“Don’t Worry Baby”

www.pandora.com/artist/the-beach-boys/shut-down-vol-2-mono-and-stereo-remaster/dont-worry-baby-mono/TRVvf2v4cn92wzk

The Beach Boys always caught a lot of grief – even back in the day. They were never avant-guarde enough. But ala Ricky Nelson, that kind of criticism is TOTALLY AND FOREVER UNDESERVED!

Laugh if you want to, but The Beach Boys are one of my very favorite groups of all time. I love the Beach Boy sound. That wonderful sound is forever ‘major league’ embedded in my memory – along with other major sounds of my youth. Those Beach Boy musical synapses are as beautiful and as strong and alive as much as anything else left in this 71 year-old, decrepit old brain of mine. I know. Go figure.

They’ve done a ton, but to me, “Don’t Worry Baby” is one of The Beach Boys‘ better songs. Any rock song with the word => “baby” in it… always has a ‘leg up’ in my book. Have you ever noted how many old rock songs have the word, “baby”, in them? A bunch of ’em! “Baby” is what I call my baby. She’s a sweetheart. You know what I mean?

Men Need Duct Tape

Yes, men have to have duct tape. It is an absolute essential. Woman usually roll their eyeballs, but I ask you: where would the world be today without duct tape? Huh?

Duct tape was originally an all gray sorta’ deal. However, modern-day duct tape comes in an abundance of colors and different styles. Obviously, the marketplace well appreciates the fact that men do have to have duct tape in their arsenal though. I’m telling you: a man just never knows when he’s going to need that valuable stuff next.

Men and woman have inherently different needs in terms of essential household items. Women don’t like a half-xxx fix. They consider duct tape a half-xxx fix. I would counter that, ‘yes’: perhaps duct tape is a half-xxx fix some of the time, but it so often is able to bridge the gap – until a more permanent fix can be implemented. Right guys? And considering the unbounded nature of the “honey do” list, I’m not sure how much complaining wives are really entitled too.

What other essential household items are on my list? I’m glad you asked 😉. Here are a few more essential items necessary for a man trying to keep up with the mad pace of this world:

1) A basic tool set

2) WD-40

3) Super Glue

4) Bactine

5) Scotch tape

6) Aspirin

7) Good tweezers (splinters)

8) A decent pen (one that actually writes)

I know I’m leaving a lot of stuff out, but you’ll have to excuse me. I have to go attend to a plumbing leak right now. I’m hoping I can slow the leak down with some ‘duct tape’. However, the wife is already rolling her eyeballs and shaking her head. Go figure.

“Hurricanes Are Coming”

Wouldn’t hurt to put a few gold and/or silver coins away. Buys a little insurance – guarding against the predations of a fiat currency gone mad.

National debt now stands at $22 trillion. You think the US will soon be able to retire that kind of debt? It is my considered opinion that national debt should be $0. If a national debt exists, that means the government is spending more than it takes in, right? An individual can’t live like that. Neither can a government – at least in perpetuity. I know: the practice is lovingly legitimized and couch-phrased as “deficit spending.” Okay. How nice.

Many experts are declaring that the vaunted US federal reserve note is headed full-steam ahead toward total calamity. The insane practice of creating money out of thin air will inevitably lead our nation into a state of total bankruptcy, hyper-inflation, and unpredictable social and political chaos.

Time to buckle up, folks! We’re in trouble…

See the below article for a more expert take on the subject.

http://news.goldseek.com/GoldSeek/1569427691.php

Arctic Sea Ice is 2nd Lowest (in satellite records)

“Arctic sea ice reached its annual summer minimum on September 18, 2019, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). Analysis of satellite data by NSIDC and NASA showed that the extent of ice cover this year effectively tied 2007 and 2016 as the second lowest in the satellite record, which dates back to late 1978. The sea ice cap shrank to 4.15 million square kilometers (1.60 million square miles) in 2019.“

Global warming a myth? I’m not so sure about that, Sherlock. Below is the link to this story; there’s a better country-detailed map in the link.

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145641/2019-arctic-sea-ice-minimum-is-second-lowest/?src=eoa-iotd

“Life Is Like A Song”

Etta James, Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Ben E. King, Jackie Wilson, Ray Charles => all these people (along with many others, of course) helped construct the framework for all the great soul music that followed.

