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Our Daily Thread 11-7-14

Good Morning!

It’s Friday!!!

And that’s Bosley!

Also, it has come to my attention that someone has a birthday today….  

Happy Birthday Donna! 🙂

For you.

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On this day in 1637 Anne Hutchinson, the first female religious leader in the American colonies, was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for heresy.   

In 1837, in Alton, IL, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy was shot to death by a mob (supporters of slavery) while trying to protect his printing shop from a third destruction. 

In 1895 the last spike was driven into Canada’s first transcontinental railway in the mountains of British Columbia. 

And in 1944 President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first person to win a fourth term as president. 

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Quote of the Day

“The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.”

Billy Graham

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 Today is William Alwyn’s birthday. From Julian.D. Metzger, the man playing cello.

And since it’s Rev. Graham’s, that’s as good a reason as any for some GBS.

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Anyone have a QoD?

44 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 11-7-14”

  4. Bosley! Looks very much like Annie

    Who seems to have brought in a friend that’s now hunkered down under the stove. Annie didn’t move all night, she was stationed just about a foot away, watching, lying in wait … Ugh. I may have to set out a trap tonight and shut the animals out of the kitchen, I have no desire to have this go on for days on end …

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  5. It’s Friday
    You know what that means?

    Serious question: When a man has a sex change and becomes a woman, does he get rid of the knobby knees?
    I noticed at the Y this morning. I saw a person behind a machine, working out. I could only see the legs, but I thought “a man” I could tell by the knees.
    Men and women are just not interchangeable.

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  6. And the Adam ‘ s apple, too?

    The header photo is Queen Bosley. Her kingdom is our house and it all belongs to her! Yesterday I decided to change purses so I dumped everything out that had accumulated over some months in the ever expanding carryall and shoulder breaker. Bosley immediately sat down on the pile claiming the treasure as her own. It could not have been comfortable. She never went through the Princess and the Pea stage. She immediately advanced to Greedy Queen B stage. The other day I was making a stack of the plastic encased supplies of water bottles I like to keep on hand. I was about to put the third one down and there she sat atop the first two. It’s all hers! She usually drinks water i get from the sink, but now she wants the water bottles, too. Are other cats like this, too?

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  8. I’m unable to get on with my face, and it’s probably just as well. This has been a week of publicity for you know what, and I’m exhausted.

    I forgot I’m a guest blogger on Seekerville today which means responding to a flood of comments, along with my own blog post, walking with a friend I’ve not seen in two months, working, woodwind rehearsal and then the PCC annual dinner. I’m exhausted thinking about the day and I haven’t even started yet.

    Oh, yes, and church folks are coming to dinner tomorrow night (dinner with 8 strangers, though I know all but one), and I have to clean the house and cook a gluten-free pizza.

    Sigh.

    My husband, who is in San Jose for a very long and tense day, always advises me, “you GET to do this,” which is true. I just wish I had gotten this week a different week . . . or at least spread out these activities over two weeks! 🙂

    And the war, meanwhile, continues and is begging me to come back to write. Maybe this should have been a prayer request? I’ll see you all tomorrow!

    Whoever I am! 🙂

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  9. Yay for Friday. I finished one of the two Zamperini stories yesterday, will finish the other one this morning and then head out to (yet another) meeting about the school controversy I’ve been covering. Hoping that will somehow be resolved after this meeting, though, so we can move on to other things …

    And since the 12:30 p.m. meeting is near where I live, maybe I can finagle a way to write from home after that, which will get me home (and hopefully off) a bit early since I’ve worked extra this week but didn’t put in for any overtime.

    Then on to trying to trap a rodent tonight since the cat seemingly has now lost her concentration.

    What a week. But not quite as crazy as michelle’s schedule for the next couple days!

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  17. From Drudge: About religion disappearing in the next generation:
    “That’s according to atheist scientist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss, who recently stoked controversy with comments suggesting that religion could disappear in the near future if schools gave students the tools to determine as much.”

    “What we need to do is present comparative religion as a bunch of interesting historical anecdotes, and show the silly reasons why they did what they did,” Krauss said at an Aug. 29 dinner presentation on cosmology and education at the Victorian Skeptics Cafe in Melbourne, Australia, in response to a question about religion being taught in schools.”.

