Your Move

A Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - isthmus - a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, I have been putting in face time with other potential employers ... and told I will be told more on Monday.

David Bowie’s Blackstar Art Released for Free to Fans
“How to Eat Like a Local in Lawrence, Chess - Play & Learn – Windows Games on Microsoft Store”

“This is my commandment, (John 15:12-13)
that you love one another as I have loved you.
Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.”

Foomp by Dilarus on DeviantArt

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“To alcohol, the cause of - and solution to - most of life’s problems”

When Marc on Trend KC with Burns & Monacelli recognized my quote above was my Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - zenith: a highest point or state; culmination.

Camilla customers boobs mouse pad | Mikuro [pixiv]

This Cosmic Fart Cloud Is On a Collision Course With Our Galaxy

“Debate Without Trump Gets Better Ratings Than Last Debate with Trump: Cruz Gets Testy Over Fox Debate Questions”

“Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. (Matthew 24:42-44)”

Warm up with this deal! Stop by SONIC for $0.50 Grilled Cheese today. Must mention. Limit 5. 1/29 only. Tax +... https://t.co/r01lmfH3NN

— Christopher Hurt (@chris_m_hurt) January 29, 2016

With my seemingly innate ability to be in the right place at the right time, I liked an image from Tara Strong just moments before author of Ben’s World of Transformers, Benson Yee, liked the same. Wednesday, when I visited a prescribed location, I replied to a post in Anime Club of JCCC from someone who requested a ride home.

Casual Afternoon by Bugplayer on DeviantArt

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I was in first grade.

How the Challenger disaster changed NASA

“National Aeronautics and Space Administration remembers Challenger, Columbia and Apollo disasters”

Began Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

“The cast and crew of Star Trek wish to dedicate this film to the men and women of the spaceship Challenger whose courageous spirit shall live into the 23^rd century and beyond....”

“This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you,
that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness,
we lie and do not practice the truth. (1 John 1:5-7)
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.”

Princess Flurry Heart by pridark on DeviantArt

Say goodbye to the Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200

“Holden’s lost heroes: El Camino ute, new Monaro, and Nullarbor SUV”

“Oracle deprecates the Java browser plugin, prepares for its demise”

DeLorean Motor Company may soon start building ‘new’ cars

“‘My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic’ First Look at Baby Flurry Heart Will Warm Your Soul”

A musical score has yet to be added to the scene,
and at least Princess Cadence’s hair is showing a bit of fuss,
since she has just given birth.

Give it up for Lindt, too

The traffic on the way to Bonner Springs Toastmasters and how much time remains until Obama’s Last Day have recently reminded me about this Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - pugnacious - inclined to quarrel or fight readily.

For a time, I considered the inevitable return to a position at Arby’s, and such impossibility causes much frustration for me, which I have since accepted. Bureaucratic entanglements continue to slow my first day at my job, which should be early next week.

“Whoever is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. (Proverbs 16:32)”

Brilliant Sunset. by BillErakDragonDorado on DeviantArt

“Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get, unless you read the diagram on the box.”

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Nobody hires in the month of January, so have a Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - nimiety: excess; overabundance.

“Snark attack: Cornell students teach software to detect sarcasm!”

Are we quoting Pulp Fiction​? Bring ‘m in!

“Largest known prime number in the world discovered by GIMPS in Missouri”

Family Guy says this also happened to Alf.

“Matthew Perry Doesn’t Remember Filming 3 Seasons of ‘Friends’”

Google asks, “Did you mean Star Trek Beyond?”

“Chris Pine wants a ‘Princess Diaries 3’”

Are these experts particularly like ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic​?

“Linguists Try to Figure Out How Harmful Disney Princesses Are to Kids”

Work on that German translation a little bit, Dairy Queen​.

“Cadance and Shining Armor’s Foal Gets a Name! Princess...”

“No more, Optimus Prime! Grant me mercy, I beg of you!”

“If anyone says, ‘I love God,’ and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. (1 John 4:20)”

Microsoft Plus!​ for Windows​ 95 had PAC-MAN​, you know ...

“Atari Console Games Officially Come to PC”

“It’s a ‘76. Won’t be out ‘til next year.
But I know some people that
know some people that robbed some people.”

