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Clickety Clack and here we go! Here we go down Corn Road in Butler County (i.e. most roads are corn roads in IA).  IA is the #1 state in corn production. Yabut IA is also the largest producer of hogs.  Currently there are 22,400,000 hogs in IA.  Sooooo some of the roads are Hog Roads tooooo. Hogs and corn go together folks.  Oh ya. 

Talk about going down the road! I mentioned last Saturday that we were on I-80 in NE when the road became unbelievably bad (i.e. ice, snow, strong winds, no visibility at times).  I was scared.  We got to York and the guy in the bathroom (i.e. using the urinal next to me told me how there was a 15 car/truck pile up.  He just missed it and a truck just narrowly missed him going at a toooo fast of speed.  He was still shaking; it really affected he.  It happened just behind us.Soooooo why does one person get hurt/killed and the next guy doesn’t.  I really don’t understand that.  Do you? I just accept it but still don’t understand that folks.  Really, I don’t. While in the motel, I started reading The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly. MyfriendTK gave it to me to read. One of the first lines in the book-- My client, Barnett Woodson, was riding two murder charges all the way to the steel-gray room in San Quentin where they serve you Jesus juice direct through the arm. That guy next to me in the bathroom maybe got some of that Jesus juice! 

I read in the paper sooooo it must be right, that we might be affected by where were we live (i.e. how we are shaped).  Now that is interesting.  If we live in New York City, Dallas, East Coast, West Coast, inner city Chicago, Detroit, Alaska, or on a pig or corn farm in IA, we might be programed differently.  Just maybe (e.g. I hear that the work ethic of Midwestern folks is different that the folks in the South (i.e. that is just what I heard folks; I have no idea if it is right).  AverageJoe says--The presidential election results sorta kinda solidifies how folks think in different parts of the country (i.e. soooo it appears). SusieQ says--Of course, you can interpret the facts many ways (i.e. in any way that makes you feel good)!

Do you know what ruminants are? If you live in IA, your changes are better knowing what  they are than if you live in Mesa, AZ, where we are now (i.e. thanks to our friends Evan and Linda a.k.a. bird dogs who found us a condo). ha ha! Probably the percentage is higher in the winter with all the Midwest snowbirds.  Many of the eastern sea board snowbirds from New York, New Jersey, etc. go to FL.  They probably wouldn’t know and really don’t care about cows' four stomachs.  Soooo there you go, it depends where you live!!!! Folks in the Midwest don’t know stuff that those North Easterners know (i.e. and maybe really don’s care either).  Such is life.

What are we doing in Mesa?  I read this in the paper soooo it must be right. Maybe those hogs and corn fields aren't.sooooo bad. Yabut winter in IA isn’t all soooo great because it just last way tooooo long. That is why folks go down south for a break.  The Valley of the Sun is a nice break. IA is fine but this is pretty neat tooooo.  My first cup at 8 o’clock on our first morning here. It’s not rural IA; there can at times be some road noise from the near-by Superstition and Santan FWYs and the occasional noise of a jet overhead taking off or landing from the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (i.e. that is different). 

"There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the shit kicked out of you." -  Woody Hayes / Ohio State  ~  How do we accept folks?  Not just do we notice them, but do we really see them? Do we comprehend them? Do we think one bit about their lives, their problems, and their realities? We all know that DuaneTheWorm only thinks about himself; it’s quite obvious. For gaining such insight, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel says the principle is “to know what we see rather than to see what we know” JoeBlow says—That  Rabbi guy must have spent toooo much time in the AZ sun; that is toooo deep for me to comprehend.  Now this also is hard to understand (i.e. get your arms around)—“No matter who you are, no matter what your situation, no matter how alone, lonely, misunderstood, isolated, outcast, or forgotten you feel, Jesus sees and knows you.” —Jeff Munroe  CrazyMarvin says—I think this Jeff guy could be a good bud with that Rabbi guy!  CrazyMarvin, I think I saw those two up in the Superstition Mountains while running the other day.  They were sitting together on a vista and maybe pondering something deep!  Or they might have just come from the Cubs spring training facility, Sloan Park, and were wondering if the Cubs will win the World Series again.  It’s hard to know what folks are thinking!  I just tried to accept them!  Such is life. 

ItchieBitchie is all dressed up; that is not himself folks.  Something is up.  It’s a possibility that he has been around FullofwisdomMabel who believes--Invest in People: because yes, they are always worth it. Invest in Projects: because work matters. Invest in Plans: because plans imply action." Sooooo folks, I hope you don’t get all dressed up but have no place to go. I hope you take time to invest in folks.  Sometimes we have to makes changes (i.e. be victors) over generational strongholds.  Some of you folks might think you are 100% self-made. CoolasiceJustin says--I don’t want to hurt your ego but you are not.  WorldClassLarry says—I’m 100% certain about that.  LuckieEddie says—Those folks who think that they have 100% self-made minds could be wrong (i.e. it’s reality; no mystery folks).  It’s a deception and a confusion. It’s like TerrySlick who is just fakes it; don’t kid yourself; I know him! It’s like when a male athlete get faked out of his jock.  I don’t know what you call it when a gal gets faked out!! Well jumping cholla! 

erv’s error AGAIN! Sooooo I was connecting my devices to the condo’s wi-fi.  My smart phone and iPad connected but my lap top wouldn't.  I rebooted it I thought.  Still it wouldn't connect.  I scanned the computer and also removed the cookies and browsing history. Still it wouldn't connect.  I texted Wizard for a suggestion.  Then it dawned on me; I just put the computer in the sleep mode and didn’t really turn it off to reboot.  Bingo!  I then texted Wizard and told him about what happened.  His response--75 to 80% of all computer problems can be resolved with a reboot. It probably works with people too :-) there's a free quote for It's Saturday (i.e. I probably gave his a good laughed tooooo). 

Do we meditate on life in the same way a cow chews her cud: by chewing on it and chewing on it and chewing on it. Then all of a sudden, it makes sense to a person.  But probably if you don’t meditate on it, your percentage might not be as good in figuring it out. My Daddy, Chester, would tell me—erv, most folks don’t spend enough time thinking.  

Some things are just hard to accept (i.e. at least for me sometimes).  An 80+ friend’s husband is in a care faculty.  She told me that their son just can’t handle the situation; just can’t accept it.  Last Sunday we went to church at The Rock in Littleton (i.e. grandpa bought donuts at Dunkin’ Donuts first; everyone likes donuts). Pastor Bruce said—Never doubt when you are in darkness what you learned while being in the light. And there will be darkness a.k.a crap in your life; it’s not if but when!  CadillacJack  says—Those times of darkness are hard to accept. CadillacJack, go and get another donut with sprinkles on top! Such is life.

Take everything said here in this "It's Saturday" with a grain of salt.  Yagotta remember I'm just a little old farm boy from a mile and fourth south of Roseland, MN who now lives in rural IA but this month is in Mesa.  

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

erv

MyFriendJean says—Everything in life that we really accept under goes a change.

P.S. If you are not content today, there is nothing you can buy this weekend to change that,