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Sometimes I get busy living life, doing faith, and trying hard not to react to contemporary world problems all around me, so I forget that a big part of blogging is also about having a love for writing and a fondness for some good storytelling.
Does anybody need any good story ideas? I do not! I am laughing here, what I need is a peaceful life and a chance to actually get bored. Just once I should like all my conspiracy theories to be completely wrong like, sorry there is just nothing here, you must have eaten some bad pizza or something.
The other day I read about a spider research facility right down the road from a nuclear power plant. Now tell me that is not a story just waiting to be written.
Anyway, this week I was quite charmed by Pastor Randy’s “Saying Goodbye” I really enjoyed how he wove that tale. Motorcycles, you’ll love it.
E-Tinkerbell wrote a good one too, called “The Dark Side of Talent.” I suppose we’re all teachers in one way or another, but she has captured the essence of what we hope for, what we dream of, the opportunity to show someone that, “we decide what we want to be.”
I love rebels of all sorts, this should come as no surprise, but it is vital that we put our talents to good use and become a rebel with a clue, rather than a clueless one. Clueless rebels are a dime a dozen, but those who learn how to harness and refine their innate skills are absolutely priceless.
See, there's this thing called biology... 
My idea for a dystopian suspense novel was about a hi-tech billionaire who transitions to the health care industry and then spreads monkey pox as part of an scheme to take over the world. I was going to title it “The Monkey Poxer.” But then I realized it was too crazy and nobody would believe it. Nobody could be that megalomaniacal in real life. Or, could they? Trump is accused of being “Maga-lo-Maniacal,” so…
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Ha! Right?! I have the same problem, what is going on is just so crazy nobody would even believe it in a novel! We’re really prophetic too, because you can now make a vaccine in 2019 and just wait a few years for the totally rare, not naturally occurring virus to mysteriously show up. I’m sure this is some totally random happenstance.
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You are masterful at telling your stories, IB. I love reading your blog, even when you go on a rant. You have important things to say., and you always manage to capture the meat of the meal in each word. Keep doing what you do.
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Thank you for your kind words, Kathy! Much appreciated. You are also a marvelous storyteller and I enjoy reading your blog. I think of you often when I’m painting rocks, not the same level of art that you do at all, but I do hope someone will find one on a path somewhere and smile. 🙂
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Appreciate the rebel support ma’am. Not all with alternative views are loons, as a matter of fact, many are dead on. Scripture supports this as well. ‘Who do men say that I am?’ Ha! All good guesses but all wrong.
‘But who do YOU say that I am?’ Dare you to rebel against 99% ?
Carry this idea of non conformity to all disciplines of life. A board of lumber is promoted as 2×4″. It is not. It is fraud. Closer to 1 3/4 x 3 1/2.
This seemingly ‘small’ discrepancy is magnified by millions of ways we are forced to accept compromise. And the ‘majority’ of people think me a loon for even recognizing such a simple assault on arithmetic??
Years ago I remember going to the lumber yard with my dad/ he always brought a tape- and always picked up boards to scan for level. 2″ was in fact 2″. Numbers mattered. Precision mattered. Truth matters. Consistency matters.
So yeah, count me in too among the .01% of they thought Stone Age thinkers. And I luv btw msb your support of they who dare to be differing, willing to yoke yourself with they who are considered lame or scientifically stunted.
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Thank you for your kind words, Colorstorm. You are so right about lumber sizes these days! A bit funny, I just went through this with my son, trying to explain that in an old house, it is likely nothing is ever going to be square. To make matters worse, modern lumber measurements are not going to be precise. The only logical thing to do is try to split the difference, adjust, and make it all pleasing to the eye. It was funny because he was like, “but that is just so wrong!” Why yes, yes it is, but it is what it is.
3 cheers for the “lame” and “scientifically stunted.” Seriously! Methinks if you aren’t being labeled “scientifically stunted” these days, there’s probably something wrong with you. Many actual scientists with a lot of expertise are the ones getting kicked out of the cool kid’s club right now.
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You are great at this IB and I do mean that. I want to be a person who tells stories, but I seldom do my stories are scary, and some are unbelievable to most people. I stick with the Bible and try to help and educate people as best as I can and even then I struggle to be nice enough that people don’t throw rocks at the computers or phones trying to hit me.
Nice has always been hard for me when it comes to adults I haven’t had patience for adults since I was a kid and so I am generally pretty snarky. so I try to stick to the facts of the Bible and leave it at that.
I have given you bits and pieces of my life, but if I was to tell you all the truth you would run me off your blog. I have tried to tell people before and they believe it is just a fanciful story which it isn’t I actually wish it was. I will leave it here with something my mom ingrained in the minds of me and my sister we don’t know why or where it came from, but neither of can remember a time we didn’t know it.
One dark night
When it was light
Two dead boys got up to fight
Back to back they faced each other
Drew their swords and shot each other
The stone deaf farmer heard the noise
Got up and killed the two dead boys
If you don’t believe this lie is true
Ask the blind man he saw it too
Why would a mother teach that to two young kids? That is actually pretty mild so no I don’t tell stories much at all.
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Thank you for your kind words. I would not run you off my blog, but I do understand the sentiment. I also don’t share everything, I often protect other people from the darkness of my own story, too. I don’t have anything to hide, it is just that life is short and we need more sunshine in our lives. It’s not healthy to focus on the darkness too much.
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You are welcome IB, but it is true you are fantastic at this. One of the reasons I don’t post as often as most is I struggle sometimes with what to write then how to write it. I agree life is short and sunshine is a good thing most of the time. True it is not good to focus on darkness to much I actually have a lot of sunshine in my life. Like I am going to see my daughter and her youngest daughter on the 27th of this month for the first time in 6 years they are coming to Texas for her daughters 19th birthday.
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So hilarious: “The other day I read about a spider research facility right down the road from a nuclear power plant. Now tell me that is not a story just waiting to be written.” Something tells me scientists don’t read Scifi
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