Sunday, July 28, 2024

For The Love Of Chicken Gravy...

slo-joe and the laughing hyena

...can we please have one blog entry...just one, that doesn't involve politics??

Unfortunately these bad actors don't disappear just because you close your eyes.

But for the sake of sanity, we're moving on...



Last weekend of July...how did that happen?


The "glass half full" part of me thinks:

"Wow!  We've enjoyed all this great weather and we still have another month of Summer!"

The "who are you kidding?  everyone knows the glass is half empty" part of me thinks:

"What the heck?

"I blinked, Summer packed her bags and is headed to the station!"

My enjoyment of what's left of this season...


...will be heavily influenced by which part of me rules the day.



Unless you're currently living under a rock, you know:

A) the Olympics are taking place in Paris -and-

B) their opening ceremonies were an intentional slap in the face to Christians everywhere.

drag queen last supper (above), mocking Jesus and His disciples

I gather mocking believers in Christ is their brave statement of liberation from the tyranny of oppressive Christian morals.

In truth, this is hardly brave; in fact it's open cowardice.

If they're so brave, why didn't they mock Muslims and their faith in Allah and Mohammed?

Simple: they know they'd be targeted for violent retribution if they did.

As the French did with la guillotine to their enemies so the Muslims would do with scimitars to these poltroons, and they know it.

On the other hand, Christ taught His followers to forgive their enemies:

Matthew chapter 5, Christ's Sermon On The Mount

By mocking followers of Jesus, they enjoy the imagined double benefit of feeling superior and safe, because our reaction is to pray for their salvation, not lop off their empty heads.

But their ignorance of God’s judgment is profound:

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

  - Galatians 6:7

God is patient toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).

He's also just, and the clock is ticking.





It took a while, but thanks to club maker Kelly Leonard of KL Hickory, my pre-1900 play set is now complete.

Here's the final piece of that puzzle:




My brassie - so named due to the brass plate on the bottom.

It's 42.5" long, swing weight of D8 and 14 degrees of loft, so I use it from the tee and for long fairway shots.

Put it through its paces for the first time this week...


..and did pretty well with it.

Still getting the feel of this longer, heavier club, but making progress.

my "1 putt for par" leave on the par 5 #8

It's such a gas swinging these pre-1900 clubs, I can't imagine going back to my 1920's hickories.

The old saw is "never say "never", but...



It's time to admit defeat...


...and proceed directly to 23 Skidoo:

mr. bun-bun enjoying a banana (not a golf ball)


the genius of Watterson


new pool fountain


we've gone from this...


...to this...last 2 tiger lilies of summer


lower patio garden and poolside hydrangeas in glorious bloom...


...as are the rose of sharon bushes


we traded out the daisies for black eyed susans




As you flee the smoking ruins...


...of yet another disastrous AMC blog entry please keep in mind yours was a conscious, voluntary decision to risk it all and visit this site.

Bold, daring, unafraid...what the heck were you thinking?

Here's to better decision making in the future.

later, mcm fans...

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Sunday, July 21, 2024

Sick Of Politics Yet?


I definitely am.

Would love to skip straight to the election, vote, and be done with all the nonsense that surrounds such an important decision.

This country has been knocked off its foundations by corruption and incompetence and cannot withstand another 4 years of democrat rule.


They’re now pretending to be shocked, shocked!  to discover Slo-Joe has dementia.

Who knew?

It must have been one of those "sudden onset" things, where prior to the debate he was "as fit as ever", then suddenly, wham!  He's senile!

from the 2020 presidential race

Right.

If you're one of those folks who really did not know, you should quarantine yourself on a deserted island.

You're obviously too stupid to handle the rigors of daily life, and the rest of us shouldn't have to put up with you.

If you're one of the great teeming mass of Democrats who knew, said nothing, and are therefore complicit in the coverup, please see the above course of action, but replace the word "stupid" with "morally bankrupt" as the reason.

Now Biden's good friends are so concerned with this totally unexpected development...


...they've convinced him to "drop out" of the race.


Democrats may be devoid of principles, but at least they're predictable.

Lord, please help us endure...


...until November.


Before:


...and after:


The stone, glass and half moon shape make Dean Bryant Vollendorf's Baysweep design unique.

The white trim and redwood stain give it a coherent color scheme and make it "pop".

So take that.


In what I'm sure will be hailed as a victory for kindness and decency, I've decided to spare you the usual Hickory Golf Report and proceed directly to


to wit:

our dinner plate hibiscus are early this year...


...but gorgeous as always


It's fun to stay at the Y M C A!


a mortal sin


heads should roll, but don't hold your breath


that's one dedicated Lions fan


too bad there's still 3 months to go


I'll never eat another Oscar Mayer weiner



In honor of Moon Landing week...

July 20, 1969

...I leave you with this thought from God's Word:


later, mcm fans...

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