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Easter Weekend Open Comments

The Gospel of John, Chapter 3:

 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up:  15 That whosoever believeth in him, may not perish; but may have life everlasting.

 16 For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son; that whosoever believeth in him, may not perish, but may have life everlasting.  17 For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world, but that the world may be saved by him.

This has become my favorite Easter season movie: Risen

May the blessings of the season rain down abundantly upon you all.

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  1. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I did absolutely nothing today. It was a needed day of rest after a stressful week.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      My son-in-law bought a tenderloin, sliced it into steaks and grilled them. He gave me the biggest one and it was oh so perfect. We had a very nice weekend with friends, their kids and their grandkids yesterday. Today, we spent with daughter, SIL and the two grandkids. I think I gained 6 or 7 lbs.

  2. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Malone’s Sunday Strip. There are some good ones in there.

    “All elements are lickable. Some are lickable only once.” That one cracked me up.

  3. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I didn’t see Sebastian this morning, so I didn’t get my dimply smiley hug, dangit. However, the family with all of the girls attended mass this morning, and they all lit up like Christmas when they saw me and came running to me outside in the church’s plaza area. Multiple hugs all around. So sweet. I just love those kids at my church. Wanna put them all in my pocket and bring them home.

    Hubby might have issues, though…

  4. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    We just finished dinner. I made four more rosaries today, three this afternoon, to try to replenish my giveaway stock. Now, it’s time for me to see about making that baby blanket. I washed those maternity maxi-dresses I bought yesterday, so I’m ready to disassemble one of them to use on that blanket.

  5. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Something strange happened last night. We have some cheap, clear, glass salad plates, the one on the top of the stack shattered last night. Nothing fell on it, it was in a closed cabinet. No light fell on it, and no explanation why it decided to spontaneously disassemble itself.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      I’ve had several clear, tall glasses crack in the cabinet or the dishwasher. Common kitchen glass is not what it used to be nor are the “Pyrex” pieces. I had a Cuisinart drip coffeemaker pot crack after being on the hot burner everyday for 10 years. It all gets brittle these days, especially after years in a dishwasher on heat dry setting.

    2. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      Never heard of dinner plate suicide before, but there is a first time for everything, I guess.

    3. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      What was weird was that it was shattered, many pieces, not just a crack or broken in 2-5 pieces. Like it was dropped on the floor. Maybe we have a poltergeiser.

  6. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Easter breakfast is always a party at Dr Phil’s.

    H/T: Ace

    1. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
      Dr phil Good-E=1984

      Great lyrics to a great song and video in my 11:51am post.

      don’t you agree, uncklo?;)

      1. Shannon Avatar
        Shannon

        I didn’t listen long.
        But I did watch your 12:44.
        Nice.

  7. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Another great musical interlude for today.
    i posted it before a while back but it’s worth a second post.
    good-great stuff.

    https://www.ntd.com/cinema/teodor-currentzis-conducts-verdi-messa-da-requiem_875874.html?utm_source=ref_share&utm_campaign=copy

  8. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Checking in late with no good excuse but Happy Easter all! I hope everyone has a blessed day.
    SO Mornin‘ Afternoon Gang

  9. Dr phil Good-E=1984 Avatar
    Dr phil Good-E=1984

    Happy Easter to all of you lovable hosers.

    Psalm 150:5. praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals.

    lyrics.

    I am taking it a day at a time 

    And I don’t care what the doubting voices say

    I am lifting up the Name that will shine 

    And the Light of heavens brighter every day

    Oh I know that it’s rough 

    Though I know there is pain 

    Even so when it’s tough 

    I will not be ashamed

    If the dawn reveals the end of days 

    I’ll follow you till there’s no more hell to pay

    You have given me a gift I won’t deny 

    And You’re offering a better world to come 

    The sorrow of tomorrows left so far behind 

    With the joy of what this life will soon become

    If I’m deep in the storm 

    If I’m caught in the rain 

    From the time I was born 

    It’s you that always remained

    If the sun has fallen from the sky 

    And the stars that shine begin to hide 

    When the night has stolen every day 

    I’ll follow you till there’s no more hell to pay, yeah

    Oh, oh

    Oh, oh

    If the sun has fallen from the sky 

    And the stars that shine begin to hide 

    When the night has stolen every day (stolen every day), oh 

    I’ll follow you till there’s no more hell to pay

  10. squawkbox Avatar
    squawkbox

    Praise to the King of Kings

  11. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    We have a beautiful sunrise this morning with a little light mist.
    All is quiet out here other than a bird softly tweeting near our back porch. Hope the weather holds sunny here well into the afternoon, as we are well south of the predicted rains. Now, that is….wait 5 minutes….

