WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2023
CHRISTIANITY / TESTIMONY / HEIDI BARR
An amazing testimony from a Jewish woman who died and met Jesus after a horse riding accident.
This is long, but worth every single minute.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2023
FOOD / SALADS / DRESSINGS
I actually like leafy-green salads. Just plain old lettuce and some salad dressing is just fine with me. I prefer to make my own vinaigrettes, but that's not always doable. As is often the case with food, it takes far longer to properly make a good vinaigrette than it does to eat the salad it's on.
So during one of my shopping trips to Wal-Mart, I decided to pick up an entire platoon of good, old-fashioned salad dressings in a bottle. Most of these are just 8oz size, but variety is the spice of life--so I bought several small bottles to try rather than a few large bottles, even though that would have been far more economical. I only bought 12oz if the smaller ones weren't available in that flavor.
So we have, from left to right:
1. 8 oz Hidden Valley Ranch
2. 8 oz The Original "Western"
3. 12 oz Wishbone "Russian"
4. 8 oz Kraft "Thousand Island"
5. 8 oz Kraft "Raspberry Vinaigrette"
6. 12 oz Kraft Creamy Poppyseed
The Kraft Creamy Poppyseed only came in a 12oz bottle. Never had it before, thought I would give it a try, and I LOVE IT! Might be my new favorite factory made salad dressing.
If you've never had Kraft Raspberry vinaigrette, give it a try. It's lovely mix of sweet & sour that goes great with just about any vegetable. Highly recommended.
The Original "Western" is a childhood favorite, as is the very similar Wishbone "Russian". They are both very sweet, somewhat similar to Chinese "sweet and sour" sauce in taste, but not quite. These salad dressings have a ton more flavor than traditional sweet & sour sauce.
The Kraft "Thousand Island" is an absolute classic that most people like. You can even use it as a topping for cheeseburgers, or as classic ingredient for Reuben sandwiches.
Hidden Valley Ranch is an iconic classic dressing that goes good with lots of food, even chicken nuggets. It is the ONLY salad dressing of the bunch that has NO ADDED SUGAR. Everyone loves ranch dressing, and for good reason.
Kraft lets's everyone know, right on the front of their label, that they DO NOT USE high-fructose corn syrup in their salad dressings! Instead, they just use regular, plain old sugar. As a matter of fact, other than the Ranch dressing, these are all LOADED with sugar or corn syrup.
Honestly, the ingredients in most of these are a rather unhealthy combination of seed oils and sugar of some type. If you use them, use them sparingly. The one that might be the safest, surprisingly, is Hidden Valley Ranch.
More importantly, this photo is why I love living in the USA so much: we have such an incredible array of choices in life, even for what we want to put on our salads.
- Pseudo Boethius
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2023
CULTURE / WOKEISM
The good stuff on this video starts at the 20 minute mark.
Bishop Barron does an outstanding job explaining the philosophical roots of wokesism, and how it is a product of the university.
His grasp of philosophy is unparalleled by anyone I know alive today. This is a must-watch video.
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2023
CHRISTIANITY / END-TIMES / MEDJUGORJE
Until very recently, the Virgin Mary was constantly appearing to four people in Medjugorje in the tiny country of "Bosnia and Herzegovina" in the former Yugoslavia.
They have told us that they have TEN SECRETS about the future, and those secrets will be revealed in due time. The first three secrets are basically going to set the state, and then the next seven secrets will reveal the wrath of God against the inhabitants of earth. The visionaries are in their late 50's right now, and it is believed that these secrets will most likely be revealed in the next few years. The apparitions began when they were young teenagers during the civil wars that broke-out after the disintegration of Yugoslavia back into a collection of small nations. These visions gave people a lot of hope in a time of great violence and misery.
There is certainly a feeling amongst concerned Christians world-wide that we are headed for the end-times. Whether or not these visionaries are for real, only God knows.
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2023
TRAINS / AMTRAK / ACELA
Amtrak is incapable of running a "high speed railroad" of any kind, for a variety of reasons. But here we are, in 2023, and Amtrak bought trains they literally cannot use. This is not unusual for Amtrak, as they have been plagued by bad equipment decisions since Day One.
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2023
HISTORY/ROME/TOM HOLLAND
An amazing overview of the high point of the Roman empire by Tom Holland. This is a MUST SEE VIDEO on Roman history that goes beyond what you think you know.
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2023
CHRISTIANITY/APOLOGETICS/JOHN LENNOX
This is a very interesting lecture by John Lennox about the core tenets of Christianity. Sadly, there are several points he makes that are quite good, but overall, he is teaching a very narrow, and unbiblical view of salvation. But there's a lot here to think about, and the "heresy" he teaches is incredibly subtle, and not easily discerned.
Sadly, I do not time to breakdown his talk and praise his good points and refute his bad points, but I'm putting it here as a reminder to come back to it. Still well worth listening to.
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2023
CHRISTIANITY/TESTIMONIES/ROSARIA BUTTERFIELD
There are some testimonies that are far more interesting than others, and that is the case with Rosaria. She was a full-blown lesbian and woman's studies guru, who gave it all up to become a Christian. She goes through her entire life story.
You really need to listen to this.
TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2023
JORDAN PETERSON / ERIC METAXES
This is far better than I thought it would be. It is an open, and correct, critique of Christianity.
Excellent.
MONDAY, JULY 3, 2023
MUSIC / CRITIQUE / RHETT SHULL
Rhett Shull explains why Julian Lage is the best guitar player alive today, which I totally agree with. This is Rhett's commentary on Julian Lage's song "Tributary".
TRUE STORY: The minute I heard Julian Lage's "Tributary" on YouTube, I immediately went to Blue Note and bought his album.
He's THAT GOOD.
- Pseudo Boethius