Don't eat yellow...

The government has to tell parents this fact?

When I have toured Britain while on the top deck of a double-decker bus, a person could be struck by the overpass if standing when one should be sitting. There were no warning signs...

But of course, eating yellow snow would be worse than a potentially fractured skull or related...

Pinterest: I am thinking...too much substance abuse and snow sports.

Funtodrive.com: The local government will not invest in more street lights. This sign is cheaper.

Collegehumour.com: Oz and the Wicked Witch are to the right...

Funtodrive.com: Most males know to go behind a bush, if absolutely necessary; not in public.

Boredpanda.com: The dog walking bird and that dog, should go on tour.

Boredpanda.com: The six-pack people were awarded their own special walkway by the government.

Too bad the bottom images were removed...I wrote:

One has to develop a walk slide technique while staying low to the ground (I live in Canada).

This cat might also be upset because well-meaning 'Mom' put him/her in that Christmas suit...a violation of the cat's sovereignty.

Mysterious Blue Alarm

Mysterious Blue Alarm

I stated on October 21

My 'newish' Nissan SUV has a 'blue light' alarm (Satanic?) that will go off unless the truck is opened by the fob and closed by the fob.

If someone tries to break in or some 'fool' tries to open the SUV door normally with the key (Apparently both have already occurred), the alarm takes over. The mechanic told me it was a high-end, after-market alarm and work keeping.

According to the mechanic, if the alarm is set-off, some Kingpin has to sit in detention in the truck for fifteen minutes plus, with engine running, while the alarm goes on and off. This can both entertain and irritate the public. The alarm may then resume normal programming, but one must open and close the truck with fob only and one must never, ever, ever, let the battery in the fob die or else Kingpin will be back in detention.

Obey the blue light...Actual product not shown.
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I thought the worst was over...

After leaving the TriCity Church on Sunday afternoon, I headed out to the parking lot. I heard what sounded like a loud vehicle alarm. But it sounded different than my blue alarm that I have heard, now several times. There were two or so vehicles left on the lot and as I headed toward my truck it was sounding as if my Nissan, American, SUV had another type of alarm sound. As I came within a few feet of the truck, the alarm stopped.

This was troubling.

Does the vehicle alarm have another type of alarm sound? I was wondering if someone had touched the vehicle or like.

Is there a 'break in' alarm sound and an inappropriate touch alarm sound?

I headed home, incident free.

That evening I washed the vehicle in the building garage. After I locked it up and set the alarm, I decided to go back and (against what I have done for years) take a towel and dry off the glass of a vehicle, as too many water stains were remaining after a wash, and I do a lot of driving with my vehicle.

All was going well until I moved the mirror and then the blue light went flashing and the alarm went off. But this was the regular alarm sound.

I am still not sure what the alarm sound I heard in the TriCity parking lot means. I was handling the mirror...

Does the alarm sound alternate after awhile?

By the way, when the fob battery runs out (I think), it plays a loud tune.

On the bright side, in agreement with my mechanic, my vehicle is pretty secure.

On the dark side, I am never really sure when the alarm is going to act up and what it is going to demand...

My earliest USA education

Zazzle UK

Incredibly, all these years later, the music from these three videos, reportedly from Schoolhouse Rock, still go through my adult Canadian and to a much lesser extent, British mind.

This is evidence that these films are very well-done artistically.

A Columbia Bible College professor of mine, and Chucky's very dear, Uncle Gerry, while advising me stated that every country has their mythology.

Well, here are some American cartoons as examples.

What is a Canadian equivalent for me?

I suppose those National Film Board of Canada documentaries we were forced to view in grade school.

Anyway, the propaganda in the 'No More Kings' cartoon is particularly amusing. 'Those evil Brits! (Even though we are colonizing Brits!)'

This is not to be confused with 'A Farewell To Kings' from Rush in 1977, also artistic music from the same era.

And again, these are well-done artistic cartoons.

