tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54074740027727874822024-03-13T13:33:57.159-05:00YBD: Your Basic DaveThe story of 1 guy, 1 girl, 3 kids and no pizza shop.Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-7354691915242746552016-04-03T01:07:00.005-05:002016-04-03T01:07:53.916-05:00Imago Film Festival 2016<br />
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There are many great things I like about the early Spring. The beginning of baseball season, gearing up for the Blackhawks (and sometimes the Bulls) playoff runs, my wedding anniversary, and Easter Sunday are just a few of them.</div>
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For the past 3 years Judson University's Imago Film Festival has become one of those great things I associate with the beginning of Spring. I came home just a few hours ago from the fifth and final evening of the 12th annual festival and want to relate my experience of the event.</div>
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The Mission statement for the festival states that they showcase independent films that deals with faith issues that emphasize image and story. I attended each night of the festival this year and the 15 </div>
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Terrence Wandtke stated several times in festival literature and at the festival itself, that many of the years selections dealt with themes of love and loss. He was certainly correct in that assertion, and the 4 winning films all dealt with that topic in one way or another.</div>
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My favorite film of the 4 winners, Not the End, won the Audience Choice award. </div>
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The 2nd runner up as decided by the Judges was Speed Dating.</div>
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The 1st runner up was Persimmon.</div>
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Best in Show was the Oscar Nominate short, We can't live Without Cosmos.</div>
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$2,000.00 was divided unevenly between the winning 4 films.</div>
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I am sure you will be able to find all 4 movies on line at some point, if you have interest in viewing them - perhaps even at Imago's You Tube Channel. However, my week at Imago reinforced my belief in the importance of the communal experience of watching movies. I encourage any of you in the Chicago area to come to Elgin next year to experience Imago 2017 with me. </div>
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If any of you were wondering why it took me 2 hours after coming home before I wrote this review, It is because after all that film watching I wanted to do some more. I just finish watching my first full length feature on someone else's <a href="http://www.xmasdolly.com/2016/04/01/welcome-to-the-a-to-z-challenge-2016/">blog post</a>. From time to time someone will put a link to an entire movie from you tube on their blog. On Friday I saw a link to the movie Angel and the Badman, a 1947 John Wayne film. I had not seen it before so have been watching it after the festival for the past 2 nights. It is a film that deals with faith issues and emphasized image and story. So it was a perfect post Imago activity. Perhaps soon, I'll review it here. Before that happens, I plan to screen the film for an audience, my family. <br />
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Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-78339607129361430182016-02-29T11:00:00.000-06:002016-02-29T11:00:00.238-06:00A to Z blogging coming in AprilI am going to be participating in the a to z blogging challenge in April at all 3 of my sites.<br />
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For more information about the A to Z Challenge click <a href="http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/p/what-is-blogging-from-to-z.html">here</a>.<br />
<br />Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-32719570408520732162016-02-27T14:25:00.001-06:002016-02-27T14:25:18.105-06:00News Flash: Cats Love BaconTwo weeks ago I started posting comic strips from <a href="http://www.gocomics.com/">Go Comics</a> each Saturday. I call it Saturday Funnies. The Go Comics Blog has a feature called Meet Your Creator. The most recent installment is about <a href="http://blogs.gocomics.com/2016/02/meet-your-creator-georgia-dunn-breaking-cat-news.html">Georgia Dunn the creator of Breaking Cat News</a>. I was really moved by the article and checked her strip out. Here is a strip from earlier this week.<br />
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One of the many great comics you can read for free at GoComics.com! Follow us for giveaways & giggles.Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-70067818444650275822016-02-20T00:31:00.003-06:002016-02-20T07:13:40.356-06:00What Republicans need to know if they want my vote in November<div style="text-align: center;">
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<li> Back in August of last year I ranked the 17 republican candidates for president. the Donald came in 17th. </li>
<li>The only reason why he comes in 6th now is that 11 of the candidates have since dropped out of the race.One of the 16 other candidates was a pro choice republican. I am on the record of stating that I would never again vote for a pro-choice republican. I would be hundreds of times more likely to vote for that candidate than Trump</li>
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<li>I don't trust anyones whose go to answer is I'll be great at it.</li>
<li>I don't hate Trump. I just don't respect him.</li>
<li>I cant respect anyone whose answer to those who disagree with him is to deride them.</li>
<li>I get very upset when any of the other candidates when trying to frame the discussion back to Republican versus Democrat state that any republican candidate would be better than Obama, Sanders or Clinton.</li>
