#rmdo Turning Mary Into A Nerd #geekhumor

Mary and I stayed up to watch The Nerdist tv show because it had Nathan Fillion from the excellent TV show Firefly cancelled by nitwit network Fox, Will Wheaton, the former child star of Star Trek, Next Generation, David Tennant, former Dr. Who, & The Nerdist of the Year Runner up Weird Al Yankovich, introduced to us by our super geek friend Barry Skalski. The winner was supposed to be Isaac Newton, but he couldn't attend the ceremony on account of he was dead. (see pictures at bottom of blog)
It felt good to know my influence of two years had turned Mary into a fanatical sci fi nerd.

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Barry got us back stage passes
to meet Weird Al.
Mary's on the right.

This is not Weird Al!
This is Isaac Newton!

#rmdo O Holy Night #inspiration #wisdompoet

  I was thinking about the shepherds today.
They were fearless. 

Think about it. 

Guarding a walking, bleating meat locker from wolves, bears, and lions in often total darkness with a STICK! 

Yet they were terrified by the angels, and awed by the Christ child. This thought formed a poem in my mind.

The Christ child:

Fearless shepherds are awed by Him.
Wise men acknowledge their ignorance before Him.
Intimidators are terrified by Him.
The lost find their way by Him.
The hopeless find hope in Him.
The captives are delivered by Him.

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#rmdo US bridges built by Chinese Firms? #politics

Seems like a simple fix to me. American Bridges should be built by Americans, especially when paid for by American tax dollars.

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#rmdo Further Proof Men Need Supervision! #humor #funnypic

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#rmdo GETTING ALONG #denominations #wisdompoet

How to get along with people of different denominations, theological and political persuasions, and contrasting personalities:
Step 1: Embrace or continue to embrace the Crucified Jesus.
Step 2: When your friend embraces the Cross, grasp his hand. Your work is done.
Step 3: When it dawns on you that your friend was embracing the Cross all along, my work is done.
Step 4: When you both can peacefully enjoy God, HIS WORK is done.

Barry, Weird Al, and Mary

There is one person I've added to my Gratefulness List that is unique. I became acquainted with Barry Skalski on Facebook, but he's really a long time friend of the family, a lifetime friend of my son in law Charles Daly Jr, (the source of my Sanity as a virtue is overrated! quote. My son in law Charles Daly Jr is also creator of the my on line moniker Rev Mad Dog or revmaddog1948, which he created when I found my nick name from work, Mad Dog, was already taken on line.)
Barry inspired me to start tweeting by his example, and we've had several enlightening geek and political discussions, but Barry's biggest contribution to my life was proving to Mary, my wife, that Facebook and Twitter people are REAL!
Barry had several extra tickets to a Weird Al concert, so we took Barry up on the offer and sat next to Barry and his lovely wife Kim for the entire concert, irrefutably proving to a VERY skeptical Mary that Facebook people really exist. See the rest of this photo album for pictures of that night. We had a blast, and Mary was forever changed. (However, don't expect Mary to be opening a Facebook profile soon, not until you know where freezes over)

By the way, the man in the picture with Mary is the 
great Weird Al himself.

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The Power of Collecting and Wisdom

Several decades a faithful bible teacher, Bill Gothard, challenged me in a seminar to collect wisdom instead of the normal things (in my case, hand cut leaded glass crystal!). 

I greatly rejoice that I listened to his advice!! 

At first I collected the wisdom of others, but as I saw the response my own quotes had on others, I focused almost exclusively on my own quotes.

I wish I could take credit for them, but part of the "secret?" of my wisdom is the deep realization that I have no wisdom at all, that ALL Wisdom is found in Christ the Living and Written Word. All I am doing is meditating on His Words long enough to where I can put His Wisdom into my words.

Basketball Fever

This week I received a text from my daughter Rebecca about my granddaughter Allie, and my son in law Tim. God has blessed us richly!
From Rebecca: Last night at the end of the basketball game, Allies team was tied up with the other team. Allie was sitting on the bench because in the last minutes of the game a brute of a girl DELIBERATELY (emphasis mine- md) pushed her down, and Allie hurt her face and knee. 
The game went into a 3 minute overtime, and Allie's coach/dad Tim pushed Allie a bit to get back out there for her team. She did so.
In the LAST MINUTE of the overtime, Allie made TWO THREE POINTERS!! They won the game by those 6 points!!!
My wife Mary chimed in: Cheaters aren't winners!
Mike: I am delighted but not surprised. In the 1st scrimmage game I watched, Allie made all 4 free throws I saw. They were swooshers.

Silent Monks, Alaska School Kids, Hallelujah Chorus

I found both of these videos funny and moving at the same time!

I'm also including another video of Alaska school kids doing a similar video as a communications project, preceded by the comments of the teacher:Hallelujah Chorus -Kuinerrarmiut Elitnaurviat 5th Grade - Quinhagak, Alaska
Wow!! Thank you for all for the wonderful comments. The village of Quinhagak is glowing because of them. The amount of views is mind blowing!! Considering this video was intended for an audience of about 200. As many of you have thought, the kids worked very hard on this project. They put in 10 hours of work shooting all the scenes (on a weekend nonetheless!!) I am very proud of them!
Thank you also for pointing out the apostrophes! I now have a very teachable moment once we start school again. One they will never forget!! I'm just glad I spelled "Hallelujah" correct. 
Thank you on behalf of Quinhagak, Alaska!! Merry Christmas!!

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