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Our Daily Thread 10-16-14

Good Morning!

Don’t get freaked out! 😦

It’s not a bug, it’s a puppy.

Seriously, look closely. Do you see it?

It helps if you cover the section below the white band. And for some reason, he has antennae. Maybe it’s an alien puppy. 🙂

Cheryl took the pic and pointed out the puppy.

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On this day in 1701 The Collegiate School was founded in Killingworth, CT. The school moved to New Haven in 1745 and changed its name to Yale College. 

In 1859 Abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harper’s Ferry, VA (now located in West Virginia). 

In 1941 the Nazis advanced to within 60 miles of Moscow. Romanians entered Odessa, USSR, and began exterminating 150,000 Jews. 

In 1962 President Kennedy was informed that there were missile bases in Cuba, beginning the Cuban missile crisis. 

And in 1964 China detonated its first atomic bomb becoming the world’s fifth nuclear power. 

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Quote of the Day

“Mystery is something that appeals to most everybody.”

Angela Lansbury

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 Today is Jan Dismas Zelenka’s birthday. A little slow starting, but worth the wait. From MoscowOratorio

And it’s Albert Franz Doppler’s too. From BoisMusic

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Anyone have a QoD?

39 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 10-16-14”

  1. Morning all. We are in fervent prayer here for the pilot who was medevaced to Cairns. This is a critical time and the family would appreciate prayer. He may be in surgery right now. I don’t want to get the details wrong so will refer you to theleedahls.com for information.

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  2. It is amazing to be a part of worldwide prayer.
    On a lighter note, tomorrow is Sports Day at the Primary school. For some it is a difficult day and for others it is the day that they wait for all year. Lots of excitement. I have been on lunch dury this week and the playground has been deserted. All of the students are on the lower fields practicing for the races. Amazing.

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  5. Good morning to see the beauty God put into each day. Thanks for the header photo showing the uniqueness and at times amusement in God’s design. Last night a program was on about evolution. It was showing how humans evolved from creatures that lay eggs and have their offspring receiving their sustenance from the yolk while inside the egg. The program kept saying how as evolution occurred that the species would discard those things they no longer needed to survive. So, basically, humans got rid of the external egg system. Yes, we were so smart that we managed to do that ourselves. So there you have it in a nutshell, or eggshell. So sad to think about the millions led astray and not giving God glory for His creation.

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  6. Well, for the moment, the gremlins in this new phone are asleep and not messing with the words I key in. Ssshhhh! Keep sleeping all day. I will sing a gremlin lullaby if necessary.
    They’re back! They stuck in e-book after lullaby so I erased their nonsense.

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  7. Chas, the wings are ears (think Snoopy, long ears). You can also see two black eyes, a white nose, and a white collar around his neck. To me it was plain as day when I pulled it up onto my computer, and I laughed out loud.

    If you can manage to see that much, then you can see it as a stick-figure dog, and the four legs you can see are the stick-figure arms and legs.

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  8. Husband has been looking out the window watching news crews reorganize for another day on the Emory ebola story. Our son flew in from Dallas to Atlanta last night. My brother brought son by here to say hello. He was following the ebola trail unintentionally.

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  9. Good morning, all. I’ll have to read the thread a bit later, but I’m popping in with a brief note for Cheryl and Ann, regarding your comments at the end of yesterday’s daily thread.

