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Pontifications and Other Mindless Banter

Jeremy R. Gilby

April 21, 2013

WordPress 3.5.1

Filed under: Administrivia @ 1:26:27 AM Tags:
From the "Three-point-five er Three-point-five-point-one" Department

Okay Fools! I’ve finally upgraded to the WordPress 3.5 Platform.

For one, I’m getting tired of the damn Spam, which seems to prey on non-upgraded websites.
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April 1, 2013

Hey Fools!

Filed under: Mindless Banter,Parodies @ 8:06:48 PM
From the ""My-face-is-OVER-HERE!"" Department

I’m not usually a participant of April Fool’s Day gags, but I stumbled on this idea last week, and Today was a fun day to play it out.

See, I have pretty good peripheral vision, and I can keep a straight face, while at the same time delivering an animated engaging conversation.

So when people would come up to my desk to ask a question, I would respond to them.
But I would not look directly at them, in fact, my gaze would not even come close. My entire body might face 30-45 degrees from the direction of inquirer, but my voice and body language as if I was talking directly at them, reacting at their reactions, nodding thoughtfully at their words, letting my face react to what they might say.

Observers thought the exchange was uncanny.
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March 27, 2013

SCOTUS: FlashBack: The Public Option on Marriage

Filed under: Pontifications @ 11:13:02 PM
From the "Government-out-of-Marriage-NOW!" Department

Given the present discussions by SCOTUS, I thought I would return to a previous Jeremy-Gilby-com discussion:

Readers may remember my previous pontification in my series of The Modernist:

The Modernist #22: The Public Option for Marriage

My argument then, as it is now, the problem is not who can get married, but who controls marriage.

And the government needs to get out.
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March 17, 2013

Flashback :: St. Patrick’s Day :: How the Irish Saved Civilization

Filed under: Books,Pontifications @ 11:59:08 PM
From the "Gonna-dive-into-a-dive-I've dove-into-before" Department

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

Ever wonder why St. Patrick is so heralded in Western Culture? Well, I think I know. He is a historical hero, and it has nothing to do with Green Beer.

You may remember, a post I made, several years ago:

Book Review :: How the Irish Saved Civilization
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March 3, 2013

Pain

Filed under: Personal,Rants @ 11:05:13 PM
From the "What-you-call-the-disease, I-call-the-remedy, what-you're-calling-the-cause, I-call-the cure" Department

Over the years of my life, I was introduced to pain management through the media, and it was never pretty.

I would see people addicted to pain medication, and I would wonder, how could someone fall into such an addiction.

Now, I can’t drive to work in the morning without hearing some pain clinic bantering about pain management.

Granted, I don’t live in Florida, where the term OXY Express has replaced the conventional name I-75.

But, at the same time, I’m now living a life that is in constant pain.

And frankly, the medication doesn’t work.
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February 23, 2013

TV Review: House of Cards

Filed under: Mindless Banter,Pontifications,Reviews @ 10:49:17 PM
From the "Bad, for-a-greater-good" Department

I’ve been a long subscriber of NetFlix. And I’ve slowly moved from the DVD USPS Delivery to the live streaming delivery, I’ve been attracted to something else. The Netflix Original Series.

Meaning. If you don’t have Netflix, WOW you are missing out!
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December 24, 2012

Angels We Have Heard on High

Filed under: Pontifications @ 11:59:07 PM
From the "Gee-El-Oh-Are-Eye-Aye" Department

Angels we have heard on high
Sweetly singing o’er the plains
And the mountains in reply
Echoing their joyous strains

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Shepherds, why this jubilee?
Why your joyous strains prolong?
What the gladsome tidings be
Which inspire your heavenly song?

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

Come to Bethlehem and see
Him Whose birth the angels sing;
Come, adore on bended knee,
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

See Him in a manger laid
Jesus Lord of heaven and earth;
Mary, Joseph, lend your aid,
With us sing our Savior’s birth.

Gloria, in excelsis Deo!
Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

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