GUEST POST from Don – Burger KING +

Burger KING + Burger KING has taken the lead.  It has done the hard work of finding what displeases customers and found that customers prefer humans over AI. Customers don’t like kiosks.  Customers don’t like apps.  Customers don’t like slow service.  Customers don’t like AI asking dumb questions, like β€œare you using our app?”  (β€œHonestly, why should I use your …
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GUEST POST from Don – Interpreting Scripture

INTERPRETING SCRIPTURE There are many paths to false interpretation.  There is only one path to the truth.  That path starts and ends with KNOWING THE MIND OF GOD.  Find God’s purpose for including those words. THEOLOGY.  Using theology to interpret Scripture is backward.  If the Bible is God’s word, then why use man’s word to interpret?  Theology should be informed by …
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GUEST POST from Don – FLIES!

F L I E S ! We are in that season when both you and flies want to do the same thing.  Party!!! The problem is that flies can transmit lots of diseases to humans (there are 65 diseases they are known to carry, including TB … but you only need one of those to end …
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GUEST POST from Don – Qualified?

QUALIFIED? In this world there are many things for which the β€œoperator” must be qualified.  Your surgeon should be (I require it of mine).  Your dentist should be (I carefully inspect the wall certificates).  The crane operator should be.  The airline pilot should be (I wouldn’t have it any other way).  Your cruise ship captain, and even both the chef …
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GUEST POST from Don – Silly Life-Hacks

SILLY LIFE-HACKS Influencers push influence. Β Here’s a β€œhack,” there’s a β€œhack.”  Actually, most β€œhacks” are recycled ways of doing things from 70 years ago.Β Β What makes them β€œspecial” now is that they are tied with other concerns, like β€œhow to de-clutter,” or β€œhow to reduce the amount of plastic in the universe.”  Trouble is, these things seldom do …
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GUEST POST from Don – Kentucky History: The Meat Shower

KENTUCKY HISTORY – THE MEAT SHOWER Only one sample of the mystery meat remains.  It sits in a glass bottle of alcohol at the Monroe Moosnick Medical and Science Museum at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. Meat from heaven?  Manna?  Nope. Best guess, by several knowledgeable people, experienced in the weirdness of nature, is that a passing kettle …
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GUEST POST from Don – Fires & Health

FIRES & HEALTH Did you know that NEARLY HALF of residential fires are caused by the kitchen range?  What are the issues with that device which make it so likely to cause a fire?   GREASE.  The number one cause is greases and oils (either in the oven or on the stove top).   Let’s think, β€œWhat is the …
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GUEST POST from Don – Century of “Christian” Asian Writers

CENTURY of β€œCHRISTIAN” ASIAN WRITERS Watchman NeeLin YutangToyohiko Kagawa Two from China, one from Japan…they spoke and wrote about a century ago although some of their writings did not come to America until later. Kagawa from Japan grew up among Christians (no picture available).  He had a philosophy of service.  He spent his life and fortune helping …
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GUEST POST from Don – Half The Story

HALF THE STORY The Smithsonian Magazine recently engaged in fear mongering:Β Β β€œGas Stoves Are Poisoning Americans by Releasing Toxic Fumes Associated With Asthma and Lung Cancer.” In the article they quote a co-author, Robert Jackson, of a study on gas stoves, β€œWe’ve spent billions of dollars cleaning up our air outdoors and nothing to clean up …
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GUEST POST from Don – Global Warming Re-Imagined (Again)

GLOBAL WARMING RE-IMAGINED (AGAIN) Popular Mechanics, a left-leaning publication, had this headline recently:  β€œEarth’s Disastrous 10th Tipping Point Has Been Identified.” Seriously?  The earth NEEDS another β€œtipping point?”  Aside from the humor, considering the earth is basically a BALL … there is no β€œtipping point.”  If the earth were a table it COULD have a tipping point.  (Before you respond …
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