The Peaceful Gnome

We hiked up to these cool pools and were serenaded by frogs. It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

Serenity was up a boulder as soon as we arrived :-) It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

Why is it that every coffee maker I have purchased in the last 20 years has a carafe with a spout scientifically designed to dribble coffee all over the counter no matter what angle you tilt it over your cup?  How hard can it be to test a design and make sure it actually sends the coffee into the cup and not onto the counter?  Old fashioned percolators didn't do this!  I've had Mr. Coffee = dribble dribble.  Cuisinart = dribble dribble. Black and Decker = dribble dribble.  Braun = dribble dribble.  I really hate crappy designs in things.  If anyone knows of a coffee maker that comes with a carafe that doesn't dribble, let me know! Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2011) — Saying a prayer may help many people feel less angry and behave less aggressively after someone has left them fuming, new research suggests. A series of studies showed that people who were provoked by insulting comments from a stranger showed less anger and aggression soon afterwards if they prayed for another person in the meantime. The benefits of prayer identified in this study don't rely on divine intervention: they probably occur because the act of praying changed the way people think about a negative situation, said Brad Bushman, co-author of the study and professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University. "People often turn to prayer when they're feeling negative emotions, including anger," he said. "We found that prayer really can help people cope with their anger, probably by helping them change how they view the events that angered them and helping them take it less pe...

You may have noticed that I have not been blogging much of late.  I don't know why that is, it wasn't a conscious decision of mine to stop writing actually.  I did make an effort over the last few weeks to reduce the amount of time I spend browsing the web and reading the news, this seems to result in fewer posts here.  I also had my camera die a while back and I decided not to fix it because I've found that when I'm taking pictures I'm not really in the moment, I'm in the future imagining what the shots will look like instead of just being IN the shot and in the moment.  I've been enjoying things more this way to tell the truth, I see more with my eyes than I do through the lens.  Frequently I see things in photos I didn't notice at the time that I am sure I would have seen if I wasn't peering through the camera.  :-) So... Last Thursday, the last day of nice weather before the current spate of nasty weather hit us, I went hiking in the Mo...

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via sfgate.com Great, the tsunami and I are both scheduled to arrive in San Francisco at the same time this morning :-) It's forecast to be quite small and only impact the ocean beaches and not downtown inside the bay...still I'm going to dash upstairs when I get to work and do some "important concierge tasks." Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Agnus Day - the lectionary comic strip < 2sheep@agnusday.org > Date: March 9, 2011 6:37:59 AM PST To: agnusday@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AgnusDay] Lent 1 Numbers 11:4-6   – Comment on this comic A gnus Day   Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.  He fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was famished.  The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become loaves of bread."  But he answered, "It is written,   'One does not live by bread alone,  but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"   Then the devil took him to the holy city and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple,  saying to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written,   'He will command his angels concerning ...

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via tinyhouseblog.com This house is very close to what I am aiming for... no electricity, 12x12, out in the woods. Check it out. Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

Another corrupt American imposed Arab state. We need to let these people find their own way, don't worry they will still sell us oil. From The New York Times: Maliki’s Broadened Powers Seen as a Threat in Iraq Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has taken far more power than the Constitution intended, undermining Iraq’s fragile democracy, experts say. http://nyti.ms/gdLnUS Get The New York Times on your iPhone for free by visiting http://itunes.com/apps/nytimes It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

While speaking of the immense military budget of the American Empire Justin sez: "This is unsustainable, along with all the other equally profligate institutions of the Welfare-Warfare State. Cuts in the military budget are opposed by Republicans , while Democrats are up in arms now that the pensions of Wisconsin prison guards and teachers (or do I repeat myself?) are no longer considered untouchable. The United States is headed for its own “Days of Rage,” as the spoiled brats who inherited the Republic established by the Founders wake up from their orgy of self-gratification and self-deception to find their inheritance is gone." I especially like the "or do I repeat myself" :-) Check out the whole thing here.  http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2011/03/03/hail-bob-gates/ Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

I hope I see these creeps at a funeral some day. While I'm not usually violent think rocks could find their way into my hands and then land upside some stupid fundy skulls! 1st Amendment protects military funeral protesters http://mobile.sfgate.com/sfchron/db_41685/contentdetail.htm;jsessionid=6C96FF... It is more blessed to ask forgiveness than permission. Sent from my iPhone Posted via email from The Angry Gnome

Pastor McCain has a good post on fasting, applicable to Lent this year for me I guess :-) http://cyberbrethren.com/2011/03/01/fasting-from-fasting/ Posted via email from The Angry Gnome