He likes to call these devices a hand held computer, but is trying to find a better name to call it.
At first I thought it may have been an old video, but it was published just a few days ago.
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NY man finishes writing out entire Bible by hand
Four years after he began his project to write out every word of the Bible, Phillip Patterson penned the very last lines Saturday at an upstate New York church.
“Every single curly-q, every single loop, it was all worth it,” said Patterson, 63, moments after inking the final two verses of the King James Bible. “I’m really going to miss this writing.”
It took Patterson just a few minutes to copy the final lines of the Book of Revelation before a crowd of about 125 people at St. Peter’s Presbyterian Church in Spencertown. He ended the ceremony by saying “Amen.”
Patterson, of Philmont, began copying the complete King James Bible in his neat, looping handwriting in 2009. He spent two years copying the first five books of the Bible as a prototype before starting fresh. He said he’ll spend about another year working on the book’s binding and covers before donating the fully completed Bible – more than 2,400 pages – to St. Peter’s as a gift.
For now, he said, he’ll just have to get used to his new life without holding a Pigma Micron pen every day.
Did anyone just tell they guy he could of just bought a copy? Heck, you can even get it free at some places. 
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- I think the events of Cleveland turned my neighbor who resides about four houses down into a bit of a very protective parent. While driving WifeGeeding and the kids home from lunch on Saturday, I noticed a girl around the age of seven outside feverishly smashing her shoe on the ground. Knowing snakes appear from time to time in the area I stopped and asked her if she was killing something or getting mud off her shoes, and she replied back with a smile that she was just killing ants, and I told her to be careful not to get bit and then drove the family home and parked in our driveway. After about 30-seconds of unloading the kids I noticed that father of that girl darted down the road in his truck, turn it around, and then drive up to our house. After he lowered his windowed, in a very stern way, he asked “What did you say to my daughter?!” I approached him with a smile and in the most friendliest way possible explained to him that I simply asked if she was killing something or knocking mud off her shoes, and that I was just trying to be a friendly neighbor as I’ve met and talked to him several times before (he’s even been inside my house). I thought that would be enough to diffuse the situation, and WifeGeeding even stepped in with both our kids in her arms to say we’re just trying to be friendly neighbors, but he didn’t seem too please with our explanation and drove off saying that all he saw was the back of our SUV. I have to admit he made me feel like I did something wrong, or that I acted perverse. Heck, I wouldn’t be surprised if he reported me to the police by now.
- WifeGeeding and the kids were gone for a couple nights and arrived back Saturday morning. While gone, I decided to work on a few home projects as a Mother’s Day gift to WifeGeeding. We’ve been wanting a couple of fans installed on our back porch for the last seven years and thankfully that went somewhat smoothly. I also painted the upstairs bath and installed a new lighting fixture (which required a bit of unexpected drywall work) that WifeGeeding has been wanting done for quite a while. She bought the paint a while back, without any input from me, so I thought there was no way I could screw this project up. Oh, but no . . . the paint was suppose to be some kind of gray but it turned out to be some kind of lavender color when it dried, which WifeGeeding was disappointed in. It looks like I’m gonna be painting the bathroom again.
- We ate at Kincaids again this weekend, and I was surprised at how tasty their onion rings were. While eating a George Straight song came on and I mentioned that I don’t I’ve two-stepped since college, and WifeGeeding mentioned she never two-stepped. So on a whim, I stopped eating, grabbed her hand, and in the middle of the restaurant I taught the fast learning WifeGeeding how to two-step. GirlGeeding got a kick out of it, and then it was time for me to start two-stepping with her.
- I didn’t know that the calculator in Windows had these cool finance features.
- Compliment a lady because she deserves it, not because she wants it.
- I think an interesting science fiction story would reveal that we’re all from Mars, that we ruined it and depleted it of all resources, and moved to Earth.
- Last week when I saw Sen Ted Cruz’s tweet about Obama’s visit to Texas, my first thought was that his predecessor would never do such a juvenile thing, nor would other past Republican senators that represented Texas like Phil Graham or John Tower. Heck, Cornyn even has more class than to do something like that.
