Monthly Archives: October 2025

She’s Always Been One to Dress Up

Posted on October 31, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Katy Perry (October 25, 1984) At least she and Justin Trudeau have that in common. With news cycles distracting us from the usual suspects, we are starting to see pictures of Justin and Katy together as a new couple. Of … Continue reading →

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When Another Author Figures It All Out, Too

Posted on October 30, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Alan Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) When Ellie was discussing writers who ‘speak’ the truth, in her opinion, she waxed lyrical about this man. Personally, I was never a fan of his. Again, there are two inconjuncts, … Continue reading →

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When an Author Figures It All Out

Posted on October 29, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Neville Goddard (February 19, 1905 – October 1, 1972) Read this sentence from Wikipedia: He taught various self-help methods for testing his own claim that the human imagination is omnificent, therefore God. He achieved popularity by reinterpreting the Bible and the poetry of William Blake. Ah, another man after my own heart. … Continue reading →

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What Have I Said About Discernment?

Posted on October 29, 2025 by cdsmiller17

News vs. Noise This phrase came to mind, yesterday, while watching the latest Ellie Dreams Down Under YouTube video. In it, Ellie was discussing how even news sources are triggering tribal reactions from their followers, in order to keep their … Continue reading →

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Emails Coming from This Address are Fraudulent

Posted on October 28, 2025 by cdsmiller17

prohibitionatl.com I was suspicious when emails started arriving in my spam folder from this address. At first, they were trying to get me to open them by claiming that my cloud storage payment had been refused by my credit card. … Continue reading →

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There’s a Reason Why It’s Called This:

Posted on October 28, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Doomscrolling The general feeling these days is that we are doomed. It doesn’t help that social media and news sites are adding to that sense of impeding failure. Even religious organizations are augmenting the inevitability of the world coming to … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Visit to Exeter in May 2012

Posted on October 26, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Tea on the Queen, Cathedral Square, Exeter (reprise)

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It Took 31 Days to Catch Sight of This Bird

Posted on October 25, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Downy Woodpecker (October 24, 2025)

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While Driving in My Car the Other Day, I Thought:

Posted on October 24, 2025 by cdsmiller17

“Modern Pop Music is Hypnotic” With its repetitive vocal phrases and music riffs on repeat, modern pop music has no intrinsic value, unless you want to be hypnotized. “Nuff said.

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There are Several Ways to Say the Same Thing

Posted on October 23, 2025 by cdsmiller17

I Am One There’s an AI video on YouTube, doing the rounds right now, purporting to teach us about the code that Jesus taught his disciples. It takes 12 minutes to string the viewer along, because the money’s in the … Continue reading →

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