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Tuesday morning and welcome to another day here at the adventure park where no one can predict exactly what might show up. It's another day here in the neighborhood and this one happens to show up on
June 19, 2018. For those that keep count, today is the 2,836th time for me to corral keystrokes together and eject them onto the electronic page. I didn't mention that I went to the doctor yesterday. I had an appointment with a ears, nose, and throat specialist. I typically let everyone know so they can pray for the unsuspecting doctor. My primary care and I agreed that it would be good to get myself checked out in this area of specialization. I do know that if you are designated as a specialist the co-pay goes up by a factor of three. That's okay with me because I am a consumer and if you charge three times as much I will be expecting three times as much in terms of your help. The lady doctor was very nice although I did notice after a few minutes she began to twitch. She might want to get that seen about. You do know I'm kidding. Right? Somewhat. According to her online profile along with her video introduction, she says the number one goal for her is for the patient to know that she cares. I didn't tell her to say that. But, that's what she said. That means she set the parameters for me to evaluate our time together. The initial exam went okay, but, she has ordered up an esophagram to make certain that part of the system is okay. This will be coming up early Wednesday. It must be a really good test because as I understand it, they will be furnishing me with a milkshake. It's called a barium flavored drink. I sure hope it tastes good. I'm still processing my interpretation of her performance but I will say she seemed to at least make the effort. I will give you a final report later. The proof is always in whether or not the problem is found and fixed. You know. Like a mechanic, or a plumber, or a medical specialist. You what? You would have certainly said a prayer for her? Next time I will try to remember to let everyone know ahead of time. Please. Don't send me any sympathetic comments about this poor lady. Remember, after all, she is a specialist.
The first commercial ever aired on television here in the United States was run on July 1, 1941. It was a 10-second ad for Bulova watches. It was played before the telecast of a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies. This was in New York City and it was on the one station at that time and ten seconds wouldn't have given anyone enough time to get up and change the channel anyway. (And, there were no other channels to change to.) Reports vary, but the estimated cost to run this ad was between $4 to $9. By the time we got a TV in our home, it was 1955, and the commercials were pretty well established by that time. Our picture back then was black and white and it had just a tad of snow in it and we too had only one primary channel. (Channel 5, from Alexandria, La.) The only other channels we ever watched was when the clouds were aligned in a certain way. I thought we had tapped into something really exotic when we occasionally picked up the Lufkin, Texas station. We typically could only watch NBC. Lufkin probably carried another network. Somewhere along the way, we inherited a very large radio with world broadcasting bands on it. This would have been in the late 1950's and early 1960's. I would fiddle with that radio, picking up stations from all over Europe to South America. I suppose I tried to do the same with the TV dial, hoping for a similar result. Laying in bed listening to far-flung places, often in foreign languages, well, it made me dream about travel and intrigue. No. I haven't mentioned that to my mental health professional. If I ever talk to one, I'll try to remember to mention how that Lukin seemed like a land far away to an 8-year-old boy.
We all know what a despot the dictator of North Korea is. Whether he will live up to any agreement is still anyone's guess. His reported instances of cruel and inhuman behavior are well documented. I did see one posting where the individual presented a different type of question. They wondered out loud what Kim Jong Un thought of having to deal with a nation that has killed off over 60 million of their babies since 1973. Whoa! That was like a slap of cold water in my face. The population of North Korea is less than 26 million. The number of abortions here in our land adds up to many Holocausts. I know a large part of our populace would not equate the 'legal' aborting of unborn children in this way. When it comes down to it, I may have an opinion, you may have an opinion, but, what God thinks about it will determine His response. Billy Graham was quoted once as having said that if God doesn't deal with America regarding this sin then He will have to apologize for judging Sodom and Gomorrah. I thought the individual who posted this question challenging the definition of what constitutes cruel and inhuman behavior on the part of a nation was worthy of mention. That's why I mentioned it. I had not thought of it in that way. Some would rather not think at all about it. I get that. After all, the Supreme Court has ruled it to be legal. How many actually believe that having it codified into our law makes it right? I'll leave it for us all to think about. At the same time, as always, I do pray that God will help us to follow His Word as we continue our journey here.
Amen. ....More later.
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