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Our Daily Thread 4-17-15

Good Morning!

It’s Friday!!!

 Today’s header photo is from Donna.

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On this day in 1629 horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

In 1875 the game “snooker” was invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain.  

In 1964 the FBI lab reported that it could not determine the lyrics to “Louie Louie.” 

And in 1969, in Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. 

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Quote of the Day

“Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, sweet’ner of life, and solder of society.”

Robert Blair

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Today is Jan Hammer’s birthday. Sadly, his most well known piece of work is the Miami Vice theme. 🙂 Since that doesn’t do justice to his talent, here’s something more fitting.

And on this day in 1970 Johnny Cash appeared before President Richard Nixon at the White House. And I actually found some of the audio. 🙂

From #JohnnyCash

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Anyone have a QoD?

51 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 4-17-15”

  4. I could tell by looking that wasn’t an east coast ocean picture.
    Maybe a spot in Rhode Island. Or Maine. I have never been to Maine. That and Michigan are the only two states east of the Mississippi that I haven’t visited.

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  5. The first time Chuck heard “A Boy Named Sue”, he laughed and laughed. Thought that was the funniest thing he had ever heard. I enjoyed his enjoyment, but I was too jaded by that time to get excited about the song.

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  10. I have known people like that Peter. Not bad, you hate to say something.
    Their minds seem so active, they are never satisfied. Everything seems to create another question.
    But you don’t want to quench inquisitiveness.
    These are the people who question the “It’s always been done this way”.

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  11. Reading the trivia of the day is always interesting. Today’s trivia raises a couple of questions. Is that the Neville Chamberlain of “Peace in our time” fame? And why did the FBI feel the need to analyze ‘Louie, Louie’? Was it for some subversive message about communism?

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  12. Interesting. From Wicopedia concerning Neville Chamberlin: Chamberlin returned from a conference with Germany in Munich. He was going to speak to the people of England.
    Seems someone suggested to him that he should say “Peace for our time”….

    Chamberlain turned around and responded, “No, I don’t do that sort of thing.”[134] Nevertheless, Chamberlain recalled the words of his predecessor, Benjamin Disraeli and his return from the Congress of Berlin[d] in his statement to the crowd:

    “My good friends, this is the second time there has come back from Germany to Downing Street peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Now I recommend you go home, and sleep quietly in your beds.”

    King George issued a statement to his people, “After the magnificent efforts of the Prime Minister in the cause of peace it is my fervent hope that a new era of friendship and prosperity may be dawning among the peoples of the world.”[135] When the King met with Duff Cooper, who resigned as First Lord of the Admiralty over the Munich Agreement.

    As for “Louie, Louie”, I’ve never heard of it.
    Someone can enlighten me.

    Off to Lions. Sometimes Elvera wants to feed me to the lions.
    Lions are going to feed me in about half hour.

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  13. Good Morning all. Speaking of active minds….Do you know what it is like to work with someone who asks you to do something and before you get that started he decides something else is more important and to stop what you are doing and take care of it then hammers you with three more things of varying degrees of importance and then a week later asks about the very first thing then wonders why it isn’t done?

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  14. How frustrating, Kim. That would drive me insane. I have some people I have to work with who do that. I avoid working with them when possible. I hate disorganization.

    Sometimes students ask questions to show off, too. Unfortunately, everyone in the class is stuck wasting time when there are better things to do. Prayers for wisdom, Peter.

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  15. We could use the moisture of a foot of snow, but I would prefer rain. Our cold will return next week. We have been spoiled this week. I like being spoiled. 🙂

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  16. Yes, I have those people in my life. The questions. We try to teach them to ask questions but not irritatingly. A hard line to find. Some of them ask so they can learn, some ask so they can be in control, some ask because they are afraid of silence. We have to listen with discernment to determine which it is and deal with it accordingly.

    Husband has some of the tendencies Kim refers to. It is part of being a planner. He gets a brilliant idea, we get started on it, then he thinks of a better plan, we get frustrated as we start the thing over, then we get pleased as we see he was right.

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  17. Hope the new cat work out, Ann — welcome back, we missed you.

    Where’s 6 Arrows? Yesterday was the media fast day, I realize, but I don’t think she’s been around much this week?

    “Louie, Louie” was supposed to be risqué. But no one could ever figure out what they were saying when the song came on the radio. I think it grew to become quite the cultural myth in the 1960s, the lyrics (as it turned out) were really pretty uninteresting.

    We were trained on using Reddit yesterday, anyone here familiar with the site? Honestly, I love social media but my mind’s beginning to swim with all the sites that are out there. Reddit is topic-oriented with “sub-reddits” for various interest groups (there are several Christian groups, a border collie group, for instance). It’s much more layered & complex than say FB or Twitter. But it has become a go-to site for seeing what’s trending in the culture and journalists are using it to find sources, etc.