- Speaking of John Tower, he was nominated by George H.W. Bush to be Secretary of Defense but was rejected by the Senate, it was the first time that the Senate had rejected a cabinet nominee of a newly elected president. Back then, people cared if you womanized and drank too much. Dick Cheney ended up being the nominated confirmed. Imagine how history would have been different if Tower passed confirmation.
- With the admission of the IRS not treating the Tea Party appropriately, I think they are justifiable in griping about lack of trust in government, especially the current administration. That really is a disappointment.
- I think as distrusting many are about the government, I am about big business.
- I’m surprised Benghazi talk is still going on, but I’d be really surprised if anything comes of it.
- Bud Selig’s contract as Commissioner of MLB will come to an end in 17 months. I think George W. Bush would be a perfect replacement.
- Tom Hanks is on Broadway in a play called ‘Lucky Guy‘ and one of the cast members is his former costar from ‘Bosom Buddies’, Peter Scolari.
- International Space Station to boldly go with Linux over Windows
- I was happy to see Cochran win ‘Survivor’. It was weird that not all the contestants were on stage for the finale. I bet the tease for next season is having family members on opposing teams.
- That Prince Harry seems like one pretty cool dude.
- Survey reveals the greatest and worst hairstyles of all time for men and women
- 2.7 million people still pay for AOL
- I knew John Hinckley was from the Dallas area, but I wasn’t aware he was an on-again off-again Texas Tech student.
- Mad Men talk:
- It’s nice see Peggy back in the main office again.
- Ted is such a gentlemen, and Peter has a Napoleon complex, which was evident with that meeting at the first of the episode.
- Poor Burt, it’s got to be hard to be fired at the same place twice, but it would be an honor to be fired by Roger.
- Don really should be more respectful to Ted and showing up for meetings, but then again, he just wouldn’t be Don.
- Ted’s new office looks like Don’s first office we saw in the first season. And the poor guy shouldn’t compete when it comes to drinking.
- It’s nice to see the new suck up, Bob Benson, get a little more air time. And he’s proven he’s a bit smarter than we all gave him credit for. And it was nice to see Peggy save the guy his job. It’s like the mafia, everyone returning favors.
- I love how Peggy can stand up to Don.
- During that flight I think Don saw both of his lives pass by his eyes.
- “Every good deed is not part of a plan.”
- Best line of the episode: “I want bacon and it’s not up for debate.”
- I had to look this saying up,“If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by”
- This season just might be the downfall of Pete Campbell.
- Don is feeling like he’s losing control of everything, his wife’s attention, his mistress, and leadership at the office.
- The ending was a bit odd, and this episode didn’t live up to the least couple, but they all can’t be tens.
- I thought Scott Pelley of the ‘CBS Evening News” said some of the most fitting words about the topping of One World Trade on Friday’s telecast, “It took eleven and a half years, critics have howled about the delay, but in a sense, it was very American. We dreamed, we fought, we argued about how to move forward. Then, divided a thousand ways, we came together, as we usually do, and now it’s done.”
- One a related Pelley note, he stated in a speech about how the past few months have been bad for journalism as the media “keeps getting the big stories wrong, over and over again.” And he decided to take the first arrow.
- New from ABC - Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD First Promo - I think it will be some good watching for us comic book fans.
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A not so well thought out movie theater publicity stunt
During the opening weekend of the latest ‘Iron Man’ movie, a man walked into the theater in full tactical gear and carrying a fake gun.
Jefferson City police and witnesses, however, are not pleased with the stunt and are questioning the theater’s logic after recent shootings in Aurora, Colo. and Newtown, Conn.
John Molock is a retired Army war veteran and suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. He told ABC 17 News this most recent trip to the movies triggered memories he never wanted to relive.
“We had just finished watching Iron Man 3,” said Morlock. “We’re just getting into the car when I spotted a man in full assault gear, carrying what appeared to be a modified M-4 and 9 mm on his side.”
