The Wisdom of a Child

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This happened when Lee was about six years old.

He told me about it and his mom mentioned it as well at one of the family gatherings.

Lee and another little boy were playing in a neighbor’s yard.  The woman became annoyed, came out and told them to go home and stop playing in her yard.

Lee looked up at her and said (not in a flippant or disrespectful way) “It’s not your yard, it’s Jesus’ yard.”  The neighbor was quite impressed and told Lee’s mom.

For such a young child to understand the concept of God’s ownership of everything is really remarkable.

He was a good little boy and a good man.

God bless everybody

Patty

There’s Something Wrong with Our Politics

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There’s a lot I don’t understand about our current politics.

How does 1) a paper-thin majority in the House of Representatives, 2) a tie vote in the Senate, and 3) a president whose election was, to put it as charitably as possible, of doubtful legitimacy add up to a partisan government that does everything it damned well pleases without encountering any meaningful opposition?

Once upon a time, even if you were the majority party, you still had to dicker, compromise, give the opposition some of the things they wanted, You couldn’t just ignore them–as is being done now.

Another thing: the president is the chief executive. Among other things, his duty, as laid out in the Constitution, is to see that our country’s laws are enforced. Our immigration laws are statutes enacted by Congress and signed into law by various presidents. So how come China Joe gets to not only ignore those laws, but refuse to enforce them and encourage people to break them?

Is our system broken? Is that how we’ve wound up with these very strange politics? Did they repeal the Constitution when we weren’t looking?

Stolen elections have consequences, don’t they?

One of those consequences is that we completely lose control of our government.

From March 22, 2021

Byron the Quokka to the Rescue! (With TV Listings) REPRINT

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G’day! Byron the Quokka here, trying to save this blog. At Quokka University we have made an extra-special effort to point you to the very best in weekend television. You wouldn’t believe what we had to go through, to get these shows!

Here’s just a sample of them.

8 P.M.   Ch. 06   ADVENTURES OF IZOD LACOSTE–Are they kidding?

The famous fashion designer discovers a lost city inhabited by maniacs! Major Fapp: Orrin Hatch.  Cannibalistic milk-maid: Heather Locklear. Featuring a special appearance by Tommy the Corgi as a German shepherd.

Ch. 10  SPECIAL AGENT 717–Spy thriller

As the World Economic Forum heats up, Col. Babycakes (Junior Sample) tries to thwart a scheme to kidnap the June Taylor Dancers. Can Agent 717 (Arnold Stang) save the world from a fleeting bout of incredulous dismay? Cameo appearance by Alvin the Octopus taking Alfred Hitchcock for a walk.

8:08 P.M.  Ch. 13  NEWS FOR NUDISTS WHO TALK BACKWARDS–Niche programming

Would you believe this was 2017’s top-rated news show? The ratings have slipped since anchorwoman Leslie Oop started to wear clothes and speak normally, but the rest of the studio crew and the reporters in the field are still barely comprehensible. (That’s a joke, my friends!)

8:30 P.M.  Ch. 34  MOVIE–Classical Tragedy for really smart people

In “Tarzan’s Vegas Gig” (Spanish-Canadian, 1987), the ape-man plays the Vegas nightclubs as a stand-up philosopher while a vampire (Haystacks Calhoun) stalks the city. What happens when the two of them try to buy the same flower shop? Featured song, It Must Be the Diuretics!

Ch. 61  JIMMY FRAUD PRESENTS–Game show

At last, a game show for people who literally have nothing better to do! Ideal for heavily sedated patients in a hospital. “In fact, they might not even need sedation anymore!” says Jimmy. Each contestant gets 50 tries to guess what’s in Jimmy’s cardboard box–and if you grovel, you get another 50 tries! In-House Poet: Some guy Jimmy went to high school with, but can’t remember his name.

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There! If these shows don’t stirrup interest, I’m riding out of here! That’s a pun, son. It’s making the rounds on Rottnest Island and we’re all laughing ourselves silly over it.

From June 2022

Remembered Birthdays

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Today is my birthday.

I’ve had an awful lot of birthdays.

Some that stand out in my memory…

When I was six I was waiting and waiting for my guests to arrive.  It was a typical November day, gray and overcast.  My mother sent me to the corner store, and when I came back, all the kids jumped out from behind the furniture and yelled  ” Surprise!!  Happy Birthday!!”   My mom had arranged for them to come while I was at the store.  I never forgot that one.

When I was 14, my parents bought me a hayride.  The huge horse-drawn hay wagon came up my street and we all climbed up in the hay.  It was a beautiful full moon night and quite cold.  I had my first boyfriend then –his name was Curt  (very innocent I assure you) and I had made us tuna sandwiches and cocoa.  There were about a dozen of us. and it was a wonderful time.  The hay wagon came from a riding stable in a nearby town where I spent all my baby sitting money on horseback riding.  Yes, I was one of those horse-obsessed teenage girls.

Another great birthday was in 2016 when Donald Trump was elected.  The bad guys were so sure it couldn’t happen.

Last year was not so good, as Lee was in the nursing home.  But we did spend some time together, playing chess.  Was that only a year ago?

Time does fly and birthdays come and go–each one is different.  The real point is to be grateful to God for each and every one of them.

God bless everybody

Patty

Joe Collidge Protests My Uintatherium Video REPRINT

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I jist want to say that that unitatharium Video it was racist and stopid lee is a racist for postin it!

it is also Homo Phobbia and I think they was Climbit Change Denile in it too. He shulddnt be aloud to make posts like this and yiu wate till Hillery is Pressdint and then yull see what hapens! Then al these stopid peple thay wil have to go to Jail. Or may be get thare heads choped off! Becose thay are Haters and we jist wil not tollerate Haters not for one minnit, oh man them Haters make me so Mad and now my Moth antenners spining aruond and aruond and i think I feel whoozee…

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The guest blogger was unable to continue on account of his extreme emotional reaction to the Uintatherium-gimmick soup commercial.

Normal service has been resumed.

Hymns

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I would really welcome suggestions for any hymns you would like.

Just let me know and I will try to find the rendition you would like.

God bless everybody

Patty