I'm back

Now that was a marathon of madness at the worst possible time.  As I said, my computer crashed and burned after that March Windows 11 update.  I guess Windows is the ultimate argument against monopolies, because most of the people I've talked to agree it's a subpar system, but what are you going to do?  You have one other choice.  So Windows it is. 

After weeks of fighting and end runs, countless hours trying to fix it, and having enough techs access my PC trying to figure things out that we could start our own football franchise, it was concluded that no matter what - and nobody ever really figured what went wrong - my PC just had too little disk space.  It's an old one in computer years (which are a bit like dog years).  At the time when I bought it, I was told a whopping 260 Gigabytes was more than I'd ever need. Sort of like when I bought my first Windows PC in 1993, I was told 4 MBs of RAM was more than I'd ever need.

The techies explained at this point, even if they found the problem, there was a good chance the pittance of disk space I had left wouldn't be enough with which to sally forth.  And it likely would create more problems down the road with future updates which, shocking nobody, require a certain amount of space to work in the first place. Space I no longer had.

So we gave the PC up to the tech gurus who replaced the old drive with a new drive containing what will no doubt be an insufficient amount of space in the near future - 2 Terabytes of space.  Already, with getting things loaded up and bringing back things I had to delete as my old drive diminished and went into the West, it's down to 1.6 TBs.  But as I keep all files and downloads on external drives, the decline should slow down.  I should note I avoid the Cloud thing as a matter of course, being a private person skeptical about leaving my wallet and personal information in the middle of digital parking lots, no matter how secure they insist they are.  So there shouldn't be much more taken up since there's not much left to load. 

With that said, I'm still in the process of hunting some things down.  Not everything transferred over, and a few programs or apps seem to be lost in the techno ether.  And like all things modern tech, it's leaping through and into endless hoops, loops and frying pans when it comes to logging in here or finding stuff there. With everything else going on right now (more on that later, nothing bad, but very busy), it will continue to occupy me for a little bit more time. 

I know crazy things have happened out there in the world as they always do, but quite frankly, I've not had time to process much of it.  When things settle, and the PC is back to doing PC stuff, I'll be return at least more semi-regularly. Until then, TTFN, and God bless. 

A prayer request

I'm not one to post prayer requests often.  Just because I don't want to pick and choose: Why this and not that?  But in this case, I'll break my usual practice. My sister was diagnosed with cancer ages ago when she was in her late 20s.  It has been decades that she has fought it and kept it at bay.  But last week it looks like the cancer finally returned.  She goes over the next few weeks to figure out how to deal with it.  It appears that they caught it early, and we're praying it can be delt with accordingly.  Nonetheless, we've been praying for her and I told her I'd get the word out as I can.  So prayers would be appreciated.  

And a happy Easter to all

 

In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.

And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. 

And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. Matthew 28.1-8

The Easter Triduum

Therefore onto the most important of things. I'll be back after Easter.  Until then then, God's blessings on everyone, thanks for stopping by, and a blessed and happy Easter to all. 

So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He appeared to be going further, but they constrained him, saying, “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is now far spent.” So he went in to stay with them.  Luke 24.28-29

Pray for the Nigerian victims of Palm Sunday

This went right by me.  Again, there are problems with turning away from most social media.  All you have left is the mainstream press, which is like having only half the answers in the back of a math book.  Fact is, Nigerian Christians being killed by Muslims doesn't help the narrative or agenda one scrap of a bit.  Hence I saw nothing.  It just came by randomly yesterday, like that strange story from Rhode Island.  Every now and then, when trying to find the news online, odd outlets or local news rooms will pop up.  

Not that social media is altogether reliable. It isn't.  But at least it might point to stories, no matter how big or important, that the press is clearly trying to avoid or sweep under the carpet.  So with only news to turn to, I'm mindful of the fact that there are endless stories out there of major importance I'm probably not hearing about.  Like this one.

Of course it isn't new.  One of my closest friends from my ministry days was a Nigerian Christian named Joseph.  If ever the joy of Christ manifested in someone, it was him.  But he could also be deadly serious.  Even in the 90s, this was going on.  And it's been a continual clash for decades because the Islamic presence, while expanding, is still meeting the substantial Christian presence that is in the country.  So we have a chance to witness Islamic expansion, at least as it is happening in Nigeria. 

Sadly, again, it doesn't fit the post-Western globalist narrative. So don't expect to hear of this.  I actually went to various news agencies and typed their names with this story.  To its credit, the NYT had the story.  And that was it.  Apart from Yahoo news, for what that's worth, but at least credit where it is due.  Otherwise, the only outlets covering it are right leaning, or religious, or other non-Western media outlets.  

So there you go.  A much belated prayer for those souls who were taken at the beginning of our holy week.  For us, it's easy to see and admit what is happening, even if for reasons many won't.  But for those on the front lines, pray for them.  They do not know if they will be there the following week, more than is normal for us mortals traveling this sod.  Something that occupies their prayers and has for decades.  As my dear friend Joseph made clear all those years ago.  

In case you were wondering

A mural to the slain Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska has been ordered to be removed.  Apparently the mural was painted on the side of a gay bar, and the owners quickly snapped into action as outraged erupted across Providence, RI.  As the mayor said, while tragic, such murals of single individuals slain like George Floyd Iryna Zaurtska cause more divisions than do good.  Plus, as mayoral candidate David Morales explained, such a memorial in no way reflects the values of Providence.  I'll leave the gentle reader to ponder just why this particular memorial to a young woman who was so brazenly murdered doesn't reflect the values of Providence, Rhode Island.  

With each passing day it becomes easier to avoid the Left like the soul plague that it is.  And I don't make statements like that lightly. Never in modern times has a movement yelled so loudly from the rooftops that it cares not one rip for the slaughter of a thousand innocents but that they can be exploited.  

Of course I could be wrong.  Perhaps they are merely standing on some longtime liberal position that murals are always bad because they could be divisive.  There's always that.