<li>It only takes watching 1 debate (and I have watched all but 1 of them) to see that Trump does not have the character to lead this country.</li>
<li>When he is booed which is often. He assumes The people booing are wrong.</li>
<li>In the last debate he took a pot shot at Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina who had been out of the race for some time. When booed he attributed it to donors who back Jeb Bush. The truth is he was attacking Graham in a debate in South Carolina, a week before the primary there. </li>
<li>I feel there are many people like me who will never vote for Trump. </li>
<li>But I am afraid there are more people who are willing to go along with who ever secures the nomination.</li>
<li>I will not be among them.</li>
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Also posted at <a href="http://dave-homeschooldad.blogspot.com/">HSD #YBD=HSD</a>Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-54242056210868740012016-02-12T22:00:00.000-06:002016-02-13T10:50:36.626-06:00Songs from my cassette collection Volume I<div dir="ltr" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">flinging themselves from the boiling seas of his eyes</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">into a slow, certain dying</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">The sad music in their brains, a piper's lament</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">from that old castle in the mist-thickened night</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">"FIFTEEN THOUSAND CINEMAS ACROSS THIS LAND,</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">THE HUMAN IMAGINATION!" shouts the preacher</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">His voice is a door slamming shut</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">the sea's noise is a vast intake of breath</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">a gesture in a room to break the silence</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">now the whales have broken the silence</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">They are the color of the preacher's harsh words</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">The white foam rushes to embrace them</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">like mother and father</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">The whales do not want to know, and now</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">There are people sprawled on the beaches</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">chained together by "HUMAN IMAGINATION"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">All the music has bled out of them,</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">drained from the ends of their fingers</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">splashed from the loudspeakers of their wallets</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">And at the end of the service, people walk forward</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">Perhaps it is "the collapse of western civilization"</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">that moves them</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">or the sad music of their slow, certain dying</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">that guides their feet</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">And at the end of this poem</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">a strange light comes off the bodies of the whales</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">gathering up the shadows like driftwood</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">and splashing them against the far walls</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">you would think the shadows would make</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">the words there hard to read</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">However, I find it's at a time like this</span><br />
<span style="background-color: #fefdfa; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;">I see the writing clearest of all</span><br />
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Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-69093350184135966852016-01-07T17:40:00.001-06:002016-01-07T17:40:33.369-06:00I took a poet to lunch today.Every day at work my boss my boss titles her group chat by the name of whatever "holiday "it happens to be. Yesterday was take a poll to lunch today. On my break I wrote this poem.<br><br>I took a poet to lunch today.<br><br>I took a poet to lunch today <div>and there amid the verse </div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Our flow of thought was free and light </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Not stifled, bland, or terse.</span></div><div><br>I took a poet to lunch today </div><div>we traded quip for quip</div><div> She scrawled a sonnet on her check </div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And left it with her tip.</span></div><div><br>If you can't take a poet to lunch </div><div>Please do not wear a frown </div><div>We all write<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> poems in our own way </span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Andsome just write them down.</span></div><div><div></div></div>Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-29311697879983164052016-01-05T22:48:00.003-06:002016-01-05T22:48:49.925-06:00John Piper has an excellent article on the LotteryI enjoyed this <a href="http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/seven-reasons-not-to-play-the-lottery">article</a> on the lottery by John Piper. <br />
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The article grabs you with the first line ...<br />
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<b><i>"<span style="background-color: white; color: #3a3c3f; font-family: 'Adelle W02 Light', Adelle, Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 25.6px;">Americans now spend more than $70 billion dollars annually on lotteries."</span></i></b><br />
