I have moved to a weekly entry until my life gets caught up a little.
This is about all I have left of my parents.
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative: Sunday, church services in the morning and spent the entire evening moving my network onto the new firewall.
Monday: Built some cables to connect the new Peavy speakers and put a connection between the two firewalls for management. Looked into cost of plane tickets and rental cars.
Tuesday: Cleared church equipment out of our cars.
Wednesday: Church services in the afternoon. Added $15 to our three sponsored children for COVID related expenses. I realized today that my driving skills have gotten rusty. Need to drive more often!
Thursday:
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
I have moved to a weekly entry until my life gets caught up a little.
This is about all I have left of my parents.
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative: Sunday, spent all day running an outside church service. Taking equipment, setting it up. Tearing it down and taking it to storage.
Monday: Mowed the front lawn.
Tuesday: Mowed the side lawn.
Wednesday: Unpacked my four new inexpensive speakers.
Thursday: Updated the firmware on my cameras and DVR. (That took all morning) Mowed the back yard today and then got a double scoop of ice cream from Brusters. Constructed four more
Friday: Getting organized, laying out tasks and firming up requirements.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
I have moved to a weekly entry until my life gets caught up a little.
This is about all I have left of my parents.
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative: Sunday, we held a Zoom service it went well. Sunday afternoon we got our mail and spent some quality time.
Monday: Created a stage setup for the team although we didn’t keep to the design, it was close.
Tuesday: Cut up 200′ lengths of wire into 50′ pieces and terminated the ends with power Pole connectors.
Wednesday: Working with the team to assign tasks for Sunday.
Thursday: Finished the speaker wires for running the Yamaha speakers. We celebrated at Chilis and had ice cream.
Friday: I went to storage and picked up the equipment for Sunday. It’s two full car loads of equipment.
Saturday: Spent the entire day with Larry playing the Yamaha speakers and measuring the results.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
I have moved to a weekly entry until my life gets caught up a little.
This is about all I have left of my parents.
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative: Sunday, church service was two car loads of equipment and a lot of work, but it went very well. Beautiful weather by the time we had service! I finally got the large Yamaha speakers out of the bedroom, they are in storage again.
Monday, making plans and getting an update on the news this morning. Spent the morning sorting wires and repacking the audio equipment for storage. This afternoon I loaded up the car and took it to storage. Our car will be empty for the first time in weeks. Mowed the front lawn today.
Tuesday, ran to the office first thing this morning. I pulled the cover off the broken amp and it looks like D2 is shorted.
Sent a message to L and he picked up the unit for repair. He dropped off the pre-amp that the potentiometers were broken, it’s repaired! Mowed the lawn this afternoon, the squatting neighbors haven’t.
Wednesday: The weather wasn’t as nice as Tuesday so we worked inside. The amplifier may take a while to repair so I did some engineering to run all the speakers on the one amplifier I own.
Thursday: I ordered a third monitor speaker for the lead singer. I need to buy one more s115 Yamaha speaker for Sunday. But they are in stock so no big deal.
Friday: We worked on family stuff and played a game of Scrabble.
Saturday: We had a Zoom meeting for the Sunday service, hardly anyone was there. I put K’s chase lounge together and worked on indexing scriptures in the gospels so I could remember where things are.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
I’ve been terribly busy making plans for an outdoor Easter service and didn’t update my blog for a few days. I may move to a weekly entry until my life gets caught up a little.
This is about all I have left of my parents.
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative:Sunday, church service in the morning. The PiAware receiver on the roof is loosing contact with it’s USB receiver. I unplugged the cable between them a couple times and it’s working as it did yesterday. I’ll have to wait until it fails again before getting a new receiver and building a new SD card. The program on the Pi was still running so I think the power and the Pi are ok.
Monday we got groceries from Kroger and i changed the oil in Gen#2 and letting it run for a little while. I received the speaker delay today from Amazon, so I think I am ready for Sunday.
Tuesday, I went up onto the attic and installed a generic SDR dongle on the PiAware receiver to test the receiver that was dropping off. It picked up aircraft at 25NM which I thought was amazing actually. I then went to storage and retrieved the 5″ Kustom speakers to test them for frequency response. I used my computer to send white noise into the amp while measuring the output using a microphone. I also tested the lunch box guitar amplifier for the same purpose. I mowed the back lawn because it looked like it was going to rain. It was a little wet by the fence. There was a lot of wet grass stuck up under the mower when I cleaned it. I didn’t clean it from the front lawn and the grass attached itself to the dry grass filling up the housing. I realized yesterday that the garbage service took half of my dog kennel that I was using to keep the recycling dry. Boo!
