruck and thrilled by these train tracks – he was just fifty
years older. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">We enjoyed the train ride together. As we passed over the
incredibly complex switch-tracks, the little boy begged me to snap a photo of
them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And I did. </span></div>
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