nonorthodox

Some of you at times tell me that you can’t follow my train of thought in my writings of “It’s Saturday.”  Having a smooth train of thought is maybe orthodox and maybe I’m nonorthodox at times and do that on purpose (i.e. I jump all over).  Like I have said many times, I get bored easily.  BUT if you are maybe extremely orthodox in your thinking, you maybe don’t especially like a nonorthodox approach.  I understand.  This “It’s Saturday’s” salvo might exasperate some of you (i.e. it might be “crystal clear” that it is “unclear”).  Well, hang on to your underwear, you’ll be ok, believe me.  I had a college roommate that went without underwear when he ran out of clean.  He made it! In fact, he was “the teacher of the year” and then got in the junk business and made a ton of money (i.e. now there is a lot to think about and interpret in that sentence). We called him Ding Ding!

I was going down an aisle getting groceries the other day and had to go in front of a guy who was maybe 50 who was looking for something.  I said—excuse me and he said—Rock on brother!  Soooo I say to you folks—Rock on brother or sister! Rock on!

I listened to a pastor talk recently about “transitioning from the old testament to the new testament.”  Short version—The Jews were all old testament and Jesus came along (i.e. very unorthodox) and gave us the new testament.  There is a lot to think about in that sentence.  And now we are still in the process of transitioning.  Lot to think about in that toooo.  Transition is much like how our culture is in a constant transition.  You all have opinions about all of this.  Some of you are very orthodox and some nonorthodox and some really don’t care or some of you are hybrids. OldTestamentBill says—I don’t like change and won’t change and don’t try to make me unless I can make more money and then I will change. NewTestamentSally says—Somethings don’t really change but the methodology just changes.  And then there is I-ReallyDon’tCareBobby who says—Some things aren’t worth talking about; they make no difference in the big picture.  SusieQ says—Generations come and generations go and they all seem to change things; sometimes that is the only way anything will change (i.e. when old Pete and Nellie kick the bucket) or when they no longer can make any money.  It’s all about the money.  Quit kidding yourself folks!!!!

Make today sooooo good that yesterday gets jealous.

In America, advertisements of different sorts are constantly wanting our money and we have to decide who is going to get it and they seem to get it alright (i.e. even when folks don’t have money, they get their future money like on credit cards).  How do you decide who you will give your money toooo?  Really! I personally like the formula—some to others, some to savings and the rest I can spend like I want.  Chester and Anna taught me this as they did it religiously and they didn’t have much money.  BUT the other day I had a friend call me “tight”.  I have tooooo admit, for the most part, I like value for my dollar but not always, it depends what it is and my priorities. That toooo might be nonorthodox! Again, some of you will understand that and others of you won’t. For sure.

Trust everyone but cut the cards!

Do you think whoever wins the Presidency will affect the stock market?  Really?  For the poor folks, it really doesn’t make much difference. The extremely rich, it doesn’t really make much difference either but it might affect the middle class who have their 401K retirement funds in it.  They might have to work another 10 years or have a less retirement.  But some of you will inherit a pile of money, soooo maybe it won’t affect you (i.e. but many of you will not inherit a pile of money).  BUT if the market goes down 25% to 50%, it will affect some folks for sure, maybe.  This is going to be interesting now isn’t it folks. The future is soooo uncertain.  BUT remember, This toooo shall pass. BUT maybe not in my lifetime!!!! haha Is the future exciting to you or nerve wracking?  AverageJoe, who might have spiders in his head, says—It all depends on how this affects each of us personally!!!!  It’s all about the money folks.  My money!!!! I want to keep my current life style or I want my life style to be better.  TheGuyNorthOfTown says--I don’t want to lose my lake cabin or my wintering in the South. I have it pretty darn good right now. 

Charles Schwab said—"All successful employers are stalking men and women who think, men and women who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.” LuckieEddie says--Charles, not in a socialized form of operation; there it doesn’t make much difference; everyone gets the same burger. 

Soooooo really folks, what do you want to do before you die?  I have to admit that I am happy with my life and what I have done.  Sure, there are a few things that I would like to maybe see or do or accomplish but really, they aren’t that important (i.e. I have seen a lot and done a lot—come a long way).  I am happy.  I hope you are toooo. If not, try to do somethings that will make you happy.  More soooo do things that are very important that makes you who you want to be. That is my opinion, whatever that is worth! Probably not much.  Such is life.

I got a copy of the Denver Post from the Corner Store while in Morrison, CO.  The paper said that the Nuggets think that LeBron James gets all the calls (i.e. gets all the breaks). There seems to be politics in everything. It does seem that way but that ain’t nuttin new; the stars usually do get the breaks. I have told many of you folks that you get all the breaks and you do soooooo you must all be stars.  That anin’t nuttin new. There are some folks who act like big old ornery bull moose during rutting season up’erin’emRockymountains (i.e. the worst part is that those folks don’t have a clue that they act that way). I was talking to a retired pastor in NE.  I asked him what was the hardest part of being a pastor—church politics (i.e. probably referring to those bull moose who are in a consent rut in the churches). Such is life.

MyNeighborDownTheStreet, who is a real bubble machine, told me that because of covid-19 this was the first year that they didn’t go to Hawaii.  Other years it was because they couldn’t afford it!