Wednesday I worked on insurance this morning, and it took all morning. Went over to a friends house for our midweek service. It was raining, but not a storm.
Thursday I worked on my Flight Aware. I also made some restroom signs for Sunday.
Friday I loaded my car with all the hardware for Sunday.
Saturday we got up early and setup the Yamaha speakers in the lower parking lot. It sounded really good. LOTS of volume!
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative: I’m skipping the time bullets today. It’s really early and i’m posting to my blog. I am sipp’n on coffee getting organized for today. Two Dentist appointments, at least two cavities and groceries today, it’s going to be a long day. They were not able to fill all the cavities, but I did get a good cleaning.
Tuesday I had two Dentist appointments, at least two cavities and groceries today, it’s going to be a long day. They were not able to fill all the cavities, but I did get a good cleaning. Church services in the evening today.
Thursday we went EARLY to replace both our drivers licenses and our routine Dr. Appts in the afternoon. We celebrated getting our licenses by visiting our favorite eating place, Chilis!
Friday, i tested my 1400W power amplifier into the Yamaha speakers today, all looks good for Sunday.
Saturday, watched the Grand kids in the afternoon.
Sunday, church service in the morning. The PiAware receiver on the roof is loosing contact with it’s USB receiver. I unplugged the cable between them a couple times and it’s working as it did yesterday. I’ll have to wait until it fails again before getting a new receiver and building a new SD card. The program on the Pi was still running so I think the power and the Pi are ok.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Tomorrow: Wednesday
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative: I’m skipping the time bullets today. It’s really early and i’m posting to my blog. I am sipp’n on coffee getting organized for today. Spent all morning preparing for the Easter church service on the 4th of April. It was a beautiful day today to be outside enjoying the sunshine. I went to the storage facility and transferred the contents of several tubs to the clear ones I bought. I also sent a message to Echo Flow about my R600 Pro regulator flashing when lightly loaded.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Tomorrow: Tuesday
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative: I’m skipping the time bullets today. It’s really early and i’m posting to my blog. I am sipp’n on coffee getting organized for today. Spent all day running a church service in a parking lot. It was cold when we setup, but the temp was pretty good when when we tore down. Took a good long nap then had a great dinner. There’s a LOT to do this week repacking these wires.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Tomorrow: Monday
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative: I’m skipping the time bullets today. It’s really early and i’m posting to my blog. I am sipp’n on coffee getting organized for today.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Tomorrow: Sunday
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
As I read the writings of our colleagues I wonder why the narrative is to condemn on first sight. To quickly find a way to crucify your fellow man for a opposing thought. I also wonder why the color of my skin makes me just as guilty as those who have done terrible things in our history. We’ve moved away from having a savior who died for our sins into getting everything we possibly can for ourselves.
I do think that Black Lives Matter as All lives matter. I’m totally against BLM Global Network and Marxism. BLM should mean Every Black Life Matters and not support the destruction of Black families businesses to promote their company. “Black Lives Matter Global Network” isn’t concerned about black lives. There seems to be no remorse over the black lives lost during the riots. There’s no concern, either, over black citizens who are killed by other black citizens. About half of the murders in America are committed by African Americans. Over 90% of their victims are black. How come those victims never get talked about?” All black lives matter
The trouble with “Centering Black” is that people in this world are so diverse that trying to group them in any way also condemns the innocent for deeds of the guilty.
As I grow older, I’ve lost patience in dealing with racists — overt or covert. I’m tired of wasting time getting to know someone only to find out later on down the road that that person is racist. It’s emotionally draining. You know, it’s not always apparent that someone is racist — you sometimes only find out at a turn in a conversation, or after hearing their views in response to the Harry/Meghan interview, or their perspective on Derek Chauvin — the cop that murdered George Floyd. Sometimes it is weeks, months, or even years into a relationship before you’ll know. Some people are even married to racists and only realize years into the relationship.
I’ve devised a few effective ways in which to unmask racists within hours, days, or months of meeting them. These recommendations will help you save a lot of time and ensure you don’t invest emotionally in someone who doesn’t have your best interests at heart — someone who doesn’t truly respect and value you.
Recommendation 1: First observe how they look at you. When racists don’t think you’re looking, they’ll examine you, they’ll stare at you — a bit like they’re studying an animal at the zoo. It’s not a kind, appreciative, or admirative stare, it’s a mean and inquisitive one – sometimes filled with fear or dislike.