    Kitty Purrscilla seems to know something is special today, sees the dark chocolate bunnies on the counter next to the fridge and has looked at the colorful wraps but does not touch them. As for us, it is much too early in the day to sample them. They will probably last all week.

  12. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    HE IS RISEN!
    CHRISTUS RESURREXIT!

  13. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    He is not here.
    He is risen, sayeth the angel. Easter blessings.

  14. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I don’t know how someone did this, but I suspect there is little security involved in traffic & crosswalk comms. Absolutely hilarious in the heart of Silicon Valley.

    1. Adee Avatar
      Adee

      Whoever did it better stay quiet for a long time.

  15. CFree Avatar
    CFree

    Happy Easter to all!!
    The tomb is empty and yesterday’s grief becomes
    an amazing joy and peace open for all.

    May each of you have a great day,

    1. Super Dave Avatar
      Super Dave

      Back attcha’ CFree good to see you.

  16. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Comer for the win. This is gold.

    1. Adee Avatar
      Adee

      Yes indeed. 🙂

  17. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Hubby made it home, and he is happy that his day was spent with beautiful cars.

    I’m glad he’s so passionate about cars. His hobbies could be worse.

  18. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I’m hearing thunder. Hubby’s not back from his car show in Bryan yet, either. He was so tickled to be going to Bryan for fun and not for work. Every trip there for the past 40 years has been to manage the apartments there. Now he can go and show off his baby and see other cars. It was amusing to hear him talk about not working on this trip.

  19. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    What do you think ? 95 yards….good light, no wind ?

    RadioGenoa

    @RadioGenoa

    Muslim breaks into Penafiel cemetery in Portugal, climbs on a cross and shouts “Allah Akbar”, then destroys it.

    1. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      He looks like a target of opportunity. What that miscreant is doing is offensive to all people of faith.

    2. Super Dave Avatar
      Super Dave

      Yup, easy shot.

  20. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I just got back from Wal-Mart. One of the items I was looking for was some thin blanket material for my fabric project I mentioned earlier. The fabric was all too expensive and I had resigned myself to searching through all my tubs of fabric instead. But then I turned a corner and found a rack of clearance clothes, and prominently displayed was a collection of long sleeved maxi-length, knit maternity dresses. They were only $3 each, and had a lot of fabric in each one. I got two of them. One I can cut apart for my baby blanket project, and the other one I think I may alter for myself. They look very comfortable. So, for $6 instead of $12, I got a dress for myself and the fabric I need for my baby blanket.

  21. Adee Avatar
    Adee

    The sports section of the Chron has a big piece on Green Bay, Wisconsin that will host the NFL Draft for the first time, it being the league’s smallest market hosting the NFL’s biggest offseason event for three days next week. Green Bay’s population is 110,000. and the metro area is 320,000. The article did not mention that the Packers are the third oldest team in the NFL. It is also the only publicly owned franchise in the NFL.

    And we are pleased to own 12 shares of their stock. 🙂

  22. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    I’ve been working on the dam of the big pond, mowing and weed whacking. I started right at 9AM and quit a little before 3 and I am DANG TARRED! Wrassling a self propelled push mower on the steep bank isn’t any fun at all. That said, I do like my new (to-me) Huskvarna 4 X 4 mower. That thing will fly. I came in and took a shower and now I’m going to have a much deserved cold beer on the front porch.
    Later,….

  23. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    I made six rosaries this morning, and one of them is special enough for our upcoming fundraiser. I’m taking a break to eat something, then heading out for some grocery shopping. I need to make time to work on a baby blanket for the Monumental Bug Bash coming up on May 24th (10:00 – 3:00). Along with raffling off the dune buggy, they usually have other stuff at a raffle table. I found some fabric at the thrift shop that had VW’s on it, so I told Hubby I’d make it into a baby blanket for the show. I guess I need to get that made, before life distracts me again…

  24. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    By the way, I bought 24 white eggs at Costco this week for $7.77 or $3.89 a dozen and suddenly every loudmouth media hack in America stopped talking about the price of eggs. Poof, like Zelensky…into the mist.

  25. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    It is April 19th and this is the first day I can say it’s hot outside as I wear a shortsleeved shirt out the door into the bright sunshine. It has been a dreary, long, cold spring.

  26. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Via e-mail, I’m honored to be a last-minute, emergency recruit to be tonight’s lay reader at church.

    Luke 24:1-12, of course.

  27. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    What a killer Week In Pictures.

    1. GJT Avatar
      GJT

      Ha!

  28. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    THE WEEK IN PICTURES: REAL HOUSEWIVES OF SPACE EDITION

    Wow. What a week. The Democrats continued their policy of taking the most unpopular positions possible, going to the mat on behalf of a human trafficking, wife beating, gang member illegal alien, whom they are trying to bring to the United States despite the fact that it would be illegal for him to be here. They claim to be doing this on behalf of the “rule of law.”

