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Frankenstein hair (I have noticed something)

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In my opinion, and a few barber's over the years, my hair loses shape when it grows beyond short.

I call it 'Frankenstein hair' because it grows up in a mess.

I have now more fully noticed something. I have my hair cut, roughly monthly. The first two or so weeks it looks very neat, very short and although I do comb it, I could style it with my hands alone. The last two weeks or so, like now, it begins to 'Frankenstein phase'.

At this phase, some persons, even the Boss, ask me if I had my hair cut.

I now realize that this is the point where I comb my hair more daily, as it needs it to shape in shape. This is misleading some, including friends, and my own ol' Boss, to reason it was just cut.

I prefer my hair short as in the first two weeks, as it looks neater. But now I am getting the impression, from some others, it looks uncombed when short.

Some may prefer the Frankenstein, combed look as styled...

???

American police car in New Westminster?

Today

Today

Driving to work today in the rain, I could see that the police car (Police car in generic sense, perhaps an SUV) stated California, perhaps it was Garden Grove, California.

I am not sure if it was a visiting non-fictional American police car, or a fictional American police car used for some type of film or television work.

Some vehicles, as if it was a New Westminster Police vehicle, or a RCMP vehicle, slowed down and would not pass it.

I passed it, but it sped by me later...

I looked in the vehicle but could not identify a definitive Sheriff or Deputy.

Black Out

Last evening, before I went out.

By the way, the power came on minutes later and in area fashion, from the left of the screen view a car speedily roared onto the road from the by-pass, then had to hit the breaks with the emergency vehicles in the way. My thought was that certain people here do not care, rain, snow, no power, less power=no change in driving approach.

The colour black

0 to 250 miles per hour in approximately 20 seconds

Koenigsegg-Regera

While my SUV was in the garage, another customer showed me a story in the Popular Mechanics magazine...website hijacked by abusive advertisements, so not cited, in regard to a Swedish, Hybrid sports car that can travel from 0 to 250 miles per hour in approximately 20 seconds.

Auto Blog: Brandon Turkus Feb 29th 2016

Cited

'...And while the world is still recovering from the news that Bugatti will sell a nearly 1,500-horsepower car, there's a group of Swedes that would very much like to remind you that they're capable of screwing together a high-speed monster.

Of course we're talking about Koenigsegg. The Swedish outfit has just announced a duo of models for Geneva that should draw at least a few worried glances from the folks at Molsheim. At the head of the class is the production-spec Regera, which was first shown at last year's Geneva show. Now, the company has confirmed the plug-in-hybrid rocket ship will weigh just 3,505 pounds and have a claimed output of over 1,500 horsepower. As a reference, the new Bugatti Chiron has 1,478 hp but weighs nearly 1,000 lbs more than this Koenigsegg.

Despite this difference, though, the Regera's stats aren't quite as monstrous – 62 miles per hour takes 2.8 seconds to the Chiron's 2.5-second spring. But the low weight and excess power allows the Swede to catch up and pass Bugatti's finest on the high end. The Koenigsegg hits 124 mph in 6.6 seconds compared to the Bug's 6.5-second time. But the Regera monsters the Chiron to 186 mph. The Bugatti takes 13.5 seconds to hit that loony speed, while the Koenigsegg does the deed in a frightening 10.9 seconds. Think about that – the Regera is 2.6 seconds faster to 186. That's scary speed and it gets scarier. Koenigsegg has built a car that will go from zero to 248 mph in 20 seconds. Twenty seconds!'

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Prediction:

I would sort of enjoy sitting in the car with a professional driver achieving 0-250 miles per hour in approximately twenty seconds....once.

Then terror would outweigh fascination.

I would not eat lunch prior to the drive. If I am going to travel that fast I should be in an aircraft.

Baptism by Ice

According to You Tube this is some kind of Christian church in Russia.
Masih Brothers

Russia: Google+Beautiful Earth

The scale is intimidated?

Jeff Jenkins 2009

Busy day, I just drove back from Vancouver, then soon I am out to Richmond, then out to Mission, then home.

I am keeping up with my plant and fish based diet, in treatment of sleep apnea effects.

I do not notice much of a difference in the mirror, but over the last few years I have had to tighten my belts to avoid public embarrassment. I asked the gentlemen at the leather store to 'punch' holes in all my belts so I could wear them and my pants tighter.