As in 2013, Chucky refuses to sit beside a 'fat guy' at concert

December 5, 2017

Friday, July 26, 2013, Roger's Arena,Vancouver: Rush 

Saint Chucky is placed in seating that he states is next to 'A fat guy'. Rather than take my advice and move to the empty seats above, Charles Chucklins II, gets up and walks toward the stairs and then stands. Soon a heavily 'tatted' audience member is yelling at Pope Chuckins to move.

Arena security deals with Mennonite Chucky and he is moved to a seat, by himself, not too far from where I suggested he move to.

Tuesday, December 5, 2017, Moore Theatre, Seattle: Mahavishnu Orchestra

As I purchased balcony tickets, as I prefer, we are directed to the second balcony, general seating. This is contrary to the assigned seating on our tickets, which Chuck disliked. He then states that he is not sitting beside 'a fat guy'. He then attempts to sit by me and states: 'This won't work!'

I move my elbows out hitting him in the side several times and state that I am not sitting by 'a fat guy'.

He moves behind me, to the right, after stating that my head was too big to sit directly behind me...

No bathroom at gas station

Give a hoot, don't pollute

Artistic, Moore Theatre, Seattle

Religious theme? Humanistic theme?

Good atmosphere

John Mclaughlin guitar solo section

Drumming and bizarre verbal counting

Part of The Dance of Maya, intro
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There

Reflections

The Lord definitely blessed us on the Seattle trip, yesterday to see a form of the Mahavishnu Orchestra. This is John McLaughlin's stated last North American tour and a very rare tour and performance of mostly Mahavishnu Orchestra material. For electric music, Mahavishnu Orchestra and Rush, in alphabetical order, at this point in my life are my favourite artists. Neither may tour again in any form.

It was also a blessed trip because Saint Chuckles and I have had some disturbing trips in the past, including our last trip to the Moore Theatre in Seattle (2002) where a certain 'computer guy' left his camera in sight, in my car, which was then broken into during the concert. Glass abounded. Strangely enough, Mr. John Wee returned the favour to Chuckles (2017) in downtown Vancouver, after a singles event we attended. I laughed for some reason as Chuck's car windshield was smashed in and vehicle seats covered in glass. John's clothes were stolen, and my expensive sunglasses were untouched. They were prescription, anyway...

There he is again...

Joking aside about America, and I joke online about Canada and the United Kingdom as well, there are two things specifically, that I very much enjoy about the United States of America when I visit, and this was a particularly positive visit.

One, is the availability of product. My very likely only chance to see Mahavishnu Orchestra live, did not take place in the Vancouver area. Vancouver, Metropolitan Vancouver and the Fraser Valley are rather isolated parts of the Western World,  and as well, Canada has a much smaller population than does America. This area is not the most 'happening' area of the free world...

The variety of products available, the variety of restaurants, compared to Canada is intriguing. Saint Chuckles and I went out for his belated birthday to Buffalo Wild Wings for the first time. This place is probably common to my American readers, but we had not heard of it. We appreciated the food and the service.

Two, is the religious nature of America, compared to Canada which is less religious. On our way back to Canada late night and early morning, we viewed religious imagery, including a very bright white cross, which we assumed was likely on a hill or like.

As with my philosophical and theological mixed views on Europe/United Kingdom and its Christian heritage of church-state, in regard to the United States of America, I have mixed views on this quite religious nation. I reason the biblical gospel is prevalent there but there are also many Christian and non-Christian cults which focus of aberrant doctrine and sometimes heresy. Overall, the evangelical church does seem in decline and the nation is becoming more secular. I also find the lack of embraced Reformed theology, in the evangelical church, disturbing (Covered in my British academic surveys), as well as the over-dependence of the evangelical church on culture as opposed to Bible on many issues, for example social and political.

I find the religious Christian nature of America, fascinating. And Christianity is still significantly more culturally and politically relevant, than in Europe, in 2017.

Seattle: We were not on a church tour