Hoppy (Happy?) New Year!

“Before I can talk to you about everything that’s happened in the past few days,” I have to apologize for the long delay since I have written any post.

“Arby’s apologizes after officer is denied service for being a cop,” an article convinced me a long ago to no longer list my employer on my profile on social media. Until late last year, I was a federal contractor pushing government paperwork for more than six years. After attending a hiring event, and my first bout of covid, I now work in manufacturing, where I have also returned this week after my second bout of covid.

“Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20)” Happy Chinese New Year! | 上官绯樱 #pixiv

Life yet in this old Girl

Life left in Lancer, says Mitsubishi | GoAuto
“Watch the Infamous ‘Ice Car’ Be Liberated from Frozen Shell”

Rather relatable recently is this Word of the Day at Dictionary.com – hebetude: the state of being dull; lethargy. Gesundheit.
After the story by 1Jaz on DeviantArt

“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? (Matthew 7:7-12)
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.”

I am more familiar with Alan Rickman in Quigley Down Under than Harry Potter. I’m guilty having Terms of Endearment for every car I have ever owned, like ‘Hatsune Mitsu,’ although I will name my Lancer ‘Old Girl.’ I should be resuming work somewhere soon.

It’s a… it’s a Mitsubishi

“I know what it is… it’s a… it’s a Mitsubishi.”

Virtual pop star Hatsune Miku is touring North America next year
“If you missed her last year, you’re in luck: Hatsune Miku’s coming back to North…”

“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, (1 John 4:10-11)
we also ought to love one another.”

Sakura Miku | Ai [pixiv]

The whole Kit and Cab

You know, for a second there, Uber,
I kind a Word of the Day at Dictionary.com –
boodle: the lot, pack, or crowd.

Email sent from Kansas representative to a voter causing a lot of trouble
“The New York Police Department has stripped an officer of his badge and gun after a passenger recorded him screaming at an Uber driver for no good reason. The officer, identified as Patrick Cherry, …”

“16 Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have,
for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. (Hebrews 13:16)”

You are my Christmas | Evliya [pixiv]

Need to read again 030

I recognized its definition immediately, especially if you corrupt ‘awesome,’ a Word of the Day at Dictionary.com – eyesome: pleasant to look at.

10 things you didn’t know about boobs
“Considering our previous info-graphic about the female anatomy was such a great success, we decided to strike again with a brand new info-graphic about lady parts. Here’s 10 interesting things you might not have known about boobs.”

“12 For the word of God is living and active,
sharper than any two-edged sword,
piercing to the division of soul and of spirit,
of joints and of marrow, (Hebrews 4:12)
and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

Mother-of-Pearl Bones by hadenamomo on DeviantArt

Disney is The Kid

All right, defenestration’ll likely be only by Sugar Ray, before this president might again say, ‘I reject your reality, and substitute my own,’ and before snopes.com and Paul Krugman mend and defend, remember this Word of the Day on which your payment arrangement is due, at Dictionary.com – astir: moving or stirring, especially with much activity or excitement, ‘Smokey is the Bandit,’ and Disney is The Kid.

Snow Miku and Homura Akemi exchange costumes in new official collaboration – SGCafe
“In a new collaboration for the upcoming Snow Miku Festival 2015 event in Sapporo, Japan, the ever-popular winter diva known as Snow Miku, will be teaming up …”

“3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, (Matthew 5:3)
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

Short spear Tsukai | Shinohara [pixiv]

Why ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ Meant the World to Me
“Twenty years ago today, Star Trek: Voyager premiered. Of the five live-action Star Trek series, Voyager is not the best. If you were ranking them, Voyager and Enterprise would probably duke it out for last place.”

“I will never cease to be amazed by the Human capacity for hyperbole.”

Everything is Awesome, too

A few times today, I repeated, “Sorry, I was called in to work,” and after repeated previews, I have to wonder if The Maze Runner is a cinematic adaption for Minecraft, or the labyrinthine new IKEA store in Merriam as described by a coworker, who visited there Saturday:

“The whole thing is a giant maze. Unlike Nebraska Furniture Mart, where you can just go to ‘beds’ or ‘couches,’ you have to walk through the entire place. There ain’t but one way out, and you can’t just go in the door; you got to queue again to reenter. They have a sign, showed 13,000 people in there. I made three trips, and enjoyed my five hours! Later, to move thirty-five feet and leave the parking lot, took us forty-five minutes. There were fifteen accidents at Johnson Drive and Antioch, and fifty police cars with officers hanging their heads.”

“23 Am I a God at hand,
declares the Lord, and not a God far away?
24 Can a man hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him?
declares the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and earth?
declares the Lord. (Jeremiah 23:23-24)”Vocaloid Fantasia | BEEK [pixiv]

Who’s that Girl?

♪ Who’s that girl, who’s that girl / When you see her,
say a prayer and kiss your heart goodbye ♪

Happy 6^th Birthday, Hatsune Miku!
“It is currently August 31st within Japan, marking today as the 6th anniversary of Hatsune Miku’s software release. Each year, the virtual diva’s popularity continues to rise in unpredictable ways, and this year has been no exception.”

“9 But, as it is written, (1 Corinthians 2:9)
What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him. . . .”
Miku Reborn! ! | YukariAoitsuki summer night [pixiv]

News of the World 051

“Ha! 90? Tarnation, son, who’d ever need to be in such a hurry?”

Actor and director Richard Attenborough dies aged 90
“Acclaimed actor-director Richard Attenborough has died at 90, the actor’s agent said.”

“15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable
to sympathize with our weaknesses,
but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are,
yet without sin. (Hebrews 4:15)”
Miku in London | RiYUN ☆ your job recruiting [pixiv]

Star Bangled Spanner

Before work on weekdays, I listen to Jonathan Weir on KMBZ, where I heard about the following, and I could only think, “José, can you see / By the dawn’s early light / Comes …our doom?”

Is Arby’s ‘Meat Mountain’ Worth Its $10 Price Tag?
“Yes, it’s gross, but here’s what we want to know: Is the Meat Mountain worth its mountainous price?”

“22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:22-23)”
Mikudayo of Charges! ! ! ! | Koriko Tree Frog [pixiv]