    Nonsense. I can remember when the “God is dead” theme was promoted. It never went anywhere. They, along with the Muslim jihadists will be in for a terrible surprise at the judgment.

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  21. Question: I’m editing a book wherein the following happens several times (I’m not sure whether it’s the same character each time, or different men doing the same action): Not only does the man open the door for his date, but he helps her into her seatbelt. Not only have I never heard of such a thing, it actually seems the opposite of gentlemanly (unless it is that he has a difficult seatbelt on his passenger side and it needs a little extra oomph to get it in–but at least in one of these cases she is preparing to drive away in her own car). I can’t really imagine how a man can reach over a woman he’s not married to and help her with her seatbelt without at least the risk of inappropriate touch. Besides, opening the door is gentlemanly (my husband does it), but helping her with her seatbelt really feels to me like treating her like she’s helpless.

    Is this customary in some regions and I missed it?

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  22. I have a question for people with indoor/outdoor cats, who don’t have a doggie/kitty door to use: How can you tell when the cat wants to come in?

    When Heidi wants in, she barks, which I clearly hear. But when Rudy gets out accidentally, I have to stay by the door until he comes back. Even if he meowed or scratched at the door, I wouldn’t hear him.

    Usually, he would come back within 10 or 15 minutes, but the last time he slipped out, a few months ago, he was gone for over 45 minutes, close to an hour. I waited by the door, which fortunately is a glass door, so I could see him come back. That got me to wondering how people know when to let their cats back in.

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  23. Thanks for all the birthday wishes, I’m sitting in a room of restless, loud teenagers awaiting the results of a closed board session that’s been going on for well over an hour now … Filed an initial story but can’t do much more until the board returns with some kind of announcement.

    Karen, Annie has a horrible habit (if she’s out front and not in the back where the doggie door is) of scratching on my front screens to get let in (and meowing). I cringe whenever I hear my screens being demolished — it also causes me to LEAP RIGHT UP and let her in asap so she doesn’t do any more damage to them! She knows this, of course.

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  24. Something that has been bothering my spirit more lately:

    We all know that there is a lot of willful unbelief in our nation, that’s nothing new. I pray against that whenever I pray for America. But there has been an increase in the hostility people have towards the things of God & His ways, & towards biblical morality. Of course, there have always been people who have been hostile, but in the past, they would have been the ones on the defensive in an argument or discussion. Nowadays, Bible-believing Christians are the ones on the defensive in such conversations (in real life or online), more & more,

    I see this in how attitudes have been twisted around on moral issues. It used to be that people who were pro-abortion-rights had to defend their view. Now, pro-lifers are on the defensive, attacked as being immoral themselves for not defending “a woman’s right to choose” to get rid of her baby. I saw something on Facebook that actually said that we as a nation need to have a conversation about the questionable morality of being pro-life. (!?!)

    On the matter of saving sex for marriage, I have now seen articles that argue that that is not only unnecessary, but is a harmful thing, that it is emotionally & mentally healthier to not wait. Part of the argument is that if a young woman or man is waiting until marriage, then it must follow that they have a warped view of the goodness of sexuality, & won’t be able to enjoy it when the right time comes. And of course, these articles tend to blame Christian morality for this supposed problem.

    So, I have started praying more against not only willful unbelief, but the outright hostility I see. God have mercy on us.

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  27. Cheryl, obviously the book is written in contemporary times, or there would be no seatbelts. The idea of a man holding the door for his date on occasion, when it is helpful, is OK, but not every time. Your husband may do that, but I know of no man who holds the door unless it is to help. i.e. Arms occupied, carrying the baby, etc. And helping with the seatbelt is out of the question unless it is necessary. I hold the door for my wife when we are parked on a hill and there is a chance that the door may be difficult to handle.
    Your worry about an unmarried man reaching across the woman is misplaced in today’s culture. It is the practicality of the situation that is the driver, not the morality.

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  28. Happy birthday, Donna!!!

