traveling….to BUY!!!

Posted on by January 15, 2018

This guy is good.

He has an interesting story and is dead on with his “travel more and buy less” thoughts.

We’re going to travel down to Greenville this morning to hit a couple of thrift stores and maybe buy some stuff.

We just got back from a trip out West, though, so I suppose that we can get away with taking a short trip.

We can even get away with taking a short trip to BUY STUFF!!

We might not buy stuff.

We don’t need to buy stuff…..just to “buy stuff”.

But….we might buy some stuff.

That’s OK, too….it’s OK to travel and… buy some stuff.

Right?

A VERY STABLE WEIRDO

Posted on by January 14, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgUWOUuEDgk

Somebody told me where I work that this doesn’t happen as often at our company (USPS) since most of the Vets aged out of the system.

That besmirches the Vets, of course.

It would be interesting to see if the things that happened in the ’80’s were done by folks who had returned from Vietnam.

I’ll bet that you didn’t have to be a Vet to feel like “going postal” at the Post Office.

You know that I don’t mean Veterinarians when I say “Vet”, don’t you?

That would be weird.

What would make a veterinarian so angry at the Post Office?

Anyway….I think it’s strange that no matter where an incident happens, they call it “going postal” when they report it.

They don’t call things “going Alabama Baptist Church” or “going Upper Middle Class High School” or “going Meat Packing Plant”.

They make us out to be a bunch of hair trigger weirdos if we work for the Post Office.

I can only speak for myself….but I’d consider myself a VERY STABLE WEIRDO.

Like….very smart…and stable.

So….no matter how much I grind my teeth over something that happens in the workplace, I’m not going “postal”.

Not in, like, a bad way, at least.

THE MONOCHORD IS COMING!!! THE MONOCHORD IS COMING!!

Posted on by January 13, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibWAFlzB8XU

Holy Crap!!

Look at this thing!!

I was looking up “Idaho” videos on YouTube….and came upon this thing that was built in…Idaho.

The monochord!!

I’d never seen one of these!!

It’s insane the noise you can make with this thing!

You can reach a higher plane when you play or listen to this thing.

I’d like to be on a higher plane sometimes.

I wonder if we have room in our house for a monochord?

I wonder if the little guys would shut up for a while if I was playing this thing and trying to reach a higher plane?

I wonder if they’d cooperate while Daddy was approaching nirvana?

Denzel….talking about good things….talking about God

Posted on by January 12, 2018

Boldness without fear or hesitation….or, even, hyperbole…. is a wonderful thing to see.

It’s good to see people calmly and confidently confessing their faith.

This is a commencement speech that Denzel Washington gave at Dillard University a while back.

What a great way to start the day!

What a great way to live your life!

“Say thankyou….in advance….for what is already yours. True desire….in the heart….for anything good….is God’s proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it’s yours already.”

 

 

200 Days – A Trip Around the World Travel Film

Posted on by January 10, 2018

“If we want authenticity….we have to initiate it.”

Here’s another travel video.

Sometimes, you have to wonder if the goal isn’t to have something to film.

That’s probably not the case here, though.

If you only watch the beginning of this, listen to the opening monologue.

He touches on some thoughts that I’ve been pondering a lot lately.

How far away do you have to go before you get to real?

And….what are we missing if we think that things have to be seen from a different place for things to be good…and authentic? Do we need a new perspective more than we need new walking shoes?

This is a good one…..good film….good trip.

 

Video by 40 North Designs

 

GO, MAN, GO!!

Posted on by January 9, 2018

There’s a lot of these kind of videos on YouTube.

That’s good.

We just got back from a big road trip out through the Southwest….lots of driving….and I would do it again tomorrow if I had some MONEY….and some time off from the Post Office.

It’s good to travel.

It’s good to see birds that you don’t recognize when you wake up in the morning.

The kind of journey that this guy is on might be a little much, though.

Sometimes it can get weird with the little guys when we just go to our local Walmart.

We have to watch each other like hawks.

Like HAWKS!!

You don’t want to lose anyone.

Look at all the interesting food he’s eating!

That’s kind of like a weirdo in a big black car pulling up and saying, “HEY, KID!! YOU WANT SOME CANDY?!!”

You could lure me into some exotic locations with the promise of good and exotic food.

They say that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach?

Could the way to India be through a man’s appetites?

I don’t know…but it looks good.

I need to take care of what surrounds me here.

Maybe wanting to travel is just a dodge?

Maybe it’s just a way to avoid my responsibilities at home?

Maybe…..

OH, WHAT THE HECK!! IT’S FUN TO GET AWAY!!

LET’S GO!!!

priceless

Posted on by January 8, 2018

We just got back from a long road trip out west….4600 miles worth in an old Dodge Grand Caravan….driving spaced out at the beginning and end of a two-week trip….4 children (no….that’s not really right….two young adults and two children) in tow…..and a lot of the driving was like this.

We were down in Colorado and Texas….but flat and wind swept looks familiar.

Idaho isn’t all that different from Colorado in a lot of ways.

This video was made by a trucker traveling through what I imagine is the southern part of Idaho.

I’m more familiar with the northern part….but I suppose the southern part is pretty flat.

Flat is pretty boring sometimes.

Traveling is hard….and expensive….but it’s like that credit card commercial where they say “priceless” at the end.

I wouldn’t trade our road trips for anything.

I wouldn’t avoid them….for anything.

They’re …..priceless.

When you watch the news after you get home….and realize how much potential there is for bad weather out West in the Winter….you know that we were pretty fortunate to have such clear sailing this time.

I wonder how long it will take us to get out West again?

I wonder if the Post Office will set me free for a while….soon?

I hope so.

And….man….the view from inside a big truck is a trip, isn’t it?

A real trip.

I had a Batman Utility Belt…..

Posted on by January 7, 2018

I had a Batman Utility Belt when I was little…..but ….check out this crazy utility belt.

This is too cool.

I’d be ready for anything that nature could throw at me if I had something like this.

I’d attract a lot of attention during our rare trips to the mall if I wore this walking around town.

That’s the way I see it, anyways.

Actually….all kidding aside….this is kind of COOL.

And….like having a plastic grappling hook on the old Batman Utility belt didn’t help me scale walls….all the tools on this “man belt” wouldn’t do much for me if I didn’t know how to use them.

I don’t know if I know how to use them.

A few tools that I know how to use are so much better than the piles of tools that I seem to collect.

It’s funny the things we figure out how to do.

We’re a bunch of monkeys with sticks to get the grubs.

Funny monkeys.

(I like this guy’s channel….nagualero….on YouTube. Bushcraft and Painting videos….looks like it’s in Sweden. Link to the channel HERE! )

wool blanket

Posted on by January 6, 2018

I watch videos like this and arrive at the conclusion that…..I’ve got to get another wool blanket.

In fact, I’ve got to get wool blankets for every member of my family.

I need to get them something to sit on when we go out in the snow.

I need to get some blankets.

I’m sure there’s more to all these videos….but when it’s cold outside, a wool blanket is something that I’m thinking about.

A wool blanket…..and a couple of cans of stew warming by the fire.

Good….and warmer…times.