    Thank you for your prayers and well-wishes with the car issue and my getting sick. (I’m feeling quite a bit better this morning — I think it was something I ate last night after getting home that caused the problem.) Also, Ann, I did find your email address and sent it to you a few minutes ago. Cheryl, I will probably get around to finishing my email to you later this afternoon. I have saved the draft of the part I’d written before I got sick, and will hopefully get back to it and send it to you later, barring anything unforeseen — like car trouble or sudden illness. 😉

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  10. 6 Arrows, I did want to say last night that I try to be careful about “Honor your father and mother,” and I wouldn’t have said that about the 10:30 bedtime if I thought Mom had any idea how important it was. At 59 she was left a widow with three teenagers; this was about three years later and one of us was out of the house, but I know she struggled with insomnia. Mentally it was probably easier for her to know that all her children were in bed, and I was the first of her children to still be living at home at 20–she probably had a hard time realizing I was an adult who didn’t need a bedtime. I think she may have also been afraid of making the “nest” too cozy–she didn’t want me to stay long-term. I never brought up the bedtime, so it isn’t really fair to expect her to just “know” it bothered me. But if I thought her motives were wrong in keeping the bedtime, I wouldn’t have written about it. She simply didn’t understand.

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  11. Good Morning All.
    The ebola situation is quite worrisome. On the one hand I don’t think officials are being quite honest with us and on the other I think the media is over-reacting. Just like the nationally televised OJ Chase years ago, I don’t think our regular programming needs to be interrupted to watch an ambulance with a police escort and a firetruck take a woman to the hospital.
    This is the problem with the 24 hour news cycle. After the first hour they have to find something to fill the other 23 hours.

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  12. Cheryl, I understand — there are some things with my mom that she simply didn’t understand, either, as I was growing up and not long after I’d become an adult; she’s never operated out of wrong motives — so I didn’t see your post as dishonoring your mother.

    Janice, I’m continuing in prayer for you and your husband today.

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  14. Good Morning all….I see the puppy Cheryl….reminds me of one of those ink drawings….very cute!
    Praying for the pilot this morning Jo…
    praying for this crazy mixed up world as well….I try to stay away from watching the news as much as possible…much “wringing of the hands” going on these days…where as we shall be upon our knees seeking Him….
    The air is fresh and the sun is shining…praise be to our God ❤

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  16. I got home a bit ago to see son and Bosley.

    While away from the hospital the infectious disease team talked with husband. They suspect the antibiotic resistant strain of bacteria. It will take an extended treatment to cure. The good news is the nicotine patch can become the new way of life. At least Emory is nearby. Our street runs into N. Decatur and the hospital is about 3 blocks off of N. Decatur on Clifton Rd. It’s maybe four and a half to five miles from home.

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  17. Puppeeeeee!

    Praying still, Janice, and for the pilot, Jo.

    I’m beat, long day yesterday with more things to juggle today. I was able to update the parrot story yesterday (the family that had him for the past 4 years — bought him at a garage sale) turned up and (another long, complex story) they wound up getting him back by mutual agreement from all the parties. We were there for the reunion.

    http://www.dailybreeze.com/lifestyle/20141015/british-accented-parrot-will-return-to-his-spanish-speaking-torrance-family

    I predict that the Ebola news will settle down, although there will be lots of “scares” (most false) in the weeks to come. There have been some glaring holes in our procedures here which is a concern, but hopefully we’re all getting smarter. Reporter who sits next to me, though, is something of a germaphobe & she’s quite anxious about her plane trip home to Missouri coming up in a couple weeks.

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  18. Ah, cool follow-up, Donna.

    Yeah, if my pet that had gone missing four years ago ended up the beloved pal of a man in his eighties who lost his wife two years ago, I would be inclined to say, “He can keep it, with my blessing.” (Although I might ask for return if the family didn’t want him anymore at some point, or even when the old man dies.) The original owner had probably gotten over the loss anyway, and never expected to see the bird again.

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  19. And let’s just say there was a pretty sketchy backstory with the original owner … In other words, the vet (who was the go-between in all of this) was thrilled when this family came forward as she believes the bird is much better off with the. She was basically able to persuade the first guy to go along and “do the right thing.”

    I was happy too, this is the nicest family and they clearly treasure Morgan/Nigel. Other guy, not so much.

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  20. The veterinarian also has a couple of these parrots at her home (but she’s still looking for her special one that vanished — and it has been her ads for him that have put her in the middle of being contacted by strangers in all these other lost African grey stories).

