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Wednesday 05/May/2021 – listed and logged

Prayers, etc.: * 06:10 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * Jn 15:1-8 * Tonight's Rosary along with many other prayers and Bible passages was prayed in assembly as family and friends met to honor a fallen Brother Knight this evening. His Funeral Mass will take place tomorrow morning, and I intend to be ar Church for that, too. * 21:30 – Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity.

Diet: * 07:00 – bowl of oatmeal, 1 banana * 10:00 – 2 poached egg sandwiches * 12:00 – chicken and vegetables * 14:00 – Loco Moco meal * 20:30 – Classic Arby's Roast Beef sandwich, large chocolate shake

Chores, etc.: * 06:40 – Texas Special Election Hints at 2022 Flip – Crossroads with Joshua Philipp * 08:15 – Attention Direction Disorder – Bill Whittle * 09:30 – correspond with different KofC Officers via chat and email * 10:00 – Who's Attacking Our Democracy? – Dinesh D'Souza * 10:30 – load weekly pill boxes * 14:00 – watch game show with Sylvia * 15:00 – Prep for this evening's Rosary * 17:00 – local news and weather on TV * 18:00 – Rosary Service * 19:30 – shopping with Sylvia at a new Asian Market in town

Chess: * 12:30 – moved in all pending CC games

Posted 05/May/2021 ~ 21:50 Central Time #blog #DailyNotes

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As this blog continues to evolve...

There should soon be appearing at the bottom of every blog post here a link which will allow you, dear reader, to respond directly to me by email. This is a new feature currently being developed. After it appears it should become smoother and more efficient over time.

Posted 05/May/2021 ~ 11:15 Central Time #blog #contact

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Tuesday 04/May/2021 – listed and logged

Prayers, etc.: * 05:30 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 07:30 – Jn 14:27-31a * 07:35 – What Scares You? – a Virtue Signal * 21:10 – Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Tuesday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum. * 21:20 – The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 04 May, St. Monica, Widow * Tonight's Five Decades of the Rosary before bed will be the Sorrowful Mysteries.

Diet: * 07:00 – bowl of oatmeal, fresh apple slices * 12:00 – chicken and vegetables * 14:00 – Wendy's double-cheeseburger, large chocolate shake * 19:15 – small dish of ice cream

Chores, etc.: * 06:15 – Abolish the FBI – Dinesh D'Souza * 09:30 – email KofC Officers * 16:00 – back inside from an afternoon of yard work * 16:30 – Newsmax TV * 18:00 – local news and weather * 18:30 – Wheel of Fortune * 19:00 – NCIS

Chess: * 13:15 – moved in all pending CC games

Posted 03/May/2021 ~ 21:45 Central Time #blog #DailyNotes

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Monday 03/May/2021 – listed and logged

Prayers, etc.: * 05:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 16:20 – Jn 14:6-14 * 21:15 – Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Monday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum. * 21:30 – The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 03 May, Comm: Ss. Alexander I P, Eventius & Theodules MM & Juvenal B C * Tonight's Five Decades of the Rosary before bed will be the Joyful Mysteries.

Diet: * 06:30 – bowl of oatmeal, fresh apple slices * 11:30 – pasta salad * 15:30 – bowl of chicken and vegetables * 17:00 – cooked bananas with butter

Chores, etc.: * 06:00 – listen to a favorite YouTuber * 07:30 – FBI Spied On Trump, etc. – Crossroads with Joshua Phillips * 10:00 – started the weekly laundry * 12:00 – work on KofC project * 14:30 – email KofC Officers * 15:30 – Shock the Monkey – a Right Angle * 16:00 – Newsmax TV * 18:00 – local news and weather * 18:30 – Wheel of Fortune * 19:30 – baseball! – listening to the radio call of tonight's Rangers game * 20:00 – follow live storm reports

Chess: * 17:40 – moved in all pending CC games

Posted 03/May/2021 ~ 21:45 Central Time #blog #DailyNotes

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And the Thunder Rumbles ...

We're under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for the next half hour, and a Severe Storm Risk until 07:00 tomorrow morning. Could be some dramatic weather here over night!

Posted 03/May/2021 ~ 19:55 Central Time #blog #weather

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Sunday 02/May/2021 – listed and logged

Prayers, etc.: * 08:30 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 16:35 – Jn 15:1-8 * 20:20 – Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Sunday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum. * 20:30 – The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 02 May, 4th Sunday after Easter * Tonight's Five Decades of the Rosary before bed will be the Glorious Mysteries.