You’ll get that uncomfortable feeling that you are being watched — You’ll feel their eyes in your back. You might not be able to put your finger on it, but you’ll realize that you aren’t at ease around these people. Maybe it’s because your intuition senses their deep hatred for who you are.
Recommendation 2: Another way that you can find out if someone is a racist is to ask them about their perspectives on issues such as Black Lives Matter, immigration of black and brown people, and the extreme right for example. Watch to see if their first line of defense would be to make an impassioned plea for “All Lives Matter”. Listen to see if they justify and support restrictive immigration policies that prevent black and brown people from coming in. They’ll say things like,
“Those immigrants overload the health or welfare system”.
My response to that is always:
“So white immigrants don’t overload the welfare system? Only black and brown people do?”
To that, they start getting defensive and sometimes voice that by saying:
“I’m not racist”.
Is it because they sense that they are getting cornered? Ask what they think about the January 6th US Capitol Hill riots. Do they minimize it or justify the acts of the perpetrators? Observe these situations carefully and read the non-verbal well. It’ll be easy to differentiate racists from nonracists/antiracists in these types of situations.
Recommendation 3: Another way to test them is by making a racist joke about another ethnic group. See how they react to that — do they laugh unabashedly and continue to make even more jokes or do they take a stance and tell you you are wrong to make such jokes? Often I find that racists relish opportunities to be their true racist selves. When you make them think you are ok with racist jokes, they feel liberated. You’ll see the racist monster that you’ve unleashed soon enough. There’ll make one racist joke after another and expect you to laugh at those jokes too. You’ll need to end the relationship soon because it will become unbearable — trust me, I’ve been there, done that, albeit when I was much younger.
Recommendation 4: The fourth approach would be to test them on issues like white privilege and white fragility. Do they argue to the death that these realities do not exist? When you show them where their privilege or fragility lies, do they deny it and suggest that you’re the racist? Does the situation become acrimonious and tense? If yes, chances are that you’re sitting right across from a racist.
But as I have said on numerous occasions, racism is not set in stone. It is not a permanent state of being. Racists can learn, and racists can change. They can become nonracists and even better, antiracists.
If you catch a racist, one that has the mental agility and the willingness to change, you can help them in their reconversion journey — but remember, only if you want to. No black or brown person is ever obligated to teach/help anyone else to be nonracist or antiracist. We are already victims and hostages of racism, we do not need to also be placed in a Stockholm Syndrome-like situation as well.
But one thing if any to keep in mind is that racism stems from a lack of education about the other. As human beings, we all have the same needs — no one is superior to one another in any way. For long, black and brown people have been dehumanized whether it be through enslavement, colonialism, occupation, or whatever oppressive regime white supremacy threw our way. Once a racist is educated, he/she becomes woke or even better enlightened. That’s a place where all racists need to get to put us on the path to a world where everyone is finally equal.
The COVID numbers are about as low as they’ve ever been.
Narrative: I’m skipping the time bullets today. It’s really early and i’m posting to my blog. I am sipp’n on coffee getting organized for today. Another clear day outside this morning. We made a trip to Kroger to pick up our groceries. I took a friend to the doctor’s office and picked up a couple amplifiers from storage. I tested the power draw of a 16″ Bass amp and it was under 50W. I checked the name place and sure enough 50W! This thing makes a lot of noise for 50W. We had Mexican for din-din and watched TV until bed.
Feelings: As Christians we are compelled to look after the Widows and the poor. Just how we do that in this climate when there is so much energy fighting the democracy I don’t know. We were able to help a family get electricity this year! They are very grateful!
Tomorrow: Saturday.
Retirement: We’ve spent 10K on an air conditioner, need to make that up.
Purchases: Conservation mode, we’re more than 3 paychecks in the hole.
Repairs:
Religion: We were called to read the book Crossing the Line, i am on chapter 5.
Family News: Going day by day.
Arts:
Travel: Florida travel looks well out of reach!
Taxes: I need to finish them.
Pi News: Love em, but no time to play with them.
Media: No Instagram posts today I’ve made a couple posts to FB EcoFlow R600 Group.
Injuries: No injuries.
Accomplishments: None.
From the book “Triggers” by Marshall Goldsmith Did I DMBT make my wife feel loved? Yes Did I DMBT help my wife today? Yes Did I DMBT be happy? Yes *Did My Best To
