Random thoughts:

• This will be a transition day of sorts, as I move away from what has become too much reliance on the Internet. Pen and paper will once again be my primary tools of choice; offline computer use will be a temporary staging area for my data (writing, pictures, etc.) before dumping selected and edited parts of that into "the Internet cloud" where it can also be stored and shared.

Prayers, etc.:

• 05:45 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 10:50 - The Apostles' Creed
• 17:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America.
• 18:30 - Friday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum 
• 21:00 - Mt 9:27-31
• 21:15 - Day 26 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries.

Diet:

• 07:45 - bowl of oatmeal
• 08:15 - 1/2 pb&j sandwich
• 10:15 - snacking on a few fresh apple chunks
• 12:30 - bowl of vegetable and meat soup, bread and butter
• 17:00 - munching on cheese
• 20:00 - 1 banana
• 20:30 - 2 pb&j sandwiches

Chores, etc.:

Chess:

• no chess work today.

Random thoughts:

• Not having reliable access to the Internet today has made me step up my use of note cards and the paper planner.  I've fallen out of that habit.  But since my Internet access is likely to be very spotty over the next 2+ weeks I'll need to get used to that again.

Prayers, etc.:

• 06:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 09:15 - Mt 7:21, 24-27
• 09:30 - A review of the first three days of the free email series provided by Tan Books - Purgatory Explained by the Lives and Legends of the Saints
• 13:15 - The Apostles' Creed
• 17:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America.
• 17:45 - Thursday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum 
• 21:15 - Day 25 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries

Diet:

• 06:15 - 1 banana and fresh apple chunks
• 07:15 - big bowl of oatmeal
• 09:30 - 1/2 chicken salad sandwich, 1/2 peanut butter sandwich
• 11:45 - bowl of bitter melon and shrimp
• 13:00 - 1 ice cream bar

Chores, etc.:

• 06:30 - videos from Thomas Wictor, Bill Whittle, and other trusted sources
• 10:00 - dozed while listening to sports talk radio
• 12:30 - watch President Trump's recent speech on election integrity
• 13:30 - watch game shows with Sylvia 
• Suffered an Internet outage from ~ 16:00 until ~ 20:00. Was stuck with local radio and OTA TV during that time. No fun!

Chess:

• Had to split-shift the day's chess work due to the home Internet being down. Worked an hour before we were knocked offline, then another 45 minutes after service came back. Hate when that happens!

Random thoughts:

• Have just made both my long-form blog and my micro-blog "unpublished" rather than "public." Anyone with the proper link can still read what I post, and can still subscribe to either blog via email, but the posts will no longer be automatically sent ... anywhere. The posts will only go where I choose to send them, and will only be read by people who choose to read them.

Prayers, etc.:

• 08:30 - Mt 15:29-37
• 08:45 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 17:00 - The Apostles' Creed 
• 19:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 20:00 - Wednesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum 
• 20:45 - Day 24 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries

Diet:

• 06:30 - big bowl of fruit salad
• 09:45 - peanut butter sandwich
• 12:30 - meat soup

Chores, etc.:

• 07:00 - watch Bill Whittle video
• 09:30 - ordered updated business cards
• 11:30 - lost connection to the Internet, destruction crew repaving my street broke the Google Fiber cable
• 14:00 - Internet restored - GOOD!
• 14:55 - tuned into radio coverage of the Ravens / Steelers game 
• 18:00 - tuned into the Jimmy V Classic, 1st game is W. Va vs. Gonsaga
• 21:00 - And the 2nd night game of the Classic is Baylor vs. Illinois, now getting ready to start

Chess:

• no chess work today

Random thoughts:

• Today's 3 main chores: yard work (done); filling the weekly pull boxes, and; chess work 
• Surprised it took me so long to take care of the day's 3 chores, but I finally did. 

Prayers, etc.:

• 06:45 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 07:00 - The Apostles' Creed
• 17:40 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 17:50 - Lk 10:21-24
• 19:15 - Tuesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum 
• 20:30 - Day 23 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries

Diet:

• 07:45 - 2 1/2 chicken salad sandwiches, small bowl of fruit salad
• 12:15 - leftover ham, turkey, stuffing, and gravy (hope it's all still good - guess I'll find out)
• 17:15 - Vietnamese take out dinner 

Chores, etc.:

• 07:45 - watch news from a trusted source,  then put on Christmas music
• 09:00 - 2+ hours of yard work (and chatting with a neighbor out on the sidewalk)
• 13:50 - published blog post
• 14:00 - watch game shows with Sylvia 
• 18:00 - Listening to the pregame show from Michigan St. radio, will catch their game vs. Duke in about 1/2 hour
• 18:05 - loading the weekly pill boxes
• 18:20 - posted micro-blog

Chess:

• 15:00 - started working on the day's chess
• 17:00 - moved in all pending CC games 

Random thoughts:

• Business of the day starts early. Gonna be one busy week.
• Glad to have settled on a strategy of less news and more Christmas. It's making it much easier to work through the day!
• Started the day with 3 main chores. At mid-afternoon I've knocked out 2 1/2 of them.