Old-school soul music and Motown later evolved from music originally created by some of these early people. The Drifters, Otis Redding, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, the Four Tops, the Supremes… you could go on and on. The list is a virtual “who’s who” directory of musical greatness.

To me, (old school) soul music is some of the most wonderful music ever created. I just love soul music. It’s heavily mixed into my Pandora radio station lineups. My question is: what vacuum did all this great soul music disappear into? I miss the genre badly. Where did that ‘sound’ go?

I’m attaching two songs: “This Magic Moment” by Ben E. King – and the other being “At Last” by the incomparable Etta James. “At Last” is one of the most beautiful songs that I’ve ever heard. Do you agree?

https://www.pandora.com/artist/etta-james/at-last/at-last/TRJq9Jmw75n5kjV?part=ug&corr=12482969

https://www.pandora.com/artist/ben-e-king/the-very-best-of-ben-e-king/this-magic-moment/TR2jtp6wV6c2dlP?part=ug&corr=12486123

PS: By the way, thank you Pandora for all the great music. I enjoy my Pandora music IMMENSELY!

Supernatural?

I just want to re-iterate my closing suggestion to skeptics from my last post. I have urged the skeptic to read the first four chapters of the New Testament. I urge you ‘bad boys to read (possibly re-read) FOR YOURSELF what Jesus actually proclaimed. You can more effectively dispense with this odious subject entirely if you can dismantle it piece-by-piece, right?

There is SUPERNATURAL substance embedded and inherent in the Gospel. It is very difficult (even for the unbeliever) to read the Words of Jesus and not be touched in some small fashion by the supernatural.

The Spirit of God inhabits The Word. God is very near when you read The Word – even though many there are who will not perceive Him. If you don’t feel even the vaguest hint of the supernatural, then… well frankly, it’s not good news, pilgrim. The enemy has achieved a worst-case scenario in your life. You have been blinded. You have been deceived but you don’t even realize it. Your heart has become hardened.

It always saddens me. There is a right and a wrong… and there is a God. I pray for you.

Psalms 111:10. “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…”

Peace out,

JCT (John)

I Do Not Defend Religion. I Defend Jesus.

Photo courtesy of Kristanix.com

I would be one of the last people on this entire planet to defend religion. In the past, so much wickedness has been perpetrated in the name of religion, that one would have to be half-daff to wave that flag.

Jesus was not a religious person. He was considered irreligious in his day. Jesus did not incarnate on this planet to force dogma down our throat. He released us from dogma and the curse of the law. We couldn’t hang.

Jesus doesn’t expect us to blindly abdicate all reason and become blind zombies. The Son of God came so that we might have life, and have that more abundantly. He didn’t sacrifice His life to force religion down our throats. He came to help us. HE CAME TO SAVE MEN’S SOULS!

Broadly speaking, “religion is a set of beliefs.” In that regard I guess we all possess some degree of religion. We all have beliefs. But don’t try to lay religion’s negative history and negative connotation on Jesus’ doorstep. He’d be the last person in the world to require that you adopt religion.

But what does Jesus require? {Note: bolded words are my device}

Micah 6:8. “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?”

Mark 1:15. “… the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”

John 14:6. “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life : no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

1 John 3:23. “And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.”

You can cast aspersions and mis-characterize things all day long… but Jesus was not touting religion. He offers all “who have ears to hear” the opportunity to be delivered from their sin and inherit eternal life. Those blinded by their own intellect, however, are going to have a difficult time.

I urge the skeptic to do this one small thing: just read (again) what Jesus actually said about himself in the first four chapters of the New Testament. READ FOR YOURSELF what the man actually said! After reading what Jesus actually did say… then yes. It is your free-will choice to believe what the man said or to reject him entirely – as probably the biggest fraud to ever hit this planet.

Love you guys,

Peace out,

JCT (John)

New Breakthrough In DNA Based Storage Can Fit The Entire YouTube On A Spoon

Absolutely amazing! Data storage embedded in DNA ??! Whoa!

