tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.comments2024-03-18T08:35:12.564-07:00. Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comBlogger4077125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-62765331360928993392024-03-18T08:35:12.564-07:002024-03-18T08:35:12.564-07:00It's not you (missing comments), it's me. ...It's not you (missing comments), it's me. I made the mistake of creating a new profile inside the Chrome browser (as you know, I blog under several different avatars). It doesn't recognize me unless I log in with a specific combination. It posts the comment back to me, but when I return later in a new session, I discover that the comment never actually posted to Blogger (or WordPress).<br /><br />Two weeks. Sounds like just enough time to make a contribution, and not get burnt out of collapse from empathy fatigue.<br /><br />-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-64299004141436378372024-03-17T18:15:07.762-07:002024-03-17T18:15:07.762-07:00Weird that comments are missing.
I'll be gone...Weird that comments are missing.<br /><br />I'll be gone for 12 days, working at a medical clinic to help with stroke rehab, dental procedures, and whatever else needs done. Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-87536343430888375882024-03-17T13:41:49.483-07:002024-03-17T13:41:49.483-07:00Hmmm... comments disappearing.
I'm excited fo...Hmmm... comments disappearing.<br /><br />I'm excited for you! Sounds like an adventure of a lifetime. Gone long? Will you be doing PT, or something else? I am NVS...-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-1557584982329880992024-03-15T18:35:41.643-07:002024-03-15T18:35:41.643-07:00And the dish is, I'm traveling to Zambia in Ap...And the dish is, I'm traveling to Zambia in April on a medical mission trip. I'm so excited!!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-7881239496996385102024-03-15T18:34:46.406-07:002024-03-15T18:34:46.406-07:00RFK Jr is more than a little wacky but hey, I'...RFK Jr is more than a little wacky but hey, I'd vote for him over the other 2.<br /><br />Other options:<br />Liz Cheney<br />Liz Cheney<br />Liz Cheney<br />... Mickey Mouse<br />... Mickey Rourke<br />... Mickey Rooney<br /><br />Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-51327804960517268692024-03-12T11:16:04.768-07:002024-03-12T11:16:04.768-07:00RFK Jr...? :)
So... dish. :)RFK Jr...? :)<br /><br />So... dish. :)Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-16309106662129512172024-03-10T00:01:31.446-08:002024-03-10T00:01:31.446-08:00But hey, I've got some exciting news for you g...But hey, I've got some exciting news for you guys. <br /><br />🤓Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-47732531461898034832024-03-10T00:00:42.890-08:002024-03-10T00:00:42.890-08:00Happy Mardi Gras!
For Lent, I gave up hope for o...Happy Mardi Gras! <br /><br />For Lent, I gave up hope for our country. Just kidding. Kinda.<br /><br />I'm gonna go ahead and ask my doctor to up my cymbalta, since we can all see where we're headed. I voted for Nikki so in the general election it guess I'll have to Google who the latest Libertarian candidate is. <br /><br />On a different but related note, I found an Instagram page for alienated Christians who are neither Trump supporters or Christian nationalists. I felt so comforted knowing how many of us are out there. Then I made the mistake of reading the comments section and saw how the nationalists (evangelicals?) had come to the conclusion that we were never really Christian to begin with if we had left the evangelical church. Who knew??<br /><br />I try so hard to be optimistic, but I think we're headed towards bad things ahead.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-79313155414185049082024-02-13T07:34:22.882-08:002024-02-13T07:34:22.882-08:00Happy FAT TUESDAY!
Enjoy life now! Lent doesn...Happy <a href="https://farmersletters.blogspot.com/2012/02/mardis-gras-indians.html" rel="nofollow">FAT TUESDAY</a>!<br /><br />Enjoy life now! Lent doesn't begin until tomorrow. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-52502549434896345822023-12-05T19:57:35.550-08:002023-12-05T19:57:35.550-08:00...or a simple photograph....or a simple <a href="https://youtu.be/KoG7O1fwoAc?si=46oUSL_w0ywjnm4d" rel="nofollow">photograph</a>.Thersiteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15751286903359745316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-37869833441011525002023-12-03T08:04:10.483-08:002023-12-03T08:04:10.483-08:00As Candide once said, "You must cultivate you...As Candide once said, "You must <a href="https://youtu.be/S22xeq8xxFQ?si=ziVUeKK6PQQlNHqo" rel="nofollow">cultivate your own garden</a>", for both yourself, and your family. Eevn if it merely be <a href="https://youtu.be/6y5qgOPCDmE?si=2_P2-z6bkZptmOU9" rel="nofollow">a folly garden</a>.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-52092993559465104712023-12-03T07:57:59.407-08:002023-12-03T07:57:59.407-08:00That's because when you go, you enter a sacred...That's because when you go, you enter a <a href="https://farmersletters.blogspot.com/2023/11/entering-limbo.html" rel="nofollow">sacred space</a> divided from your "normality" by two airplane gates. All you need to recreate it is a suitable "space" some torii to "mark it off", and a "ritual" time set aside to take you there. ;)-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-16686994664252806932023-12-01T23:37:11.983-08:002023-12-01T23:37:11.983-08:00I'm glad you get something from them. I wish y...I'm glad you get something from them. I wish you could smell the fragrance of the jasmine, rosemary, and lavender. Standing next to a wall of lavender in Cortona, I could hear the bees buzzing from a distance. When I'm there, I feel more alive. I wish I could replicate that experience at home.