All posts by Tony Burgess

Hi there, my name is Tony Burgess (my friends call me T-Bird) from Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. I am a believer, bleeding heart, idealist, and blogger. I'm married to Laura the Soup Diva and a dog dad to Frankie, Cody, and Mikey. Daily I work for a blood bank recruiting donors. My blog is where I chronicle and curate the sacred, serious, and silly things in my life. I am a member of The Episcopal Church. Thank you for connecting with me. Grace, peace, and love!

Meme Lists That Remind You That You Are Old

I found this on Facebook and it’s a meme designed to remind people of a certain generation they are old. I am a member of Generation X and this entire list is aimed primarily at people like me. In a way, it’s OK because it reminds me of a good time when you did stuff on this list and there was less technology involved. If you need an explanation of what some of this is I can help.

Oh, by the way, I have done all of these things.

The House of Burgesses As Seen Through ARTificial Intelligence

The House of Burgesses was the elected representative element of the Virginia General Assembly, the legislative body of the Colony of Virginia.

Burgess originally referred to a freeman of a borough, a self-governing town or settlement in England.

I did a little ARTificial Intelligent creation of what The House of Burgess looks like in cyberspace. These are a couple of ideas that the Microsoft AI Image Creator came up with. I think this is pretty cool stuff.

Quote Of The Day

The church is the church only when it exists for others… not dominating, but helping and serving.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Support Ukraine Now

The United States is not doing its part to support Ukraine as of late. Republicans in charge of the US House of Representatives are the problem. The longer it takes to get supplies to the Ukrainian military the more Russian forces advance and capture more territory making life hard for the citizens of the war-torn country. Other countries are taking the lead and thank goodness. Ukrainians need material support and prayers to get them through this horrible time in their history.

Russian citizens are not the enemy. It’s Putin who is using the military to advance his evil aims. Every day Russians are subject to sanctions and I would think they would rather not be.

Support Ukraine now and in the future.

It’s Friday, Treat Yourself, Have A Donut

It’s Friday good people. We’ve made it to the end of the week. Have a great day and a great weekend ahead. Peace and love to you all.

Is Freedom In America A Real Thing?

I am a white, Anglo-Saxon, protestant from the United States and I am so tired of white, Anglo-Saxon evangelicals telling people what they can do or not do with their own bodies. Also, I grow weary of them making life really, really hard for LGBTQ people who did nothing to bother them. Their brand of morality is intrusive and goes against life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. My goodness, no one asked them to get involved in the private lives of others. This is not being a good neighbor in the sense of live and let live. What happened to freedom in America?