“Ex-FBI Agent Tells the Story of the GM Employee Who Illegally Sold Prototype Cars”

“Fans Have Created ‘Kylo Ren as Matt’ Figures from Saturday Night Live”

Winter Komi new book et Quest rear Girl book cover | k- natto [pixiv]n

Postscript to Experiment 637

Because I have not reviewed the social media policy for my new employer, I can only say my training is complete, and I will start work as soon as my background checks.

“Pentagon to take over control of background investigation information”

Shimmer senior | silkworm Dog [pixiv]

“And John bore witness: ‘I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, “He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.” And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.’ (John 1:32-34)”

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“Travel ban announced for New York”

Quid pro Cuomo, the ban has since been lifted, the Kansas City area reached 48 degrees today, and I have begun to enjoy Ultimate Spider-man on Disney XD.

Lolita-like | justW [pixiv]

“What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. (James 4:1-3)”

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Things that only I can do, while noble, like be available for a friend on a weekday morning, have more to do with a month of unemployment than the hero’s journey; as if I’m relating Proactiv to a Word of the Day from Dictionary.com - selenology - the branch of astronomy that deals with the nature and origin of the physical features of the moon...

“There is an old Vulcan proverb: only Nixon could go to China.”

“The Great Destiny Malaise of 2016; Has mine already come?”

Luna sketch by LyraSenpaiSketchBook on DeviantArt

“But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4-7)”

Humor vampirism at its finest: die Wiedererlangung der Macht is intended to be a horrid translation to German for “Return of the Mack.”

die Wiedererlangung der Macht

While I am working again, two or three weeks will pass before my first payday, a Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - sitzmark: a sunken area in the snow marking a backward fall of a skier.

How to Drive in Snow, In a Regular Car, Without Freaking Out

“One Inch of Snow and D.C. Drivers are Abandoning Cars by the Roadside”

“For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake (Philippians 1:29)”

MLP FIM - Princess Luna Wind Blow by Joakaha on DeviantArt

Can you take the heat with inventor of the Scoville scale, Wilbur Scoville?!

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Hugs all around! #NationalHugDay #Pinkiepie #fluttershy pic.twitter.com/zDFI5Tlc2L

— Andrea Libman (@AndreaLibman) January 21, 2016

Friends don’t let friends miss Best Friends Day at SONIC!
Stop by today for $0.50 Corn Dogs. Valid 1/20. Tax extra.

MLP Rarity by Elekitelik on DeviantArt

New York City declares Jan. 20 David Bowie Day

“My coworkers want to do Up-Down Kansas City, a place on SW Blvd., after 8 most likely Wednesday the 20^th.”

“And if I have prophetic powers, (1 Corinthians 13:2)
and understand all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.”

Planet 9 from outer Space

Mascots in Japan are actually quite common; from rail lines,
to Windows​, and Inori Aizawa for Internet Explorer​.

Toyota made weird anime girls to personify components in the new Prius

“Phylogenetic analyses suggests fairy tales are much older than thought: DC is repackaging its female superheroes for young girls”

♪ Cause and effect, chain of events / All of the chaos makes perfect sense / Don’t ever trust what the government say / We never walked on the moon Elvis ain’t dead ♪

Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet

“Reassembling the Lost Library of a 16^thCentury Magician Who Spoke to Angels, Physicists Successfully Tie the Very First Quantum Knots”

“When words are many, (Proverbs 10:19)
transgression is not lacking,
but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.”

What? by Chryseum on DeviantArt

Take it Easy

♪ Well I’m a-runnin’ down the road, tryin’ to loosen my Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - kerflooey: to cease functioning, especially suddenly and completely.

Joe’s Weather Blog: Winter advisory issued for KC region on Tuesday

“Forecasts converging on severe, potentially historic snowstorm; Here’s How Ted Cruz Makes Donald Trump Look Acceptable: Sarah Palin Expected to Continue Endorsing Sarah Palin Endorses Trump Today”

“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, (John 3:18)
but whoever does not believe is condemned already,
because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.”

