Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2020.10.27

Omission and simplification help us to understand — but help us, in many cases, to understand the wrong thing; for our comprehension may be only of the abbreviator’s neatly formulated notions, not of the vast, ramifying reality from which these notions have been so arbitrarily abstracted. Brave New World Revisited – Aldous Huxley (1958) Was […]

Something to Think About – 2020.10.23

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. Galatians 6:2-3 Full disclosure; I added a verse today. BibleGateway.com gave us Galatians 6:2, but I added verse 3 for context (theirs and ours). In the letter to the Galatians, […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG Supplemental – 2020.10.21

Call me naïve, but we need more of this… The two opponents in Utah’s 2020 race for governor appear together in a campaign ad calling for more civility. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAbqiRFjox4

Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2020.10.20

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He does not faint or grow weary; his understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. Even youths shall faint and be […]

Something to Think About- 2020.10.16

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 19:14 The psalmist is praying and praising God. he exclaims that life, the universe, and everything speaks to the glory of “42”! Then at the end, the psalmist humbly asks […]

Hitchhiker’s bLOG – 2020.10.13

Can’t We be Better Than This? On 2020.10.02, USA Today ran a headline, “President Donald Trump’s coronavirus infection draws international sympathy and a degree of schadenfreude.” If you are like me, the last word jumps out. So off to the dictionary we go! Schadenfreude – Enjoyment obtained from the troubles of others. Merriam-Webster Disctionary As […]

A Delivery from The Flying Scotsman – 2020.10.12

On a cold gray rainy day off, TFS knows just how to warm my spirits: a little Red Shirt Humor! Have a happy Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day/Leif Erikson Day/Día de la Hispanidad/ World Arthritis Day/Puerto Rico Friendship Day/Yorktown Victory Day/Veterans Day (Columbus, OH only!!)… Oh what the heck! This is the day that the Lord […]