“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.”

George Washington (1790)
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May this post find you in good health, with God’s blessings, and a calm finish to this year, while you also have a healthy and happy outlook towards the New Year.

And with that, I close another year of blogging. Sorry it’s been scarce. I’ll RESOLVE to do better next year.

Hey, speaking of resolutions – remember these resolutions from this year?

I feel I have lived more for God and less for me. If you don’t think so, please let me know how you perceive how I’ve lived this last year, compared to previous years. I want to improve.

I have, for the most part, given up soda. Except for the occasional drink. I am down from 228 to 210ish. I still have a ways to go.

I posted a picture or three of places I have gone where it has been posted they do not allow weapons (in particular, they do not allow revolvers with a red circle around them and a slash through them. it’s ok, my semi-automatic is not a revolver, and there are no red geometric shapes anywhere near it). I refrained from posting pictures that could land me in federal prison. Yes, I am currently carrying concealed as I sit here in my house typing this post. Can you guarantee my safety in my own house? I can and do guarantee the safety of my wife and daughter whenever I am with them.

I posted a couple of resolutions on Facebook earlier. A couple of them were jokes. Several were not.

I do resolve to live for God more and for myself less.

I do resolve to actually back up giving up the soda with an increase in physical fitness, with the intended result of losing weight. Lots of weight. This morning I was at 228. That’s about fifty more than I should be carrying around. And, of course, I feel it every step of the way. Although to be sure, I am down from the 250 I was about three or four years ago.

And the most controversial resolution so far: I resolve to carry concealed wherever I go. Yes, even where open carry is acceptable, I will still keep it concealed. Why? Because the bad guys don’t deserve any more warning than what they give their intended target.

Chat ya later…

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So many things, so little patience to actually write about any of them.

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1,000.

Finally, after nearly six years in the blogosphere, I have finally made it to the milestone.

Along the way, I’ve made a lot of friends. I’ve met a lot of other bloggers, some I’ve kept up with, others who have fallen by the way side, still others who have passed on while still active (Old Ranter, Basti), and a precious few that I have actually had the pleasure to meet (Douglas Gibbs, Gawfer, Greybeard). There is a host of them in Southern California that I look forward to possibly meeting up with in June, after the ASTRA convention (Robert, Gawfer some more, Doug some more, maybe Jenn, maybe even John and his sister, and Paul).

I even made a run for president. Don’t you wish I was there instead of the bozo we have now?

I became a New Daddy.

My blog has been used as evidence by the City of Phoenix in an attempt to trample on the First Amendment rights of a private citizen.

Many other bloggers out there have published many more entries than I, heck, some of them *cough*Texas Fred*cough* do that in a matter of months.

I don’t write about politics as much anymore, my weight has popped back up to the 220 range since I quite the paper route, and I have landed in a job that I believe will carry me though my golden years.

I still enjoy working with wood, and get to do just that on occasion.

But, perhaps best of all, I still get to share my world with you, my loyal reader(s).

Chat ya later…

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, don’t buy or breed cats or dogs while homeless pets die (spay, neuter & adopt a pet, one by one, until there are none), Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

Good show on The O Word this morning – subjects covered ranged from voter statistics to the Big Red Machine. Player in the sidebar will keep you up to date with the shows – thanks for listening!

Big thank-you to Wild Phil, prying1, and AnnieB for calling in to the show.

Thank you for stopping by, In GOD We Trust, God bless you all, listen to The O Word on BlogTalkRadio, Wear Red on Fridays, and support Warriors for Innocence!

221.5 – feeling like a yo-yo!