Sunshyne Costume Playing by twilite-sparkleplz on DeviantArt

Eagles’ founding member Glenn Frey dies at 67

“J.K. Rowling Reveals Secret Information She Told Alan Rickman about Severus Snape: 32 Reasons the Eagles Are the Best Band in the Universe”

“Dear Christians, If You Vote For A Godless Man,
You Are Asking for Tyranny”

My Immortal, part Three

When I last visited Denton and Hannah, Hannah and our friend Veasley were discussing some sheet music arranged for guitar, like a song by Evanescence, which is also a Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - aeonian: eternal; everlasting.

Sketches that go back to the future of cars

“Gas just 78¢ a gallon in northern Michigan city: It’s possible that there is a ‘mirror universe’ where time moves backwards, say scientists”

“For we all stumble in many ways.
And if anyone does not stumble in what he says,
he is a perfect man, (James 3:2)
able also to bridle his whole body.”

Praise the Sun by gor1ck on DeviantArt

NBC ends Democratic debate seven Minutes Early

“Deloitte chief’s new year memo is a classic in demotivation; Sanders’ health care plan would cost $13.8 trillion over a decade”

I can no longer select text from inside an article on Facebook, yet I have found a way to work around this: share the story to Twitter and copy the text from there.

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Bane is in Mad Max?! Why didn't anyone tell me?!

— Jeremy Danner (@Jeremy_Danner) January 18, 2016

Yesterday and today, the DailyBible app has been glitching,
and does not show the text of the verse, so my posts have done without.

This Selfie Taking Cat Takes Better Selfies Than You | Bored Panda

“US to pay Iran $1.7 billion in debt and interest: Defense Secretary Slips Up, Reveals Obama Admin LED IRAN Straight to Our Sailors”

♪ Watching as you sleep so easy, wonder why /
I’m wide awake and left alone shaken ♪

Peaceful Harmony by Ipun on DeviantArt

That was certainly a Thing

Why CNN, Fox and Media ‘Moderators’
Are Really Accomplices to Political Hackery

“Why Many People Are Resorting to Anger in Debates: Ted Cruz Owes New York an Apology”

Name a state that is completely necessary,
“New York Considers Mandating Back Doors Into Phones”

Rari-floof mk2 by CaptainPudgeMuffin on DeviantArt

How to Disagree: Amin Maalouf on the Key
to Intelligent Dissent and Effective Criticism

“Rand Paul Boycotted the GOP Debates — Now Republican Voters Have Responded”

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A new job has yet to become a Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - reify: to convert into or regard as a concrete thing. Yesterday, my friend Ben was kind enough to purchase a ticket for me to again see Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and later we watched much anime which included Gundam 0080.

Wait, is Rey’s Name Not Really Rey?

“Could Episode 7’s Supreme Leader Snoke Really Be... a ‘brand new’ character from The Force Awakens secretly in Phantom Menace? Poe Dameron is Getting His Own Star Wars Comic Series”

“I appeal to you, brothers,
by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that all of you agree, (1 Corinthians 1:10)
and that there be no divisions among you,
but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment.”

Gundam Hebiamuzu (EW) | HGMG [pixiv]

Life yet in this old Girl

Life left in Lancer, says Mitsubishi | GoAuto
“Watch the Infamous ‘Ice Car’ Be Liberated from Frozen Shell”

Rather relatable recently is this Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - hebetude: the state of being dull; lethargy. Gesundheit.

After the story by 1Jaz on DeviantArt

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? (Matthew 7:7-12) If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”

I am more familiar with Alan Rickman in Quigley Down Under than Harry Potter. I’m guilty having Terms of Endearment for every car I have ever owned, like ‘Hatsune Mitsu,’ although I will name my Lancer ‘Old Girl.’ I should be resuming work somewhere soon.

Everything’s changed in January, part Five

♪ Oh don’t you dare look back / Just keep your Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - bellwether - a person or thing that shows the existence or direction of a trend...

How to watch President Obama’s final State of the Union address

“The Jar Jar Binks actor says he won’t return to ‘Star Wars’ because ‘I’ve done my damage’”

“But he said to me, (2 Corinthians 12:9)
‘My grace is sufficient for you,
for my power is made perfect in weakness.’
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses,
so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”

Friendly Advice by NadnerbD on DeviantArt

Linkin Park Sung by 185 Movies
Will Make You Weirdly Nostalgic for Rap Rock

Unfortunately you have not been selected for a position at the Arby’s at this time.

