Lee Duigon

Rejoice in God’s Handiwork

leeduigon(patty)December 4, 2016

Some years ago, I interviewed the famous paleontologist, Bob Bakker; and he said something I’ll never forget. He asked, “Can you imagine the fun God had, creating all these things?”

I know I’ve showcased this critter before, but it is the largest land mammal that we know of, and one of my all-time favorite prehistoric animals. It has a lot of different scientific names. Just think of it as the great beast that King Ryons rode to the rescue of Obann: that’s in The Thunder King.

Please feel free to ignore this video’s Darwinian trappings. I show you this beast so you can stand up and cheer what God has done. And no one can say God has failed to give us an abundance of material in which to exercise our minds!

So where are these animals now? Why can’t we see them?

Well, we don’t know. All we know is that God created them, pronounced them “good” when He was finished, and has the entire universe at His disposal.

And I expect to see these creatures someday, in God’s own time.

My Back is Back

leeduigon(patty)December 4, 2016

Twenty-four hours ago I could hardly raise an eyebrow without pain shooting through my lower back. But now I’m pretty much back to normal.

I thank all of you who prayed for me yesterday. I don’t think my prayer request was up an hour before I started to feel better.

Well, we who belong to God know Our Father answers prayers. Not always in the way that we expect–sometimes He gives us much better than what we’ve asked for. We all know this from experience, don’t we?

To God be the glory, to God be the praise!

‘I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing on Christmas Day’

leeduigon(patty)December 4, 2016

I love this carol. It dates back to the 1600’s, although it wasn’t until sometime in the 1830s that it first appeared in print. This version is by Morning Vocals.

Christmas is coming! And we stand ready to proclaim it by posting your requests for Christmas hymns and carols. Remember what fun we had doing this, last Christmas? Well, it’s time to do it again!

Bonus Video: ‘Car 54’ Goes Musical

leeduigon(patty)December 3, 2016

I’m feeling so much better now, and it’s put me in a good mood.

Car 54, Where Are You?, starring Joe E. Ross and Fred Gwynn, ran from 1961-63–a very funny comedy, and quite a hit for a while there.

Note the special lyrics they drummed up for We Belong to a Mutual Admiration Society: that song had a lot of staying power.

Great comedy, great song!

Video Treat: Cats vs. Metronome

leeduigon(patty)December 3, 2016

Thank you, everybody, for your prayers: I’m already much, much better than I was this morning! Pain has abated to mere unpleasant twinges. Maybe it’ll be gone by tomorrow.

Meanwhile, to keep up a good mood, here are a couple of cats encountering a metronome. It’s been my experience that when you have two cats, one is usually the leader and the other is the follower.

I think in this case the leader could have used better moral support.

Prayer Request: Me

leeduigon(patty)December 3, 2016

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My back is just murdering me today: no bike ride, no visit to the nursing home. Not safe to drive when you don’t know which little tiny movement is going to suddenly freeze you with pain.

I’m sure it will go away eventually, but I would much appreciate your prayers today, everybody.

They Don’t Like Our Flag, Either

leeduigon(patty)December 3, 2016

This is some of the response to Hampshire College’s disrespect for our flag

When they’re not too busy banning Christmas, liberal soreheads are gunning for other things that normal people love and respect–the American flag, just to name one.

Hampshire “College” in Massachusetts took down its American flag the day after Election Day, to protest America’s failure to hand over the government to the Clinton crime family. For good measure, the next day, they burned a flag or two. (http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/12/02/massachusetts-college-that-took-down-american-flag-raises-it-aga/21619223/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl11%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D-607931232_htmlws-main-nb)

They had to restore the flag a few days ago, in response to widespread public protests–and maybe the prospect of not getting any more government goodies, once Donald Trump takes office. He doesn’t like flag-burning, a sentiment shared by tens of millions of Americans but completely incomprehensible to Democrats and other libs.

College president Pokey Pinhead, or whatever his name is, babbled, “We acted solely to facilitate much-needed dialog on the campus–” “dialog” is lib-speak for endless monologues by assorted left-wingers, with any dissent ruthlessly stamped out–“about how to dismantle the bigotry that is prevalent in our society.”

See, us deplorables, we’re all biggits and full of hat speech, we need lofty libs to instruct us in every aspect of our lives, blah-blah-blah…

These numbskulls really don’t get it. They call us names, bully us, trample on everything we hold dear, waste colossal mountains of our hard-earned money and still demand more–and then they’re dumb-founded when we finally say “Enough!” They just can’t imagine why their guys lost the election.

Subtle hint: It’s because you libs are full of **** and we despise you.

They’re at It Again–the Libs’ War on Christmas

leeduigon(patty)December 3, 2016

They still don’t have a clue why they lost the presidency, both houses of Congress, 14 governorships, and a big bunch of state legislatures.

Well, a major reason is stuff like this.

The Hillsboro, Oregon, school district recently banned “all religious-themed [Christmas] decorations, including Santa Claus,” who, last time I looked, is not actually in the Bible (http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/12/02/school-district-bans-santa-claus-from-classrooms/21619262/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D162657855_htmlws-main-nb ).

Why? You can’t have Christmas because you gotta bow to the “diverse perspectives and beliefs of our community.” The two atheists and three Moslems get respect, but a thousand Christians don’t.

Although we do have to be careful here, because liberals just love to blame Muslims for their desire and decision to ban Christmas: they’ve done it before and they’ll do it again. They hear one atheist grumble, and that’s all they need.

Naturally when this high-handed and fat-headed decision was announced, there was a social media firestorm as normal people recoiled in disgust, so naturally the “educators” backed down a bit and said they’d only be “policing” classroom Christmas decorations if they were “over the top”?

Over the top? What does that mean? Why don’t they tell us precisely what that means?

Well, enjoy it, pipsqueaks, while you’ve still got it. Your days of pushing us around are coming to an end. If President Trump doesn’t smack you down, the American people will find someone who will.

‘Child in the Manger’

leeduigon(patty)December 3, 2016

You might remember this carol in another guise: Cat Stevens singing Morning Has Broken, back in the 1970s.

But these Christmas lyrics were originally in Gaelic, published in Scotland in the 19th century and later translated into English, and the melody is traditional Irish. It was adapted for the original Morning Has Broken in 1931–so what we were hearing forty-some years ago was already forty years old and then some.