Apparently, one of the biggest hang-ups now is trying to speed up the process of writing to artificial DNA. It’s very, very slow… takes a day to imprint MB’s of data. Wonder if we’ll ever get there? Maybe. Major, major breakthrough if it ever happens. Getting kinda’ scary what man is able to devise, you know?

https://wonderfulengineering.com/new-breakthrough-in-dna-based-storage-can-fit-the-entire-youtube-on-a-spoon/

ELO – Yeah, Baby!!!

www.pandora.com/artist/electric-light-orchestra/a-new-world-record/telephone-line/TRbdj7mndqbl3XJ

Love Jeff Lynne. In my opinion, one of the greatest rock and rollers of ALL TIME! ELO music is just so sweet… so extraordinarily delicious! Can’t seem to get away from the Traveling Wilbury musicians. I can listen to those guys all day. To me, those people were the absolute apex of early rock and roll (and that’s a tough (possibly ridiculous) assertion to make, huh?)

https://www.pandora.com/artist/electric-light-orchestra/elo-part-2/livin-things-live/TRXZjghpqXwbftK?part=ug&corr=12481254

https://www.pandora.com/artist/electric-light-orchestra/out-of-the-blue/sweet-talkin-woman/TRgmt27PztqgphK?part=ug&corr=12485335

Mike Campbell: Guitarist Extraordinaire!

www.pandora.com/tom-petty/full-moon-fever/feel-whole-lot-better/TRdm3Jrchz6prX9

Tom Petty and Mike Campbell! As per usual, Mike Campbell is always deferential to the needs of the song. And also, as per usual, he is always ON KEY, beautifully harmonizing, and wonderfully enhancing the song. Love the man’s work!

Seek the Nearness of God

Seeking “… the nearness of God” is all to your good. Seek God while He may be found. God is nearer to you than your own spirit. He loves you with a kindness and a mercy that is unfathomable.

Seek to enter God’s rest as Rabbi Schneider encourages. There is a particular time in life for the believer wherein a person can actually enter into God’s rest. I’m not talking about getting saved. I’m talking about arriving at a special time and place wherein there is a new (and less anxious) level of joy and peace to be experienced – a higher plateau of spiritual victory, if you’ll allow. As the Word reminds us: “draw nigh to God and He will draw nigh unto you.”

Rabbi Schneider is a messianic, fulfilled-Jewish believer – a teacher extraordinarily gifted by our Lord. Brothers and sisters, if you haven’t heard of this guy before, Rabbi Schneider will greatly bless you. I encourage you to look this man’s teaching up. I find it interesting that this man naturally and intuitively thinks allegorically. To my mind, he really gets his points across effectively. He has a very powerful teaching ministry. He can be looked up on his web site at https://www.discoveringthejewishjesus.com. He is on several TV Bible channels as well as YouTube.

God Bless,

JCT (john)

Keep Looking: youtu.be/BfdiSrV5KyI

How to Receive God’s Rest: youtu.be/VcHZDW5qEug

Stunning Views of the Tarantula Galaxy

Photo :: courtesy of NASA/Hubble

The Tarantula galaxy. Scary sounding name, huh? I don’t see a tarantula. Rorschach-wise, I see a mad dog’s face. How ‘bout you? The video link below illustrates the unbelievably-boundless nature of our cosmos. Staggering astronomy! Truly well worth watching.

Video :: courtesy of space.com

https://videos.space.com/m/GgK4kYqO/see-the-tarantula-nebula-in-stunning-infrared-and-visible-views

You Gotta’ Get It Alkaline

Human body chemistry requires an alkaline environment to remain healthy. I’m not qualified to go into medical detail but (after some research and personal validation) my personal opinion is that maintaining a body chemistry tilted toward the pH-alkaline side of things is absolutely essential to all other additional health remedies that might be entertained.

Your cardiovascular system, your immune system, your endocrine system – really any and everything biochemically-related demands an alkaline pH. When you’re too acidic, your cellular biochemistry goes ‘bonsai, becoming far more susceptible to maladies => FAR MORE! Whether you hear it or not, without a benign pH => your biology starts screaming “bloody murder.”

Not that they realized the importance, but former generations were better able to maintain an optimal pH. People used to ingest better quality food. As has been publicized, earlier generations derived better nutrition from their basic fruits and vegetables. They were not as badly victimized by bad diet, “Big Agra”, and the worn-out soils that we currently face. They didn’t rely on modern-day fast food, processed food, colas, and man’s increasing disposition toward salt and sugar.

The entire concept of achieving an alkaline pH dates back to the 1930’s. In research performed by Nazi scientist, Otto Warburg (a Pulitzer-prize winning Jewish scientist); Otto was able to demonstrate that cancer cells (all forms) cannot survive in an alkaline environment. Good cells flourish. Bad cells die.

