Happy Valentine's Day

Blog post #2000

Sigma Tau Gamma

Last year an old college friend named Ken Vaughn contacted me out of the blue.  He was a pledge in my fraternity back in my college daze.  I ended up dropping out of the frat about the same time I dropped out of college.  He went on to graduate and has been active in the fraternity all these years.  Our chapter (Delta Delta) of Sigma Tau Gamma at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro ended up closing down in 1987.  Seems the university is inviting fraternities back on campus this spring and our chapter hopes to be a presence there once again.  Sigma Tau Gamma was the first social fraternity chartered at UNC-G in 1979.  I was among a group of friends that were the founding members of that chapter.  Ken contacted me to tell me about the status at our old college and asked me if I would like to be reinstated in the fraternity since I was a founding member.  My first inclination was to say no - why bother.  But after thinking about all those friends I had...I figured - why not.  Just got the reinstatement letter today.  My extended family has just expanded exponentially.

This is a shot of my dorm room in 1979.  My roommate Alan Simons and I built a loft in our room that year.  Our beds were up above so most of the room was just a big study (party) area.  There weren't any rules about building in the dorms at the time but the university decided it was not a good idea and banned them a couple of years later.  64,75,33,0,B     

a big tailer

Got a deal on a great 18' trailer today from my friends Randy and Elissa Johnson down south.  Ben and Bud are eating more and more and now I can really load up on feed for them with fewer trips.  49,66,26,0,C

unlucky rabbit

Ordered 6 fertile eggs to hatch...hope to get at least one new Carl out of them.

Anemometer and windsock up at The Flight Lab.

Found a prize in a bale of alfalfa...an unlucky rabbit's foot.

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back in the hole

Sooner or later, lots of little holes will add up to one big hole.  45,65,41,0,W

REBUKE

Father I give thanks to you for protecting me from Satan.
Satan is a liar and a destroyer, I have been rescued from his many attempts to destroy me.  In the name of Jesus I ask that Satan and his army be continually rebuked from me, my loved ones, my home, my church, my community and everywhere Father that you shall lead me.  I am saved from the devil and all his weapons.   Amen.

James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted , and mourn , and weep : let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.  

Psalm 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. 15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. 16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 17 The righteous cry , and the LORD heareth , and delivereth them out of all their troubles.           

the learning curve

The pros make all aspects of powered paragliding look really easy.  So far this is all I have mastered.  I am really good at crashing the paraglider into a tangled wad...and it only takes me a few seconds.  56,76,27,0,B