This is the glass ceiling in the Erlanger Hospital Medical Mall during a rain storm. I’m here hanging out after a doctor’s appointment today.
A Rainy Monday Afternoon In Chattanooga
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Daily Prompt – Word Of The Day: Scroll
The word of the day is scroll. A scroll can refer to a roll of paper, parchment, or other material, especially one with writing on it. We don’t see many scrolls these days.
However, it’s most referred to the action of advancing content up or down on a screen. It seems like we all do a lot of scrolling on our devices screens. Sometimes it’s to find something important. Other times it’s just to pass the time. That is when we seem to have a problem.
Keeping up with what is going on can be an obsession. Here we are just scrolling our lives away because we have a fear of missing out. To that, I say don’t let your scrolling get in the way of living a good life.
Sunday Reflection – Helping Our Friends and Neighbors
There are so many people in need right now. With budget cuts to many social services and food banks, there are empty shelves and empty pockets these days. You would be surprised who you find in a food bank. Regardless, those are people who are our neighbors. Sometimes our friends have to seek help when things get tough. I believe that God wants all of us and especially those who follow him to help others in any way we can. That means giving time and talents and treasure. Things are going to be tough. We all have it in us to lend a helping hand.
The Week Since Hangman Adam Page Became Champion at AEW ALL IN: Texas
It has been one week since All Elite Wrestling held its grandest event of the year, ALL IN. Hangman Adam Page beat Jon Moxley in a Texas Death Match to capture the richest prize in the sport, the AEW Men’s World Championship. It was a bloody and violent match that no one will forget for a long time. Indeed, it has been the week for our champion, Adam.
Other historic matches happened, such as Toni Storm beating Mercedes Mone and Kazuchika Okada beating Kenny Omega. Dustin Rhodes at 56 years of age also won the TNT Championship and that was a huge surprise.
I have to say, last Saturday was great. Thanks to my Missus for helping make it happen. Professional wrestling is the greatest sport!
Daily Prompt – No Bringing Back Dinosaurs, Not Even One!
All it took was one Jurassic Park movie to make me realize that no dinosaurs should ever be brought back. Not even the “cute” ones because that is a slippery slope that we should never slide down. They are best studied from the safety of paleontology and science books. Dinosaurs should remain extinct. We do however have birds that are a descendant of the raptor.
To quote Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) from the first Jurassic Park movie, “Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.”
Trouble On The Air Waves In America
Yesterday, congress in the USA voted to defund Public Media in America. That means that PBS and NPR, which made up a small part of the total budget, will not receive aid from the government and that will impact Public TV and Radio stations from coast to coast. This is a problem because many of those stations provide an essential informational and instructional service to communities where there isn’t a good commercial option. Everything from news to Sesame Street will be impacted. This move is an act of political aggression if you ask me.
Then came word yesterday that Late Night with Stephen Colbert is ending after May 2026. The whole show has been canceled, and that means an essential voice in calling truth to power will go silent. Stephen Colbert always spoke truth to power, and in these days that is so needed. The parent company of his network, CBS says it’s a cost-cutting move, but that isn’t true if you ask me it’s political for sure. Colbert is a decent man with a wicked sense of humor that will be sorely missed.
It’s like some folks can’t handle the truth that comes with abusing power. To me, we are on a slippery slope, and that is never a good thing. The whole thing is wrong, and I am not happy about any of this. Now we wait for the next shoe to drop, impacting the culture of the USA.
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