NYT Wordle 800. 2023.08.28

I can't think of a decent anti-hint for this one. Voice, blurb, song... where would I begin? 

Wordle 800 3/6

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Potential Homily Stuff for yooLord 2023.09.03

Thoughts for Homilies and private Bible Study

Readings for September the 3rd, 2023

Jeremiah 20:7-9

The Lord knows everything, most unlike us in that respect. 

Sometimes we fall so deeply in love with what Christ called "what our Master is about" that we sell all we have to buy a field within which is buried a Pearl beyond value (how that knowledge came to us is perhaps best glossed-over).

We "drank the Kool-Aid" before we realized how much more it might cost us, and God in Infinite Wisdom knew we would pay even more, even if it makes us look like chumps. Perhaps "violence" is a misinterpretation, but outrage certainly is not. We might be tempted to turn our backs on such a Loving Father, yet we still know "The Way" is mostly all that we truly seek, and can't bear *but* to continue upon our paths, if only for the happiness of our Father and our siblings who are also of God but might not know so much as we do. The desire for the Kingdom of God upon Earth burns within us so  compellingly that even our right to free will is obscured by our remembered intent matching God's own.

The Second Reading is from Rom 12:1-2

It looks to me here that Paul is merely reiterating Jeremiah and Christ in Paul's own poetic speak. 

The Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Matthew 16:21-27

If God Himself had to lay down his life upon a crucifixion cross for His death to make the Earth more like He'd intended for it to be, maybe some of us will as yet be required to do the same.

But wouldn't that blow out of the water the belief that Christ died for us once and for all so that we would not have to pay as well? I think what Christ was getting at here is the dying to self, laying down some of our own plans and dreams in deference to God's plans and dreams for us His children, we lambs, regardless of our apparent talents and desires.

Chumps, literally, rule.

NYT Wordle

.Ahhh, finally the Heavenly Host has thrown me a bone.

Wordle 798 2/6

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Word und Hurd: Wordle and Hurdle

The lookout bet we were headed for a footnote in history. WRONG!

Word Hurdle 1171 5/6 #wordhurdle

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Server-room equipment available for sale: (There is a blade server in there somewhere, and a few blades.  I don't know if they're compatible.)

Wendy's Restaurants vs. Working Poor Tomato Harvesters

If Wendy's Restaurants would pay the extra penny per pound for tomatoes to help ensure laborers' safety and otherwise well-being, which I estimate would cost them about a tenth of a penny per sandwich, I might consider becoming a customer of theirs again.

Absolutely disgusting behavior. Dave Thomas would be embarrassed by such disgusting corporate greed, God rest His Soul, and God deep-fry the souls of the current controllers of the company.

Faucet Diverter Valve Replacement how-to DIY tips

I once changed a faucet diverter valve in a shower/tub.  It was not too difficult.  15 years or so later, it started leaking. 

I think I forgot to apply plumbers' silicone grease to the O-rings.

I bought a cheapo replenishment kit, and sprayed copious quantities of silicone lubricant spray, repeatedly, while diligently trying to pull out the diverter valve assembly without laying out for a $100 specialized tool for the job.

I could not pull it out, but it began to budge sideways a bit as I tried to gently use the cheapo plastic thingy in the cheapo replenishment kit to break some bonds.

Cor'n'Blimey! Lo and behold!  The copious quantities of silicone lubricant spray appear to have rejuvenated the O-rings and/or dislodged some grit.  No more leak.  That's all I can say about it for now.

Maybe worth a shot.