“Oh, no, Lois. That’s the beauty of part 5.
It’s so intense it jumps right over 3 and 4.”

David​, my Condolences

For more than six years, I have been good friends with David, who has recently seen family pass; Angus Scrimm was a cousin to his grandmother, though they were closer, as if they were brother and sister.

Angus was a terrific actor and an even better friend. He will be missed. #heartbroken

— Don Coscarelli (@DonCoscarelli) January 10, 2016

“Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved,
compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,
bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another,
forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.
And above all these put on love, (Colossians 3:12-14)
which binds everything together in perfect harmony.”

End of the Thousand Years by Des1597 on DeviantArt

From the Bow’ry to St. Marks

“Investment banking, man. Didn’t you read about us in the Wall Street Journal?”

David Bowie dies at 69 after battle with cancer

“‘The Venture Bros.’ Creators Beautifully Eulogize David Bowie: The man who sold the world… and bonds, ‘Lost a hero,’ Sound and Vision”

“But to all who did receive him,
who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God,
who were born, (John 1:12-13)
not of blood nor of the will of the flesh
nor of the will of man, but of God.”

Octavia by gign-3208 on DeviantArt

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To get out of the house, I visited friends and a Word of the Day from Dictionary.com - cineaste - any person, especially a director or producer.

Thursday night, I visited my friend Ben and we watched a few episodes of ‘One Piece,’ where aspiring pirate Luffy and his Straw Hat crew misadventure through comedy and danger in pursuit of the Treasure of the Grand Line; and ‘Silver Spoon,’ a unique contemporary slice of life about a boy who attended Junior High in the big city, whose only goal was to be as far away from his parents as possible, thus transferred to an agricultural high school on the northern island of Hokkaido.

“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me shall not hunger, (John 6:35)
and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.’”

Roll confused mix justified 3 | Yoshikawa yuzu [pixiv]

Adam "Pacman" Jones received a key penalty late ... and went off on social media about it. https://t.co/9Ubu6sj9Ze pic.twitter.com/dVNEZmV81v

— ESPN (@espn) January 10, 2016

Yesterday, I watched the Steelers with my friend Aaron,
and later Dateline Saturday Night Mystery.

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JCCC payment deadline for Spring credit classes is January 12^th by 6 p.m. Go to My Finances to pay or check payment status.

Hey, the National Football League is a Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - offing: the more distant part of the sea seen from the shore.

Knile Davis opens playoff game with 106-yard kickoff return

“You’re Far More Likely to Be Affected by Extreme Weather: What is the best way to spend a lottery jackpot?”

“Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth,
and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
and, as shoes for your feet, (Ephesians 6:14-16)
having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace.
In all circumstances take up the shield of faith,
with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one”

Solar Flare by girlsay on DeviantArt

23 Emotions We All Feel, Now Given Names.

“Addiction specialists report growing struggle to meet demand for medication treatment: We saw the first Hyper-loop tubes in the desert?”

My first response to that list of emotions was ‘Hey Ya,’ which I learned was among ‘Top 10 Happy Sounding Songs That Are Actually Depressing’.

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Because ‘penguins is practically chickens,’
but not the one I needed right now,
I set my sights on Monday.

Following up with a call from an executive officer for Bonner Springs Toastmasters, I’m considering a speech about improv; it’s been a while. Fortunately, I’m also friends with at least one subject-matter expert and author.

“fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. (Isaiah 41:10)”

The Last Muffin by dstears on DeviantArt

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This Pokémon​-esque game is coming soon to mobile.

See all 52 Mortys in Rick and Morty: Pocket Mortys

“KC Council approves multi-million dollar investment for Jazz District; Seventh and Eighth Seasons of Game of Thrones Close to Happening”

“Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling,

consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,

who was faithful to him who appointed him,

just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house.

For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses--

as much more glory as the builder of a house has more honor than the house itself.

(For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.)

Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant,

to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,

but Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son.

