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JD and Hennessy are old friends of mine
We get together and have a glass
And talk about old times.
My head is pounding, I can’t hear a word you say
The only thing I’m praying for
Is to make it through the day.
Holding on.
31 Friday Dec 2021
Posted music, Uncategorized
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JD and Hennessy are old friends of mine
We get together and have a glass
And talk about old times.
My head is pounding, I can’t hear a word you say
The only thing I’m praying for
Is to make it through the day.
Holding on.
29 Wednesday Dec 2021
Posted Bullying, Uncategorized
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You can have forgiveness with accountability.
Desmond Tutu
27 Monday Dec 2021
Posted Religion, Uncategorized
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christianity, Christmas, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, hypocrisy, islam, Jehovah' Witnesses, Mormons, religion
It is my belief that all religions have members of that faith who are only members because they want to use it to justify a certain belief. For example, men of many religions, be it Christian, Muslim, Mormon or whatever, use their religion as an excuse to dominate their wives. They point out that if the wife doesn’t blindly follow the husband’s lead, she will burn in hell. Taken to the extreme, religion is even used as an excuse for abusing their wives. One Christian evangelist even said that any man who lets his wife dominate him is in danger of hellfire. However, this is just one example and it’s a horrific one. There are many others.
However, as it’s Christmas, my insane mind has me thinking about Jehovah’s Witnesses. I have nothing against any faith and I believe that the vast majority of their members are really devout but I wonder how many of them, (it’s probably a tiny minority), only joined the faith as an excuse not to have to celebrate Christmas. Taken to the extreme, some may not show up at the Kingdom Hall for most of the year but come December, they will be there. Again, no offence intended so snowflakes back off.
Throughout my life, I have met religious people who embraced certain teachings of their faith when it was appropriate. I know of a guy who thought sex was evil, not because he actually believed it, it was because he wasn’t getting any. On the other hand, I know of religious followers who use their ‘struggle’ with a certain doctrine of the faith to leave it. When I was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, more commonly known as the Mormons, there were some members who felt they couldn’t come to church because they were having problems with the Word of Wisdom. That meant they either smoke or drank alcohol, coffee or tea. However, they couldn’t answer when it was proposed that going to church might help them in their struggle. People will always find an excuse to join or leave a religion.
This is one reason why I don’t bother with organized religion. For the most part, the Mormon faith has best answered my questions about spirituality. It’s just that I don’t want to live by their rules or the rules of any faith. I just want to be me and live the best life as I know how. One thing I will never do is use religion to justify anything.
To buy He Was Weird, go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Was-Weird-Publisher-Generation-Publishing/dp/B00SLVHRFG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36I8I1G32U0R4&keywords=he+was+weird&qid=1640633804&s=books&sprefix=he+was+%2Cstripbooks%2C148&sr=1-1
24 Friday Dec 2021
Posted music, Uncategorized
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Who put the dick on the snowman?
And embarrassed the family.
You could have used a ball bat, cucumber or zucchini
Instead you used a thimble
Something you can barely see
Who put the dick on the snowman?
And made him look like me.
23 Thursday Dec 2021
Posted music, Uncategorized
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Open this one first Uncle Bob
Didn’t I get this last year?
Try to act surprised now Uncle Bob
Didn’t I get this last year?
A tie, a tie, wider than a mile
With a pattern that’s way out of style
With a pattern that’s way out of style.
20 Monday Dec 2021
Posted Autism, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
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Autism, christianity, Christmas, Diwali, Hanukah, Hindu, islam, Jehovah' Witnesses, Jewish, political correctness, Politics, Ramadan, religion, schools
For the past few years, I have heard people say that there is a war on Christmas. They cry that political correctness is killing the spirit of the holiday because people apparently can no longer wish others a Merry Christmas. Instead, they have to say “Happy Holidays.” Maybe it’s me with my strange mind but I don’t see what the fuss is all about. Unlike what some on the right say, I don’t think liberals, lefties or non-Christians are attempting to wipe out Christmas.
I grew up in Southern New Jersey in an area which had a large Jewish population. If I knew the person and knew which holiday they celebrated, I would wish them well accordingly. I’d say “Merry Christmas” to Christian friends and at the same time, wishing my Jewish friends “Happy Hanukah.” Growing up, I didn’t know anyone of either the Muslim or Hindu faiths but now since I have met many here in the UK, I wish them a Happy Ramadan or Happy Diwali. I would have done so back then. However, if I didn’t know the person or their religious faith if any, I found it much easier to wish them “Happy Holidays.” Thus no one is offended.
The problem is that a few left of centre types have either assumed that non-Christians will be offended or alienated by a Christian holiday or the fact that these people don’t have any religion and therefore claim that the religious aspects of the holiday amounts to forcing a religion down their throats. One local council in the UK has changed the name Christmas to ‘Winterval’ out of fear that Christmas offends. Personally, I don’t know of anyone who is offended by Christmas but if they want to call it something else, then they’re welcome to do so. It doesn’t bother me unless such a person wants to shove their views down my throat. If anyone does that, I resist like a cornered rat.