    Meanwhile, space tourism reached a new low, courtesy of Blue Origin. Illustrating once again that if your boyfriend is rich enough, the sky is the limit. For a few minutes, anyway. And Gretchen Whitmer unaccountably dodged what most would consider a photo op in the Oval Office. I don’t know, maybe she was scarred by the Doritos episode.

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      The Clinton one cracked me up.

  29. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    …well, the Lord moves in mysterious ways, and tonight, my son, he’s gonna use your car.

  30. Bonecrusher Avatar
    Bonecrusher

    Unimaginable intellect.

    1. Shannon Avatar
      Shannon

      🙂

  31. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    American colonists fought and defeated the most powerful empire on earth two and one-half centuries ago. It’s almost unbelievable to see the wretched remains of the British Empire and it’s people today.

    This week marks the 250th anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord and the start of the Revolutionary War. Farmers, tradesmen, laborers, and mariners–Americans of all stripes–came together to defend themselves against the most professional army in the world.

    April 19, 1775, marked the beginning of an epic journey for a band of brothers who risked EVERYTHING for a nation yet to be born. Over the course of nearly eight years, many of these Americans marched thousands of miles, often shoeless, unpaid, and starving, to fight for freedom and liberties most Americans today take for granted.

    plus,

    This remarkable untold story is in the new bestselling book, The Indispensables: Marblehead’s Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware. The book is a Band of Brothers-style treatment of this unique group of Americans who changed the course of history.

  32. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    I thought I’d seen it all, but no.
    This morning I woke up with a fully-knotted, lower-right calf muscle cramp. It took many tearful, loud minutes to work it out. Who knows how long that had been going on?
    I guess that poor muscle is going to hurt for a long.time.
    Good grief.

    1. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      My daily routine. Sometimes both.

    2. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      Make sure your electrolytes are up. Magnesium, salt, calcium. We keto folks swear by a shot of pickle juice when the cramps hit.

      1. wagonburner Avatar
        wagonburner

        I just saw that HEB has Mt. Olive pickle juice in half-gallon jugs.

    3. Texpat Avatar
      Texpat

      When you have permanently damaged or herniated discs in your back, there is no amount of magnesium, salt and calcium that will cure the sciatic muscle spasms. After 43 years, I can testify to it. All five of the lumbar discs in my back are gone.

      1. Tedtam Avatar
        Tedtam

        I thought he was talking regular muscle spasms. It helps my leg spasms, despite my herniated disc.

  33. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    Tedtam at 7:14am

    Just FYI…In the Lutheran church – after the service – one of jobs of the person(s) serving on the altar guild is to take any unused sacramental wine outside and return it to the ground and any unused host is distributed for the birds.
    For many years, we once had a special, once-a-month, Sunday, mid-afternoon, much-abbreviated service for the infirmed who might not be able to sit through an hour-long worship service.
    Fay and I were honored to serve as the altar guild for that very special service.

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      I love that you had that special service.

      Every Catholic church has a special sink in the sacristy. The priest cleans the ciborium, the vessel in which the consecrated hosts are held during mass, by rinsing them and pouring the rinse into the goblet. He then drinks from the goblet, and both utensils are wiped out. The sacristans then clean those items in that special sink before returning them to service. That sink has a drain that goes directly to ground, and not to the sewer. Since we believe that Jesus is truly present (“This is my body…this is my blood”), we can’t have “Jesus floating with our poop,” as I used to teach my students. Similar to your pouring the wine into the dirt. We just had a special drain.

      Even blessed items can’t just be thrown away when broken or no longer wanted. The items must be burned, buried in a place where people won’t be walking, or returned to the priest for disposal.

  34. GJT Avatar
    GJT

    Good morning peoples.

    I imagine most have seen it, but just in case not go check out the new digs at Covid.gov. Awesome.

    1. Bonecrusher Avatar
      Bonecrusher

      This is an incredible read. I did not read all of the white box material, but this thing is loaded. Much to the surprise of no one, I have seen no mention whatsoever on the report in the alphabet news propaganda networks. RTWDT

    2. Shannon Avatar
      Shannon

      I keep hearing about it.
      I guess I oughtta go look!

  35. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    Regarding Texpat’s 9:21 post:

    There is a lot of concern among serious, traditional Catholics over the state of the Church today; filled with “progressive” and liberal politics instead of steadfast adherence to Scripture and the Traditions and the Deposit of Faith handed down from the time of Jesus himself.

    But there is hope: the elder, corrupted bishops are concerned that the seminarians now are reverting back to the faith of the Fathers. As these men progress through the priesthood and into the episcopate, there is hope that they will remain true to the traditional faith and eventually turn things around.