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and nails it in the final paragraph<br />
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<b><i>"So, if you win, don’t give from your lottery winnings to our ministry. Christ does not build his church on the backs of the poor. Pray that Christ’s people will be so satisfied in him that they will be freed from the greed that makes us crave to get rich."</i></b><br />
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I agree with each of Pipers 7 reasons not to play the lottery. d it. It is a quick read and one I recommend.</div>
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Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-59692943648587419302016-01-03T22:04:00.000-06:002016-01-03T22:04:38.108-06:00That Ship has sailed.A month ago or so, I was listening to talk radio on the way home from work. When I got home, I decided to call the host and discuss some issues. We talked a few minutes about various topics of the day and then started discussing the abortion views of one the senators from Illinois, where we both live. This particular senator is pro-choice. While listening to the radio station that day, there had been a commercial about pro-life listeners contacting that Senator and telling them how concerned they were about the environment. It was kind if a strange commercial, as I asked the host, if pro lifers were going to contact the Senator wouldn't they do so to ask him to change his pro choice views instead of asking about the environment? The host wasn't sure exactly about the wording of the commercial but about discussing the abortion issue with the senator, stated "That ship has sailed," which I took to mean that the host had had numerous conversations with the Senator and that his pro choice views were rather ingrained. <br />
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I hadn't thought about that exchange since the evening it occurred until earlier today. When I did think of it the phrase "That ship has sailed" really stuck in my mind. I believe that abortion ends a human life. . When I speak out against abortion, sometimes people treat the issue as it was resolved by Roe vs. Wade. That ship has sailed, is what they are saying. Laws can be changed. The people who wanted legal abortions in the U.S. didn't say that ship has sailed. They kept fighting until they got their way. People who agree with me that ending pregnancies prematurely should be stopped, need to continue to rally around the sanctity and dignity of the human life. The ship may indeed have sailed, but a ship heading in the wrong direction should always be convinced to alter it's course. <br />
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Love,<br />
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Dave. <br />
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<br />Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-40802229886973485792016-01-01T12:45:00.001-06:002016-01-01T13:11:04.407-06:002016 wow!Some time ago in the early to mid-80s I made my last New Year's resolution. I resolved to never make New Year's resolutions. This was very similar to the time that I gave up Catholicism for Lent. When it was over, since I was no longe Catholic, , I didn't have to take it up again.<br><br>In the same bent, I have not made New Year's resolutions as such for my entire adult life. Although, every year about this time I begin to think how would like this coming year to be different than the last. I do make resolutions I think we all do. It's just that I don't do them around a calendar.<br><div><br></div><div>Here is a short list of things I,d like to do more of in 2016 ...</div><div><b>Read more books</b></div><div><b>Blogging</b></div><div><b>Exercise</b></div><div><b>Be on the same page as my wife </b></div><div><br></div><div>in 2016 I,d like to ...</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><i>Read 12 books I own and have not read.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><i><br></i></span></div><div><i>Learn how a sailor cusses, so I can decide if I want to cuss like one or not.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Finish my nonowrimo novel.</i></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Some things I,d like to do less of in 2016</div><div>Deep Sea dumpster diving.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=dumpster+diving&safe=active&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS602US611&hl=en-US&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDx82iponKAhXEZCYKHb49AoMQ_AUICCgC#imgrc=NIDQhmJanVoaBM%3A">https://www.google.com/search?q=dumpster+diving&safe=active&rlz=1C9BKJA_enUS602US611&hl=en-US&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiDx82iponKAhXEZCYKHb49AoMQ_AUICCgC#imgrc=NIDQhmJanVoaBM%3A</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Being passive reaching family and personal goals.</div><div>Avoiding unpleasant tasks.</div><div>Saying the same thing two different ways in lists.</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><font face="Helvetica Neue Light, HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif">2015 was a good year. it sometimes seemed there were more downs than ups, more questions than answers. But each down made me look up to God. Each question was answered or is being answered by the author and perfect er of my faith. </font></div><div><br></div><div>I am sure 2016 or as I like to call it two to the fifth three squared seven will contain change, disappointment, and grief as all years do .. I also know that it can contain Joy unspeakable, unlimited possibilities, and utter contentment, I wish all these to you and yours in spades or the card suit or garden implement of your choice.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-65476355452933632712015-10-28T14:54:00.002-05:002015-10-28T14:54:22.277-05:00Possible Republican Vice Presidential DataThe 3rd republican debates are tonight. There are still so many candidates that there are 2 debates. There are 10 candidates in the main debate, 4 in the debate that precedes it and 1 candidate, Jim Gilmore who has not been in a debate since August. <br />
