Long before I started this blog, long before I changed from Windows -> Ubuntu -> Qubes-OS, I started working on relinquishing my ties to corporate platforms and their "data collection" practices. At first, I cut...
Part of ThePlan Good morning. Before we talk about yet another aspect of God's plan regarding humankind, I will try to cover some of the facts that are backed up by the things He wrote in His Word. We are His children and we are fe...
One of the biggest changes we are seeing is the tech that surrounds us. That change has an impact on all of what we do and experience - and its affects are not all known yet. Phones: Well, they are not really phones because ...
I haven't written in some time, but I have been busy. I'm getting whatever I can off of the internet and onto a local disk. I am finding that there is less and less on the internet that I am even slightly interested in looking at. In...
I was discussing Instagram with my son, who is of working age, the other day. He had talked me into taking a look at that app a while ago. I like what I see there the same as I like playing some of the games they play. I want to voice my o...
You know, elevators are inspected quite often and a lot of them have the inspection certificates posted. When you get into an elevator you'll see the last date that it was inspected and supposedly proven safe. It stands to reason that people...
If it sounds too good to be true, it is. 🧞♂️ The cost is human autonomy We fought a war 250 years ago to win our independence. For what? Well, so we could do what we want to and define our own future. How is that working out? ...
There has been a few problems that have set in as age sets in. Eyes, memory, searching for the right words, thoughts that just vanish before I can get the point out. I call it my hard drive getting slow as I get older. Th...
The Creator of Heaven and Earth rarely speaks to me while I am doing every day tasks. He would not interrupt my day like that. Occasionally, I do think of him during my day, especially when something happens that I had been praying about. ...
Lately, I’ve been praying before I go to sleep, looking for answers to my “I don’t know” thoughts—and I got an answer. Maybe it was just my mind, or maybe, hopefully, it was an all-powerful God that responded. I'm not a religious person (mor...
Honesty What price can you put on the words people use to communicate. I prefer that people tell me the truth, otherwise my decisions would be made with one or more of the variables askew. That fault in the information on which I ...
Back in the day, if someone had a property and oil was found under the terrain, they would be offered a deal and the company would come in and put wells on his property. That was called striking it rich, or in other words, t...