    Also, those young men are mostly coming from traditional Catholic communities – those Catholics who adhere to the prohibition against birth control, trusting that God will give them the children they are supposed to have and that those parents are not to play God and interfere with His plan. The “progressive” Catholics do not have as many babies and thus will be out-birthed by the Traditionals. Those congregations and the traditional Catholic seminaries have the overwhelming plurality of seminarians on the path to priesthood. (Kinda like the Muslim plan to eventually take control via their “birth jihad”.)

    I’m just hanging on until they begin to make themselves felt in Church governance.

  36. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    This was an interesting event concerning a subject I often cover – BABIES !

    Peachy Keenan, of whom I am a big fan and mother of a bunch of teenage boys, was a speaker there. Good things still happen in Austin and even the NYT managed to not write it up with their typical nasty attitude.

    “We’re going to fix the birthrate decline in this room,” said the dating app entrepreneur Amanda Bradford, facing a hotel conference room filled with men in blazers and slacks, men ready to offer up their wisdom on the mishaps of modern dating. All these apps, all these swipes, all these meet-ups and make-outs and just not enough babies. This room was ready to fix it. Or at least, given the audience demographics, to dutifully do its part.

    It was late March in Austin and roughly 200 people had flown in for the Natal Conference, an event devoted to discussing collapsing fertility rates. There were churchgoing conservatives and Silicon Valley technologists, parents of five and parents of nine, edgelords in leather jackets and women in Lilly Pulitzer, all sharing a common concern: how to convince Americans, namely American women, to have more babies. 

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      We need more babies. I love my traditional Catholic church – so many little ones! There’s one family that arrives in an extended van. Watching the family exit that vehicle is a little like the clown cars at the circus. I love it.

      1. Texpat Avatar
        Texpat

        My rheumatologist is a modern Orthodox Jew and the father of 6 beautiful children. If it wasn’t for people like him and the Ultra-Orthodox Jews, we would completely die out in America. Although the long term trend has been declining, Israel has double the crude birth rate of the USA.*

        *Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

  37. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    I like this one. It’s perfect.

  38. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    The Shroud of Turin has always fascinated me. I am now watching Michael Knowles discuss it here: “The Face of God”

  39. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    We ordered a knee brace for Hubby, and it was delivered last night.

    It was left on the front porch of the old blue house. Right in front of a big sign that says “Don’t deliver here!”. I had even put a bunch of branches on those steps to block access. The dude actually had to push them aside to place the items there. And yes, our delivery instructions to Amazon were updated when we put in the delivery box. The previous instructions made it very, very clear NOT to deliver to the old house. Those instructions were in place for years, and yet…. (We are planning to finally tear the old house down this year. Gotta get Hubby motivated – there are things being stored inside that need to be moved first.)

    I finally got angry enough that I called Amazon to complain. Getting to a human was a challenge, but I did finally get someone. She was very, very apologetic, to the point of being annoying, but she immediately put in a ticket to the shipping department.

    We shall see if things improve.

    1. bsue54 Avatar
      bsue54

      Good luck with that… We’ve done the same, over the years – and get varied responses, ranging from leaned up against the front door to leaned up against the post with the address on it which is about 18 inches from the pavement (two car-lenths outside the gate)- barely off the pavement, and many places along the acre long driveway… have about decided that it depends on the driver and how “late” in their schedule of drop-offs they are…

  40. Tedtam Avatar
    Tedtam

    My morning Catholic podcast is announcing a story that Muslims in Spain are threatening to sue to cancel Catholic religious processions (for holy days), as they “offend Islam”.

    That’s how it goes: first they are victim minorities, then they are larger groupings pushing for pro-Islamic change, then they become large enough groups to make others submit. It’s a pattern they are proud to admit.

  41. Super Dave Avatar
    Super Dave

    Yes, by all means count your blessings I’m sure you have many, I know I do.
    Mornin’ Gang

  42. Texpat Avatar
    Texpat

    Good morning all. Count your blessings.

  43. Shannon Avatar
    Shannon

    He is risen indeed

    1. Tedtam Avatar
      Tedtam

      Not quite yet, but close! This is the one day a year where the sanctuary candle in Catholic churches is not lit. The candle indicates the Real Presence of Jesus in the Tabernacle. Since there are usually extra hosts consecrated during most masses, they are kept in the Tabernacle until the next mass and then distributed. Only when the Tabernacle is empty is the candle put out.

      Holy Saturday is the one day of the year where there are guaranteed to be no consecrated hosts, as they are all distributed on Good Friday.

      It is symbolic of Jesus in the tomb, he is gone from us on that day.

      Your Catholic minute is now over.

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