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Our Daily Thread 5-14-14

Good Morning!

On this day in 1796 the first smallpox vaccination was given by Edward Jenner. 

In 1897 Guglielmo Marconi made the first communication by wireless telegraph. 

In 1940 the Netherlands surrendered to Nazi Germany.

In 1942 the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) was established by an act of the U.S. Congress. 

And in 1992 former Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev addressed members of the U.S. Congress, appealing to them to pass a bill to aid the people of the former Soviet Union. 

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Quote of the Day

“The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want.”

George Lucas

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Since it’s my birthday, I thought I’d play some of my favorites. From NoiseTrade Video

Love them guys. 🙂

Here’s another.

And this one isn’t a favorite yet, but I’m thinkin’ it’s got potential. It’s my birthday present, we’re seeing it this weekend. I’ve been waiting 40 years for a “real” Godzilla. No more guys in costumes. 🙂

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Anyone have a QoD?

49 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 5-14-14”

  4. Have a good day fishing, Aj. You know how to celebrate and spend your day having fun. Wait, I just looked at what time you posted!! Oh, my, goodness, you really are determined to catch those fish!

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  6. Happy Birthday AJ. You and Mr. P are thinking the same thing about Godzilla—What? We get no BOC singing Go, Go Godzilla?

    On a more positive note, nothing has happened so far on the landlord putting this house up for sale. The people who host my Tuesday night Bible Study travel quite a bit in the summer. We can’t meet in our church admin office—it i sliding down a hill, and the other two people who have hosted it for the summer can’t. This family room is huge. I have two sofas- one with a chaise attached and a leather club chair. I have plenty of room and seating to host it this Summer and for the first time in a long time have a house I am not intimidated to bring people into. I tossed it out for consideration last night.
    Last night we discussed Jacob and Tamar. The sordid lineage of Jesus. Any thoughts or comments?

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  7. Good morning! Happy Birthday, Aj! Thanks so much for your dedication to this blog. You do a phenomenal job with the different threads. I’m so glad you stepped up to the plate when World decided to disband their site, so we could all continue in relationship with one another. This site, especially the prayer thread, has been a great source of support for me. So, thank you!

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  8. It’s party day in the U.S.A.
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AJ
    You deserve a break today
    Fishin’ the hours away!

    Best wishes for a Really Big Show!
    (a really big catch!)

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  10. Kim Re: Judah (not Jacob) and Tamar- My pastor likes to point out that the gospel writers only mention three women in Jesus’ genealogy: Tamar, Rahab and Bathsheba. All of them are there due to some sin or other. Tamar and Bathsheba because of adultery, and Rahab was a harlot. I think God just wants us to realize that skeletons in our ancestors’ closets has nothing to do with the possibility of us being saved.

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  11. Kim, lots of things in the OT are difficult to read. But the writers told it like it was. In those days, having a male descendant was important and, though it doesn’t make sense to me, a man who dies without a son, can have one by another man through his former wife.
    (See Ruth 4:1-4) To Tamar, Jacob hadn’t done his duty; hence, her trick..
    That means that Jesus was a physical descendant of Perez, her son. He was also a physical descendant of Rahab, and Ruth, a Moabite. Jesus was not a physical descendant of Bathsheba, mother of Solomon because the line was cut off. (I looked but didn’t find the name of the evil king of Judah whose descendants were cut off.).. Anyhow, Jesus was not descended from David and Bathsheba, but from Nathan, the other son of David
    Jesus was a legal descendant of Solomon and David and had a legal claim to the throne.

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  13. A rant: Supposedly educated reporters let local jargon get into their articles.
    A Times – News reporter said, “The N.C. Department of Transportation approved a concept to add a red light to Four Seasons Bulevard……….”
    I think the NCDOT is willing to put a traffic light on Four Seasons Blvd.

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  14. Godzilla was the terrifying horror film of my childhood. I remember hiding behind my father’s legs while he watched it and being so scarred. (Them was the other scary one. My grandmother lived near those ant nests and I thought of them every time we drove to Burbank until . . . Well, the last time I drove to Burbank through LA!)

    Of course Godzilla vs. King King is the worst film ever made, but was older and could see how cheesy it was!

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  17. Chas, it is Nathan who is named instead of Solomon the Luke genealogy which is probably the genealogy of Mary. However, Nathan was a full blood brother of Solomon: “And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon—four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel.” (I Chronicles 3:5)

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  19. Happy Birthday to The Real! On The Real Day!

    I’ve only showered and given Tess her pill so far since getting up at 7. And AJ’s already been fishing, caught fish, come home, and is going out to fish some more. And he’s posted a very cute picture of Mouse on FB. Of course, he’s got 3 hours on me.

    I woke up to the sounds of my neighbor training her two puppies in the front yard next door. Mostly I heard:

    “NO!”

    “NO!”

    “DON’T!”

