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Year’s End Message–2013

As a tradition I do a post on the last day of the year summarizing all the stuff that has occurred in the past year….kinda my “thank you” message if you will…..passing of another year is not something you celebrate when you get to be my age….this year was not a good one I lost my father….but I can say that the one shining point of the year was my blog…….helped make everything worthwhile…..

Seven years ago I was recovering from having my leg smashed while working in a Katrina damaged house……it hurt……but the massive damage forced me to retire……for years I had been writing letters and articles, did some teaching and lecturing and a bunch of activism, but I gave all that up in 1996 because Clinton was destroying the country and NO wanted to see it……I got discouraged and took some time off……sorry I digress…….my blog has been through many name changes and I finally settled on the name In Saner Thought and as they say here we are today…..

Since the beginning I have got 151,583 hits, it started slow but has picked up in the last several years and in the 7 years I have had the honor of getting 15,583 comments from great followers…….my old reliable like Larry of Woodgate’s View has been a joy and in those years I have got many new readers that I hope will stick around and enjoy the exchange of views……people like Cry & Howl, John Z, John L., Mathius, Bill Hayes, Gigoid and others that have extremely good taste by visiting here and joining the dialog…..we may not always agree but at least we talk……if I left you out I am sorry but be aware that I cherish the participation in my site.

And in those years I have also lost a few readers for various reasons like Quin and Terrance I keep hoping that they will find their way back and rejoin the conversation….I miss their input……

It is the end of another year and a very successful year for me and I want to thank each and every one of my readers that have stuck with me and hope that we enjoy a long association….my readers have been a joy and a frustration at times (but in a good way)…..I pray that we all have a great New Years Day and we all come back and ….

Thank you all each and every one, so very much for making the blogging experience a joy and educational…….and a bit manic at times, LOL……..Thanx!~

Merry Christmas: A Message

Today is the big day….a day of joy and family and friends….a time when we look back at our year and see the things we accomplished and the things that we may have left undone or unsaid….a day of food, fun and family…..I want to take a moment to write a brief note to all my followers……I read this op-ed an thought it would make a great closing message……

Christmas has become the most wonderful time of year … for heated political debate, especially of the “War on Christmas” or First Amendment variety. It’s “when all the ideologues get a little extra outrage or victimization in their stockings,” writes Michael Gerson in the Washington Post. This year “is all the more poignant in the light of a fallen reality-television star who manufactures duck calls and culture war imbroglios.” Such controversies are really centered on power, Gerson says. “Who has the ability to define and enforce the boundaries of the acceptable?” But the story of Jesus’ birth and life turns traditional ideas of power upside down. “If the deity was born as an outcast, it is impossible to view or treat outcasts in quite the same way,” Gerson notes. “A God who fled as a refugee, preferred the company of fishermen and died as an accused criminal will influence our disposition toward refugees, the poor and those in prison.” When we look to score political victories around Christmas, let’s remember that Christianity is about “identifying with the vulnerable and dependent. Living for others,” Gerson notes. “The author of this creed sought a different victory than politics brings—the kind that ends all selfish victories.” Click for his full column.

Thank you all for your support and your patronage…..it is the one thing that has made my year a success and a joy…….today will be a day of rest and relaxation for the old professor….but never fear…the old opinionated SOB will return tomorrow just as fired up as always…………

Enjoy your day ….fun, food, football and family…it gets NO better than that…..Merry Christmas everyone…….

Happy Thanksgiving

Today will be a short day for posts….that is unless all Hell breaks lose and I need to write……let’s hope it is an uneventful day, as far as the news goes…….

I want to take advantage of this day to wish all my readers and followers a very happy Thanksgiving…..enjoy fun, food, football and family….I will return Friday to my normal ranting and raving…like the opinionated SOB that I am……..

Enjoy the day, my friends.

on the menu:

Roast turkey/duck and ham

Scratch Dressing (my special recipe)

Mashed garlic potatoes

Green peas

Candied yams

Gravy

Cranberry sauce

Homemade bread

Desert–apple crisp