You may recall a few weeks back when my PC informed me that I had almost three thousand old emails secretly lurking in Microsoft Exchange (whatever that is). Most of those emails I had never seen, even though some went all the way back to 2011. Many had important documents and/or irreplaceable photographs attached. My last four weeks have been spent cleaning up that ugly, time-consuming, mess.
Once I had them all looking spiffier, I discovered they were all incoming emails. No outgoing? Really? So I clicked on a little-known arrow-looking thingy that unexpectedly brought back years of old, unattended, outgoing emails. There went another two weeks!
I am now reading through years of good old stuff from good ol’ boys and good ol’ girls who sent me (in some cases, years ago) ideas for inclusion in future blog posts. Well, the future has arrived. Here we go . . .
(April, 2024) My friend Neal Pirolo, Founder & Director of Emmaus Road International sent me this: “My kids say they want a cat for Christmas. Normally I serve turkey, but, hey, if it will make them happy.”
(June, 2023) Bobby, my TV/Writer/Author friend in Kalifornistan, sent me his thoughts about my publicly stating in the Socialist state of Hawaii (where my wife and I used to live) that I’m a fan of Donald Trump. Whoa! This happened during a brief time frame when police ignored the 3:00 a.m. intruder on the lanai outside our bedroom slider, and squatters apparently blew up a nearby house because the house owner didn’t approve of cooking drugs in the barbie, and families sent young boys to steal chickens from our yard so dad could enter them in the Saturday night rooster fight (the chickens, not the boys) all while two volcanoes seriously considered burning down our home and entire neighborhood.
[Ed.―And people constantly ask Unk why he moved from Hawaii back to the mainland.]
So writer Bobby’s email to me said, “Trump supporter in Hawaii?? No wonder they started up the volcanos! Protect yourself, decline any Luau invitations for a while. Or better yet, claim to be an endangered species on the Islands and demand 2,000 acres as a reserve.” (Thank you, Bobby.)
(February, 2023) Received this email from blog subscribers Jim & Marilynne: The Blythe City Council has passed an ordinance that affects grocery stores. Labeling on milk cartons must be changed from “open here” to “open at home”.
(September 2024) From our Hawaii buddy, Pat Duh Rat: This photograph and quote from Republican President Theodore Roosevelt are from 1907. This needs to circulate!
President Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on immigrants and being an American in 1907:
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag… We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language.. And we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.“ ―Theodore Roosevelt 1907
(November, 2023) I don’t know who emailed this to me… Subject: President Biden’s Department of Homeland Security Orders Border Agents To Use Preferred Pronouns For Illegal Immigrants. More proof demented idiots are running the country.
(Two Weeks Ago) I (me, earl, Unk) mowed our lawn―something I almost never do―on a very hot and humid Virginia day. Dianne was so delighted, she bragged about me to her brother who lives near us. He sent me a text saying I inspired him to mow his lawn. I texted back, “I’m proud of you. Now, It is very hot out there, so please be wise and follow these safety instructions: 1. Wear a hat. 2. Drink plenty of fluids. 3. Hire someone to mow your lawn.”
BK. DG.