He was not Bruce Lee...

Of course I buy new smaller clothes.

Last night at Bible study a leader was convinced I had lost twenty pounds since he saw me before Christmas.

John Wee's kind Mother told John (paraphrased) that she could not believe how much weight I have lost between the dinners that she had kindly asked me to.

The funny thing is that the scale rarely changes...

I can use the 30 and 50 dumbbells and thin out but I seem to replace fat with muscle.

I can jog up in my loft for 45 minutes; I can prayer walk for an hour, and I thin out but I replace fat with muscle.

I can work out with martial arts weapons and knives and thin out, but the weight stays about the same.

Perhaps I am so macho, the scale is intimidated and no matter how many plants I eat, or exercise I do, the scale refuses to drop the number insisting I am a Kingpin. Does the scale reason I will be insulted by a smaller number?

This is reading a little bit too much like Chuck Norris or Mr. T jokes, but I am not famous.

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Football follies: Referee kicks at player and then red cards him

Player trips referee, referee kicks back and then awards player a red card
This must be watched on You Tube...please click. Nantes 0- PSG 1

CBS Sports January 14

Ligue 1

America Missing From The Bible

Babylon Bee

January 9 2018

Cited

'Defective Bible Omits Any Mention Of America January 9, 2018'

Cited

'MARSHALL, TX—After receiving a new leather NIV Study Bible for Christmas, local man Christopher Neil was excited to crack it open Tuesday morning and check out all the helpful resources included to assist him in his Bible study. But Neil was perplexed to discover the Bible didn’t mention America a single time. The atlas section at the back of the Sciptures (Scriptures, my add) did not include a map of the United States. The man carefully looked through all sixteen printed maps, including depictions of Israel in various time periods, the entire ancient Near East, and the Mediterranean Sea, but couldn’t find a single map of the United States'

Cited

'...and the translators failed to replace the word “Israel” with “United States” or “America” throughout the biblical text.'

Related event from my childhood:

Amway convention:

Back in the early 1980's my parents and associated Canadians had grown their businesses large enough to have an event here in British Columbia. Oh Canada was sung at the beginning of the event. A very kind and sweet American woman and one of the leaders of the American group that had developed the Canadian group, attended and stated (paraphrased):

'And they didn't even sing God Bless America!'

(I would have no problem if they did, as Amway is an American corporation and there were/are many American business associates within, but they sang the national anthem of the country of the event.)

Realtor measuring Chuckles' new downtown Vancouver apartment

Rather than pay for renovations, Chucky trades in his childhood, Maple Ridge home, for a new downtown Vancouver apartment, close to 'what's happening', baby. Chuck, you and your two brothers can just fit...

Vancouver: trekearth.com

Saint Chucky caught trying to get to work this morning

Chucky, try the 'Silver Surfer' move next time and it will be less far to fall, sir.

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Dr. Kingpin: Holiday consultant

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Today work

Mercedes: Sweet and kind Chinese administrator and teacher at work whose husband leases her a $170, 000 Mercedes that reaches from 0-60 in 4.9 seconds. 

Me

Paraphrased 

Mercedes: I go to New York City for New Year's Eve! Too cold! Colder than here!

Me: Hmm, well congratulations on the trip. Next time go to Los Angeles or even better, the south of France. The Mediterranean for New Year's Eve.

Mercedes: Ohhhh, really. I go there next time.

Dr. Kingpin: Holiday consultant, more possible employment...

Church Quip

Fine art photography

Okay,  today I used one of my 'smart guy' quips that I have developed, on a pastor and greeter and got some laughs.

In regard to evangelical scholarship, in particular Genesis and Revelation and authors to consider:

A controversial Tim Keller view was mentioned:

Paraphrased

Me: Well of course, (Tim) Keller, (Charles) Spurgeon, and (C.S.) Lewis are the evangelical trinity.

Others: Laughs
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See, all that praying and thinking pays off, sometimes...

Hip Hop out of here

Paraphrased

I arrive home, this evening.

Community Health Careworker arrives, soon after.

The Boss (82 years old with a 90? year old body) to careworker: I am going to Hip Hop out of here.

Me (Overhearing from upstairs): I do not think she knows what Hip Hop is!

Careworker: Yes, she does.

