Come Monday...TCGJ 2014

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of (or commentary about) websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.”  This is subject to change, however.  In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can be good—right?  Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

Yep, ‘tis again the time to start thinking about what you want to give and get for Christmas.  No, I am not one to relish the thought of yearlong Christmas promotions, which we seem to be headed for.  On the other hand, since all of the ones included in the [Thinking of Christmas Gifts in July series] are individuals not so unlike you and me with generally very small operations, getting an early start on your shopping may make the difference between obtaining something truly special for a loved one (or yourself) and finding that the item is no longer available, come crunchtime.

There is, of course, another reason for considering buying items from individuals, which is that you can feel a much more direct connection with spreading the holly-jolly farther and wider.  Now, this is not to suggest that the mood might not turn darker for the regular workers at the coporate giants if Black Friday fails to cover all of the red on the corporate accounting ledgers, but wouldn’t you be thrilled with the sales of items you had poured your blood, sweat and tears into making?  Be assured that I would be thrilled to see the sales of my books increase dramatically over the Christmas season.

Speaking of e-books, you could become the coolest somebody around by purchasing e-books as virtual stocking-stuffers for those on your list.  Oh, and authors will be well-represented this year, by the way.

If I happen to miss someone you think should be included, please let me know about it.  Arlynda will be publishing her November Nudges (unless our Heavenly Father has other plans, of course) which will have different items (when possible) by the ones included in TCGJ 2014, as well as any missed or newly discovered in the meantime.

Okay, it all starts tomorrow.  Are you ready for some shopping?  Oh, and as far as I know, there is no law prohibiting the buying of gifts for occasions other than just Christmas (like maybe to celebrate the rising of the sun for another day).

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A Sunday Drive

Back during my childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and me after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived.  Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them again, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.  The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.

 Link: [Dick Jones' Patteran Pages]

 Link: [Drub Rehab for Christians]

 Link: [Eye Candy]

 Link: [Forgotten Relics]

 Link: [Gaurang's Poems]

 Link: [Inside Out Poetry]

 Link: [Jutzamom]

 Link: [Little Observationist]

 Link: [LOL: Life Of Leo]

 Link: [Louisiana Belle]

 Link: [Lunch Break]

 Link: [Mahabore's Mumblings]

 Link: [Mindlovemisery]

 Link: [My Ranch Life]

Link: [Picturesque Words]

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Saturday Morning Cartoons (+)

No, it is not that I am in the midst of experiencing a second or third childhood.  For it is arguable that I have never really grown up because of my march toward maturity being interrupted along the way by some episodes of arrested development.  So, instead of thinking that this series is meant as a wistful look back upon a simpler time, think of it as being a rather simplistic mind remaining in a moment for an extended period of time.  In any event, I hope you find it enjoyable.

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Sites To See #382

The SOLE purpose of this series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as an endorsement, and I have included sites that I found rather disturbing.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.

 Link: [Deckside Thoughts]

 Link: [Delight Directed Living]

 Link: [Dragon on a Mission]

 Link: [Dreamers, Lovers and Star Voyagers]

 Link: [Eden and Proverb]

 Link: [Edenland]

 Link: [Empty Nest Insider]

 Link: [Flickers of a Faithful Firefly]

 Link: [Following My King]

 Link: [From Head to Heart]

 Link: [Graphophobia]

 Link: [Halfworld]

 Link: [Hans H. Bjørstads Fotoblogg]

Link: [Heart 2 Heart]

Link: [Moody Writing]

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ATF: Feel the Burn

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons]

