Tuesday mish mosh

by chuckofish

How was your first Monday of 2021? I was back to work and Zoom classes, and my day included a fair share of technical difficulties.

Ugh. It may take awhile to get our Zoom mojo back…

FYI Robert Duvall turns 90 today. As you recall, Duvall graduated from The Principia, a boarding school in my hometown. He also went to Principia College in Elsah, IL across the river. He still considers himself a Christian Scientist. We will toast him tonight and perhaps watch him as Ned Pepper, the murderous outlaw who fails to heed the “bold talk from a one-eyed fat man” (John Wayne) in True Grit (1969).

I have been out of the media loop for several weeks (and gladly so), but this made me laugh (and cringe). Love the Luther insults.

“Cringe-o-meter going off the charts on this one.”

Don’t forget that tomorrow is Epiphany, the twelfth day after Christmas, which begins the season of Epiphany. In Western Christianity, the feast commemorates the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child. Time to watch 3 Godfathers (1948)!

O GOD, who by the leading of a star didst manifest thy only-begotten Son to the Gentiles: Mercifully grant, that we, which know thee now by faith, may after this life have the fruition of thy glorious Godhead; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BCP

I’m trying hard to stay positive and test negative and to love one another–hope you are too. Sparklers help.

P.S. This video, which shows takeoff and flight sequences of insects spanning 5 different taxonomic orders in slow motion, is wild. Hello, Katydids.