Armageddon

Finding Joy, Hotter Than Satan’s Taint, and More Devolution and Depravity

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Why do I bother to question just how low humanity is capable of falling ?

Thank God he survived but…why?

I know that political extremism can lead to rash acts, and that dysfunctional behavior occurs on both sides of the fence. There are squirrels on both sides.

Ideology can and does become so polarized that it gets difficult to find common ground. 

Anyone who knows me, even a little, knows I lean to the right and I don’t have much use for or respect for the radical left’s political policies. Communism and socialism are failed systems. The politicians who promote these systems for their own personal gain are accountable for their failures. Rogue assassinations are not viable responses to political opposition.

If you’re right, you have to take the high road, and the Democrat machine has taken the low road since the days of Woodrow Wilson, if not before.

And it’s not just the Clintons.

I pray for President Trump. Not because I see him as some sort of savior or even an arbiter of Christian morality.  We elect leaders, not pastors.  The standards for the governance of the left hand kingdom are not the same as those of the right hand kingdom. Luther was very clear on the differences in the roles of the church and the state.

God has therefore ordained two regiment(s): the spiritual which by the Holy Spirit produces Christians and pious folk under Christ, and the secular which restrains un-Christian and evil folk, so that they are obliged to keep outward peace, albeit by no merit of their own

— Martin Luther

While my faith cannot embrace the outright evil that the far left promotes, it also is informed enough to know that I am not voting for a theocracy. Societal order and the preservation of life and peace are the aims of the left hand kingdom. In this country the right and right leaning legislators are more on the side of maintaining law and order and working toward a peaceful society, though not perfectly. The spread of the Gospel is the work of the church. Don’t confuse your president with your Pastor.

This being said, it’s too hot. Nasty, sticky Ohio humidity that reeks of bugs and BO hot.

Bobby and everyone- except the Parka People.

The Parka People, you know who you are. The weirdo who is wandering down the sidewalk and it’s 90° with 100% humidity and you are wearing a hoodie with sweatpants and those tan-yellow work boots. The old lady with the North Face Parka and gloves on trying to navigate the frozen section of Kroger- in high summer.

Now here I am hoping and praying the Gold Bond will prevent chafing and stave off general sogginess and swamp ass as I wear a modest summer dress in a somewhat air-conditioned office.  The Parka Person I work with wears a heavy fleece jacket and runs a damned space heater under the desk like it’s the Blizzard of ’78 or something.

It’s 72° in here. WTF. And this chick is about the size of Shamu, i.e. about three of me, but neither as attractive nor intelligent. Ich verstehe nicht.

Joy is where you find it, and I need to improve my attitude.

Dogs improve my attitude.

If the World Ended 2 Hours Ago, Why Am I Still Here?

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I love black cats.  Isabel is quite sanguine today as usual.  None of the girls seemed to be tuned in to all the apocalyptic hoo-hah.

I figure the Lord is already here.  He’s been here eternally.  Even at the intersection of Morse Rd. and Cleveland Ave., (this billboard was up there last December) although I wouldn’t want to be there after dark.

Sheena did well at her vet appointment.  Her surgery is scheduled for June 22.  I am glad our regular Vet will be assessing her this time and will send the offending growth out for biopsy.  She seems to think these growths are benign, but that any strange mammary growth should be removed as a precaution.  I want it gone because of where it is.  Mammary cancer is not as frightening and deadly in dogs as it normally is in cats, but I’m not letting it get out of control- if that’s even what it is. With dogs, 50% of mammary growths are benign, and even those that are cancerous are usually not metastatic cancers.  Even so,  possible cancer is enough to be paranoid about.

I do believe what the Bible says about the End of Days.  I am not so confident in people who want to play with numerology, funky ancient calendars or manipulating Bible verses out of context to make them support outlandish claims.  The clearest thing in the Bible regarding the End of Days is that we can’t know when it’s going to occur, and we shouldn’t really try.  Any day might be my personal last, so all I can do is the best I can, and I’ll have to trust in the grace of God for anything and everything along the way.

I think it’s kind of funny how we went from annihilation by the Impending Ice Age to extinction via Global Warming in the span of less than thirty years.  It goes to show that science is not always right, and that the hubris of humanity is the third most plentiful element in the universe, right behind shit and stupidity.  Are we blatantly arrogant enough to think that the future existence of the planet is contingent upon whether we drive our cars or bury them?  The greenies haven’t made what I feel to be a coherent argument as to why I should exchange toilet paper for washable cloths either.

No human being is more than a slight electrical charge away from physical death at any given time anyway.  The only thing between me- or anyone else for that matter- and the Dirt Nap, is that spark that tells the heart to keep beating.  That’s a good reason not to put too much into this world and what it has to offer, because you’re going to spend a lot more time in the next.  Some things are for forever, but most things aren’t.  The challenge in this life is to learn the difference.

So we can hope people might put a lid on the doomsday soothsaying- at least until 12-21-12, that is.  Methinks barring personal calamity or God having different plans than mine for my sorry carcass, that I will wake up on 12-22-12 and  I’ll still have to get Christmas candy for my niece and nephew so that they can get (much to my sister’s distaste) their chocolate fix on Christmas Day.

I hate motorcycles.  I really do.  Clara is very disturbed by the bikers that tool up and down Stygler Rd. with their loud exhausts blaring.  I wish the bikers would stick their loud pipes where the sun don’t shine.  I don’t like things that disturb my dogs.

Not even Obama has done enough damage to bring on the apocalypse.  Yet.