Working My Way Back To You

Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons

Workin’ my way back to you babe

With a burnin’ love inside

Yeah I'm workin’ my way back to you babe

And a happiness that died

I let it get away

Keep payin’ every day

When you were so in love with me

I played around like I was free

Thought I could have my cake

And eat it too

Look how I cried over losin’ you

See me down and out

And I ain't about to go

Livin’ my life without you

For every day

I made you cry

I'm payin’ girl

‘Til the day I die

I'll keep workin’ my way back to you babe

With a burnin’ love inside

Yeah I'm workin’ my way back to you babe

And a happiness that died

I let it get away

Payin’ every day

I used to love to make you cry

It made me feel like a man inside

But if I had been a man in reality

You'd still be here babe

Lovin’ me

Now the nights are long

And lonely

And I ain’t so strong

Baby

I just miss you so

But you're too proud

And you won't give in

But when I think about

All I can win

I'll keep workin’ my way back to you babe

With a burnin’ love inside

Yeah I'm workin’ my way back to you babe

And a happiness that died

I let it get away

Payin’ every day

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

Workin’ my way back to you babe

With a burnin’ love inside

I'm workin’ my way back to you babe

And a happiness that died

Oh how I cried

I'm workin’ my way back to you babe

With a burnin’ love inside

I'm workin’ my way back to you babe…

Link: [Elvis Presley]

Burning Love

Elvis Presley

Lord Almighty

I feel my temperature risin’

Higher higher

It's burnin’ through to my soul

Girl girl girl

You’re gonna set me on fire

My brain is flamin’

I don't know which way to go

Yeah

Your kisses lift me higher

Like the sweet song of a choir

And you light my mornin’ sky

With burnin’ love

Ooh ooh ooh

I feel my temperature risin’

Help me

I'm flamin’

I must be a hundred and nine

Burnin’ burnin’

Burnin’

And nothing can cool me

I just might turn into smoke

But I feel fine

Yeah

'Cause your kisses lift me higher

Like a sweet song of a choir

And you light my mornin’ sky

With burnin’ love

It's comin’ closer

The flames are now reachin’ my body

Please won't you help me

I feel like I'm slippin’ away

It's hard to breath

And my chest is a-heavin’

Lord Almighty

I'm burnin’ a hole where I lay

Yeah

'Cause your kisses lift me higher

Like the sweet song of a choir

And you light my mornin’ sky

With burnin’ love

Burnin’ love

Burnin’ love

Burnin’ love

Burnin’ love

I'm just a hunk a hunk of burnin’ love

Just a hunk a hunk of burnin’ love

Just a hunk a hunk of burnin’ love

Just a hunk a hunk of burnin’ love

Just a hunk a hunk of burnin’ love

Just a hunk a hunk of burnin’ love

Just a hunk a hunk of burnin’ love

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

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HoF Ads: Itch-Stopper Plus

This weekly series will feature ads that I consider to be the very best (in one way or another).  Please do not hesitate to tell me about your favorite ads, and if you have some (good) taste, I just might add yours to the list.

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Sites To See #381

The SOLE purpose of this series is to help call attention to sites that I think many would find most interesting—in one way or another.  Just to be clear, inclusion in this series is not necessarily meant as an endorsement, and I have included sites that I found rather disturbing.  The link below each image is to the site itself, and each image is linked to the particular post from which it was taken when applicable.  Please, go see for yourself.  Oh, and as of August 10, 2012, I will be no longer including sites that have auto-play and word verification engaged.

 Link: [Black Box]

 Link: [Blackwing Sketchbook]

 Link: [Blog Blah blah.]

 Link: [Book Blather]

 Link: [Bookmaarks]

 Link: [Bouquet of Books]

 Link: [Brighid]

 Link: [Captured Freedom]

 Link: [Chaotically Yours]

 Link: [City Muse Country Muse]

 Link: [Cleveland Frowns]

 Link: [Come Sit by My Fire]

 Link: [Corey's Notebook]

 Link: [Created for His Glory]

Link: [D.G. Hudson - Rainforest Writing]

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Come Monday...Stupid Americans

“Come Monday…” is a weekly series that will involve a review of (or commentary about) websites, movies, documentaries, television shows, sports, music, and whatever else may tickle my fancy at the time.  Be assured that these reviews will be generally positive, as in accordance to the Jimmy Buffett song “Come Monday.”  This is subject to change, however.  In fact, I would be most derelict in my duties to neglect going on a rant every once in a while.  For rants promote change, and change can be good—right?  Therefore, since good is generally considered as being a positive force in 99.3% of the parallel universes that I am aware of, even a rant could be considered as being something positive, and a genuine hissy-fit would be even better (so I’m told).