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I have been following these debates and the events leading up to them for some time now. Last week the DesMoines register/Bloomberg poll came out for Iowa. I reviewed the data from the poll and am using that data to reflect if any of the 15 candidates currently running might appeal as possible VP contenders in 2016 if they do not get the nomination for the top spot. Here's what I think.<br />
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There were several questions on the poll regarding favor-ability issues such as who would you never support or name up to 3 candidates who you want to drop out of the race. I have decided that anyone who was in the top 5 in any of those lists would probably not make an attractive VP option because if prospective voters want him or her out of the race now they won't want that person to be just a heartbeat away from the presidency.<br />
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The 7 candidates with top marks at being unfavorable or unwanted are Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, Jim Gilmore, Chris Christie, Jeb Bush, Rand Paul, and Donald Trump. That list may be a little surprising since Trump came in 2nd in the poll for who people would choose as President with 19% and Bush and Paul picked up 5% of support each tying them for 5th. The problem is that more people wanted those 7 to drop out than those picking them first. Heres a quick snap shot<br />
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<b>Candidate (% picked 1st/% wants to drop out)</b><br />
<b>Trump (19/25)</b><br />
<b>Bush (5/22)</b><br />
<b>Paul (5/14)</b><br />
<b>Christie (1/19)</b><br />
<b>Gilmore (0/15)</b><br />
<b>Pataki (0/21)</b><br />
<b>Graham (0/22)</b><br />
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The second thing I tried to do was to look at who people were willing to support as President even if they were not currently choosing them first or second. This poll made it easy for me, as respondents were asked to mark if they could ever vote for candidate and were told not to choose anyone they had previously picked as their first or second choice. The people who are doing best in this category are also the ones not getting a lot of support for the top spot. I think this is a great indicator of who people might be comfortable with on the bottom of a presidential ticket. The top 5 candidates ever % are Mike Huckabee (60%), Marco Rubio & Bobby Jindal (55%) and Rick Santorum and Carly Fiorina 53 %<br />
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If you take The Ever % and the subtract the never % and then add the undecided % to it the top 7 candidates are<br />
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<i>Candidate (E-N+U%)</i><br />
<i>Rubio (40%)</i><br />
<i>Fiorina (36%)</i><br />
<i>Carson (34%)</i><br />
<i>Jindal (33%)</i><br />
<i>Huckabee (32%)</i><br />
<i>Cruz (27 %)</i><br />
<i>Santorum (20%)</i><br />
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So I believe the polling data can speak to who of the 15 candidates might be perceived as possible vp contenders next summer. Of course it's only October and the poll was only based on potential Iowa caucus voters. I hope I hope to delve into future polls to see if my vp hunches are accurate.<br />
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Oh and if you added 7 and 7 and got 14 and could not figure out the one candidateof the 15 remaining that I did not mention, it was Ohio Governor John Kasich. 4% chose Kasicj 1st or 2nd in the poll, 36 % stated they would possibly (ever) vote for him and 45 % of respondents said they would never vote for Kasich. <br />
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<br />Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-45620738581252805212015-10-20T20:56:00.000-05:002015-10-20T20:56:13.561-05:00Everybody's Little Book of Everyday Prayers - A Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few weeks ago I received a copy of Everybody's Little Book of Everyday Prayers by Cynthia MacGregor. I won the book on <i>Library Thing</i> as part of their Early Reviewers program. The caveat of receiving the book for free is to review it. <br />
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The book is made up of several sections: an introduction, general prayers, prayers for specific occasions, and prayers of supplication and thanks. In the introduction, MacGregor shares her ambitious goal of the book ...<br />
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<i><b>"This book is for you - whatever your religious affiliation- even if you have no religious affiliation at all. This book is for you, whether you're a Protestant, Jew or Catholic, a member of one of the many religions of the world or an unaffiliated believer ... This book is for you.</b></i><br />
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Like I said, very ambitious. The problem is the book was <i>not</i> for me. Nor would I feel good about anyone using it as a guide to praying to God. I feel bad writing this and wish I felt the book had any utility. MacGregor is very clear in her introduction that any and all of her prayers could be fashioned to fit someone's specific belief. This unfortunately is not true for me. <br />
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A prayer from the general prayers section offers a good example of what I mean...<br />
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<b><i>O God you know what is best for me. You know what is in my heart and what are the things I want in this life for me, for those I love and for this very world itself. If it is your will, I pray that my wishes and prayers will be granted, but if it is not Your will, then help me to accept my lot in life and Your plan for me, those I hold dear and for all the others whom I pray.</i></b><br />
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So what's wrong with that, you might ask? Nothing, that part is fine. It continues for a few more lines that I mostly agree with and then ...<br />
