Rich Parker in Alaska @cajun_cheechako@qoto.org

tw; southern racist term

Brother and I were talking to our 98 year old father today. We learned that when we lived in Huntsville (early 60's) he worked at Redstone Arsenal.
Our family doctor attended rallies and sit-ins with Dr. Martin Luther King. Dad applied for a job with BIA in Gallup, NM, but the recruiter was concerned that, coming from Alabama, he would have serious racist attitudes that might not make him a good fit.
He said one of his (Huntsville) references tipped the balance when he told the recruiter that Dad wouldn't be a good hire because his family doctor was a G*d D*mn 'n*gger lover'.
He got the job in Gallup.

Gosh, even w/ no robo-calls, the scams continue in email and SMS.
Particularly since I had ordered something that was being delivered via DHL (to Alaska - and it did arrive).
The tests are a bit more random, (I do use Prime, and long ago, PayPal) but it would be nice if they could get a handle on these now.

Helpful neighbor fail. Apparently there were many 'stray' cats wandering their hood, so they gathered them all up, put them in carriers and took them to the vet to be spayed. Vet shaved their bellies and discovered they all had the tattoo stripe indicating they'd already been spayed. Oops - but Vet had to charge for all of them.
Meanwhile, another neighbor said, "There's some kind of psycho around here - they've been catching cats and shaving their bellies!"

Heavy equipment called into service.
https://kauainownews.com/2023/01/28/lydgate-beach-on-east-side-of-kauai-closed-because-of-beached-whale/

Learned this today, from our friends in Kauái - very sad. https://www.civilbeat.org/2023/01/data-shows-hawaii-shippers-are-regularly-breaking-speed-limits-in-sensitive-whale-zones/

Sperm whale washes up on Lydgate Beach in Kauai. (1/28/23)
Lots of police, fire, DLNR, and NOAA folks. Asking folks to stay away, beach is roped off. No reports yet on the cause.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284096326_Monitoring_results_from_a_decade_of_native_plant_translocations_at_Makauwahi_Cave_Reserve_Kauai

African tortoises, imported to eat plants that competed with local trees.

Monk seals - napping on the beach.
Poípu Beach

Many neighborhoods have tiny free library boxes. In my brother's neighborhood (Kōloa, Kauaʻi County, Hawaiʻi) there is a free bananas box.
They were very good!

Solar is getting to be a big thing here in Kauaʻi. My brother had his system installed this year.

I hear roosters - we must be in Kauaʻi

Rain, snow, rain, more snow. Weird weather, hovering around 38°F in Juneau, AK. Forecast calls for more of the same for a few days. Be careful driving out there - slushy and deceptively warm.

Boy, howdy. Pretty amazed I got this text - considering I'm an Android/Windows user.
And all the way from South Africa!
Too bad the grammar is flawed and they spelled Ireland wrong ;)

" 'Round and 'round and 'round we spin
To weave a wall to hem us in
It won't be long, it won't be long
How slow and slow and slow it goes
To mend the tear that always shows
It won't be long, it won't be long"
https://youtu.be/dh5KHaNkIv0

This morning's sermon was about debt and forgiveness.
May those who give offense to the message of forgiveness in Christ by heaping condemnation upon those whom they see as unworthy be reminded of who they really are.
Stop hurting people and start helping.
Matthew 18:21-35
https://www.facebook.com/Chapelbythelake.ak/videos/725144965794023/
Also see https://deepspirituality.com/forgiven-woman/

Very good presentation about COVID Vaccine 'conspiracy' posts.

https://youtu.be/Qnu8NvnRmFY

Or, for Randl Munroe fans, the tl;dr version ;)

https://xkcd.com/925