    Cheryl, ew. Unless he’s simply pulling the seatbelt out enough that she doesn’t have to reach behind her shoulder, he would have to lean right in and over top of her – ew.
    My husband usually opens the door for me, but has never helped with the seatbelt.

    Our cats are outside cats, but Kchu likes to sneak inside whenever he can and when we put him out, he meows loudly enough that we can hear him inside 🙂 He’s so cute.

    Congratulations, IBNO.

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  29. A bigger question. What kind of book is it that is concerned about opening doors and fastening seatbelts? Must be paid by the word. When the hero is getting dressed, does the writer tell how he ties his shoes?

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  30. It is carnival day here in Ukarumpa. The excitement level at school this week was off the scale! I will be going to get some cute pictures of my kids (yes, kids). And to try some of the homemade goodies that are for sale. We even have a muscle powered ferris wheel!

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  33. On the seat belt question,, if the lady is large or physically challenged then she could possibly need help finding the latch for the seat belt. Otherwise it seems that it would take twice as long as do-it-yourself, unless this is some excuse for physical closeness that they feel is acceptable rather than hugging or kissing in public. We don’t have the details of the story to know what might prompt the action. Is it like Chas said, words to get to the number needed? In that case I have heard it termed, “writing from the nose,” where every detail of action is recorded.

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  34. Karen, maybe you could put a bell or some noise maker that the cat can be trained to ring to get inside. I imagine you could hang something from the doorknob and use treats to train your kitty to make the noise to get the treat.

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  36. Bonne Anniversaire to Donna!
    Karen, I blocked my birthdate on Facebook, so Donna may have done the same.

    Cheryl, have you read the book through? The guy might turn out to be a controlling sociopath from whom the girl has to get away. That’s the only reasonable explanation for such strange behaviour that I can think of.

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  37. Chas, it’s a romance book and having a date open the door is romantic . . . but I’d never heard the seatbelt one, and that doesn’t sound at all romantic to me. (And yes, there is way too much irrelevant detail in the book. That’s why she needs an editor!)

    From what I hear, it’s not uncommon for a man to open the door for his wife while they’re newlyweds, until they have children, but at some point it becomes impractical, and he may still open the door if she needs help (if her arms are full), but won’t generally do so.

    Two true stories involving one of my older brothers, the one who was married for 32 years and then widowed, and got remarried about a year before we married. First one is fairly early in his first marriage (probably within three years of marriage, since I don’t think they had children yet) and the second was when my husband and I were dating, so he had been married to his second wife less than a year. . . .

    One day our family went for a picnic to a mountain park. All of us were up high enough to get a good view of the parking lot below us. Two of my brothers decided to go buy something else we needed, so they walked down to this brother’s car. My older brother walked to the passenger door and opened it, and his younger brother got in the car. From above we all busted up laughing, because it was obvious he hadn’t really thought about what he was doing; he was just in the habit of opening the door for his wife, and hadn’t thought about it being his brother and not his wife who was along on this trip.

    When my husband and I were dating, I was still living a couple of hours from this brother, and each couple drove an hour to meet for lunch halfway so that the men could meet each other. My fiance and I got there first, and he decided to back into a parking space, so we parked in the lot and waited for the other couple. Soon my brother came into the lot and pulled into the space next to us (to my right). Each man got out of the car and went around to the passenger door to let his lady out; neither man acknowledged the other until they’d opened our doors. It was rather amusing to watch.

    And no, my husband doesn’t always open the door. If it’s raining, for example, and we need to “run for it,” he will suggest I get my own door or I’ll tell him I’m going to. But 90% of the time he gets my door. I don’t “need” him to, but it’s nice. And one thing I’ve noticed is that it often takes me longer to get out of the car (I need to grab my purse, and I may also need to pick up anything we are taking in with us if we haven’t put it in the trunk–a potluck dish or bags from drive-through, for instance), and having him come open my door means he doesn’t have to wait for me. Plus, if I have too much stuff to grab it all, he can take some of it.

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  38. Roscuro, I’m most of the way through the book, and the guy who just helped with the seatbelt this time is the “good guy” when she needs to dump the guy she has been dating because he isn’t a good guy. (There are several relationships in the book, and I don’t remember who has been helping with seatbelts in the other situations.) So I suspect this is being seen as a good thing for him to do.

