Look At It This Way (#LAITW)

Check out Fina’s election returns video! I particularly like the “needs to get it together” category. Here.

Interesting video: here. It’s a bit dry and 17 minutes long, but an excellent summary of what’s at stake.

One thing this oh-so-sensitive-are-we cancel culture has done for me… I’ve canceled a lot of desires I previously had, like (but not limited to) wanting certain (used to be “Eskimo”) pies and wanting someone’s (used to be “Aunt Jemimah’s”) syrup. Having fewer choices can be liberating.

Interesting… “A vote is not a valentine confessing your love for a candidate. It’s a chess move for the world you want to live in.” Saw it on Facebook from a Ken Mascaro.

CDC numbers: of 161,392 deaths “from” coronavirus, only 9,700 were from coronavirus only. The other 150,000+ had comorbidities with an average of 2.6 other conditions (each) contributing to death. My opinion: the healthy should have never been locked down.

Problem solved. I couldn’t figure out exactly what to say. I wasn’t sure who to say it to. Did I have to say it differently to each person or group? It was daunting.

Then I discovered Dennis Prager thanks to my son-in-law. And that was that. I don’t have to do anything except point you to him. Anything you listen to or watch I would have said or done the same had I put as much into it as he has. He’s got Fireside Chats, 5-minute videos, articles, radio talk show, etc. on all kinds of stuff concerning wisdom and life lessons. If you want to know what I think, Dennis says it but much more articulately and well-educated on the matters than I. Best wishes. You may start here:

DennisPrager.com

PragerU.com

Wow, it’s been over 4 years since I’ve posted on my Book Fave site. And the books I’m going to tell you about now are so good and so important, this could be the last book post for another very long while.

It’s all about the great wisdom and life lessons available in the Torah (first five books of the Bible).

Dennis Prager has worked all his life putting this Bible commentary together. And it’s based purely on reason. You need not be religious to appreciate these five books (Genesis through Deuteronomy). Only the first two are out right now, the rest are coming.

It changed me. Once I started reading I was hooked. Couldn’t get enough. In a matter of a couple months I’ve been through the first two books twice each (each is about 500 pages). And my life is changed. Or renewed. Or focused.

Those of you who know me know that I grew up in a Christian home, my father was a Presbyterian minister his entire career. We got married in the church. We raised our kids in the church. And with only a few periods of “stepping back” we were pretty well churched. I was a church choir director, we led youth groups and puppet troupes, taught Sunday School, sat on boards and committees, etc. And I have been known to create and teach adult Bible study curriculum… I am amazed by how much I missed, or forgot. Or forgot to fully appreciate.

So guess what I did with this?! I created an adult Bible study using Prager’s Genesis and Exodus as the textbooks. It’s really just a highlights reel. In 8-10 hours of class time total you can only scratch the surface. The class is over, but since it was online for COVID, all the sessions were recorded and you can watch them any time: God Is Good. Or, check out my offer of Torah Talks.

The Rational Bible: Genesis

The Rational Bible: Exodus

Here’s to the 90%-ish of all ethnic, creed, religious, etc. groups that know how to behave themselves. Let’s not lose track that, sadly, the focus these days is on a very small minority.

Bill Maher.. improve your immune system. The video is here.

On one hand, we have the “essentials,” government folks, and the wealthy. On the other hand, we have the less fortunate (tens of millions unemployed and those watching their retirement accounts dwindle, for two examples).