Culture

Damsel Sends You a Glass Chapel

After some rain moved through the area the day before, we took a drive to Palos Verdes last weekend and stopped at the Wayfarer’s Chapel on a spectacular day.

Wayfarers Chapel

With its breathtaking Pacific Ocean view and original Lloyd Wright architecture, the Wayfarers Chapel was conceived as a respite for all wayfarers on the journey of life. Here all people may sit and be nurtured by the beauty of nature and enjoy peaceful meditation. No one realized that this simple idea would produce a world-renowned sacred site. The power of Wayfarers Chapel is a blend of the sacred purpose and beauty that people experience. This quiet beauty is emphasized by the openness and echoing of nature in the elegant glass structure.

Give Your Children to Us – Now

Attention California Taxpayers – Does Meathead have his hand in YOUR pocket? Worse yet, does he have plans for your kids?

From the Sacramento Bee:

State’s preschool ads play politics, critics say

[To] opponents of actor-director Rob Reiner’s pending $2.3 billion universal preschool initiative, the spots feel more like taxpayer-financed political advocacy that primes voters for the June election.

They criticize the fact that Reiner chairs the state commission paying for the ads and also leads the initiative campaign that may benefit by its message.

“It’s a matter of sheer common sense – this is an expenditure of taxpayer dollars promoting preschool,” said Jon Coupal, president of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. “It’s clearly connected to the pending initiative, and as a matter of ethics it crosses the line. Whether it crosses the legal line remains to be seen.”

Just as Damsel and I thought: the preschool endorsement ads are a political ploy by the left. It seems that the socialist-inclined teaching profession wants our kids sooner in order to prevent parental contamination of their well-thought-out political indoctrination of your kids. We spotted this underlying theme in the ads when they began, and contend that the socialist attitude is “you birth ’em, we’ll take it from there.” This concept is working in China and other communist nations, where youth indoctrination is vital to the survival of tyrannical governments. They don’t want your parental guidance of morality, ethics and religion to interfere with their program.

As for Meathead’s political connections, he seems to have abundant ties to hollywood radicals and socialist-leaning Democrats, evident from the picture on the right.

Moonbat Alert

There will be FIFTEEN HOURS of full moon tonight. Beware of extra-lunaticular activities.

From SpaceWeather.com:

LONG NIGHTS MOON:

According to folklore, tonight’s full moon is called the Long Nights Moon. The reason is obvious: December nights are long (in the northern hemisphere).

Tonight’s moon also happens to be the highest-soaring full moon in 18 years. As seen from most parts of the USA and Europe, it will be above the horizon for more than 15 hours–a long night indeed.

Damsel Sends You the Korean Bell

Today, we drove to San Pedro and visited the site of the Korean Bell of Friendship and Bell Pavilion.


This massive and intricately-decorated bell and pavilion was donated in 1976 to the people of Los Angeles by the people of the Republic of Korea to celebrate the bicentennial of the U.S. independence, honor veterans of the Korean War, and to consolidate traditional friendship between the two countries. The bell is patterned after the Bronze Bell of King Songdok, which was cast in 771 A.D. and is still on view in South Korea today.

Thanksgiving Thoughts from a Soldier in Iraq

Putting Thanksgiving in perspective, I present an excerpt from an email I got today from a soldier in Mosul, Iraq.

As I sit here and write this on Thanksgiving, although I have a lot to be thankful for this year, I thought I would share a little with you about what I am thankful for today. I am thankful for my family, they have been there for me, and without their guidance, I would be completely lost. I am thankful for God, that he has seen fit to protect me this last year, that he helps my battalion make it safely back home, that he continues to protect the troops that will still be here, and that he has taken into heaven with open arms, the men and women who have given their lives in this war, who he just couldn’t live without in heaven. I am thankful that I was born in America, and not a country like Iraq. As strange as it may seem, I am thankful that Americans still have the right to voice their opinions about this war (whether I agree with them or not), if America still has the right to voice it’s opinion, that means we’re doing our job over here, and doing it well! Most of all, I am thankful for my fiancé, who has braved one of the most ultimate in hardships this last year, and stuck with me throughout it all. For certain, true love does exist. Finally, I am thankful that there are people back home who understand what we are fighting for, and proud of us.

God Bless!

Sincerely,
Sgt. Furman
Mosul, Iraq

And now you know why I’m so proud of these guys; let’s support them any way we can.

Inset photo credit Army Combat Training Centers

Thanksgiving Day

Damsel asked what I am thankful for on this day. Here’s a few things, although the list is certainly bigger than this.

  • As I look at other places in the nation and the world today, I am thankful for the climate in California.
  • I am thankful for technology and the ability to sit here and view pictures from Mars and deep space; to share thoughts, images, music and humor with others.
  • I am thankful to have been given the talent and motivation to succeed in my career.
  • I am thankful for our home and the shelter and comfort we enjoy.
  • I am thankful for jazz, blues, classical, and symphonic music; and to have good taste in my preferences.
  • I am thankful for and proud of our men and women serving in the armed forces, and the protection they provide.
  • I am thankful and proud to be a right-thinking American.
  • I am thankful for and proud of the United States of America and the freedom we enjoy.
  • I am thankful for food, family and football on this day.
  • Most of all, I am thankful for Damsel and the life and love we share together.