Can’t Keep a Good Man Down

“Okay. To life, the universe, and everything, I’m a year older than you.”

Friday after work, I learned only the front right power window works in my car functions, so I let that bring me down a little (again, something the other three switches are not doing for the other three windows). “Signs a Man Has Low Value,” well, reminded me of more than one truth. I lived this day on my terms, watching YouTube and finding the delightful TRDQ - Gavin Spence (Transformers Reviews Done Quick) among which I was seeing advertisements because I was watching through the smart tv in the common area instead of Brave browser. I enjoyed an afternoon nap, and later watching the arguably best episode from ’Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ similar to the weekend of the Fourth when I was also feeling down and felt better after ODDTAXI and So I’m a Spider, So What?

“But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return,
and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Highest,
for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.
Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. (Luke 6:35-36)”

Sunset Summer ~ Cabbage Needs Coffee on Twitter

The Night Before (Laundry Day)

Much has changed in my life over the last year and I have been reviewing my actions and concluded:

Morpheus: No, what happened, happened, and couldn’t have happened any other way.
Neo: How do you know?
Morpheus: We are still alive.

“So faith comes from hearing and hearing through the word of Christ. (Romans 10:17)”

Summary of recent spiders | Ameful

“I wanna tell you something, Mark, something you do not yet know, that we K-PAXians have been around long enough to have discovered. The universe will expand, then it will collapse back on itself, then will expand again. It will repeat this process forever. What you don't you know is that when the universe expands again, everything will be as it is now. Whatever mistakes you make this time around, you will live through on your next pass. Every mistake you make, you will live through again, & again, forever. So my advice to you is to get it right this time around. Because this time is all you have.”

(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Part ‘A’)

Masks are once again mandated and today is an election day amid bad air warning:

MARC issued ORANGE Air Quality Alert for today. Limiting strenuous outdoor physical activity t...

“Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! (Psalms 34:8)”

Remake Our Life! Releases The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Crossover Visual

Margarita Paranormal: Muttley! Do something!

A little more than twenty-five years ago (my senior-high English teacher would insist that I spell out all numbers less than one hundred), I first used the Worldwide Web. Some who have known me since those days, and even before, might say in different words that I have peculiar proclivities or affinities, yet I find myself in good company. Like many of the brony fandom, I recently discovered “Bizarre But Really Well Animated Horse Cartoon - Guardians of Pondonia,” which is rotoscoped and features animation similar to Warner Brothers and elements of classic Hanna-Barbara; the characters accept reality as presented, all are treated with respect, and none was written as an idiot.

Just watched Guardians of Pondonia, and I already love Athena ^^ pic.twitter.com/dTliz0fsai

— Whirlwind (@Whirlwind_DRUMS) May 18, 2021

Anyone who has known for some time has and might ask, “What is it with you and cars?” or “Again, what is it with you and Ponies?” Even those who have known me for a while might not know about the amateur art and comics, penned for mostly my own enjoyment from eighth grade through twelve years ago, yet rarely shared with anyone for fear of criticism and I never made the transition to a digital artist. I combined characters and events from The Transformers, Back to the Future, and Disney’s Oliver & Company, Aladdin, and Talespin.

Dōjinshi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Dōjinshi (同人誌?, often transliterated as doujinshi) is the Japanese term for self-published works, usually magazines, manga or novels. Dōjinshi are often the work of amateurs, though some professional artists participate as a way to publish material outside the regular industry.”

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.
For fear has to do with punishment,
and whoever fears has not been perfected in love." (1 John 4:18 )”

Welcome to Pondonia ! by Marenlicious

This week, I have also given up on trying to get Fire TV and Twitch to work on my Android tablet.

This Podcast Is… Uncalled For (Part Two)

“I guess it goes to show,” colludes Jenny Nicholson,
“All you need is a trout, some fur, and about two hours.”

I was invited to join a long-time friend and host of “This Podcast Is… Uncalled For – A podcast where we talk about life in general” to another episode today.

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly,
teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,
singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
with thankfulness in your hearts to God. (Colossians 3:16)”

remilia scarlet, Touhou Project / 🩸 / May 9^th, 2021 - pixiv

New World Order (Secret of My Excess)

Thank you @TokyoOtakuMode Llenn from Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online by Max Factory arrived today! :-) pic.twitter.com/RB4uX0Pgzc

— Christopher Hurt (@chris_m_hurt) March 24, 2021

“Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer. (Psalms 19:14)”

flutter maid by nendo23

50 Things You’ve Probably Never Been Asked

1. What is the color of your hairbrush?
I have a comb...what?

2. Name a food you never, ever eat.
I don’t know

3. What were you doing 45 minutes ago?
Hearing Rowdy Yates and The Original Country Gold

4. What is your favorite candy bar?
I don’t know, but I don’t want renal failure

5. Have you ever been to a professional sporting event?
Yes, but do those even exist anymore?

6. What is the last thing you said out loud?
I don’t know

7. What is your favorite ice cream?
I can’t really have that anymore

8. What was the last thing you had to drink?
Water

9. Do you like your wallet?
‘Made from Aluminum, Titanium, Carbon Fiber, and Damascus, The Ridge Wallet is an expanding minimalist wallet that protects your cards and cash.’