And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence

and our boasting in our hope. (Hebrews 3:1-6)”

Merry Xmas | ★魚生 [pixiv]

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$1.99 Breakfast Toaster & Lg Drink all day Wednesday 1/6 ! Please mention. Tax+add-ins extra. Limit 2. https://t.co/6cp7iPBlsc

— Christopher Hurt (@chris_m_hurt) January 6, 2016

“That book is undeniably, unquestionably a Word of the Day at Dictionary.com - unputdownable: so interesting or suspenseful as to compel reading.”

Princessnoob’s art blog — Twilight: Bae, stop running away, gosh.

In the age of Amazon, used bookstores are making an unlikely comeback

“Biggest Book Trends: Print Is Back, and Everyone’s Reading Science Fiction”

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you,
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth. (Acts 1:8)”

And we‘ll all float on, all right?

How easily I forget those times when I was without money for ten, eleven, or thirteen days, “I picked a fine time to leave you, Lucille”

Absurdly Harsh Penalties That Sparked the Oregon Rancher Protest

“President Obama sheds tears during gun speech; CNN plans to air literal propaganda during ‘Guns in America’ to push gun control”

How easily we forget the recent past.

Ammon Bundy’s Enemy is Media as Well as Government

“Manchin, Biden Thank CNN, MSNBC Respectively for Being Platforms to Push Gun Control; Biden Wipes Away Tears at Rose Garden Gun Remarks”

“Not that I am speaking of being in need,
for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content.
I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound.
In any and every circumstance,
I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger,
abundance and need. (Philippians 4:11-13)
I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”

Dashie~ by Darkynez on DeviantArt

46 Years of Friendship

Saturday night with Denton and Hannah, we enjoyed enchiritos and played Cards Against Humanity, and Sarpino’s on Sunday. I’m grateful for friends.

J.R.R. Tolkien’s Little-Known, Gorgeous Art

“IPv6 celebrates its 20^th birthday by reaching 10 percent deployment”

“How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news,
who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness,
who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, ‘Your God reigns.’ (Isaiah 52:7)”

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! by Osipush on DeviantArt

Full Story on What’s Going on In Oregon

“Do all things without grumbling or questioning,
that you may be blameless and innocent,
children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation,
among whom you shine as lights in the world,
holding fast to the word of life, (Philippians 2:14-16)
so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.”

Come at me, dahling! by ZeldaTetraSheik on DeviantArt

Source: Full Story on What's Going on In Oregon - Militia Take Over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge In Protest to Hammond Family Persecution...

News of the World 059

“When Toyota put an icemaker in its 1984 Van, Self-Refinement Through the Wisdom of the Ages: 30-Year-Old Woody Guthrie’s New Year’s Resolution List”

Which Two-headed God is January Named After?

“Natalie Cole Biographer Reflects on the Singer’s Thoughts on Death; ​Alan Alda pays touching tribute to ‘M.A.S.H.’ co-star Wayne Rogers; Motorhead’s Lemmy Kilmister, a rock god for the ages, dead at 70”

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,
but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, (Matthew 6:19-21)
where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

... And Happy New Year by Underpable on DeviantArt

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Winter finally arrived on Monday with evening snow showers, most of which has either been cleared from the roads or has begun to melt away.

Who embodied the Word of Day at Dictionary.com - first-foot - Scot. the first person to cross the threshold of a house on New... ?

Many hours were spent Thursday to prepare my friend for her three weeks in Iowa; with a slight delay from Chicago, her train was early this morning.

I think starting off 2016 with #FluttershyFriday means that we should all resolve to be kind to one another pic.twitter.com/h102ZtitPY

— Andrea Libman (@AndreaLibman) January 1, 2016

Between viewings from season 5 of Game of Thrones,
friends and I watched the celebration in Times Square.

MLP - happy new year~ by sumin6301 on DeviantArt

And he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the LORD to you, ‘Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s. Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the valley, east of the wilderness of Jeruel. You will not need to fight in this battle. Stand firm, hold your position, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, and the LORD will be with you.’ (2 Chronicles 20:15-17)”

My sister graciously bought 3 pizzas from Pizza Hut. My family is today watching the Tournament of Roses Parade, an annual tradition in Pasadena, California ahead of the collegiate Rose Bowl. The Hallmark Channel shows the parade in its entirety without commercial interruption, which a DVR helped as my father likes to frequently pause the viewing.