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<b><i>and may I never rely too heavily on You, but that remember that it is up to me to do whatever I can toward gaining my goals.</i></b><br />
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What?!!!?!!!?<br />
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Didn't you just say the God knows what is best and knows what is in my heart? To me that means that God is all good and all knowing. How can we EVER rely too heavily on an all good and all knowing God?<br />
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In another prayer in the same section she says ... <br />
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<b><i>"It is said that God created man in His image, yet how dare we assume that we are in any way God-Like?" </i></b><br />
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The thing is the person who said God was created in His image is actually God, the person this prayer is intended for. <br />
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This brings up one of the main issues I have against this book. In order to appeal to everyone it loses sight of the main reason we pray. We need God's help. The main reason we need God's help is because we are sinners. There is no mention of sin in this book, sure it talks about temptation and faults but not sin. There is no mention of Jesus or a Messiah in this book the Catholics and Christians this book was intended for believe in Jesus and the Jews this book was intended for are still waiting for a Messiah. When Holidays are mentioned Easter and Passover are not mentioned, Christmas is only mentioned in prayers for taking down and putting up the Christmas Tree. I understand the author's desire to be inclusive and not exclusive. But there is a prayer in the book for paying off your mortgage wasn't she afraid of offending apartment dwellers? <br />
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<i>I hate that I hate this book.</i> I hoped this book would be written to bring everyone closer to God, but after a careful reading of it, it seems like the author thinks that everyone is okay where they were. If that was true we would not need to pray. Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-75315569319491143852015-06-06T11:16:00.000-05:002015-06-06T11:16:00.461-05:00Summer Reading: PersuasionI am not the voracious reader that my wife is. I like books and I have lots of them. Most of which, I accumulated we got married. I just don't usually spend as much time reading as she does. Each summer, I try to read more than I usually do and as I've tried here before, I will try to review each book I finish this Summer.<br />
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Today's Review<br />
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Persuasion by Jane Austen<br />
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<i><br /></i><i>My experience when it comes to reading a book adaption of a movie I have seen or seeing a movie version of a book I have read is generally the same. I tend to like the version which I have read or seen first better than the one I've experienced second. This is not necessarily the Case with Jane Austen's Persuasion.</i><br />
<i><br /></i><i>I really enjoy the film Persuasion and have just recently finished the novel. I am a big fan of Austen's works generally through the medium of film. I found that the reading of Persuasion really enhanced my appreciation of the film. Much of the dialogue in the movie is pulled verbatim from the book. The only difference being that it was adapted into dialogue from exposition in the original source. This task is done artfully by the filmmakers and removes any need of a voiceover narration which would have hampered the cinematic presentation.</i><br />
<i><br /></i><i>On the other hand, a reading of Persuasion gave me new insights and understanding of her characters some that I had grown to love and others I had learned to disdain in my multiple viewings. Mary, for example, is a much worse sister to Anne on paper than celluloid. If you have seen the film, you know that is quite an achievement. There is also more to like about Captain Wentworth, Mrs. Smith and even Lady Russell.</i><br />
<i><br /></i><i>I would definitely recommend this book to anyone, especially those fond of any Austen work in print or pixel.</i><br />
<i><br /></i>Next Time: Post of the Week<br />
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You can find this post at both <b><a href="http://dave-homeschooldad.blogspot.com/">Home School Dad</a> </b>and <b><a href="http://ybdave.blogspot.com/">Your Basic Dave</a> </b>where I am posting concurrently over the summer.Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-20721137148403096732015-06-05T22:01:00.000-05:002015-06-05T22:01:34.395-05:00Friday Fragments Donut EditionToday is National Donut Day. It is on the first Friday of June each year. <br />
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For Friday Fragments at <a href="http://www.halfpastkissintime.com/">Half Past Kissing Time</a> I will share some fragments of donuts with you. <br />
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Fragment 1. Donut History<br />
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Did you ever wonder what donuts have to do with the salvation army? This short video explains...<br />
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Fragment 2: Donut Music<br />
About 20 years ago, I wrote a song that is not specifically about donuts but chronicles a relationship that takes place at a Krispy Kreme. I called it the wall of glaze as a tribute to the glaze waterfall that engulfs the donuts on the donut assempbly line there. <br />
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Here are the lyrics<br />
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<b>The Wall of Glaze </b><br />
<b>Lyrics by Dave Roller</b><br />
<b>Music by Jeff Half Dozen </b><i>(actually Jeff Six, but half dozen has a more donut themed approach)</i><br />