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  18. In short, Reddit looks like a fun place — if you don’t work all day. Otherwise, too time-consuming, in my mind; but I’ll peek in every morning, to see what’s trending and if there are any story ideas popping up (there also are sub groups for our various coverage areas, so that’s kind of interesting — and several of our stories already are linked there and being talked about by others).

    Today I’m doing what I hope should be an easy story on our city library makeover — it’s been closed for 6 weeks (a hardship especially for all the homeless who hang out there!) but will reopen on Monday with a lot more tech features (outlets at every desk, etc.). I’m interviewing the head librarian around noon by phone (he’s off today) and then we’ll send a photographer there tomorrow to get some photos since he’s working there all day on Saturday.

    Meanwhile, a photo has been making the rounds on FB of one of the town’s most beloved ethnic restaurants that’s been closed for a couple years now. The sidewalk in front — stretching for an entire block — is now filled with tents and lean-to’s and overflowing shopping carts, it looks very much like a mini skid row. The homeless encampments have become a growing problem — and I’m guessing this has happened on this particular street since stricter rules signs went up at the nearby parks where the homeless were congregating before.

    The photo was taken as a mini-rain storm was coming in from Alaska. It didn’t bring near as much rain as we’d hoped. 😦 Story of our lives.

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  19. Roscuro @ 10:15- I doubt the Neville Chamberlains are the same, since the one invented a game in 1875, which means that he couldn’t have been PM of Great Britain 60 years later, unless he invented the game as a young child. But would he have been knighted that young to be called “Sir”?

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  22. Asking questions in school seems to be a bit of an art form. Those who ask esoteric questions are usually resented by other students. I remember the visible (and audible) irritation of my fellow students every time a certain student (not me) would pose a highly theoretical question. I learned to save most of my questions for the teacher personally after lecture. On the other hand, I remember a teacher who was very pleased with me for asking questions of a special presenter. Generally the teachers encouraged questions – we heard the “there’s no such thing as a stupid question” speech frequently at the beginning of a new semester – but sometimes they had to tell a student bluntly, “I think you’re overthinking this.”

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  23. Peter, the age was a consideration. However, many of England’s Prime Ministers had reached a venerable age by the time they came to power. As to the Sir, it can also be the hereditary title of a baronet.

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  26. Cheryl will be pleased to hear that Forrest has developed a great interest in birds, & enjoys watching them with his binoculars. Emily is helping him learn to identify them.

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  29. Peter, the inventor would have been 19 – he was born in 1856 and invented the game while in the army in 1875. In the English school system, upper class youths destined for military service were training to be officers in their high school years. Winston Churchill was also a British officer by the time he was 19.

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  30. Good for Forrest — My grandfather was a bird watcher and lover, but I’ve never really learned much about them (and wish I had). Never too late, I guess. 🙂

    I’m looking into buying a stand-up desk to use at home (I sit way too much!!!), anyone use one of those?

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  31. Donna,

    Try putting a small table (card table) on some books, encyclopedias (that’s about all they are good for anymore) under the legs and try it before you spend money.

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  38. As above, and in response to somebody’s lament on another of today’s threads:

    Spell check doesn’t care what word it is and how it’s used as long as it’s in the dictionary.

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  39. Hi, all. 🙂 Thought I’d stop in while I’m online, preparing my Video of the Week feature I email to my piano families every Friday.

    I had to step away from the online world for a while — things got rough at home last weekend, and I needed to focus my energies there. I made a prayer request to that effect last weekend, but it was late Sunday night, so probably easily missed.

    Things are going MUCH better! Thank you to all who were praying in my absence.

    Very busy week coming up, so I’ll probably disappear again. Fourth Arrow gets confirmed in the faith on Sunday.

    Monday I see my doctor — finally — this is the appointment I made way last January.

    Tuesday I go to the performance venue to practice my piano solo.

    Later in the week, at a time yet to be arranged, my duet partner and I will meet there to practice our music.

    Sunday (the 26th) is the piano show.

    And all the rest of the usual stuff.

    Prayers welcome for anything I’ve mentioned here!

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  40. Just can’t win.

    In some of my past private emails to YF (don’t worry – this isn’t about her, though), we discussed the issue of homosexuality. What I wrote was very gentle, respectful, & loving. I explained that I don’t hate gays, that I treat the ones in my life with as much respect & love as I treat anyone else. I tried to gently explain why homosexuality is a sin, but at the same time, saying that it is one sin among many, not the worst one out there.

    Even so, she thinks I am a bigot. We all know that is the attitude prevalent in much of society these days. Because this is such a hot button issue, & even the gentlest & most respectful disagreement can be greatly misconstrued, I stay away from commenting or posting directly on this issue on Facebook.