Prayers, etc.:

• 05:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 10:45 - Mt 4:18-22
• 11:40 - The Apostles Creed 
• 16:45 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 18:00 - Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum 
• 21:00 - Day 22 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries

Diet:

• 06:45 - big bowl of oatmeal, small bowl of fruit cocktail 
• 08:15 - 1/2 peanut butter sandwich
• 15:00 - squid and vegetables over a bed of rice
• 16:15 - Hershey's chocolate bar 

Chores, etc.:

• 04:45 - resume correspondence with hosting company's tech support 
• 08:45 - watched video by Thomas Wictor, checked other trusted sources 
• 11:00 - update budget book, paper planners, note cards, website address listings
• 12:30 - shopping at HEB
• 14:30 - watch game show
• 16:30 - folding laundry. When this is done I'll have completed all my chores for this Monday.
• 18:30 - Wheel of Fortune 
• 19:15 - Monday Night Football,  the radio broadcast via Westwood One Sports Radio

Chess:

• 19:00 - moved in several CC games 

Random thoughts:

• Planning a day of mostly chess and catching up on paperwork.
• Glad that I've reactivated my Quick Notes micro-blog, though I'm not sure yet how to make the best use of it.

Prayers, etc.:

• 08:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 14:30 - Mk 13:33-37
• 15:30 - The Apostles' Creed
• 18:15 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 19:00 - Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum 
• 22:45 - Day 21 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries

Diet:

• 09:00 - grapefruit 
• 11:00 - munching on cheese and fruit salad 
• 12:30 - bitter melon. Fish soup, rice, Fried milk fish.

Chores, etc.:

• 08:40 - published a blog post
• 09:30 - watching the most recent Beard Blather 
• 11:00 - watching football pregame talk before the day's games 
• 14:45 - updating budget book, paper planner, note cards 
• 17:45 - turning away from football to trusted news sources. 
• 19:30 - Star Trek: Discovery
• 21:00 - ready for the 2nd Half of the Bears / Packers game

Chess:

• 14:10 - completed the day's chess work, moved in all pending games

Random thoughts:

• Turned off the a/c and turned on the heater. We'll have low temperatures in the 20s and 30s and high temps won't get out of the 60s for at least the next week.

Prayers, etc.:

• 08:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 10:20 - Lk 21:34-36
• 16:15 - The Apostles' Creed; Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 17:00 - Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be 
• 17:20 - Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum 
• 21:30 - Day 20 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries

Diet:

• 08:30 - 1 banana
• 09:30 - fried chicken and chicken tenders
• 15:30 - candied yams 
• 20:00 - 1 1/2 blt sandwiches
• 21:00 - small bowl of fruit salad

Chores, etc.:

• 07:45 - activated new health insurance card
• 08:15 - ordered a new lawnmower
• 09:00 - listening to Big 10 Tailgate Show before the day's college football games
• 14:30 - new RaspberryPi 400 computer arrived, set up, and running. YAY!
• 15:00 - turned to the Alabama vs. Auburn game
• 18:20 - blog post published
• 19:00 - time for Svengoolie, of course.

Chess:

• 19:15 - moved in several CC games

Random thoughts:

• I've actually reached out to tech support for help with an Internet-related issue. This doesn't happen very often. Usually I AM tech support.
• Looking forward to a good night's sleep tonight to make up for last night's insomnia filled debacle.

Prayers, etc.:

• 08:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 08:20 - The Apostles Creed 
• 10:50 - Pater Noster, Gloria Patri
• 13:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 19:50 - Lk 21:29-33
• 20:30 - Friday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum
• 22:20 - Day 19 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries

Diet:

• 08:15 - 1 banana
• 10:30 - corn bread and ham
• 14:00 - turkey and stuffing
• 18:30 - more turkey, and stuffing, and gravy

Chores, etc.:

• 09:00 - watch videos by Taylor Marshall, and Bill Whittle
• 12:00 - put on some music while doing chores
• 14:30 - tuned into the Notre Dame - UNC game
• 18:10 - Listening now to the pregame talk before tonight's Oregon vs Oregon St. football game - Go Ducks!

Chess:

• 16:15 - working on all my chess games

Random thoughts:

• Thank God for technology and the ability to video chat with family far away.
• I should apologize in advance to my body for all the over-eating I'll be doing over the next few days.