Morlock did not call police, but several other moviegoers did.
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- I wonder in the future, like 500 years from now, will technology be so advanced that there won’t be a need for any human officials for sports like football, basket, baseball, and hockey.
- The girls that work at the Capital sure did go gaga over Prince Henry yesterday. If you followed the coverage, it was actually comical.
- I wonder if Fidel Castro is angry he’s not the most famous Castro in the world right now.
- I get a tad bit annoyed when I get an email send from someone’s smartphone or tablet and it ends in the line “Sent from my _____”. It like you’re letting The Man win and use you, just go in your settings and change it. With that being said, I have one friend that changed his to “Send using The Force” which cracks me up.
- Dallas sports fans love to criticize Jerry Jones for not having a GM and point all the blame at him. Mark Cuban has a GM, but people still love to blame him for things.
- I’m seeing more and more Tesla cars in the area.
- Anna Jarvis was the woman behind making Mothers’ Day recognized, but later she boycotted the holiday because it became too commercialized and she hated the idea of a printed greeting card thinking people were being too lazy to actually write a letter to their mother. Article
- If my calculations are correct, in the year 2018, or five years from now, Jerry Jones will have owned the Cowboys for more than half of the team’s existence.
- Celebrities lip-sych for a good cause – YouTube – Article
- The dark side of Christian home schooling: creating soldiers for the culture war - Related to the article - Home Schoolers Anonymous
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Tom Hanks comes in first – Reader’s Digest Trust Poll: The 100 Most Trusted People in America - Here’s a version of the list where you don’t have to click through each entry.
- Timewaster of the day – GeoGuesser
- Miami Dolphins Want To Have a Game on an Aircraft Carrier - But not real football.
- The Dallas Morning News has a list of places to take out of towners. I’m glad to see Babe’s was on the list, but overall, I think the list is a bit swanky. If I were to add to few more moderately priced places on the list, I’d probably include La Hacienda Ranch for food and atmosphere, especially if they aren’t from the southwest.
- In case you happen to be reading this, happy birthday, Bono.
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- Working from home makes it hard to sneak out and buy something for Mothers’ Day. If all else fails, moms eat free at Hooters on Sunday.
- The antibiotics may have been the cause of a strange dream, that is, if you think being stuck in a Nick Lachey aerobics class where he’s wearing a leotard is strange.
- I’ve always wondered what happens if a person collects on life insurance and years later the person is found alive.
- WifeGeeding and I often stop down and try to figure out how GirlGeeding is expanding her vocabulary. What two-year-old uses the word “consistent” in a sentence?
- I’ve talked about moving to a smaller city or town, and WifeGeeding thought that meant near her hometown, and her family has been sending her real estate listings ever since. I was actually thinking something west or south of Fort Worth because I think it would be easier on my allergies and personally, I think it’s prettier than East Texas.
- I don’t know of one single True Value in DFW.
- I have a feeling Gatsby is going to under-perform at the box office. That story was never assigned reading for me in either high school or college.
- I had a conversation about conversion vans the other day and how they use to have a table in the back to play cards.
- One of my childhood friends has always tried to keep the gang clear from speaking about things relating to a sexual nature, and I think it’s because he has always wanted to keep a clean heart. He’s still that way, and I got a kick out of his reaction when one person simply mentioned the word “Viagra”. It’s like he’s never seen a commercial during a sporting event.
- A Final Embrace: The Most Haunting Photograph from Bangladesh
- In a special issue of Forbes, Microsoft has an advertisement which includes a slimmed down router (actually inside the magazine) that will give the user 15 days of free WiFi for up to five devices at once. That doesn’t sound like anything Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce would think of.
- Everytime I see a ‘Survivor’ episode where the contestants meet up with a family or loved one, I can’t help but think they could never make it through military life.
- Talk about a bad Monday morning – Girl’s Jeep Hit By Portable Toilet on the Way to School
- Chris Cuomo of CNN sure did ask Amanda Knox some weird questions.