    Day 3 of the heat wave. I always bring Annie (and the dogs) in at night, but I let them come and go later than usual last night because of the hot house — and when I was going to bed, Annie wasn’t coming in. She was on the front porch, though, I could hear her jingle collar. I tried to coax her in around 2 when I woke up briefly and called her name through the open bedroom window. “Meow” she said, without moving. So I let her spend the night camping out. I’m sure it was much more comfortable than my house, which was still at 80 degrees when I went to bed at 11 p.m.

    It was hotter yesterday on our normally cool and breezy beaches (low 90s) than it was in Death Valley (80s). Go figure. More of the same to come for the rest of the week.

    Chas — jargon. My editor was laughing at a quote I had in a story yesterday which was from our former managing editor who now does public relations for a government entity. Apparently the jargon is quickly learned by those who go to work for the government, he certainly now has it down pat. 🙂 We marveled over the quote which was filled with phrases like “due diligence.”

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  21. Pesonal reflection on Kim’s question. At some point I thought about the symbolism of when Jesus was born he was put into a feeding trough for animals. People who do not follow the ways of God frequently act solely on basic instincts that puts them by physical reactions on level with the animals. When people follow God’s ways they are living up to the image of God which He put into each person. So the fallen humans who preceded the birth of Jesus demonstrate quite clearly the need for Jesus the Savior to redeem humans from their sin and help them in sanctification to day by day living more closely to what God wanted for them originally. It also is a good example of Romans 8:28: “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good for those who love God and for those who are called according to His purpose.” Jesus loved His Father and was called for the Father’s purpose. (I hope I quoted that verse correctly from memory.)

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  22. Donna, I have been dumbfounded lately when I have discovered Bosley in the hottest part of the day snoozing in son’s upstairs very hot bedroom that gets the late and last rays of the sun streaming in through the window. Bosley was stretched out on the carpet on a spot that the sun was hitting, not even choosing a shaded spot in his room. I can understand doing that in the winter, but this is when she needs to be downstairs where the fan is going, and it is at least 15 degrees cooler. Is it a territorial thing that keeps her suffering the heat in that room?

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  23. I don’t know Janice. Maybe kittens are like kids — they can tolerate weather extremes more easily, especially heat? I remember running around barefoot and happy, not noticing that it was so hot, while the adults were all sweltering in front of fans in the house.

    But cats do like sun.

    I keep a large dog crate toward the back of my sheltered front porch — right outside my bedroom window — that Annie likes to use. It was probably very pleasant out there last night, though I doubt it ever got much below 70 degrees. I probably should have gone out there and joined her.

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  25. Well, I’m almost ready to leave. The last of the stuff went into the storage magazine today. It definitely made it easier that I am leaving the house setup so it can be used by guests if needed. The eternal question is WHY do I have so much junk??!

    All that’s left to do is to actually pack my bags and finish cleaning and defrosting the frig and freezer. I expect a lot of visitors tomorrow afternoon and the missionaries are getting together tomorrow night so I want to have all my ducks in a row by 1pm tomorrow. Definitely doable as long as I don’t have unexpected interruptions.

    Next stop…10 days to unwind, rest, see a few more people and buy a couple more gifts.

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  26. Thank you for the correction Peter. It was early is my only excuse.
    Thanks everyone for the comments

    Here is something interesting for those of us who can’t sleep

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  29. What an exciting day for Bosley. The cat that looks a lot like her was near our door. I went out and petted it and it rolled around in the driveway. I was able to pat its fluffy white tummy. I seemed to have a gash wound on its head by its ear. I am saauming it is a male. When I opened the door to go back in I barely opened it so Nosy Rosy could sniff and watch the other cat. The other cat kept its distance, but they were eyeing each other. It sounded like the bigger cat made the faintest growl like noise. I went inside and let Bosley sniff my hand. Her tale had the electrified look. I wish I could get their picture together. Maybe sometime in the future.

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  31. Kim – Re: Tamar & Judah story. I agree with Peter. Several months ago, I wrote about why God used the story of Lot’s daughter, so I’ll reuse a little of what I said then:
    ‘In one of the little churches I had the opportunity to attend while I was away, the missionary pastor was preaching, for Advent, on the five women in the Matthew genealogy of Jesus. They are Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba and Mary – now stop and think about the first four:
    Tamar tricked her father-in-law to sleep with her in order to bear an heir.
    Rahab was a Canaanite prostitute, a tribe so perverted by sin that they were to be exterminated to the last person.
    Ruth was a Moabitess – thus, a descendant of Lot’s eldest daughter – of whose tribe the Law forbade them ever to be let into the congregation of Israel (Deuteronomy 23:3).
    Bathsheba committed adultery with David, which lead to her husband being murdered by David.
    All of these women who are named in the genealogy violated the Law of God, yet they are specifically named when no other woman is named – so there must have been a reason. I think of how it says that Christ was made a curse for us to redeem us from the curse. God deliberately used those situations to show us that He can cleanse the filthiest fornicator, the most twisted perpetrator and restore those ruined lives for His glory. There is no one outside the reach of God’s redeeming grace.’

