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: There are things we can know about the within a minuscule margin of error, and it’s worthwhile to know at least som...
02/01/2025

: There are things we can know about the within a minuscule margin of error, and it’s worthwhile to know at least some of them ahead of time, for planning purposes. Many of them are things humans cannot change.

There are things we can know about 2025 within a minuscule margin of error, and it’s worthwhile to know at least some of them ahead of time, for planning purposes. Many of them are things humans cannot change. Others are things that humans could change but probably won’t, for good or bad reasons...

It’s New Year’s Day. As a kid, I noted it as the day ended. The music cut off on the radio, the lights went off around...
02/01/2025

It’s New Year’s Day. As a kid, I noted it as the day ended. The music cut off on the radio, the lights went off around the neighborhood and, curiously, the came down all over, too.

It’s New Year’s Day. As a kid, I noted it as the day Christmas ended. The music cut off on the radio, the lights went off around the neighborhood and, curiously, the snowmen came down all over, too.

Does joy end when the clock strikes midnight, closing out Christmas Day? Tim Butler's new 12 days of devotional bookle...
26/12/2024

Does joy end when the clock strikes midnight, closing out Christmas Day? Tim Butler's new 12 days of devotional booklet _the Joys of Christmas_, which is our Christmas gift to you, explores the ongoing joys of the day.

Does joy end when the clock strikes midnight, closing out Christmas Day? Tim Butler’s new twelve days of Christmas devotional booklet the Joys of Christmas, which is our Christmas gift to you, invites us to embark on a journey to “store up” Christmas joy well beyond December 25. Following the ...

Dennis E. Powell recalls beautiful memories of Christmas Eves past while pondering the value of the silence that Silent ...
26/12/2024

Dennis E. Powell recalls beautiful memories of Christmas Eves past while pondering the value of the silence that Silent Night calls us to.

In Austria, 206 years ago this Christmas Eve, one of the most enduring religious (as opposed to secular retail) Christmas songs was sung for the first time. In Athens, Ohio, 10 years ago, I did what I used to do every year after Christmas Eve midnight Mass (no longer held at midnight, I’m sad to s...

This week’s has Dennis E. Powell journeying from great Keyboards of the past to the Unicomp, Inc. Mini with a stop...
19/12/2024

This week’s has Dennis E. Powell journeying from great Keyboards of the past to the Unicomp, Inc. Mini with a stop by the .

In my elementary school, we weren’t given grades of A B C D F as was the standard before and since. Instead, New Haven R-II school employed a different set of letters that meant the same thing. They were E S M I F. I have no idea how this came to pass, but I hope it was because some person seeking...

looks for a : “It's important, I think, to begin by saying that I'm writing this on my television, as I sit on the ...
12/12/2024

looks for a : “It's important, I think, to begin by saying that I'm writing this on my television, as I sit on the couch 10 feet away and use a wireless keyboard.”

It’s important, I think, to begin by saying that I’m writing this on my television, as I sit on the couch 10 feet away and use a wireless keyboard.

Keyboard enthusiasts will tell you there is one that stands above the others: the legendary IBM . ’s Timothy R. Butl...
12/12/2024

Keyboard enthusiasts will tell you there is one that stands above the others: the legendary IBM . ’s Timothy R. Butler looks at Unicomp, Inc. “New Model M” in its variant 👉 https://reviews.ofb.biz/sa1269

Longtime keyboard enthusiasts will tell you there is one keyboard that stands above the others: the legendary IBM Model M. Dating to the 1980s, the board is large and loud, beloved for its feel and revered for its reliability. It is peculiar we don’t see more people using them, because here’s a ...

Here we are at the end of the year, a lot to reflect on, a lot to be thankful for, and one of those things is itself. ...
28/11/2024

Here we are at the end of the year, a lot to reflect on, a lot to be thankful for, and one of those things is itself. Who's excited about Thanksgiving? OK, another question: *why* are we excited about today?

Here we are at the end of the year, a lot to reflect on, a lot to be thankful for, and one of those things is Thanksgiving itself. Who’s excited about Thanksgiving?

