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What of the drifters, vagabonds, and wayfarers? – people who seem to be at loose ends? No doubt in my generation The Great Depression of the 1930s spawned a good many of the folks – people on the move in a quest for better times. Men such as: Burl Billbrew, Jockey Bill Ward, Walkin’ Mun Wilson, and Srinner Stewart.

My husband, Garey, is not one of those guys who overlooks my weaknesses and accepts me just the way I am.  I know this because he tells me so.  Garey is a fusser.  If I do something he doesn’t like, I’m going to hear about it.  Granted, after thirty-eight years, it’s water on a duck’s back.

What would one think today if he or she saw Jesus walking toward them?  In today's gospel reading, John the Baptist was faced with that situation.  A baptizer, a voice crying out in the desert to make straight the way of the Lord, John knew something was up and was well aware that one far mightier than he was coming.  Consider the gospel below.  

The Gospel of John 1:29-34 (New American Bible)

Is it truly necessary that we go for “zero defects” in things that we build, or in other areas of life? Why isn’t 99.9% defect-free good enough? Please look at the list below. According to Jeff DeWar, Quality Consultant at QCI International, this is what life would be like if things were correct or “defect-free” only 99.9% of the time.
 
If We Settle for 99.9%, We Have to Accept:
•    One hour of unsafe drinking water a month.
•    Two unsafe plane landings per day at O’Hare International airport in Chicago.

Work Starts in Frankfort While General Assembly Awaits Budget Address-The first full week of the 2014 Regular Session of the Kentucky General Assembly is in the book, and while we await the start of debate and discussion on the top issue facing us, drafting a new budget, several bills began being heard in committees.

You’ve Gotta See It Live-You know by now that I love going to concerts and ballgames.  This past Saturday January 11, I had the opportunity to see Kentucky/Vanderbilt at Memorial Coliseum in Nashville.  Before going to the game, we grabbed burgers at  Braiz Bistro, a local eatery next to the gym.  They also have some great fresh cut fries.  I highly recommend this place.  They do have more than burgers, by the way.

Many diseases exist that I don’t understand, and ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often called "Lou Gehrig's Disease") is high on that list. I have known only a couple of people who have had this disease.

Sometimes I wonder if we as human beings have a time/date stamp on our emotions like we do physically on our hearts and brains.  A time and date when we’re done with certain feelings, when we’re filled up, when we say, “no more.”

What does this title mean? Put simply, it means that we, as humans, have the ability to choose how we will live our lives. Though all things are created by God, God gave man the ability to do something that plants and animals cannot do. Men have the ability to obey or disobey God and then face the consequences. Man is the only one in God’s creation that can tell God “no.”
 

After reading my last year’s project list, I made a new one. I had marked off most of the 2013 tasks, but some just didn’t get done. So, I added those unfinished tasks to my 2014 list (They still need to be done!).