- How two ‘Star Trek’ fans are restoring original series shuttlecraft
- School teacher dies after choking on hot dog at Wrigley Field
- Pope Francis sure does seem approachable
- 50 Slices Of Movie Trivia You May Not Know
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I saw the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile in Abilene, now I know why
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- It appears I have a case of strep throat.
- I never understood why the nurse at the doctor’s office asks me how am I doing. I’m sick, I only see you when I’m sick, how do you think I’m doing?
- When I’m the only one at the pharmacy, I don’t understand why it takes 15-20 minutes to fill my prescription for a common antibiotic. It looks like all they have to do is type a few things in the computer, pour some pills in one bottle into another, and attach a label. But I guess with most jobs, there’s a lot more to it than what we see.
- My instructions on my prescription states “Take two capsules by mouth daily.” At first I didn’t know if that meant take two at one time daily, or just take two within on day’s period.
- Atmos Energy Automatic Billpaying Overcharging Customers
- He’s no Cool Hand Luke - Man, 20, dies after eating 28 raw eggs in a row for a bet
- 26 Interesting Photos Behind the GW Bush Presidency – The first one with the boxing robe and peaking out of the Oval is funny, and so is the one of him riding a bike down a narrow hallway, practicing a speech in shots on Air Force One, but for some reason I’m struck with the one of Condoleezza Rice playing the piano as the President walks down the stairs, as if she’s just trying to kill a bit of time and release some tension by utilizing a tool from one of her favorite hobbies.
- Gov Chris Christie has lost weight and wasn’t around CPAC or the NRA convention. I think this will actually help him in the long term, heck, I kind of think of him as a toned down modern day Teddy Roosevelt without the facial hair an military experience. Speaking of the Christie, here’s a moderately funny video his office released that has cameos from Bon Jovi, James Carville, Alec Baldwin, and a few others.
- I’m still watching ‘Rectify” and really like it. The last episode has a lot of great religious and philosophical undertones. The main character talked about Thomas Aquinas and stated how he felt God revealed himself in nature, that super natural revelation is faith and natural revelation is reason…and the two aren’t contradictory but complimentary to one another. That was enough to make me want to read more about Thomas Aquinas.
- That Robert Downy Jr sure has changed his life for the better. After drugs and jail he was lucky that he got a role on Ally McBeal from 2000-2002, he played a supporting role as a vet in the Shaggy Dog back in 2006, and now his latest Iron Man movie is breaking records.
- For you fellow ‘Mad Men’ fans, in case you were wondering how much the SCDP IPO would have went for, $17.1 million in 1968, or about $114.4 million in today’s dollars.
- Charles Barkley was recently on Dan Patrick’s radio show and stated that he thinks everyone in the NBA, during his playing career, has played with a gay player. Related and probably overlooked, Brittney Griner wrote a thoughtful piece in the NY Times about her sexuality and Jason Collins. She still hasn’t mentioned anything about her sexual preference and how it may have impacted her while a student at religious conservative Baylor. I’m curious to know if it was a non-issue with the student body and even the staff if she was as open as she says she was. Being the great player that she was at Baylor, I wonder if she’ll get her number retired, and if not, I wonder if her sexual preference would be a hindrance in that decision. I’d say Baylor should retire the number and show that they accept not for being just who she is.
- I hear DFW Airport garages, at least some of them, have indicators telling you where the next available open spot is located.
- The Golden State Warriors are moving to a new area on several piers in San Fransicso. If that isn’t a cool enough concept, the new arena will have a great view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the inside.
- As if allergy season isn’t worrisome enough - Man’s runny nose turns out to be leaking brain fluid
- The best Daily Double in the history of the game show ‘Jeopardy!’? – YouTube
- Bill Gates: Apple’s ‘frustrating’ iPad should be more like Microsoft’s Surface
- A Christian girl’s message to all Christians
- Anyone miss Josh Hamilton? I’m sure he’ll get streaky sooner or later, but I prefer consistency and a level head.