    To be continued…

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  41. Last night I posted this on Facebook…

    “Have you heard that Hillary Clinton is bragging that she has the first openly gay campaign manager?

    “My friend David points out that Ron Paul (Rand’s dad, if you didn’t know) had an openly gay campaign manager in his 2008 campaign.

    “Not only that, but the first openly gay candidate for president, back in 1972, was a Libertarian. And he even got one electoral vote!

    “AND the Republican party had an openly gay candidate in the last election, Fred S. Karger, who had worked on nine other presidential campaigns, & had been a senior consultant to the campaigns of Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Gerald Ford.”

    One liberal friend asked, “Is this because you are for it ??”

    I replied, “I think it is pandering to the “gay vote” to be making a big deal about it, & I wouldn’t be surprised if he were chosen specifically because he is gay. Politicians often put women or minorities in visible positions to pander to those constituencies, & now will be doing the same with gays.”

    (A Libertarian friend, who is also a Christian, pointed out that “Ron Paul seems to have hired a gay campaign manager, simply because he was a good campaign manager, not to get credit from anyone or to pander to anyone.”)

    I added, “To clarify, I’m sure this campaign manager is competent & qualified for the job, but I suspect he was chosen over equally-qualified people because of the statement his being openly gay makes.

    “And if he were chosen strictly because he is the best one for the job, why make a big deal about his sexuality?”

    Then another friend, an outspoken conservative Christian asked, “So, Karen, are you posting this because you are for ppl being openly gay?”

    *Sigh*

    Me again: “This isn’t pro or con being openly gay. It’s more about the machinations of political campaigns.”

    Her: “Oh, I know that Karen. I was curious as to your stance. If you do not wish to share I respect that.”

    Me: “People who are truly qualified should be able to do the jobs for which they are qualified.”

    My Libertarian Christian friend: “^Bingo!

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  42. I sent my conservative Christian friend a private message, explaining my views, & why I don’t think Facebook is a good place to get into the hot button issue of homosexuality.

    Her response insinuated that I am not proclaiming the gospel as I should, that if I don’t come out against homosexuality, will anyone even know I am a Christian?

    I explained my view some more, & included this…

    “I think we can proclaim the gospel without “calling out” specific sins to specific people. People commit sin because they are sinners, they are not sinners merely because of their specific sins. For instance, gays are gay because they are sinners, not sinners merely because they are gay. Know what I mean?”

    Her response was that she understood, but then she added something about how she uses Facebook to proclaim her faith loud & clear, even if others think she is harsh. So I think she still thinks I am not proclaiming the gospel well enough.

    (I do post a lot of “Christian” stuff, including scripture verses. But I don’t overdo it, so my non-Christian friends don’t get in the habit of tuning me out.)

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  44. Karen, you can always tell her that speaking of sin isn’t proclaiming the gospel at all, because it isn’t. Sin is a biblical concept, but it is “law” and not “gospel.”

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  45. Re the discussion of questions: When I was in seventh grade, I had one teacher who always called on me when I raised my hand. Now, in my understanding, when the teacher asked a question, if you knew the answer you raised your hand, and she could then choose who to call on. I honestly don’t know whether this teacher thought I was showing off by raising my hand so much, or whether she knew that I would have the right answer and it was easier to call on me than to call on someone who would have the wrong answer or who would waste a lot of class time with the way he answered the question. Whatever the reason, when she was calling on me two or three times each class period, I started raising my hand only if I wanted to answer the question, and not just because I knew the answer and was willing to be considered as a person who could answer it.

    Re nosy questions: when I was very young, I was astonished how many people felt free to ask me, “How much do you weigh?” Somehow they seemed to think it wasn’t a rude question for me just because I was thin. I usually simply answered it, but one time I was at work (cash register) and a customer asked me. It was not only rude, but unprofessional, and so I brushed it off with “I don’t know. I haven’t weighed myself lately.” But she persisted and asked, “Last time you weighed yourself, how much did you weigh?”

    For 20 years now, I have kicked myself for not answering with, “105. And you?”

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  47. Cheryl – I was thinking much the same as you. (BTW, did you see what I wrote earlier, about Forrest’s interest in birds?)

    Yeah, this sweet lady can sometimes be somewhat harsh in what she posts, & she thinks she is being bold for the Lord. But at other times, her kind & caring heart shows through.

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  48. I just used the word “yeah” in my comment above. Has anyone else noticed online that many people seem to get “yeah” & “yay” confused? Many people write “yeah” when I think they mean “yay”. On the other hand, these days a hardy “Yeah!” is a positive exclamation similar to “Yay!”

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  50. Karen, yes, I saw the mention of Forrest’s interest in birds. My own interest didn’t start till quite a bit later, as far as I know. The earliest I remember, anyway, I was probably about eight.

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