    Just to a further footnote, the pastor added that in the culture, the use of levirate marriage (when a widow marries a relative of her husband’s in order to produce heirs to her deceased husband’s property), marriage to the father-in-law was a possibility if no other relative was available; so Tamar was within the bounds of her culture, although such a marriage – between father and daughter-in-law was later forbidden by the Law. The pastor pointed out that Tamar was suffering under poverty and disgrace by being a widow without children in that culture; which his congregation understood, as West African culture has many of the same stigma and denial of property rights (a son inherits his deceased father’s property, not the widow) attached to widowhood. Judah’s neglect to marry Tamar to his son Shelah was not only culturally wrong, but also cruel in depriving her of any secure provision, for she was dependent on what her father’s family choose to give her. That is why Judah acknowledged that she had been more righteous than he.

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  32. I’m headed to San Antonio tomorrow for my 25th high school reunion. I haven’t even begun to pack. It should be a lot of fun as seven of us who were inseparable in high school are renting a house together Thursday through Sunday. We attended an all girls high school (which is now coed), so none of us are bringing our spouses/children. I’m excited! We all got together about a year ago in San Diego and my stomach hurt for days afterward from laughing so much! We live all over the US now, so visits are few and far between, but it makes the time we do share together that much more special.

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  36. OK, for sure it didn’t post the other comment that I hit “post comment” at least three different times over the last hour in the other open window, since the one I just now posted came through and those did not show up. Let’s try it from over here:

    Janice, I don’t generally leave Misten outside for more than about 15 minutes when it is 90 or hotter outside. But sometimes in Nashville I’d be shocked on a 95-degree day to find Misten lying in the direct sun when there was plenty of shade available. Animals instinctively know what they need, whether it’s nibbling on some plant to meet a nutritional deficiency or seeking water or shade. So I always suspected she needed vitamin D or otherwise was deliberate about seeking out the sun on those days.

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  37. AJ, great photo of a blue heron. With this camera I should eventually be able to get photos like that of that species, but it seems to me that the longer my lens is, the farther great blue herons stay from me. I’m on my fourth camera since I started being able to see great blues from time to time, and that has stayed true through all those cameras.

    But on the bird-watching front here, some fun stuff. First, a wren seems very interested in nesting in our wren house (this is my third spring married, and the first one that wrens have shown interest–we did get chickadees nesting in it one year, though I never saw fledglings). Also, the tree a couple trees over from where I saw the orioles a few days ago has had oriole nests twice (once since we’ve been married), though we aren’t sure if the nests have been successful. So today we got an oriole feeder and staked it under the “nest tree,” hoping it might improve the real-estate value. Within a few hours, I saw both female and male on it (at the same time), though I don’t know if they were on it long enough to get anything. Then they left the feeder and did some mid-air dance around each other, obviously some courtship thing. It was all fast and I didn’t get any photos except a poor one of one of them flying away. But I’m going to assume that now that they know where the feeder is, they will return. (We got a multi-purpose one that can accept sugar water, grape jelly, and half an orange–all treats that orioles are known to enjoy. So hopefully a buffet will draw them in. It has rained quite a bit today, so one or more of those might have gotten “watered down.”)

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  39. They came a day early. The mosquitos, I mean. We always say that they hatch about the 15 of May. Last week I watched their larvae spinning about in the water of one of our swamps (way too much water to treat). I had forgotten how big the Canadian mosquito is – the Gambian mosquito is about half the size and much more deadly. The mosquitos here are merely annoying, especially at one o’clock in the morning in your bedroom.

    There are several on my window screen right now, on the outside. I just noticed that there is a difference between the males and females. The females are the ones that suck blood, so they have those long thin mouthpieces that we all see in photos and thin antennae. The males however, are the one’s that hum so irritatingly, and their antennae are much bigger and fancier – they look little feathered headdresses.

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  44. Praying for those in the close proximity of the fires in CA….we have dear friends who are close…praying for Adios and family….bringing back scary memories of last year 😦
    I’m like Kare…I think I like cats now….that was an amazing sight to behold Donna!

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  45. They had it on FoxNews, the cat is their pet. The dog has been captured and will be euthanized. The mother didn’t see it, her husband showed her the video. The kid had eight stitches on his leg.

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  47. I took the new seventeen year old to the sheriff office to let him get his driving permit. While we were there, the seven year old in glasses was peering through a side window at the dispatcher’s desk. He turned to me and asked, “Is that where they cut people’s heads off?” I told him, “no, we don’t do that here.” Apparently, he mistook the stand a computer monitor was on and the CPR mannikens below it for some sort of guillotine. I could not make this stuff up. My life, boring as it may appear, is never dull.

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  49. Well, mumsee, it is Idaho …

    Just walked the dogs and took a cool shower. It’s very warm still — and tomorrow’s going to be hotter. It was over 100 here today, though I spent much of my time in an air-conditioned office.

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