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Something for you Star Trek fans – Zachary Quinto vs. Leonard Nimoy: “The Challenge”
I especially like what happens right after the two minute mark . . .
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Jimmy Fallon welcomes Steve Martin, Martin appears on Letterman by mistake
It was nice of Letterman to participate in this skit, on his old show on NBC for a future competitor, and now I’m starting to understand why Fallon will be the host of the Tonight Show.
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Watch 10 yr old Cole commit random acts of kindness on a college campus.
He’s also giving advice on how to be a gentleman to college dudes.
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- One of the highlights of my year was this weekend as I got to hang out with my closest friend, honor a great friend, and eat the best ribs of my life.
- I think when you meet with close friends just once a year, it’s important to understand that some stay just about the same and others have changed, and it’s important to be accepting of both. I think I’ve changed a lot when it comes to theological beliefs, but I’m still the most sensitive one, and I fear sometimes I may express things I should just keep to myself. Thankfully, they are a forgiving bunch.
- It’s a sad springtime in Texas as I really didn’t see a decent patch of bluebonnets during our drive out to Abilene.
- I won the first game of bowling, and I just thought it was important to note, as I was an intramural co-champion with the namesake of the scholarship.
- One interesting conversation we had was discussion how many college friends, five total I think, have decided to come out of the closest. Considering we all attended a small Southern Baptist college, most thought it was a bit surprising.
- Speaking of that sensitive topic, I ran across this CNN article that I thought was well balanced looking at both sides homosexuality and the evangelical take on it. I understand how evangelicals believe homosexuality is a sin, but I don’t think their belief or interpretation of scripture is based on hate, and I guess a lot of that comes from me knowing so many of them. But I also see how homosexuals feel that they have no choice in their sexual preference, that they are born that way, that God made them this way, and when they are being told that the all loving God made them in such a way that their way of being is an undeniable sin and God hates them for being who they are, then they can feel hated. Overall, I think the world function better without the use or the word ‘hate’.
- I heard a local church has hired Disney as a consultant to help design their children area in hopes to boost attendance.
- I never knew it was closed - Six Years Later, Reunion Tower Observation Deck to Reopen With a New Look
- Mad Men talk . . .
- That was a darn fine “Mad Men” last night, but I can’t decide if it’s better than last weeks, perhaps in the form of comedy.
- Roger sure was happy to hear that Marie was in town, and man, he sure does know how to make an entrance, “I’ve got good news and I’ve got bad news.”
- I kept sensing a merger or a buyout, but it will be interesting to see how the news of losing Vicks.
- Pancreatic cancer from my understanding is a death notice in 2013, so for this guy to have it in 1968 means he’s not going to be much of a reoccurring character.
- In case you’re wondering what car they are working creative on, the XP-877 is the Chevy Vega.
- That stewardess sure was wearing a weird hat. Speaking of the word stewardess, I hear the plural form or that noun is the longest word one can type with one hand.
- It was funny seeing Roger carrying around copies of his book, as if he gives them out all the time.
- It must have been a good feeling for Megan signing an autograph in front of her husband. Don is a lucky guy to have her, especially in how she encourages him in words and actions.
- Megan’s mom sure can be blunt with her talk, especially in giving marriage advice to her mother.
- The Jaguar guy’s wife reminded me of Tammy Faye.
- I love Don’s way with words when he meets a person he can’t stand.
- We got to see Joan’s red hot feelings burst out.
- There’s nothing like seeing Peter getting his emotions flushed down the commode. I wonder if there’s a more embarrassing place to meet your father-in-law.
- It’s nice to see how Don was energized again once he got a chance to get Chevy, but I was surprised that the creative storyline was drawn out a bit longer, but then again, it worked perfectly.
- I keep expecting that new brown-nosing guy is going to be part of a bigger story line.
- It will be nice to see Peggy around her old colleagues again, but I kind of that with that one guy having cancer, she was going to be made partner.
