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Random thoughts:Having an unusual Monday. A much longer than normal morning nap and an early evening Zoom meeting. Prayers, etc.:07:15 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel15:45 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America.16:45 - Mt 21:23-2720:10...

Random thoughts:Gave the new lawnmower it's first time out on the yard and was quite pleased with its performance.Began setting up a new website tonight. This will be quite different than anything I've done before.Was tempted to do a full 15 decade rosary tonight rather than the 5 decades I usually do. Think I'll start making the 15 a regular Sunday thing. Prayers, etc.:07:20 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel18:00 - Jn 1:6-8, 19-2818:20 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my...

Random thoughts:This Saturday's big three: following college football, working on my chess games, and watching Svengoolie tonight. Definitely doable.  And IF the spirit so moves me, I may get out and do some yard work. Prayers, etc.:06:00 - Our Father06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel12:45 - Lk 1:26-3817:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for wh...

Random thoughts:Happy that I completed the day's three main tasks early, happy that today's unexpected Internet out was only about an hour long, and happy that I'm able to turn away from the TV, the radio, and the Internet to relax with a good book.Prayer, etc.:06:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel11:50 - Mt 11:16-1915:45 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and eve...

Random thoughts:Today's big 3: Doctor's appointment, (I'm so happy the office offered me the option to make this one a tele-health call rather than the face-to-face as was originally scheduled; chess work, of course; and yard work.Listening to the radio call of a football game while doing some light reading: a good way to end a day. Prayers, etc.:08:30 - The Apostles' Creed15:30 - Prayer to St Michael the Archangel 17:55 - Lk 11:11-1518:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my ...

Random thoughts:Today's 3 areas of work: chess work, yard work, stocking supplies that are expected to be delivered by Amazon today. Everything else will be incidental.2 out of 3 ain't bad: the yard work I'd planned was dependent on receiving the supplies from Amazon, and they arrived too late in the day for me to start the yard work, so... tomorrow will be fine for that.And this day winds down with Indiana Hoosiers Basketball on the radio. Nice.Prayers, etc.:07:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Ar...

Random thoughts:I do hope any Internet outages today are few and far between.Prayers, etc.:06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel16:20 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America.16:30 - Lk 1:26-3820:00 - Tuesday Prayers of the Association o...

Random thoughts:It's good to have moved in all CC games early in the day while I still have Internet accessNice to have Monday Night Football to round out my day.Prayers, etc.:07:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel12:15 - Lk 5:17-2616:15 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and Archbishop Vigano's...

Random thoughts:pleased to notice the paper and pen work is coming more naturallydug my little 4' lighted Christmas tree out of the garage and set it up while Sylvia's at bingo - she'll be surprised when she gets home.without a doubt, the most peaceful part of everyday is when I pray my evening Rosary.Prayers, etc.:07:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel13:30 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my son, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their famili...

Random thoughts:The transition back to a primarily pen and paper organization system is taking longer that I'd expected. But it's something I really want to do. If I do move to the Philippines in the future (next year or 2022 at the latest seems most likely) I'll be in a Third World environment where high speed Internet, even reliable electrical service may be hard to come by. Getting used to pen and paper now will make the transition easier then.Prayers, etc.:03:15 - Prayer to St. Michael the A...

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 Archangel10:50 - The Apostles' Creed17:30 - Fr. Chad Rippb...

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 Archangel09:15 - Mt 7:21, 24-2709:30 - 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 S...

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 15:29-3708:45 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel17:00 - The Apostles' Creed 19:00 - F...

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 Archangel07:00 - The Apostles' Creed17:40 - 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...

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 Archangel10:45 - Mt 4:18-2211:40 - The Apostles Creed 16:45 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and th...

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 Archangel14:30 - Mk 13:33-3715:30 - The Apostles' Creed18:15 - 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'...

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 Archangel10:20 - Lk 21:34-3616:15 - 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...

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 Archangel08:20 - The Apostles Creed 10:50 - Pater Noster, Gloria Patri13:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their...

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 Archangel08:15 - Lk 21:20-2815:45 - The Apostles' Creed19:15 - Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be19:30 -  Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, and my great grandchildr...

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 Archangel11:30 - Lk 21:12-19; The Apostles' Creed18:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my daugh...

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 Archangel09:00 - The Apostles' Creed15:40 - Our Father, 3 Hail Marys,...

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 Archangel11:30 - Lk 21:1-419:05 - Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of...

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 Archangel10:10 - The Apostles' Creed15:15 - Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum17:00 - Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America17:45 - Mt 25:31-4621:00 - Day 14 of the 54-Day "Get Strong" Novena For Our Nation, Bible reading,  meditations and pra...

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 acknowle...

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 Mary08:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel; Hail, Holy Queen09:20 - Lk 19:45-4811:45 - The Apostles' Creed12:15 - Prayer for the sick: O Blessed St. Roch...19:10 - Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of Ame...

Random thoughts:After a few moments of thought I've come up with a pretty hefty list of chores for me to handle over the next several days.Prayers, etc.:06:50 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel08:00 - Pater Noster08:40 - Ave Maria, Gloria Patri 16:00 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect President Trump from any demonic activity16:30 - Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America17:00 - Wednesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum18:15 - Lk ...

Random thoughts:less news + more chess and music = a much better day : That's an equation I'll have to remember!With barely an hour before bedtime, it's good to look back on a day done well. Prayers, etc.:08:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel18:15 - Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect President Trump from any demonic activity; Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America20:00 - Wednesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum;  Day 10 of the ...

Random thoughts:Woke up this morning happy that the new NCIS starts tonight. Think I wasted too much time today following the "news." I'll have to make it a point to do less of that tomorrow.Prayers, etc.:10:00 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel11:15 - The Apostles' Creed11:45 - Lk 19:1-1016:20 -  Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect President Trump from any demonic activity16:30 - Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America20:30 - Tuesday Prayers of the Associat...

Random thoughts:I think my best course of action today will be focusing  on my laundry, my chess, and my prayers, and avoiding time-wastey distractions.That was a good decision. Took care of the main chores and rearranged furniture, too. Home office is now less cluttered and easier to work in.Prayers, etc.:08:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel09:45 - Pater Noster10:15 - The Apostle's Creed11:45 - 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be17:45 - Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum ...

Random thoughts:This was a calm and quiet day, one more full of prayers than usual for family members, friends, and acquaintances who have recently fallen ill. Prayers, etc.:06:30 - Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel12:30 - The Apostles' Creed14:55 - Our Father, 3 Hail Marys, Glory Be16:10 -  Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect President Trump from any demonic activity18:50 -  Archbishop Vigano's Prayer for The United States of America19:20 - Prayer for the Sick, O Blessed St. Ro...