    It was fun to see the birds (with her little shaggy dog Chopper, vying unsuccessfully for attention) when we were at her house yesterday, she has a wonderful aviary built outside in front of the house. (Interestingly, her husband — a retired AF Col — never had pets growing up.)

    She told us she’s putting a tiny pirate figure on the shoulder of one of the parrots for halloween this year. 🙂

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  25. Good afternoon, Y’all!

    Peter…can’t pull up the link artwork…but here is one for you:

    A terribly depressed person is about to leap from a tall building when suddenly a physicist yells up” Wait! Stop! You have too much potential!”

    Badum dum shhhh

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  26. Son is at conference, Bosley is in my lap purring, and husband is at hospital. I’ve been making rounds of errands picking up some crossword puzzle books per husband’s request, some colas, and a few snacks to save on costs of vending machine food. I found Pepperidge Farm has a special pumpkin swirl bread sold beside the raisin cinnamon swirl. I highly recommend it.

    Husband has seen two infectious disease docs and was told he would see the third who is also over the ebola team. My guess is that man will be too busy or else he is trying to escape being hounded by the press.

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  29. A team of four saw my husband, and they are the ebola group. My husband has psoriasis on his elbow causing cracked skin and entry for bacteria. A resistant strain entered,,, it is out there in the community, or maybe a client brought it in the office? It is considered to be MRSA but not the kind that requires isolation. It should clear up, but could come back if the skin problem continues.

    My husband loves the TV program House so today he got to feel like he was on an episode. And I missed it all!

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  30. The TV crew trucks are still lined up outside. I could not believe the parade of vehicles that brought in that one patient. Husband says they make a big deal so we FEEL safer, not that we are.

    I am helping son with transportation to and from his conference. He is suppose to present a paper tomorrow.

    Again, thank you all for your support in prayer and kind thoughts.

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  32. A few weeks ago I made gingersnaps. My husband didn’t particularly like them (they had some orange zest in them, and he doesn’t like orange as an incidental flavoring), but he really liked the softness and asked what they’re made with that’s different than chocolate chips cookies. I told him molasses. He asked could chocolate chip cookies be made with molasses? I told him I’d look for a recipe.

    Today I made two different recipes, and gave them to my family to taste-test. The verdict is still out. (One daughter gave an opinion; one took them to work with her; and my husband said he needs to wait till they’re cool and try them again then.) I may post the winner tomorrow, if anyone is interested.

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  33. Janice, I had the MRSA strain of staph in 2006. I was just before being hospitalized when the pharmacist at Walgreens looked at the prescriptions I had had and called me off to the side and wrote down a drug to ask my doctor to prescribe. If you have a pharmacy you use on a regular basis, please go talk to the pharmacist and tell him what is going on. They have to take continuing education and often times know more about the drugs than the doctors do.
    As always, you are in my thoughts and prayers.

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  35. Yes please to posting the winning recipe, Cheryl!

    Lovely music today, AJ. Yes, the first one was worth the little wait! And I really loved that second one. It reminded me a lot of some music I recently purchased for piano duet, which a friend of mine and I plan to play in a piano show next year. The duet is entitled Reflections of America: A Patriotic Medley, by Kevin Olson, and contains excerpts of some of the same music that was in the Doppler video you posted. It includes “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “Yankee Doodle,” “America the Beautiful,” and short snippets of “Turkey in the Straw,” “Camptown Races,” and “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain.” I heard it performed at a piano teacher’s workshop I attended in August, and it’s just beautiful — and fun to play, I have found out, though I’ve only played the parts by myself so far. Can’t wait to start playing it with my duet partner, but the show isn’t until April, so that’s a ways off.

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  37. That’s quite a story about the parrot, Donna! I didn’t have time to read up about it until today.

    Peter (1:10): Funny link! Clever Mahatma Gandhi one, and I laughed at “Yeah, right.” 🙂

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