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  39. It’s always interesting at the end of the day when you read comments from the bottom up — trying to figure out the seatbelt thing, I guess I didn’t read up far enough. 🙂

    I dated one guy (once) who absolutely insisted and racing around the car to open my door, which I guess I thought was just kind of silly. There I was, just sitting there, waiting … But if a man opens a door in a more natural sequence, that’s nice.

    Seriously, though, some of my male colleagues walk in front of me when we’re walking out together (and have to go single file in some areas like hallways). Very few hold the door, they go right through — and then it’s up to me to catch it on the rebound before it slams me in the face.

    I’ve never felt strongly about door holding in general, though. Good thing.

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  40. And yes, how do you REALLY know it’s your birthday if FB doesn’t say so?? 😉

    I think I did block mine, but this morning the cop reporter asked if this was my BD, I said yes, and then he said he would post it on FB for me. Sweet, it is nice to see all the comments.

    Alas, I had a long work day, though, with a conference call this morning and then a meeting (mostly closed session) that went all afternoon long at a local high school. I was able to set up the laptop on the microwave table in the lunch room (where the meeting was held) again (this is the 3rd meeting, at least, I’ve covered at this school in the last week+, the microwave table has become my special desk away from the office).

    SO glad it’s Friday. …

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  42. Donna, I’ve never felt strongly about door holding, but I do feel strongly about chivalry. Men should hold doors for women who are carrying packages, shouldn’t take the last empty seat on the train and leave the lady standing, should be aware of their surroundings (potential danger) when in public with a lady, etc. And I have a chivalrous man, so I’m more than willing to “let him” open the car door for me. He also pays attention to traffic when we go out walking, for example. Touches like that help a woman feel secure, and security is one of the most important things for a woman.

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  43. Happy Belated Birthday, Donna! Hope it was a good one!

    My husband opens the car door if we’re on a special date or if I need help, but not every single time…and I’m okay with that. He looks out for me in all sorts of ways though: gets my oil changed; remembers all the details of life I so frequently forget (like getting inspection stickers renewed); always let’s me go first; and treats me gently. He is a good man and I feel lucky to be married to him.

    I’m 43. So is my lifelong best friend. She’s been divorced for ten years and has been in the dating scene. What disheartens me is that so many men our age expect a woman to work, whether they truly need the money or not. They seem to feel she’s not “pulling her weight” if she doesn’t. Scott has always encouraged me to stay home with our kids and has a lot of respect for my role in the family.

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  44. Cheryl: I sometimes disagree with your views on things, but I completely agree that security is very important to women. Scott is protective of me — not in a weird, controlling way– but in a good way that makes me feel so safe and loved. I did some pretty intense therapy about three years ago and the therapist wanted me to identify the place I felt safest. I immediately said, “In Scott’s arms.” We were having some difficulties in our marriage at the time, so it was a poignant statement. My Dad is a great man, but wasn’t very good in the role of protector. Scott has always protected me and it feels so good! He even protected me from my mom early in our relationship. It was the first time anyone had ever directly intervened for me with her and it cemented my decision to marry him.

    As the years pass (it’ll be sixteen in March), I am more and more grateful to God for His provision of Scott. We are opposites in many ways, but we complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses and are a good match. We traveled some rough roads for the first ten years of marriage, but now have reached a sweet spot. It is very difficult to start a marriage with a baby on the way (we weren’t engaged until after we learned I was pregnant). I struggled for years–wondering if he married me simply because I was carrying his child–and that was hard. I didn’t feel like he had freely chosen me–I felt like he had acted out of a sense of duty or responsibility. Fortunately, through marital therapy, I now understand that although it happened sooner than he’d planned due to the pregnancy, he did desire to share his life with me and didn’t marry me just to do the right thing. Scott never told any woman he loved her until me. And, he said it to me after only three months of dating! That makes me feel really special. Just to highlight our personality differences, I thought I was in love with half a dozen boys before Scott…and frequently doodled what my name would be if we were to marry…

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