View the below link. I believe the guy’s trying to sell you a book (which is fine; no problem). But please understand; I’m not here to promote anybody’s product. It’s just that this guy has pretty much got the history nailed down. You’ll learn something. You owe it to yourself to research Otto Warburg on the net. His absolutely stunning, life-saving breakthrough has been egregiously suppressed all these years by “Big Pharma” and the medical establishment.

So, summarizing: 1) Alkalinity is ESSENTIAL for good biochemical processes AND 2) An alkaline body pH will not allow cancer cells to start, to proliferate, or to even survive.

If one of my own people had cancer, getting alkaline is absolutely the very first thing that I would recommend (urge). Unfortunately, you will not hear about this from “Big Pharma” and the medical establishment. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy make far too much money to ever allow that to happen, of course.

Now, some of you might ask: “How do I get alkaline?” There are many ways to get alkaline. You can find all kinds of ways on the net. What I do is one of the following: 1) I take half a teaspoon or so of baking soda in a glass of water OR 2) I take the product, Alka-Seltzer Gold. Make sure you select the Gold version of Alka-Seltzer – not the plain Alka-Seltzer version. I try to take this potion several times a week. I don’t take it every day (don’t take it an hour or so either side of meals) but I probably should. Without those neat pH strips that you can check via your saliva, it’s difficult to assess how you’re actually doing. By the way, another good way of getting alkaline is drinking pre-bottled alkaline water. Good stuff. Myself, I can’t afford a steady diet of those right now. But I would urge you to drink those alkaline waters when (if) you can though.

Love You Guys,

JCT (John)

Don’t Give Up!

In consideration of the just previous post (Even the Losers) allow me to elaborate a little bit concerning losers. And by the way: I don’t mean to be criticizing Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Even the Losers is a GREAT song. Love it!

The point I’d like to touch on is this: some forlorn individuals *enjoy* characterizing certain other people as losers. I’ve witnessed this arrogant statement my entire life. It’s a most unfortunate egotistical manifestation. The real loser in this scenario is the person who is accusing the other person of being a loser. That person has lost sight of the PRIMARY DYNAMIC operative in the entire cosmos => the most powerful force in the universe ===>>> LOVE!

Ultimately… after all accounts get settled, “yes”, there will be a lot of losers. In the interim though, we’d be best served to “love others as we love ourselves.” That’s what the Master taught us. We need to be careful about calling other people losers. Be wary of those who look down upon others. The only true losers in this life are the people who have given up!

Don’t give up!!!

JCT (John)

“Even The Losers”

(Super) Tom Petty and (Super) Mike Campbell!!! Oh, what a great sound Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers put down. Listen to Mike Campbell make that guitar WAIL! A wonderful and under-rated guitarist, that Mike is. Always right-on rock and roll. Mike’s usually restrained, but when allowed => he’s quite capable of launching off into outer space. Love the Heartbreakers! OH BABY!!!

www.pandora.com/artist/tom-petty/damn-the-torpedoes-deluxe-edition/even-the-losers/TR3b42nXwdl5jlK

“A Better Way To Pray” – Andrew Wommack

Photo courtesy of Kristanix.com

Andrew Wommack is extraordinarily gifted by God as a teacher. In supernatural fashion, this man blesses people as only God could endow. Below is a link to a great teaching by Andrew regarding “a better way to pray.” Check it out. You will be blessed.

Andrew Wommack has a Bible college in Woodland Park, Colorado. You can find his program on several Bible-oriented TV channels. At his web site at http://www.awmi.net you’ll find hundreds of free online video teachings, taken from his daily television program.

Check this teaching out:

https://www.awmi.net/video/tv-archives/?yn=2019&wn=24&dn=4

God Bless

“She’s My Baby” by The Traveling Wilburys

Best electric guitar licks that I have ever heard. Absolutely as good as rock ‘n roll gets. An Irishman by the name of Garry Moore sits in with the Travelling Wilburys. This song is one of the premier rock ‘n roll songs of all time => if you’re really in the mood to rock ‘n roll! Oh man!!! Oh man!!!

Apologies for the simple link – sans ‘video still’ incorporated. I’m having continuing difficulty getting Youtube embedded into WordPress in a pleasing fashion. This particular song… this link deserves a much higher profile presentation. If I were to pick one song emblematic of rock and roll in the twentieth century… this would be the song. Garry Moore has to be one of the greatest electric guitarists of all time!!! Oh man!!! Oh man!!!

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=BnD0H4VeHuY

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