Diet: * 09:00 – pasta salad * 12:35 – spicy meat and vegetable soup * 14:30 – big buffet meal at Golden Corral

Chores, etc.: * 09:00 – Beard Blather 61 * 12:30 – MLB TV, Cubbies vs Reds * 14:30 – took Sylvia to Golden Corral for Sunday dinner * 15:45 – shopping at Walgreen's * 16:10 – baseball, Rangers vs Red Sox, then more games... * 21:00 – listen to favorite podcasts

Chess: * 16:20 – moved in all pending CC games

Posted 02/May/2021 ~ 22:20 Central Time #blog #DailyNotes

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Fair Is Fair

Only Fair

Posted 02/May/2021 ~ 11:55 Central Time #blog #meme

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Saturday 01/May/2021 – listed and logged

Prayers, etc.: * 06:00 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 10:15 – Jn 14:7-14 * 16:45 – Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Saturday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum. * 17:45 – The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 01 May, St. Joseph the Worker, Spouse of the BVM * Tonight's Five Decades of the Rosary before bed will be the Glorious Mysteries.

Diet: * 07:15 – 2 pcs. pizza * 16:15 – bowl of chicken and vegetables * 17:30 – small dish of ice cream * 18:00 – grape jelly sandwich on brown bread

Chores, etc.: * 07:10 – Around the Horn and Around the Bend – a Moving Back to America episode * 07:30 – The Politics of Whiteness – Dinesh D'Souza * 10:00 – track weather radar * 12:30 – radio broadcast of NASCAR Race * 15:00 – watch old TV Westerns * 19:00 – Svengoolie

Chess: * 12:15 – moved in all pending CC games

Posted 01/May/2021 ~ 20:35 Central Time #blog #DailyNotes

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Another Recent Win

Q-R Checkmate

I won this correspondence chess game recently with a Queen-Rook checkmate. The White King was checkmated by my f2 Queen who was defended by her a2 Rook.

The position of pieces at game's end is above, and our full move record is below:

1. e4 d6 2. d4 a6 3. d5 e5 4. h3 Nf6 5. g4 h6 6. g5 Nxe4 7. h4 h5 8. Be2 g6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bg7 11. a4 O-O 12. Ba3 e4 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Nh3 Nc5 15. Qc1 Re8 16. Ba3 e3 17. f3 Bxc3+ 18. Kf1 c6 19. dxc6 Bxa1 20. Qxa1 Nxa4 21. Nf4 bxc6 22. Qd4 Nb6 23. Bb2 Re5 24. Qb4 a5 25. Bxe5 axb4 26. Bd4 c5 27. Bf6 Qd7 28. Kg2 Qf5 29. Bd3 Qxf4 30. Re1 Nd5 31. c4 Nc3 32. Be4 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Ra2+ 34. Kg1 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qf2# 0-1

Posted 01/May/2021 ~ 11:15 Central Time #blog #chess

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Friday 30/Apr/2021 – listed and logged

Prayers, etc.: * 06:30 – Prayer to St. Michael the Archangel * 10:00 – Jn 14:1-6 * 10:45 – It's Time To Bring Back... – A Virtue Signal * 19:45 – Fr. Chad Rippberger's Prayer of Command to protect my family, my sons, my daughter and her family, my granddaughters and their families, my great grandchildren, and everyone for whom I have responsibility from any demonic activity; and The Friday Prayers of the Association of the Auxilium Christianorum. * 20:00 – The Hour of Vespers according to the Traditional Catholic Breviary: Bible readings, prayers, and meditations for 30 April, St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin * Tonight's Five Decades of the Rosary before bed will be the Sorrowful Mysteries.

Diet: * 07:05 – bowl of oatmeal * 08:30 – pasta salad * 10:15 – 1 orange * 11:00 – 1 peanut butter sandwich * 12:00 – bowl of pancit * 13:00 – 2 ½ pcs of pizza * 16:15 – 1 more pc of pizza

Chores, etc.: * 07:05 – Trump May Run and Choose DeSantis? – Crossroads * 10:15 – Idle Worship – a Right Angle * 10:30 – Teach Me To Hate? – Bill Whittle * 12:00 – KofC Project work * 13:00 – watch game shows with Sylvia * 14:00 – monitor weather radar * 16:00 – Newsmax TV * 18:00 – local news and weather * 18:30 – Wheel of Fortune * 19:00 – MLB TV

Chess: * 10:30 – moved in all pending CC games

Posted 30/Apr/2021 ~ 21:10 Central Time #blog #DailyList

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