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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
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Congratulations on taking 2nd Place in the July 2016 [Link To Item #30dbc] !](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/type-Blogging-2180.gif)  Does any government have a right to say what you can or cannot do with your body? freedom - definition of freedom in English | Oxford Dictionaries https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/freedom 1The power or right to act, speak or think as one wants: ... 1.1 Absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government: ... 1.2 The power of self-determination attributed to the will; the quality of being independent of fate or necessity. There were other definitions to look at besides the one I Linked. The definition you choose to use will help you make the point in which you believe. None of us want to think we are not free to choose lifestyles, where we live, who we speak to, what we say, where we work, and a host of other ideals. The truth may be a bit more strained. For instance. Speaking of religious beliefs, are we free to strap on a bomb vest walk into a hotel lobby and set it off because we don't like the statue in front of the building. Should the government have the freedom to arrest us if we try to commit a crime against the public? Freedom vs. crime is the other side of an argument about how you want to use your body. How about Christmas? One year I had a neighbor who tried to engage me in an argument about Christmas. He was outraged about buying gifts, giving gifts, trees, music, etc. A simple answer would be, don't celebrate the holiday if you don't believe in the holiday, we have choices we can make. So far, the government in the USA wants to restrict the possession of certain types of guns. This is a freedom much discussed in all elections. Criminals use guns to commit crimes. Hunters use guns to kill game. The rest of us polish our guns and hope we never have to use them for any reason. One of the interesting things I like to discover when I delve into the governments of other countries is their laws, rules and regulations for the public. I read recently that freedom to choose is one of the benefits that came with the spread of Christianity. I watched a movie called "Nerve" this weekend. It was an interesting movie about technology, youth and the power to influence. Influence within freedom is the power to sway the minds of humankind. There were some interesting ideas about how police react to some types of crime. See what thought did for me.  It's *snow* ing. |
| Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. Issac Asimov For Monday 1/2/2017 Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all. Isaac Asimov Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/i/isaac_asimov.html I'm still under the spell of Rouge I which we watched on Sunday. On the TV news, that day was an article about President Obama and the head of Japan who visited the Pearl Harbor monument over the holiday to leave wreaths in memory of the fallen WWII veterans. Obama has done a lot toward bringing allies into visual unity. I hope Trump doesn't spoil the scenery. Everyone in our group was very quiet on the way home thinking about the movie. My son said it was because all the characters we love died. On the way home my mind was comparing the devastation wrought by the Death Star with the devastation to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. If the world ever really goes to WWIII we as a society are not prepared for the simple but permanent destruction that will occur inside this country. Like a dot on a piece of paper, 9/11 has only touched us slightly. Now, because of shootings, the dots have dropped more heavily in different areas of the country. Drops of the blood of the martyred victims are extensive in other countries. The Pope was quoted in an article I saw from Rome. The translator said the Pope believes we are already fighting WWIII. So my thoughts and prayers are that the world will survive. The rebellion against evil thoughts played out in violence will prevail. May the Force Be With You.  |
| What is the most fun you've had breaking a New Years resolution? And if you don't make resolutions, imagine making one, and then tell us how you'd most enjoy not keeping it. January 1 I know. I'm three days behind in the prompts. I've been away from my computer for that many days. I'm going to do the prompts and get caught up just for the fun of it, so here goes. I don't do New Year's resolutions. At an earlier age, I tried it. When I was raising children I just did not have enough time to myself to make it worth while. Then when I found out how often people break their resolutions I started doing something fun that would work for today's prompt. I made some resolutions that I knew I could not ever keep. Like I'm going to earn a million dollars this month. So here is the one for today. We went to see Rogue I. At the theater there was a Dune Buggy, Out Back, type vehicle prize in the lobby. It was a give away so I signed up. My New Year's resolution: I won't win it and if I do I won't accept it. Actually, If I won it I would accept it. In the lobby of that theater probably thousands of people dropped an entry in one of those big black boxes what do you think the odds of winning it actually are, 50/50 for each person? |
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