Prayers, etc.:

• 06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 08:15 - Lk 21:20-28
• 15:45 - The Apostles' Creed
• 19:15 - Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be
• 19:30 -  Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 19:45 - Thursday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum
• 20:15 - Day 18 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries

Diet:

• 07:30 - 2 chicken salad sandwiches
• 12:00 - cole slaw, biscuits and gravy
• 13:15 - pecan pie, pumpkin pie, stuffing and gravy
• 17:30 - in addition to the above, I've also had much peach cobbler, more stuffing, and lots of good turkey meat.
• 19:00 - 1/2 banana

Chores, etc.:

• 09:00 - Thanksgiving Day video chat with far away family
• 11:30 - published blog post and started following the day's football games
• 15:00 - waking from a pretty significant midafternoon nap
• 15:30 - updated budget book, paper planner, note cards
• 18:30 - watch Wheel of Fortune
• 20:20 - Listening to pregame radio broadcast of tonight's Villanove vs. Arizona St. basketball game, wondering if I'll be able to stay awake to catch much of this game

Chess:

• 16:30 - moved in several CC games

Random thoughts:

• So the city will be grading and paving the street in front of my house. The project is predicted to last 2 1/2 weeks. That's going to complicate things.
• The process of pointing my domain to another host is getting rather tedious. Propagation is taking forever.
• Expecting tomorrow to be a happy Thanksgiving Day.

Prayers, etc.:

• 06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 11:30 - Lk 21:12-19; The Apostles' Creed
• 18:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 18:40 - The Apostles' Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be
• 18:50 - Wednesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum
• 20:00 - Day 17 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries

Diet:

• 07:30 - grapefruit 
• 08:00 - bowl of oatmeal 
• 11:15 - fresh apple chunks
• 11:30 - pb&j sandwich
• 13:00 - Church's Chicken dinner w. cole slaw, mashed potatoes and gravy, cheese cake 
• 18:15 - biscuits and butter 

Chores, etc.:

• 07:45  - Turned away from the news to Classic Doctor Who 
• 09:00 - reset Domain DNS Record
• 13:00 - watch game shows with Sylvia 
• 18:30 - Wheel of Fortune 
• 19:00 - Thomas Wictor's latest video 
• 20:45 - published a blog post

chess:

• 16:00 - moved in several CC games
• 17:30 - moved in all remaing CC games

Random thoughts:

• Turned down another request, a personal request this time, to appear and perform in public as a 4th Degree Knight of Columbus. Explained again that I'm hunkered down in a strict self quarantine from Covid.
• Learned that the Priest of my Parish has tested positive for Covid and is now quarantined too.
• Learned  that the brother of a friend here in town has just died of Covid.

Prayers:

• 06:50 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 09:00 - The Apostles' Creed
• 15:40 - Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be
• 15:45 - Lk 21:5-11
• 20:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildren from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 20:45 - Tuesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum
• 21:00 - Day 16 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries

Diet:

• 07:30 - 4 egg rolls, fresh apple chunks 
• 13:00 - bowl of blood soup
• 13:45 - plate of egg rolls
• 18:00 - more egg rolls

Chores:

• 07:70 - Bill Whittle's latest videos, monitoring other trusted sources
• 08:00 - load my weekly pill boxes
• 09:00 - long phone conversation with a brother Knight
• 11:00 - The Rush Limbaugh Show
• 12:00 - back in from yard work and meeting new neighbors
• 13:30 - watch game shows with Sylvia 
• 17:00 - take a thawed turkey and 6 10-inch pies to the Parish Hall as part of a Knights of Columbus project.
• 18:30 - Wheel of Fortune
• 19:00 - NCIS
• 19:10 - published a blog post

Chess:

• nope, not today

Random thoughts:

• My Thanksgiving week has gotten off to a good start. If the remaining days can be as pleasant and productive as today has been, I'll be one happy old boy come the weekend.
• Midway through the 3rd Quarter of tonight's Monday Night Football Game, the Rams and Bucs have a good one going on, tied at 17-17. I'll probably stick with this game until bedtime.

Prayers, etc.:

• 06:50 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 11:30 - Lk 21:1-4
• 19:05 - Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 19:10 - The Apostles' Creed, Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory be
• 19:20 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect President Trump from any demonic activity
• 19:50 - Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum
• 21:00 - Day 15 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Joyful Mysteries

Diet:

• 07:20 - big bowl of oatmeal
• 08:15 - fresh apple chunks,  1/2 peanut butter sandwich 
• 14:30 - Mackerel soup, rice, bbq'd short ribs
• 18:00 - snack on cheese and fresh apple chunks

Chores, etc.:

• 08:00 - watching YouTube videos from the Philippines 
• 10:00 - start the weekly laundry
• 13:00 - holiday grocery shopping HEB
• 16:20 - music and chess 
• 18:30 - Wheel of Fortune
• 19:00 - Pregame talk before tonight's Rams vs Bucs on Westwood One Radio

Chess:

• 17:50 - moved in all CC games

Random thoughts:

• Should get around to putting up heavy curtains on the window in my room. Even with the blinds shut the bright sunlight just forces its way in.