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-16639177767948959392023-12-01T23:32:09.410-08:002023-12-01T23:32:09.410-08:00Well thank you!Well thank you!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-7263153474202525192023-11-26T06:54:31.192-08:002023-11-26T06:54:31.192-08:00If you blew these pictures up and framed them, I&#...If you blew these pictures up and framed them, I'd bet you that people would pay good money for them. Just saying.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-48319400595460600222023-11-26T06:52:43.315-08:002023-11-26T06:52:43.315-08:00I find myself coming back to these "Italy&quo...I find myself coming back to these "Italy" posts. I love the flowers...<br /><br />My wife has a number of paintings of flowers hung around the house. They're not nearly as pretty as photo's of them might be... in the absence of the real article, anyways.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-27293878348084913102023-11-20T12:32:09.951-08:002023-11-20T12:32:09.951-08:00It was a good story, though!It was a good story, though!-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-34625484430482262322023-11-20T12:31:30.451-08:002023-11-20T12:31:30.451-08:00I suppose film has a greater symbolic range... too...I suppose film has a greater symbolic range... too tempting to deny directorial embellishments.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-8949297971626879462023-11-18T23:21:02.240-08:002023-11-18T23:21:02.240-08:00I *think* the ending was slightly different in the...I *think* the ending was slightly different in the audio book.<br /><br />But I thought it was a great story!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-69246679344161071112023-11-16T08:14:34.454-08:002023-11-16T08:14:34.454-08:00...and immortality denied the 3rd Reich....and immortality denied the 3rd Reich.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-82547921653489590982023-11-16T08:13:04.588-08:002023-11-16T08:13:04.588-08:00The curse of France and the Sea of Flames... ended...The curse of France and the Sea of Flames... ended forever.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-51759057725819311882023-11-12T14:35:39.604-08:002023-11-12T14:35:39.604-08:00...at least in the moments after Beauty flown, whe......at least in the moments after Beauty flown, when I lapse into memories or often, regret...<br /><br />Ralph, Waldo Emerson, "Days"<br /><br /><i>Daughters of Time, the hypocritic Days,<br />Muffled and dumb like barefoot dervishes,<br />And marching single in an endless file,<br />Bring diadems and fagots in their hands.<br />To each they offer gifts after his will,<br />Bread, kingdoms, stars, or sky that holds them all.<br />I, in my pleached garden, watched the pomp,<br />Forgot my morning wishes, hastily<br />Took a few herbs and apples, and the Day<br />Turned and departed silent. I, too late,<br />Under her solemn fillet saw the scorn.</i>-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-19663580589671726142023-11-12T14:20:40.129-08:002023-11-12T14:20:40.129-08:00btw - I watched a wonderful adaptation of "Th...btw - I watched a wonderful adaptation of "The Little Price" narrated by Kenneth Branaugh??? <a href="https://thersiteshideout.blogspot.com/2023/11/one-for-roses.html" rel="nofollow">I posted it</a> at my hideout. I read in wikipedia that it's the 2nd best selling book of all time (after the Bible). I now understand "why". You searched for <a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52344/ode-to-beauty" rel="nofollow">fleeting Beauty</a> once, so now you reach for Stoicism. Perhaps you need a bit of both... I know I do.-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16745768408538827278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-10363216219483628762023-11-11T15:35:41.371-08:002023-11-11T15:35:41.371-08:00The Vets are always fun... and the price was right...The Vets are always fun... and the price was right... "free". They had good speaker, a Marine Gunnery Sgt that did 15 years before getting out and going to work for the VA. It was approaching both the USMC Birthday (11/10) and Veterans Day (11/11), and he brought all the old timers up on recent changes to the Corps... like getting rid of tanks. I also sat next to a slightly younger Marine in his fifties who had been stationed all around the globe and done some Embassy duty. You always meet new people and get to swap old stories.<br /><br />I still haven't watched it on Netflix. We're still finishing up a few other series (Nancy Drew) before starting another. That, and an occasionally movie, like "A Haunting in Venice". I'm a sucker for Agatha Christie's Poirot, but still uncomfortable with anyone but David Suchet in the role. I did solve it before the "reveal" though. It was fun.<br /><br />I read the first half of "Meditations". I admire the Stoics, but I'm far too a pampered epicure to attempt it. You won't find me at any Spartan Syssitias.<br /><br />Let me know when you're done, and maybe we can compare notes. :)Joe Conservativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007585410208807865.post-30724031773025122922023-11-09T16:37:48.326-08:002023-11-09T16:37:48.326-08:00Good conversation with friends it's important ...Good conversation with friends it's important these days. I hope you had a good visit. <br /><br /><br />I just finished the series on Netflix and it was worth the watch. High Laurie was really good in it. <br /><br />They changed the ending considerably, though. <br /><br />Next up on my audiobook adventures: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. I need some stoicism in my life right now. <br />Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02531079334473031464noreply@blogger.com