Puff the magic dragoon! WorldClassLarry, who always generates a little reaction, says—You can’t see where you came from unless you look down your trail (i.e. this is what I use to be, this is where I came from, and this is where I am today).  Remember folks, two folks can be at the same location on their paths, but one has come a lot farther than the other.  Soooo every morning, wake up and do the right thing.  I was just a little old farm boy from a mile and fourth south of Roseland, MN.  Where did you come from? Many of you folks just amaze me where you came from and where you are today.  Above amazement.  Thank the Lord.

If it looks like a duck, acts like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck.  You just can’t make a duck something else no matter how hard you try.  You need to accept that duck the way it is, tolerate the duck or decide not to be around that duck (i.e. the duck ain’t going to change, a duck is a duck folks).   

RickyRick said—"You can disagree with someone without being disagreeable. Honestly, some of the rudest people I’ve ever met were overly zealous people who were so committed to the truth that they didn’t really care about people.” That might seem nonorthodox to you but think about it folks.   

I talked to a friend recently.  He was the one who had a severe heart attack and almost died.  He just had an echo done of his heart.  His heart did not improve any and probably won’t the doctor said (i.e. it’s functioning at 30%).  He asked the doctor if he can give any good news.  Yes, you are lucky to be alive; you should have really died.  This friend is a good guy, but it has been a struggle for him and his family.  The virus situation doesn’t help either.  There are folks with battles out there for sure (i.e. like all of us). Don’t kid yourself.

Calvin Coolidge said—If you see 10 troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

I had breakfast with a friend recently and they were telling me that their group is studying C.S. Lewis’ book Screwtape Letters.  I think I tried to read it maybe 30 years ago and didn’t finish it.  It seemed to be over my head.  Yet, it is C.S.’s probably most famous book.  The pastor who suggested it to me warned me that it is heady.  He said they studied it in seminary and the students couldn’t understand it and the professors couldn’t either.  Yet, folks keep reading it.  It is very stimulating.  It surely was for me as I only had to read half of it! haha  I said to an acquaintance who gave me some perennial flowers recently from his garden—Your pants are dirty and he said—if your pants aren’t dirty it means you aren’t working. 

What are the seven deadly sins?  It depends on whom you ask.  Tradition has it that they are pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth.  But George Bernard Shaw proclaimed them to be food, clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability and children. 

Because of the recommendation of one of you big time readers (i.e. but I can’t remember which one of you), I listened to the book Virgil Wander by Leif Enger on my trip. I enjoyed it and recommend you give it a try.  Of course, you might not like it.  That happens all the time.  We all don’t like the same stuff.  For sure. Some folks are more orthodox than others (i.e. different kind of ducks).  For sure.

Who said this? “Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse.  It’s a bum’s life. Quitting acting, that’s the sign of maturity.”  I am who I am and that’s the way it is.  I never need to worry.  It is what it is.  I enjoy folks who are real and I don’t enjoy folks who are fakers.  I have said that many times.  Many of you are real folks.  Some aren’t but that is the way it is (i.e. that is why they sell make up).  haha  Abraham Lincoln said—You can fool some of the people all the time, you can fool all the people some of the time but you can’t fool all the people all the time. Or as my mentor would say—erv, everyone has warts. It’s just that we can’t see them. If I think some folks are fakers and if you think they are fakers, then others do toooo.  You and I ain’t that smart that we are not the only ones who can figure that out.  But they might think no one else can figure that out.  Da! When in Roseland Elementary, Donnie had a scope like lens that he claimed he could look right through peoples’ clothes.  I begged to let me look through it, but he would never let me.  I did figure it out that he was faking it. 

AverageJosie, who always seems to be happy, says—Some folks are really funny and they don’t even know it. And some folks try to be funny but aren’t and they don’t even know it.  And some folks try to be funny and they are. 

JoeBlow, who seems to throw hand grenades at times, says—When there is a conflict between tradition a.k.a. old testament and something new a.k.a. new testament, which one usually wins? History proves that tradition usually does.  Why?  It’s easier and folks like status quo.  And where does most of the pushback of change come from do you think? It is what it is folks. Quack quack quack!

Some folks’ humor I don’t understand and some of my humor others don’t understand.  That is why humor is soooo dangerous.  Humor can be really misunderstood and can really hurt folks.  I like humor soooo I risk hurting some of you. Sorry!  Don’t take me or others soooo serious (i.e. and especially yourself).  A late friend never did understand my humor soooo I never used humor around them (i.e. just learned that and it was a lot safer).  They never used much humor and when they did, I didn’t understand their humor at all.  Sooooo many times folks who don’t understand others’ humor just laugh anyway to be polite.  Sometimes I just stand there and act dumbfounded (i.e. that works toooo).  And that isn’t just in humor, many times we just don’t understand certain folks and they don’t understand us.  Such is life.

For sure no one understands another person really very well.  We just don’t.  That’s just the way it is (e.g.  Were all his hopes “shrunk to this little measure,” as Mark Antony said over the body of Julius Caesar?  Sooooo what does that mean?  I would guess we all interpret it differently).  Aren’t we really something else!

This “It’s Saturday” might have disturbed you or even confused you.  Some of you it wasn’t really that hard and others of you it didn’t even affect you.  Folks are strange and seem to be all different.  That is for sure.  Some of you have no idea what I was trying to do or say and others of you are with me and it was refreshing.  I love it!  Or as a friend says—Just put more butter and salt on it.  It always tastes better. Why are you scratching your head!

Have a FUN day my friends unless you have other plans. (-:

erv

MyFriendJean says—Do your best, leave the rest.