What I’m saying is that I’m very uncomfortable with our province receiving a political commentator with a history of disobeying his bishops and being quarrelsome & harsh.

ACNA Const. Title III Canon 2.3 - “a Presbyter must be above reproach, not self-pleasing but self-controlled, upright, holy, disciplined, temperate, hospitable, […], not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money, […]has a good reputation with outsiders.

ACNA Const. Title III Canon 2.1 - Clergy should “be a wholesome example and pattern to the entire flock of Christ.”

The best translation is always the one you read. But, I’ve found time and time again that I keep getting drawn back to the RSV. I love the KJV, but I’m not always ready for that in the early morning. RSV keeps the flow and enough poetry that I don’t stumble over words as much as I find with others.

Hetty Lalleman, Jeremiah and Lamentations: An Introduction and Commentary, ed. David G. Firth, vol. 21, Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Nottingham, England: Inter-Varsity Press, 2013), 84.

Hey, Logitech: What’s up with all the calls to ntp.org?

If there are any Nashville-based or fully remote companies looking for an experienced data engineer and/or engineering manager, please do get in contact with me. — www.marmanold.com/resume/

Politics aside, I am pleased to see Europe thinking about making European products. I’m tired of the monoculture! I want to see German, Dutch, and French innovation. —Tech Zonder Amerika en China

I took a little time this afternoon to document the successful health plan I’ve been following the last several months. — Health Plan Success

The Impulsive Buy is a fun blog to follow to see random new “food” products. — I started following this blog ages ago to stay abreast of new “foods” I might want to buy. Over the many years of my health journey, it’s now become an interesting reminder of how my definition of food has changed.

I am thankful for the ministry of Bishop Bergoglio. He was doing important reconciliatory work in the Church. I pray his successor continues and accelerates the work of intercommunion between the Eastern, English, and Roman communions.

Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Lord is risen indeed! Alleluia!

Happy Easter!

Currently reading: From Wilderness to Glory by N. T. Wright 📚 — Nearly there. It’s been a really good read. Pleased my bishop asked us to read it. I would have passed it over, otherwise.

This week I made my yoghurt with half and half. 🤯 Y’all! So good!

I have moments of pride with these little quizzes. But, then I glance at the “easy” part of “Easy German” and I am humbled.

I assure you the “coolbus” was as sketchy from the front and side as it was from the back. — It appeared that some kids had bought an old school bus and hastily converted it to an “RV”. I’m excited for their adventure. It sounds really fun.

Being Sunday, I logged in to Twitter & Facebook for the first time in two weeks. Five minutes in & I’m stressed and angry. I think this block will stay past Lent.

Again, not a Trump guy. But, re tarrifs (especially electronics): If Razer, Framework, etc. can’t sell a laptop without exploitative labor, it was already too expensive. — Our cheap electronics have been paid for by exploited workers in foreign lands.

Seeing Canadian and European localism warms my heart. Globalization is boring! I want to see local industry and local norms. I want German tea kettles to look German. I want Canadian products that are different and localized from what we have in Tennessee.

The mystery of the lost prayer book has been solved! (It was on my bookshelf. 🤦‍♂️) — For context: I use the ‘62 at home and couldn’t find my 2019 on Thursday or for Mass on Sunday. Looked in car, all over the house, at church, etc.

In our economic discussions I feel like we are overlooking that production abroad is inexpensive because of abusive & exploitative systems. — Global economics is complex. People are hurt all around. My middle-class butt suddenly not being able to afford a Switch 2 is not the important part.

You can tell iOS is primarily developed by Americans. It is not possible to have your phone and Siri using different languages and definitely not possible to have Siri be bilingual.