10. What was the last thing you ate?
Chewable aspirin

11. Did you buy any new clothes last weekend?
No

12. The last sporting event you watched?
CBS is where one goes to see BS

13. What is your favorite flavor of popcorn?
Yes

14. Who is the last person you sent a text message to?
I don’t know

15: Ever go camping?
No, never

16. Do you take vitamins?
Yes

17. Do you go to church every Sunday?
Not regularly

18. Do you have a tan?
NO

19. Do you prefer Chinese food over pizza?
I’d prefer them side by side. If the Chinese food is over the pizza, it could get on the pizza and that’s something to avoid.

20. Do you drink your soda with a straw?
I don’t drink soda. But from restaurants and fast food I drink my tea through a straw.

21. What color socks do you usually wear?
I usually wear white socks...

22. Do you ever drive above the speed limit?
I don’t know, much time has passed since I was permitted to drive a motor vehcile since I am recovering from injuries and on painkillers

23. What terrifies you?
My existential dread of making some mistake that will cause someone to hate me and never talk to me again

24. Look to your left, what do you see?
Stuff

25. What chores do you hate?
The opening right past the door to the bathroom is too narrow for my walker so I have to use my crutches

26. What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent?
There was someone who was from New Zealand and I tried to speak with some authority on the rivalry between Ford and Holden, awkward

27. What’s your favorite soda?
No soda. Only tea.

28. Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive-thru?
Yes

29. What is your favorite number?
Positive intregers in the bank balance

30. Who’s the last person you talked to?
I don’t know

31. Favorite cut of beef?
The steak on the Taco Bell is rather fatty

32. Last song you listened to?
I don’t know

33. Last book you read?
I don’t know

34. Favorite day of the week?
I don’t know what day today is sometimes

35. Can you say the alphabet backwards?
No, and I back away from people whenever I am asked

36. How do you like your coffee?
In cups

37. Favorite pair of shoes?
The ones I have

38. Time you normally go to bed?
I don’t know

39. Time you get up?
Morning, honey

40. What do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets?
I shouldn’t look directly at either

41. How many blankets on your bed?
Yes

42. Describe your kitchen plates.
Paper or washable?

43 Do you have a favorite alcohol?
I don’t drink alcohol so probably not

44. Do you play cards?
Magic the Gathering

45. What color is your car?
Yes

46. Can you change a tire?
No, I doubt my ability to persuade

47. Your favorite state?
Sleeping

48. What other state would you live in?
Yes

49. Favorite job you’ve ever had?
I don’t know

50. How did you get your biggest scar?
I don’t know

Reflections of

When one is home day after day, recovering from injuries and unable to work, the days can tend to blend together and one can lose perspective. For many years, I have battled depression, and questioned my worth, finding little value to others, yet today was a day that reminded me in small ways about the significance of life.

My mother, my father, and youngest sister passed away in recent years, and my surviving sister contacted me Wednesday about getting their cremated remains to me; this task was accomplished today in the briefest and most neutral way possible, I had no real opportunity to invite her to stay for any length of time to visit about any kind of reconciliation or any kind for which I might have been hoping. Whether forced or subtly implied, any secondary agenda is not a successful way to make any progress in a strained relationship. Having weekly conversations with an aunt and an uncle on my father’s side, I had some support before my sister visited today; I can be kind and not belittle myself or perceive this as a failure.

Having weekly conversations with an aunt and an uncle on my father’s side, I had some support before my sister visited today.

“Love does no wrong to a neighbor;
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. (Romans 13:10)”

“Applejack 90’s anime aesthetic”

Please consider watching “Mushoku Tensei is ART,” a Japanese animated program whose main character with whom I certainly empathized when I question my own worth.

(¿Que, Anniversary?)

What a year it has been. On March 11, 2020, the @WHO called this a pandemic. Here's a look at what we got right, what we go wrong, and the lessons we all learned along the way. #COVID #pandemicanniversary https://t.co/sbrHoQuKwG

— Dr. Sanjay Gupta (@drsanjaygupta) March 11, 2021

“And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. (Mark 11:25)”

“BRONIES RISE UPPP!! Izzy is now my choild also long time no ponies ayye”

Among “Memories in the Mist,” my father’s passing is many, and six weeks before he passed, my father expressed some displeasure with my lack of progress, basically Hoarders; it was a Wednesday morning, my sister was home for spring break, and took it upon herself to just start bagging things up and dumping them outside, where the dogs and weather could damage them. We had a dispute.

Last year, I moved out from my parents’ house and moved many items into storage space at my former apartment complex, and had them moved into climate-controlled storage. Stuff continues to be an issue between my roommate and me, but he and another friend are willing to help make some progress this weekend.

(On a Very Special Episode... Powerless broken Disenchantment)

“The (Democratic) Party told you to reject all evidence of your eyes and ears.
It was their final, most essential command.” -- George Orwell, 1984

The secret history of the shadow campaign that saved the 2020 electionhttps://t.co/xG3S60cP2L

— TIME (@TIME) February 5, 2021

“For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret,
whereas worldly grief produces death. (2 Corinthians 7:10)”

Sword and Shadow | Fajobole

“Time’s Elections Exposé is STUNNING - Viva Frei Vlawg, TIME Magazine Claims An Elite Cabal Conspired To Stop Trump From Winning... This PROVES EVERYTHING! Media Finally Admits THE TRUTH About The Election...”