Sorry that I haven't posted lately; I
got slammed with a lot of orders at the same time. It was hard to
apply the 85-15 rule because most of these are regular customers that
I value and want to keep. By God's mercy I've been able to arrange
the jobs and parts of jobs so that they all meshed together without
total meltdown. That of course has a flip side: few of the jobs were
actually complete, and the ones that were finished were corporations;
who don't pay immediately. So I spend all my money on gas and
incidental tools, only to be broke while in a sea of employment. But
I did finally manage to get paid for a few, and some of the work is
far from routine, so life could be a lot worse.
Also, all this speculation I've had
regarding 2nd Thessalonians has solidified, for lack of a
better term. It's still just speculation, but I now have clearer
direction about what is going on and how to prepare. Not clearer as
in less speculative as to the objective reality of the thing, it's
that I now have this strong hunch as to what all the political and
historical events are related to; not clearer as in I now have the
next 5 years charted out, but now I don't spend as much time
assessing a new business venture or calculating the practicality of
buying land and building a house. I've pretty much totally given up
the idea of reforming society by having some sort of influence on art
or media in this culture.
I wake up each day with a singular,
clear thought: try to have an escape route for my family. Even though
the whole thing is based on an encroaching threat, there's a
satisfaction in the clarity of it. I feel exactly like the scene I've
seen portrayed in movies: some guy or leader is standing in a
clearing, it's quiet, but he's looking side to side as he realizes an
unseen threat. He orders his party to change course just as the
ambush, explosion, or wall falling in nearly wipes out his group.
Cliché to be sure, but it's exactly how I feel.
I wonder if the “strong delusion”
in that passage is stronger than people realize. People always have
this myth of continuity thing. From what I understand, many lives
were lost in the Civil War because commanders were using outdated
tactics, lining up troops for a battle with inaccurate muskets while
the men were holding more accurate guns. Did the Japanese have any
idea that a nuclear bomb would end the war? Technology changes
things. When the U.S. Rejected God in the late 50's and early 60's,
did people have any idea of the media capabilities soon to unleash a
rock and roll and sleazy societal revolution on this country and the
world?
The direction of it all is clearly
anti God, which is unequivocally Satanic. What I wonder about is why
this gay gay gay push? It could just be to lead toward a similar
perversion, say bestiality. Apparently, Satan was very capable, maybe
even of striking appearance. Did he have too much appreciation of his
own form? Like the men body builders who have a very high
appreciation of the male form?
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Does it seem like the government
agencies tried to make the public suffer as much as possible after
the recent “sequester” event? They have billions and trillions
flowing every direction, but the less obvious stuff couldn't be cut?
It's the government vs the people; job security becomes very obvious
at times like this, at least to some.
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I had this idea that I could do more
accurate log splitting; I could split out some planks from logs if I
made and used a large number of sharp metal wedges made from high
carbon steel. I'm surrounded by these awesome hardwood forests, and
have this wannabe sawmill desire to get some boards from fallen trees
around me. My table saw, good as it is, only has a 3.5 inch blade
height. So I have to make planks no thicker than that. The current
project has a lot of neat details that I'll share at a later time,
but it involves some walnut logs being thrown away nearby. I finally
made 6 of these wedges from discarded locomotive leaf springs, and
along with 3 conventional wedges, was able to try my theory out. You
see, the problem is that the grain in a log often twists or otherwise
varies from the very straight direction that would be easier to deal
with. So my idea was to snap a chalk line on the side of the log,
then drive the wedges in along this line; forcing it to split there,
instead of where the grain would run on its own. That's what usually
happens when you 'walk' the wedges one in front of the other.
I did one section of the Walnut log
this way; (I absolutely love the smell of fresh split or sawn
Walnut), but then had a realization. I've been making tool handles
and parts lately, this Walnut will become a frame saw. So wouldn't
the grain be much stronger if I did let it run its own direction? It
would be awkward to get into the saw initially, but would be much
stronger.
All this to say that I'm wondering
how many other things can be done better by letting a thing run its
course. How often is God's hand arranging circumstances, but I resist
because I have a routine or “efficient” way of doing things? I
want to keep an eye out for these things.
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I just now learned about a guy being
held in Syria without charges. His name is Bassel, you can learn more
HERE. I get a huge amount of very usable free stuff from the
Internet; this guy is involved in some of those projects. Please go
to the page and read about him. Thank you.