Here’s two thoughts:
Let me explode one myth. It seems that, at least here in Britain, people have blamed the Muslims for the so-called war on Christmas. They claim that the only reason the name Christmas gets changed or not celebrated in schools is out of fear of offending them. Not true! I have taught in schools attended by children of the Islamic faith and they are not offended by Christmas. They see it as time off school so they’re not complaining. In fact, the one religious group who has a problem with Christmas are the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Personally, I respect their beliefs and if they don’t want to celebrate Christmas, fine. Furthermore, they don’t seem to be waging a war on Christmas. Let me ask: Has anyone had their door knocked on by any Jehovah’s Witnesses during the holiday period? I never have. As long as their children do not participate in any services or plays with a Christmas theme, they are happy. However, that doesn’t stop some schools I’ve been in seeing JW’s as a nuisance and that is wrong too.
So in conclusion, I think the who ‘War on Christmas’ had been blown totally out of proportion. As for me, if I don’t know someone and have the least bit of doubt as to their beliefs, I will wish them a happy holiday. As for people I do know, I will continue to wish them a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah or whatever. No one should be offended.
To buy He Was Weird, go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Was-Weird-Publisher-Generation-Publishing/dp/B00SLVHRFG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36I8I1G32U0R4&keywords=he+was+weird&qid=1640027393&s=books&sprefix=he+was+%2Cstripbooks%2C148&sr=1-1
19 Sunday Dec 2021
Posted music, Uncategorized
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Ho ho fucking ho, what a crock of shit
We all work for Santa Claus
We’ve had enough, we quit.
Because we do all the fucking work
While he stars in the show.
So stick your Christmas up your arse
Ho ho fucking ho!
17 Friday Dec 2021
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Yes, it’s that time of year again where I post song lyrics from alternative Christmas songs. Enjoy!
He likes to drink a six pack
And hang out at the mall.
He’ll give your kid a candy cane
That he used to scratch his balls.
Dogs lift their legs to the jolly drunk elf
But he doesn’t care, he pees on himself
Santa’s going to show up
Stagger round and throw up
Drunken Santa’s coming to town!
14 Tuesday Dec 2021
Posted Bullying, Parents, Uncategorized
inIn last week’s post, I wrote why I thought it was right that the parents of school shooters should bear some responsibility for their children’s actions. At the conclusion of that post, I stated that the parents of bullies should be held responsible for their children’s actions. Therefore, this week, I think I would like to talk about that more.
When I was going through the bullying hell between the ages of ten to thirteen, parents weren’t held responsible for their children being bullies. In most cases, many parents believed that if their children were being bullies, they were successful as parents because their kids weren’t the ones being bullied. It was the parents of the bullied children who were made to feel they were failures as parents because they didn’t teach their children how to stand up for themselves. This was the case with my mother, although I don’t blame her. When I did tell of a bullying incident, her response was: “I would have gone up to that kid and socked him.” However, if I had done that, I might have gotten beat up more or at the very least, blamed for starting a fight. It was always a lose-lose situation in my mind. It took the incident where two kids beat me up and wrecked my bike before my mother intervened. Of course, when she did, she went full steam ahead, dragging the bullies’ parents in and even threatening police action if it was to happen again.
I would have loved to have said that it ended the bullying but it didn’t. The spoiled rich kid of the pair wore the whole thing as a badge of honour and even boasted about how my mother was going to have him arrested. As was the times, I was the bad guy for getting these bullies in trouble and having my mother come in to ‘fight my battles’ for me.
Fortunately, things have moved on quite a bit over the past fifty years. Schools will take bullying more seriously and will be much more sympathetic to the target, although there is still a good ways to go before it’s totally right. Still, bullying is usually handled by the school and it’s usually just the bullies and the targets who are involved. Parents aren’t usually called in until the situation gets worse. This is not acceptable! Parents should be called in whenever bullying occurs. It should be emphasized, however, that if their child is a bully or a target, it doesn’t necessarily mean they are bad parents. What it does mean in the case of the bully, is that it can be spelled out that bullying behaviour is wrong and not to be tolerated. The parents can help their children not to be bullies. I know this solution is vague at the moment and more can be added but to eradicate bullying, there has to be a starting point somewhere. This way, what happened to me and many others, (you can get an idea of some of my experiences in my book, “He Was Weird,”) won’t happen to others in the future.
To by He Was Weird, go to: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Was-Weird-Publisher-Generation-Publishing/dp/B00SLVHRFG/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36I8I1G32U0R4&keywords=he+was+weird&qid=1639511813&s=books&sprefix=he+was+%2Cstripbooks%2C148&sr=1-1
09 Thursday Dec 2021
Posted music, School Shootings
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Following the Michigan school shooting, I have come to the decision that every time a school shooting occurs anywhere in the world, (school shootings don’t just happen in the US), I will post the song, “Thoughts and Prayers” by Will Hoge. I hope one day, I will never have to post this video again.