- Wow – “Don’t you feel 300 lbs lighter?”
- It was nice to see Cooper’s confidence in Roger.
- There was a whole heck of a lot of similarity with the kiss and conversations with Peggy and her boss and Don and Megan before the Detroit trip.
- It was said that Don doesn’t care about money. That’s got to be a good feeling.
- In case you needed more detail on the image atop the post.
- My sources tell me ‘The Daily Show’ filmed a Cinco de Mayo segment in Dallas over the weekend, Jessica Williams in particular.
- 800 Christians who chose death over converting to Islam will be sainted by Pope Francis
- I see a lot of Super Mario Bob-ombs painted in the area, and I actually think it’s kinda cool.
- My wife has been concerned with my sleep apnea for about the last three years, I thought it has gotten better since my surgery and weight loss. However, I shared a room with a friend this weekend and he said he was seriously concerned that I was going to stop breather, that I was taking a breath about once every thirty or so seconds and grasping for air. I may have been motivated to get it checked out, but I’d be damned if I’m going to wear some kind of mask to bed.
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A road side attraction on the way to Abilene
That’s some expensive soup.
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- It’s time for a roadtrip to Abilene to hang with my closest friends and select a recipient for a scholarship which honors the namesake of my first born. Oh, and to eat some damn fine barbecue.
- We ain’t having typical Texas weather as of late.
- One major reason for a lack of blogging this week is a lack of Internet service at GeedingManor. Considering I work from home, that was a major issue for me. Funny thing, but the reason for the Internet trouble was one of my DirecTV DVRs. It took me replacing my modem and router, two calls to Time Warner, a visit by a Time Warner technician, and two visits by a DirecTV rep to figure it all out. Thankfully I kept my receipts.
- One of those DirecTV reps told me he was an immigrant from Cuba, and he stated he recently worked a service call at Deion Sanders’ house. Primetime wasn’t there, but his soon to be ex-wife was there, and he said that mansion has a total of 32 DVRs.
- The Amber Alerts going off on my phone yesterday sure did scare the heck out of me. I guess there was new legislation passed that I somehow missed and now we get a warning sent to our mobile phones. I had to quickly change the settings.
- I had a moment of weakness and basically ate a whole pizza last night. And now I’m gonna gorge on some barbecue tonight, so next week it’s back on the healthy horse again.
- When I called in that pizza order I could tell it was the very first order this teenager ever took. The poor thing was nervous and had no manner, but hey, we all gotta start somewhere and learn from those experiences.
- When my kids get sick, I freak out. Not for their safety or anything, but WifeGeeding uses a thermometer that looks like a pregnancy test, and when I find it laying around, I think it’s her way of surprising me.
- A nice picture of President Obama stepping off Marine One while in Dallas.
- I was talking to a high school kid named Hudson, he got his name because his parents grew up on opposing sides of the Hudson River. That’s a pretty neat story behind his name me thinks.
- I have a friend who lived in NYC that named his dog Sir Henry Hudson, now his kids are starring in a Discount Tire commercial.
- My parents gave me my name because they wanted to find a name that didn’t have a nickname associated with it. Funny thing, but I always wanted a nickname.
- There’s a popular email forward going around that states Charles Darwin wrote the following in the introduction to Origin of the Species, “I see no good reason why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of anyone.” I have a habit of trying to verify this sort of stuff, and it’s partly true. It was written in the conclusion, not the introduction.
- This chart shows that half of all American consumers visited McDonalds in March – Top U.S. Businesses by In Store Visitors
- TMZ has great dashcam video of the Reese Witherspoon arrest.
- A company in NYC gave a 15% raise to any employee who got the company’s logo tattooed on their body, size and location was not a factor. If that option was given to me, that would be highly tempting, dispite my dislike for tattoos.
- In case you ever wanted to purchase your own Private IMAX Theatre.
- The Evolution of Iron Man’s Armor
- Florida cop fired for eighth time
- School canceled due to ‘good weather’
- Man with no arms plans to fight seatbelt ticket
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