Prayers, etc.:

• 07:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel
• 10:10 - The Apostles' Creed
• 15:15 - Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum
• 17:00 - Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 17:45 - Mt 25:31-46
• 21:00 - Day 14 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries

Diet:

• 07:45 - 2 pcs. pizza
• 08:45 - grapefruit
• 11:45 - fish soup; bbq ribs
• 13:10 - ice cream bar
• 17:15 - 1 pc. pizza
• 20:20 - 1 banana

Chores, etc.:

• 07:55 - watching last night's Beard Blather with Saul and Thomas
• 09:15 - pulled turkey out of freezer, set it to thaw
• 09:30 - watching Thomas Wictor's latest videos
• 10:00 - turned on the TV for a day full of football
• 11:00 - clearing cardboard boxes out of the garage, breaking them down in the backyard, stuffing them into big recycle bin for pickup on Wednesday
• 12:45 - back to football
• 16:00 - nap time - Ha! - for an hour
• 18:30 - the classic WKRP Thanksgiving show

Chess:

• 17:30 - moved in many CC games

Random thoughts:

• Seems like every day has to bring something to worry about. I've signed up for a service with the Post Office whereby every morning they email me list of all the mail due to be delivered to me on that day. Today I've got something coming from the IRS. A  letter from the IRS in mid-November? I have no idea what that can be. But I can't imagine it being good news. Guess I'll find out later today.
• Relief. The IRS letter wasn't a bill of any kind; it was just a statement that acknowledged I've paid everything I "owe" them.

Prayers, etc.:

• 04:45 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel, 3 Hail Marys
• 09:10 - The Apostles' Creed
• 09:45 - Lk 20:27-40
• 10:10 - Our Father; 3 Hail Marys; Glory Be
• 17:10 - Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum
• 20:30 - Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America
• 20:45 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect President Trump from any demonic activity
• 21:00 - Day 13 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries

Diet:

• 08:45 - 2 pcs. pizza
• 11:00 - munching on fresh apple chunks
• 12:00 - munching on cheese
• 13:00 - big bowl of vegetable and meat soup
• 17:00 - big bowl of blood soup over rice

Chores, etc.:

• 10:00 - College Football pre-game on FOX
• 10:30 - update budget book, paper planner, note cards
• 11:00 - time now for IU vs The Oho State
• 15:00 - Portal-Mini arrived and quickly set up - and the Big 12 game of K-State vs. Iowa State starts
• 19:00 - Svengoolie

Chess:

• 18:00 - moved in several CC games (no ICCF games)

Random thoughts:

• The day starts slowly, with worries...
• At least the worries are now dispelled; they've been replaced by "annoyed."
• And that's good. Because I can handle being annoyed much better than being worried.

Prayers, etc.:

• 02:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel; Hail Mary
• 08:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel; Hail, Holy Queen
• 09:20 - Lk 19:45-48
• 11:45 - The Apostles' Creed
• 12:15 - Prayer for the sick: O Blessed St. Roch...
• 19:10 - Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America; Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect President Trump from any demonic activity
• 19:30 - Friday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum
• 19:45 - Day 1 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and prayers - tonight's Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries

Diet:

• 08:45 - big bowl of oatmeal 
• 11:30 - grapefruit
• 13:00 - a small bowl of oatmeal
• 14:15 - bowl of meat and cooked vegetables 
• 14:45 - ice cream bar
• 17:20 - pb&j sandwich
• 17:45 - 1 pc. pizza

Chores, etc.:

• 07:45 - ordered a FB Portal device, because my daughter and granddaughters are getting them too
• 08:45 - Bill Whittle, Stratosphere Lounge
• 10:00 - yardwork
• 11:00 - in from yardwork, turning on The Rush Limbaugh Show
• 13:40 - published blog post 
• 14:00 - Watching a game show
• 15:00 - switching back and forth between OANN and Newsmax TV and YouTube videos from trusted sources.
• 15:30 - update paper planner, note cards, budget book
• 17:25 - Classic Doctor Who 
• 20:05 - Tuned into Big 10 radio on SiriusXM to catch the 2nd half of Purdue vs. Minnesota Golden Gophers

Chess:

• 17:00 - moved in many CC games (no ICCF)