Category Archives: personal

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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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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After My Previous Posts about the Stock Market…

Posted on October 19, 2025 by cdsmiller17

You Can Now Call Me a Hypocrite It’s easy to be skeptical about wealth management when you’re poor. But what do you do when you’re suddenly wealthy? Between my wife and myself, we have a quarter of a million Canadian … Continue reading →

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Instinctively, I Knew What It Was

Posted on October 17, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Venus: the Morning Star On the long car journey to Orillia, yesterday morning, I saw a bright light in the sky, before the sun rose. It was like a satellite, or, at best, an airplane, but it didn’t move, keeping … Continue reading →

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Here’s a Simple Introduction to Astrology for Children

Posted on October 15, 2025 by cdsmiller17

The Moon Beams: an Introduction In the very beginning, there were only stars. Then one day, one of the stars decided to make some planets to revolve around it. The name of that star was Sun. And so Sun sent … Continue reading →

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I Tried My Hand at Writing a Children’s Story in 2000

Posted on October 15, 2025 by cdsmiller17

Jessie: First Impressions This is the gentle little story of a young girl living in the farmland of British Columbia during the 1950’s. Her world is simple and her life is easy, as are her thought about the Universe. The … Continue reading →

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