Tuesday Text

After Thanksgiving, The Bird went back to Virginia in a horrible storm.

I was sick with worry the whole flight time.

I was watching the status online, and it disappeared.

Yes, disappeared.

But I recovered.

I think.

How much does one tip a cab?

Pearls

Remembering December 7, 1941.

And yesterday, Annie and I went to a fundraiser

for Honor Flight.

A foundation that brings WWII Veterans to see their memorial

in Washington DC. 1600 WWII Veterans die each day.

So time is of the essence.

We thanked our heroes.

We were proud to be in their company.

And we made Christmas cards.

To send our troops.

It was a magical evening.

Sunday Morning

When Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning-rod, the clergy, both in England and America, with the enthusiastic support of George III, condemned it as an impious attempt to defeat the will of God. For, as all right-thinking people were aware, lightning is sent by God to punish impiety or some other grave sin—the virtuous are never struck by lightning. Therefore if God wants to strike any one, Benjamin Franklin [and his lightening-rod] ought not to defeat His design; indeed, to do so is helping criminals to escape. But God was equal to the occasion, if we are to believe the eminent Dr. Price, one of the leading divines of Boston. Lightning having been rendered ineffectual by the 'iron points invented by the sagacious Dr. Franklin,' Massachusetts was shaken by earthquakes, which Dr. Price perceived to be due to God's wrath at the 'iron points.' In a sermon on the subject he said,' In Boston are more erected than elsewhere in New England, and Boston seems to be more dreadfully shaken. Oh! there is no getting out of the mighty hand of God.' Apparently, however, Providence gave up all hope of curing Boston of its wickedness, for, though lightning-rods became more and more common, earthquakes in Massachusetts have remained rare.

— Bertrand Russell

Company!

And tonight?

A Must-See

It'll do your soul good.

I promise.

This-n-That Thursday

Things I don't care about:

• Tiger Woods' private life.
• What club Tiger's wife may or may not have used to beat the tar out of him.
• How much money tabloids pay people to dish.
• Gloria Allred.
• The terms of the Woods' pre-nuptual agreement.

Things I DO care about:

• All our sons and daughters fighting wars on the other side of this planet.
• All those who are unemployed or underemployed.
• All the want and hunger in this country.
• Finding a cure for cancer.
• The health and well-being of all those I hold dear.

You?

Food for Thought

800 pounds of non-perishable food.

All collected at a cocktail party.

And donated to the local shelter.

Think about it.