Merry Christmas
What Christmas is all about:
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Christmas Song of the Day: O Holy Night
O Holy Night
O holy night, the stars are brightly shining;
It is the night of the dear Savior’s birth!
Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Til He appeared and the soul felt its worth.
A thrill of hope, the weary soul rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn.
Fall on your knees, O hear the angel voices!
O night divine, O night when Christ was born!
O night, O holy night, O night divine!
Led by the light of faith serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts by His cradle we stand.
So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming,
Here came the wise men from Orient land.
The King of kings lay thus in lowly manger,
In all our trials born to be our Friend!
He knows our need-to our weakness is no stranger.
Behold your King; before Him lowly bend!
Behold your King; before Him lowly bend!
Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His Gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break for the slave is our brother
And in His Name all oppression shall cease.
Sweet hymns of joy in grateful chorus raise we,
Let all within us praise His holy Name!
Christ is the Lord! O praise His name forever!
His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!
His pow’r and glory evermore proclaim!
There’s been much made of Nazi stuff and the N-word on Twitter now. Mostly, I think, because people are testing limits, but whatever.
I haven’t seen any.
Because I don’t follow those people.
And I don’t go searching out those terms to see who is using them so I can scream about it.
Because my time is worth more than that.
If such were to cross my timeline, I’d consider the context, then consider whether or not to unfollow the person so as to not see that sh*t on my timeline.
Because I have the choice over whether or not I want to see it.
I don’t need other people to do that for me.
Worx MakerX Crafting
The WORX MAKERX Crafting Tool Deluxe Combo Kit* is a cordless (the cord goes to the battery – not to the wall) rotary tool, angle grinder, airbrush, wood burner, and heat gun that all run off the same battery system. And it’s on sale with Prime Early Access!
This is a great set that I personally own and use. It comes with accessories and a nice bag to store everything in.
Being a battery-powered set is great because you’re not tied to the wall outlet. You can take it outside to work, work out in the driveway, and don’t need extension cords. Especially when using the wood burning tool, you don’t have to get the odors of burned wood in the house – or accidentally set off the smoke alarms!
*I may receive a commission if items are purchased through the links on this blog.
Meeting My Cosplay Role Model
I got to meet my cosplay role model, Yaya Han, at DragonCon this weekend. I can only aspire to be just a fraction as good as she is in making costumes and props. She is an inspiration.
It’s hard to tell from the photo because of the masks, but it is her. I also got an autographed photo of her as Jessica Rabbit. She’s very sweet and took time to speak with everyone in her line.
Thanks Yaya!
Samsung Frame TV
Sometime after Christmas of 2020, we moved a small flat-screen TV we had into the living room and put it on the mantle so my husband could have the news on while he was working. He’d moved his office there in March when my son and daughter-in-law moved from Illinois to be with us here in Tennessee.
After Thanksgiving of 2021, we had a decision to make: Mount the small TV so there would be room for our Christmas decorations or buy a better TV to mount and move the small one to the basement gym which was a plan for the small one before the kids moved in and we put it on the mantle. We just hadn’t gotten around to it yet.
I did some looking around online to see which TV might work best and found out that Samsung was having a sale on the Frame TVs at the time. We’d looked at them at Best Buy a few years ago just to see what they looked like and we were impressed by their slimness and that you could put up art or photos and not have a big black rectangle on the wall if you weren’t watching television.
So we ordered a 43-inch Samsung Frame TV. All the Frames come with mounting brackets and they mount flush to the wall, just like a picture frame. Ours also came with feet so we could, if we wanted, set it on a TV stand or other piece of furniture. You can also buy an easel to put the Frame on.
Mounting was really easy. There’s a template, tape it to the wall, make sure it’s level, drill through and then mount the brackets per the instructions. Plug the “invisible” cord into the back of the TV and hang it on the wall. The other end of the “invisible” cord plugs into the box that runs everything and can be 15 feet away from the TV. This is plugged into the power outlet and your cable, DVD/BluRay/Game System/Sound System are all plugged into this box.
We are really pleased with our Frame purchase. It looks elegant above the fireplace when not in use (and even when in use). We have a rotating set of artwork appearing on the screen.
Near the center, you can see the “invisible” cord. It’s pretty transparent and really does disappear into the background. The cord can also come out from either side of the Frame if wanted. The little bump on the bottom right contains the motion sensor which will turn the screen back on if someone comes into the room.
You can see here just how close to the wall the Frame hangs.
This is the box that controls everything. Our little cable box is just beyond it. You can just see the “invisible cord coming from behind Santa’s chair and swagging over to the brown cabinet.
If you’re looking for a TV that doesn’t look like a TV when it’s not in use I’d highly recommend the Samsung Frame TV.
Daylight Saving Time – Spring
So tonight’s the night – again. The semi-annual changing of the clocks in the U.S. except for Arizona, Hawai’i, and Puerto Rico. Those states and territories stay on Standard Time all year long. The rest of us lose an hour at 2:00 am as we “magically” jump to 3:00 am.
Also, your local fire station would like it if you would change the batteries in your smoke alarms at this time as well. The changing of the clocks is a good time to do so.
It’s Twos-Day!
It’s Twos-Day!
Merry Christmas
Veterans’ Day 2021
Armistice Day, Veterans’ Day, Remembrance Day
The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month…
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Written by Lt-Colonel John McRae (1915)
