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Beware the Frumnious Money Snatch - Frauds on Facebook

Beware of a product called Gluco-Revive, hawked by a doubtful doctor with an Australian accent. She claims she's going to show you a 17 day cure for diabetes using just the things in your refrigerator. Red flags went up immediately. It had all the earmarks of an online con. I decided I'd check it out and if it was what I thought it was I would do a blog exposing it for what it is. As I went through the presentation, The classic signs popped up.

A doctor, often with a foreign accent begins a since...

How a Burger Place Wins Friends and Influences People

Out and About Burgers Ain't Ashamed of the Meaning of Christmas 

Okay before you go off on Christmas being all pagan and inappropriate for Christmas, just know I'm not having it. I figure if Christians want to celebrate Christ's birth without being commanded to in the Bible, that God might be pleased with this sort of feeble attempts to show Him our love for His great gift. It's a lot like how our little ones hoist their crayons and scratch out impressionistic artwork to show us. We parents and g...

John Skelton, The Original Rapper and Cultural Appropriation

A poetic form called Skeltonic Verse was invented by English honky poet John Skelton (1460-1529). You'd probably recognize this verse form. You've certainly heard it on the radio. John Skelton was a colorful character. He was teacher of Prince Henry, later King Henry the VIII (the original party king). Leading the way for modern rappers, Skelton did a stretch in the big house when prisons weren't the fun places they are now. He also was banned by the Church as a "corrupter of youth". Appropria...

Done Stopped Preachin'

 

      A Louisiana grandmother sat in the aisle seat located on the right side halfway between the front and back rows of her small Baptist church. That morning the preacher was cranked up about venal personal sins.
     "All of you that are drinking beer are in danger of hellfire!" he roared.
     "Amen!" Grandma shouted back, glancing over at Grandpa.
     "And all of you who are drinking that moonshine whiskey that Tolley O'Flaherty sells out of the still behind his barn are preparing your soul...

Loyde "Snake" Arender: Warrior Poet

Read this again today. Sheila was with him during his final illness providing care. His wife is her cousin. Sheila learned a lot about Loyde and I put together this compilation of this brave Marine's poetry and stories about him for his memorial. I posted it online as a PDF file and from 5 to 7 people a week drop by to read it. Loyde should have got the Medal of Honor, but the Lieutenant who wrote the commendation and recommendation was killed a day or two later. 

There are some dates and ...

God Still Watches Out For Us

When God's children face trials and the petty harassments of the Prince of this world, he looks on approvingly. He absolutely hates God's children. CS Lewis captured that in Screwtape Letters where he showed the devils hatred for any bit of pleasure or comfort we draw from life - be it a good meal or a hot shower.

Today I witnessed just this sort of petty demonic harassment as the devil threw everything but the kitchen sink at us in an attempt to ruin a lovely and special opportunity we had t...

Pro-Hamas Students Offered a Free Ride.............to Iran!

I know. Let's try one of these protests in Teheran! They'll love it!

 Iran's Shiraz University Iran has announced a scholarship program offering free tuition to American students kicked out as a result of their pro-Palestinian protests. Oh, mercy, I do hope the whole bunch of them take the deal. We should start a Gofundme to buy airline tickets to Teheran for all of them and encourage the to go try out Iranian education. What an experience that will be. Can't wait till....

1. The girls step out ...

Is Rejecting Religion for Spiritualism a Good Thing?

The dictionary defines religion as a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith. So what is your objection to a system of beliefs? Progressivism, Marxism, socialism, communism, and spiritualism are all "systems of beliefs." These are all faith-based systems. The only commonality between all these religions is that they have no God to trouble them or offer them guidance. They are all self-centered systems of belief, not God-centered. You get to make up your system of com...

God''s Mercy to a Partially Tone Deaf Would-Be Musician

I am not a natural musician. My wife, Sheila, has perfect pitch and in high school her band teacher offered to get her a college music scholarship for the oboe, a particularly difficult instrument to play. I envy her. Me? I can barely hold a tune in a fair-sized bucket, but it helped a lot when Bob LeBard, my Valley Grande Academy chorale director, stood me between Dave Dameron and Steve Urich, two strong basses. It took me two years to learn to hear notes well enough to tune my guitar by ear. 

B...

Are Sharkicanes Next?

A few years back, some cocaine fueled movie producers got together and bounced around some ideas for a movie. They thought, maybe comedy or horror or science fiction - something like that. Jaws made a lot of money and shark movies boiled off the franchise in doves. Someone else suggested a disaster movie. A lot of people love disaster movies. Then someone who obviously was one toke over the line, said, "Why not combine Jaws and Twister; call it say, "Tornado-sharks!"

"It doesn't have the ring of ...