Basil’s Blog

Chapter 2

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of [...]

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Christmas is a hectic time. And, sometimes, family situations make it even more so.
My son and daughter have been coming to our house on Christmas Eve the last few years. But not this year.
A divorce in and of itself causes enough problems for children. But when other family members start getting in on things, it [...]

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I use my Visa Check Card a lot.
Well, not a lot. But when I buy something, I use it.
Gosh, I don’t remember the last time I wrote a check. Not even sure where the checkbook is. Or the checks, at least. I know where the check register is.
It’s real convenient to use. The commercials about [...]

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Tastes change.
For example, I used to eat grits with salt (just a touch) and butter. Now, I eat them plain.
Circumstances caused the change in my taste. Plain grits was all I had at one time, and I got used to eating grits that way.
But, other things cause changes, too.
In Korea, they ran out of Coke [...]

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Many blogs, including this little blog, used a plugin called Bad Behavior.
What it does is keep known spammers away.
Well, for a while this week, it was keeping several people from their own blogs. Including this little blog.
There are many different ways of preventing spam on blogs. And that’s because there are many different ways of [...]

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I got an email from my car yesterday.
I’ve never received an email from a car before. So, it was my first time.
I was sort of expecting it. But when it came, I guess I still wasn’t prepared for it.
What did the car want?
It wanted to tell me to put air in a tire.
No, really.
You see, [...]

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I mentioned the other day that we got a new car. It’s a Chevy Impala.
It replaced the Chevy Lumina.
Yes, I’m a Chevy guy.
The Wife? She’s a Ford girl.
She has a truck. A Ford F-150. Four door. Got it 4 years ago.
She likes her truck.
A lot.
Of course, I like the Impala.
A lot.
It’s the car I been [...]

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I’ve been promoting the best plan for a college football playoffs.
Simply put, it’s the winners of the 11 major conferences taking the top 11 seeds, then 5 at-large or wild-card teams thrown into the mix, making a field of 16. Their seedings are by BCS standards. Non-BCS rated teams (the non-BCS-locked conference champs, usually) are [...]

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So, they’ve concluded the regular season … and the conference championships … and they have picked the two teams to play for the college football championship.
And, again, they got it wrong.
Why?
Because the system is fundamentally flawed.
For example, Ohio State got into the game because the teams above them lost. Georgia, right behind Ohio State, didn’t.
Georgia [...]

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I mentioned earlier that I wasn’t a huge fan of Christmas music.
Oh, sure, it’s fine. Just that I don’t get all school-girl giddy over it, like some folks do.
But there’s another aspect of Christmas music that I didn’t touch on.
That’s music given as a Christmas gift.
For instance, I gave the Wife a couple of CDs [...]

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