Me (Laughs): I doubt it, that is just a fortuitous statement.

Bullet Thursday: 'Toqueless'

Recently

•A good friend told me an acquaintance friend opined I should date in my own 'league'. My friend wisely denied the legitimate existence of that type of league. It is fiction often philosophically accepted as fact.

•But if we are going to 'talk' league fiction. Well, you know it is difficult to find a female built like a kingpin that has embedded a theodicy within a European, British, PhD. Not the league meant? Oh, I see, as usual within the evangelical church what is meant is this league: A potential romantic connection just comes down to be some kind of basic agreement on Christianity (Both like missions, for example), equality of looks and age. Character is secondary. That reads more secular than biblical. This view should not be confused with mutual spiritual, intellectual, romantic, attraction in the triune God and in Jesus Christ.

Today

•By God's grace, my Reformed theology has me stating that I am finite and sinful. The finite very much demonstrated today.

•The snow in the recent photo has cleared, but it is still quite cold for this area at 2 degrees, Celsius today.

•In conjunction with my purchase of new clothes for work and another closet reformat, I decided to clean up my clothing cabinet drawers in the sunroom which has older (non-public clothes).

•The enclosed sunroom is a former outdoor deck that was (foolishly) not insulated by a previous owner. In the summer we have a 'tanning booth' and in the winter we have a 'back-up refrigerator'. I keep Perrier cans there sometimes in the winter.

•Today, I decided I should look for my blue winter gloves and a toque. The toque story is a sad story of my finitude. A few years ago, my friendly neighbour, Walter Thomas Franklin was nice enough to give me his virtually worn once, blue toque (toque1), because he had another. I then misplaced it over the years and replaced it with a new white toque with red and black trim (toque2), sort of Christmas like. Today, as I searched I realized now that the replacement toque was now the replacement, misplacement toque, which left me 'toqueless'.

•I also could not find my blue winter gloves. My guess is that when I moved them from where they used to be in the loft (visible), I placed them in a 'special place' and not in the old clothing drawer. I now do not know where the 'special place' is...I mentioned I was finite.

•Toqueless, I decided I needed to empty my old clothing cabinet drawers. I quickly found a winter (men's!) scarf given to me by Documentary Man, years ago. I soon, 'amazingly' found the blue toque (toque1) which has been 'missing' for years, in another box. I then emptied the drawers and searched the top of the cabinet where I had placed clothing. I reasoned I may have placed my gloves there at some point. I glanced behind the cabinet and noticed between the wall and the cabinet, on the floor, very soiled was the white, red and black toque (toque2). I felt finite and stupid, to be honest, toque2 must have been pushed off by my older shirts. But I cannot really blame them because they do not move by themselves.

•Two washes later and toque2 looks brand new and thanks to good toque tech, it came out of the washer barely wet.

•For the first time in 'Satire Und Theology, history' I have two toques in my possession. Prayers appreciated finding my blue winter gloves. If I find them I will post in comments.

I played the Plastic Man at Walmart

DC & Marvel

Walmart Maple Ridge Supercentre

This late afternoon...

I drive into the parking to do my usual weekly shopping, including for homecaring work.

Government zoning?

Corporate greed? Packing in as many parking spots as possible at the expense of vehicle risk?

Other?

Not sure why, but the parking lot is often packed too tightly. Including today.

I parked farther out and not in the 'small car' zone closer in and still had to become 'Plastic Man' to slime and slide out of my SUV while holding onto the open truck door to make sure I do not damage my vehicle or my hopefully, friendly neighbour's, vehicle. I have my left hand on my door to cushion any possible vehicle to vehicle contact.

This slime/slide is tricky for a 'Kingpin' size, PhD. Good thing I have some skills...

This week, inside, some people were blocking shopping lanes etcetera. That rush to get a deal on toilet paper...

Parenting Skills

I have had similar 'uncleling' skills. This kid is carried like a case of beer or Perrier.

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New Year's Eve: If you cannot say something nice...

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I found this amusing and I sort of personally related to the quip. This was overheard at a New Year's Eve party.

However, it is better to be quiet, often.

Proverbs 10:19 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

19 When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise.

2018 photos from CNN

Las Vegas

Sydney

London

Pyongyang

Beirut

Athens

Yogyakarta

Berlin