First of all, please let me make it as abundantly clear as possible that this is not meant as an attack upon our military—certainly not the men and women who actually served in Iraq and Afghanistan.  For they did (which many are still doing) what they were ordered to do, and for the most part, they did it honorably.

No, this is meant as an attack upon our stupid leaders in Washington, D.C., and with plans being made to send advisers back into Iraq, I am trying real hard to be diplomatic in my criticism.  You see, I am not calling our leaders stupid in the way you probably think.  I am calling them stupid in a spiritual-sense, which is really not all that different from calling them stupid in a natural-sense since all intelligence is actually in the hands of our Heavenly Father, but that is a discussion for another day, I suppose.

Okay, for the benefit of those who do not get it, we (as in all of mankind) are not nearly as free to do as we will in this world as what most would like to believe.  For how we see and react to things is actually completely in our Heavenly Father’s hands—even if He just allows us to so as we will.

The thing is, however, that our Heavenly Father will often give us a clue (even to those who do not want to believe that He even exists) when we are about to make an error in judgment, with it all depending upon what He wants to accomplish in a given situation determining whether He makes it abundantly clear to someone that they are about to really mess up or keeps them in the dark until the damage is done.  With it being well-documented (even in a natural-sense) that the politics of Iraq has been based upon religious ideologies for centuries, how much more of a clue does He have to give President Obama that mere military might is not going to solve the problem?  Hence, we have a really [stupid] president in office.

In all fairness, [W.] was not any sharper.  For he went in there and kicked over a fire anthill, which destabilized the entire region.

No, I am not suggesting that [Hussein] should have been left alone.  Neither am I suggesting that the current threat from [ISIS] should be ignored.  Nonetheless, there is a much better way to go than the road we have taken and are about to travel back down again.

ISIS is [Sunni].  Therefore, the Saudis, who are mostly Sunni and have the most to lose by an all-out war between ISIS and [Shias] backed by Iran, should be asked to temporarily take over management of Iraq after we take some fire out of the ISIS [jihad], which has been stoked by the current Shia president of Iraq’s gross mistreatment of Sunnis.  For I believe that the Saudis would deal fairly with both the Sunnis and Shias in Iraq, which should settle things down quite nicely.  If the Saudis refuse to get directly involved, we should leave Iraq be.

No, that would not be good news for the European economies much more dependent upon middle-eastern oil supplies than we are these days.  So, let them take the lead, with us playing a strictly supporting role.  For that is what good allies should do—right?

Alas, Iraq looks like a no-win situation from our own ground-based points of view, but it is really not.  Ah, but who is so blind as the one who does not want to see?

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A Sunday Drive

Back during my childhood, our parents would often load up my brother and me after Sunday morning church services for a leisurely drive around where we lived.  Even though we were seeing mostly familiar sights, it was still good to see them again, and this is why “A Sunday Drive” sounded about right for the name of a series revisiting familiar sites that are well worth seeing again and again.  The link below the image is to the site itself, and the image is linked to the post it was first included in here.

 Link: [A Look at Life in John's World]

 Link: [A Spirit of Simplicity]

Link: [Adrian's Images]

 Link: [Buch Handling]

Link: [Chimes of a Forgotten Melody]

 Link: [Confessions in Stories]

 Link: [Confessions of a Laundry Goddess]

 Link: [Crazy, Poetic Life]

 Link: [The sunbeam]

 Link: [Tigerbrite's Blog]

 Link: [True Wanderings]

 Link: [Uneven Steven]

 Link: [Velvetmedia]

 Link: [What Lena Leaves]

Link: [Who's Your Daddy]

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