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It was our first date<br />
On a Friday night<br />
She got a blueberry donut and a medium Sprite<br />
She looked so good and I stood amazed<br />
That I could lose my heart at the wall of glaze.<br />
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At the Krispy Kreme<br />
At the Wall of Glaze<br />
Just a memory of my younger days<br />
Of how she looked so good<br />
And how I stood amazed<br />
That I could lose my heart<br />
At The Wall of Glaze<br />
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End of senior year<br />
Going separate ways<br />
I was off to the army<br />
Her to the college days<br />
We promised to write every week<br />
It would be like we never went away<br />
How we cried and cried at The Wall of Glaze<br />
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At the Krispy Kreme<br />
At The Wall of Glaze<br />
Just a memory of my younger days<br />
Of how we promised to write every week<br />
Like we never went away<br />
But the tears fell like rain<br />
At The Wall of Glaze<br />
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Well you know the story<br />
Left a boy came back a man<br />
And I wrote her in my letters<br />
Things I still don't understand<br />
Oh my love for her just grew and grew<br />
I was longing for that day<br />
When I'd ask for her hand at The Wall of Glaze<br />
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So on a Friday night<br />
Got down on my knees<br />
Put a ring on her finger<br />
Said will you marry me please<br />
She said I'm sorry<br />
But you were just a passing phase<br />
And she broke my heart at The Wall of Glaze<br />
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At the Krispy Kreme<br />
At The Wall of Glaze<br />
It's the end of the story<br />
Not the starting page<br />
I put a ring on her finger<br />
She said "Boy, you're just a phase"<br />
And she broke my heart at The Wall of Glaze<br />
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Now I sit alone<br />
On a Friday night<br />
With a blueberry donut<br />
And it don't feel right<br />
I know I shouldn't be here<br />
But I feel trapped in a cage<br />
Since she broke my heart at The Wall of Glaze<br />
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At the Krispy Kreme<br />
Called The Wall of Glaze<br />
Just a memory<br />
Of my younger days<br />
I know I shouldn't be here<br />
I feel trapped in a cage<br />
since I lost my heart, since she broke my heart, now that we're apart<br />
At The Wall of Glaze.<br />
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Fragment 3 Free Donuts<br />
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The aforementioned Krispy Kreme was giving away free donuts today. Dunkin Donuts was giving away 1 free donut if you bought a drink, which was fine if you were getting a drink. If you were not all the drinks cost more than one donut so it would not have been worth the trip. <br />
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We did not get any free donuts today, but you can enter <a href="http://www.entenmanns.com/ndd.cfm#.VXJXyc9Vikq">here</a> to win free donuts a year from Entenmanns.<br />
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For more Friday Fragments click <a href="http://www.halfpastkissintime.com/2015/06/friday-fragments-episode-356.html">here</a>. <br />
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Next Time: Summer Book Review<br />
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You can find this post at both <b><a href="http://dave-homeschooldad.blogspot.com/">Home School Dad</a> </b>and <b><a href="http://ybdave.blogspot.com/">Your Basic Dave</a> </b>where I am posting concurrently over the summer. Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-5185319242965038192015-06-02T23:04:00.001-05:002015-06-02T23:04:19.931-05:00Home School Dad Flashback: Because they're nouns....This summer is the last summer I will be posting here at Home School Dad, as I announced yesterday. So over this summer I will be reposting at HSD and YBD some of the previous posts. This was one of the first posts I did back in 2009 . . .<br />
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<a href="http://dave-homeschooldad.blogspot.com/2009/01/because-theyre-nouns_19.html?spref=bl">Home School Dad: Because they're nouns....</a>: A noun is a person, place, or thing!<br />
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Next Time: Summer Book ReviewDave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5407474002772787482.post-43416390905830687362015-06-01T21:04:00.000-05:002015-06-01T22:31:01.787-05:00Your Basic Dave an IntroWhen I went back to work in 2013 and stopped being the everyday home educucator. I began to think whether I would still blog and what I would blog about. I opened this blog, but only posted one time. . I have since deleted that post. I wrote at that time that " If our family ever does stop homeschooling. I intend YBD to become my main blog. " As I announced in the recent <a href="http://dave-homeschooldad.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-new-switcheroo.html">HSD</a>, we have stopped homeschooling, at least for a sesaon. I am in the process of mothballing HSD, and will be posting here and at HSD concurrently through the summer. In September, I will be posting only here.<br />
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What can you expect at YBD? You can expect your basic Dave. Funny. Crazy. Sarcastic. Eclectic, Encouraging, Absent Minded. I am not sure exactly what this blog will look like in the next few months and years. But as Kermit and Fozzie like to sing, getting there is half the fun, come share it with me.<br />
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I have to be moving right along. Later Gators.<br />
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Next Time: Nouns.Dave Rollerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13495335312350688145noreply@blogger.com1