Jeff Beck - Loose Cannon

A good song to put on and just go for a drive..., especially if you like to drive fast and you've got bogies on your 6.

Stay

I found this artist via Steve Winwood's youtube channel. In 2010, he had a contest for the best cover of his 1969 song with the band Blind Faith. Brenna Fitzgerald won the contest and that is how I came by this video.

Traffic - The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

Very good tune from back in the day, specifically, the day was Monday February 21, 1972. Most people probably remember the day for something else. It was the day that President Nixon landed in China and shook the hand of the Chinese Prime Minister, thus ending the political "silent treatment" between USA and the Peoples Republic of China.

Can't Find My Way Home

Egotism, Humility, and Guilt

Egotism demands that I deny my guilt or that I carry the burden of my guilt.

Humility requires that I both acknowledge my guilt and discharge its burden to Christ.

Who's Tracking Me?

My paranoia tends to drive me in different directions than my global adversaries want or expect me to go.
I know that this sounds a little tautological, however, with all of monetization of everything we view online, I think its reasonable to try to avoid what is expected.

Anyone who is familiar with the use of complex algorithms which are designed to strategically place ads on web pages, will understand that the Amazons and Googles might try to capitalize on a person who just did an index search for synonyms to "tautology".
Although I will admit that I'm not sure what a tautological explorer might crave to spend his/her money on, the very fact that "they" have algorithms for such things makes me shudder.

All of this cookie tracking of the corporations is "child's play" compared to the nation states who have the ability to sniff our packets without a person really knowing that it's happening. It sounds obscene, but, all data packets are subject to getting sniffed.
I understand that it makes us safe, that Uncle Barak or Papa Putin is keeping an eye on who's posting movie reviews on IMDB, but, I don't like it. I will turn left when "they" expect me to go right. I may be the only one turning left, which by its very nature could make me more distinct. Nevertheless, I will try to be random, the embodiment of the chaos principle for the zuckerberg algorithms

Lies that Western Christians Believe (Not a complete list)

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1. God wants me to be happy
2. (re: Item 1) God's blessings are always pleasurable, fun, exciting & "good"
3. (re: Items 1-2) Events and circumstances that are boring,"bad" are curses from God
4. (re: Items 1-3) We should only thank God for things we enjoy
5. Jesus was theologically and politically conservative
6. God helps people who help themselves
7. God expects me to defend my stuff
8. God expects me to defend myself
9. The bible is the Word of God
10. Knowledge is power (knowledge of scripture)
11. Bible debates and arguments are good.
12. Thinking about useless things is okay.
13. Life is short.
14. People should insure ourselves and our property against acts of God.
15. We should take care of things, ourselves, and pray if we find ourselves "in too deep"
16. We shouldn't bother God with small details that we can handle on our own.
17. God needs us.
 18. God can use me only when I'm strong.
19. Death is "bad"
20. Worry and fear is okay.
21. It's ok to be greedy.
22. Self-interest is a pure motivation.
23. Complaining is good if the problem is "real".
24. Scary movies/stories are innocent fun.
 25. God wants us to be moral.
26. God wants Christians to make the world moral.
27. Religion makes men godly.
28. People in the world are happy
29. Persecution is bad
30. The Church should be run like a business
 31. The Church should legally incorporate, so that members can get tax benefits.
32. It's okay to critique
33. God expects Christians "to use common sense"
34. God expects Christians "to be logical or reasonable"