“You'll hear the newly minted cliché that the is now engaged in soul searching after it got hammered yesterday, top to...
07/11/2024

“You'll hear the newly minted cliché that the is now engaged in soul searching after it got hammered yesterday, top to bottom, by voters who did not like what it was selling.” Are they really?

If you look around or listen, you’ll hear the newly minted cliché that the Democratic Party is now engaged in soul searching after it got hammered yesterday, top to bottom, by voters who did not like what it was selling.

Jason and Timothy prognosticate ahead of . Hear what the boys think and add your prediction ahead of tomorrow's results...
05/11/2024

Jason and Timothy prognosticate ahead of . Hear what the boys think and add your prediction ahead of tomorrow's results! 🇺🇸🗳️

Ahead of the 2024 Presidential Election, Tim and Jason resume an old tradition of theirs and make their predictions of how the race will turn out.

If all goes well, we'll awaken a week from today to the ghastly thought that we'll be listening to *that voice* for the ...
01/11/2024

If all goes well, we'll awaken a week from today to the ghastly thought that we'll be listening to *that voice* for the next four years.

If all goes well, we’ll awaken a week from today to the ghastly thought that we’ll be listening to that voice for the next four years. I say if all goes well, because if the election is as close as the predictors say it will be — sooner or later, just by chance, they will be right — this thi...

Jason Kettinger and Timothy R. Butler return with another episode of 🏁🐌🏁
25/10/2024

Jason Kettinger and Timothy R. Butler return with another episode of 🏁🐌🏁

Tim and Jason talk sports and hope — but not at the same time — as they think about the WNBA, and St. Louis soccer and baseball, before turning to God’s faithfulness shown even in death.

🏁🐌🏁 Timothy R. Butler & Jason Kettinger explore the landscape ahead of the . Topics this Episode: the situation aroun...
17/10/2024

🏁🐌🏁 Timothy R. Butler & Jason Kettinger explore the landscape ahead of the . Topics this Episode: the situation around the , , and the obligation to vote or not.

Tim and Jason put their heads together to explore the political landscape ahead of the 2024 Election. In this episode, they discuss the overall situation in the presidential election, cable news networks and the Christian obligation to vote or not.

“It’s either murder or it’s not. The problem with the - take on is not its bent. No, it is in a far less princip...
04/10/2024

“It’s either murder or it’s not. The problem with the - take on is not its bent. No, it is in a far less principled way than the pro-choice position itself is.”

Let’s be clear: it’s either murder or it’s not. The problem with the Trump-Vance take on abortion is not its pro-life bent. No, it is pro-choice in a far less principled way than the pro-choice position itself is.

Timothy Butler describes the saga of an unexpected package -- a computer keyboard -- that showed up one day on his doors...
26/09/2024

Timothy Butler describes the saga of an unexpected package -- a computer keyboard -- that showed up one day on his doorstep.

Two years ago, a mysterious package arrived on my porch. It contained a computer keyboard from a company I had never heard of and with no sign of where it came from. Keyboards do not usually show up unannounced.

Timothy Butler muses on Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala HQ and why he avoids making "endorsements" as a pastor.
26/09/2024

Timothy Butler muses on Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala HQ and why he avoids making "endorsements" as a pastor.

Unless you live under a rock, you know that the second most anticipated endorsement of the presidential election finally happened: Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris. Don’t hold your breath for the most anticipated: I won’t be making an endorsement. (And maybe you shouldn’t either.)

: “There was a time, children, when a presidential election involved a choice between serious people who offered plans,...
26/09/2024

: “There was a time, children, when a presidential election involved a choice between serious people who offered plans, policy proposals, and philosophies.”

There was a time, children, when a presidential election involved a choice between serious people who offered plans, policy proposals, and philosophies.

: “There is good cause for me to eye outdoor with suspicion and fear. As I've mentioned elsewhere, my first battle wi...
19/09/2024

: “There is good cause for me to eye outdoor with suspicion and fear. As I've mentioned elsewhere, my first battle with a ended in my defeat.”

There is good cause for me to eye outdoor power tools with suspicion and fear. As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, my first battle with a lawnmower ended in my defeat. (No, that’s not a pun — my left foot was sewn back together and remains an important part of me to this day.)

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