JazMat

"GM"
Just sent out an email to a group that started like this:
> I'm sitting here this morning in a bit of a cold snap, wearing a sweather, with a pizza hangover, waking up to my coffee from the south of Minas Gerais, having just finished a personal blog post about the marriage seminar we attended yesterday.

2026-08-23 02:09:57 UTC

Must not be doing something right, for it to work.

2026-08-23 01:20:22 UTC

Somebody has been busy.
Did an RSS reader get inserted into #Ditto also?

2026-08-21 23:10:42 UTC

Three good things tonight:
https://randalmatheny.com/fridays-thankful-three
#3goodthings #thankful

2026-08-18 23:11:39 UTC

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Your reply is showing up as having been made 5 minutes ago. We got this done, right?

2026-08-18 21:57:54 UTC

Just an expression of frustration.
https://randalmatheny.com/worth-effort
#effort #ashdod

2026-08-16 18:23:26 UTC

All set for tonight. Preparation is fairly well done. Prayers are said.

2026-08-16 13:40:56 UTC

New one, for now.

2026-08-16 13:33:23 UTC

Time to change the background. The green tiled image got old quick.

2026-08-16 13:07:35 UTC

Needed on #ditto: a keyboard shortcut to pull up the new-post pop-up ...

2026-08-15 12:41:35 UTC

Rain falling rather hard. The last hoorah before the heat, they say.

2026-08-15 10:31:47 UTC

Went for a morning post this time.
https://randalmatheny.com/forwarded
#blogging #thankful

2026-08-12 15:19:21 UTC

https://blossom.ditto.pub/6243bb4cd8090401ea129e37e3d41cf27dd23dc0520797c40ba958bd729a7289.jpeg
Lots of waiting done in the last several weeks while Missus does physio. Parking complicated, so the solution is to have a cafezinho and, who knows, a brownie or pie.
#life

2026-08-12 01:01:17 UTC

Another day is past, foward we inch toward the end. Machines would guide us, but we resist and push against the tide. The harder life is truer, straighter, more honest than leaning against the spider's web, which receives us gently and binds us then securely. We rest to fight again another day.
#gn

2026-08-11 23:10:37 UTC

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Slop I will not have -- Here I stand!

2026-08-11 23:08:48 UTC

It's been a few days since ye ole blog got some attention
https://randalmatheny.com/fediverse-wisdom-today
#blogging #wisdom

2026-08-11 22:20:37 UTC

Have talked nearly every day to my mom, to see about my sis with a broken shoulder. Happened last week, and she still hasn't gotten cared for. What a weird system it is!
#family #health

2026-08-10 12:46:15 UTC

He waited patiently, and then gave up.
No joy was found in holding an empty cup.
#couplets #poetry

2026-08-10 12:42:49 UTC

Admit the wrong with grace, and forward move;
Integrity has nothing it must prove.
#couplets #poetry

2026-08-08 17:07:48 UTC

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For sure! Unless I were headed to Japan, maybe. Glad to say I've never been to Calif.

2026-08-08 01:04:31 UTC

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Should read: OUGHT to be at my mom's ...

2026-08-08 01:03:23 UTC

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hahaha no, I was posting from dittoroma (a pleroma look-alike in nostr -- thank Alex G. for that), and the prompt is: "Just landed in L.A."
BUT I will be in the US next month for DD's wedding. Out to be at my mom's (closest point to you) around the end of that month or beginning of Oct. Would love to meet up if we can.

2026-08-07 23:59:13 UTC

I just landed in L.A., and want to leave already;
Of all the places one could be, this government is greedy.
#couplets #poetry

2026-08-07 23:54:03 UTC

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I pray you see the way forward, or whatever you need.

2026-07-31 19:47:31 UTC

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Sorry to hear it. God comfort you.

2026-07-29 11:15:51 UTC

“We can command another form of love.”
https://forthright.net/articles/in-control-of-love/
#Bible #love

2026-07-28 00:58:57 UTC

* Image upload working -- check.
* Image tiling for background operational -- check.
We're flying!

2026-07-27 22:58:54 UTC

The sensation of loss sometimes is not overcome by the conviction of right choices.
#life

2026-07-26 17:01:33 UTC

Ron B. down in Florida has the word today:
https://forthright.net/blog/just-christians/
#Bible #Christians #faith

2026-07-25 11:32:07 UTC

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That's a good approach.

2026-07-25 10:25:10 UTC

Good morning to one and all.
(I kinda dislike GM ... reminds me of the company.)
Off to do some good today.

2026-07-24 20:47:19 UTC

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Second time around I was able to follow the account, apparently; there was even a "post" saying my follow list was updated. So apparently it's fixed. I don't think I did anything different.
And, apparently, an image got uploaded, which I've never been able to do in ditto before. Here's crossing our fingers.
Thanks for your kindness.

2026-07-24 20:43:40 UTC

My complaining, if you want to consider it that, is because I really want #nostr and #ditto to work for me. I see its value. If it works for me, then it can work for just about any tom, rick or harry.

2026-07-24 14:00:26 UTC

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Signed in as always, reading timeline normally.

2026-07-24 13:34:50 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/b4432a846ce5c3bf38fc4756eb2237917a64ed74ecfa779d1f56c12c0e80584a.png
First it was images that wouldn't upload -- and still won't -- on #ditto; now it's follows that don't work. Frustration builds until ...

2026-07-23 21:29:34 UTC

A little list for you to consider
https://randalmatheny.com/wasting-time
#blogging #friendship

2026-07-21 22:51:19 UTC

No bath for me today
https://randalmatheny.com/70-of-city-without-water
#blogging

2026-07-21 22:29:34 UTC

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Where did it go?

2026-07-20 01:03:20 UTC

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I don't think our temps got up to 74 today. :)
Have a great rest!

2026-07-19 21:20:04 UTC

So much we do not know, but do we know it?
Lord, all my ignorance first to myself show it!
#couplets #knowledge #poetry

2026-07-19 21:01:53 UTC

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It's a very fine mark. Congrats to both!

2026-07-18 22:46:12 UTC

Here and everywhere there's too much drama,
Humans being humans. I need less trauma.

2026-07-18 22:24:30 UTC

The landing landed in L.A.,
Just where it landed none can say.

2026-07-17 01:24:12 UTC

Nothing like a tasty chocolate ice cream that's lactose- and sugar-free.

2026-07-16 13:23:04 UTC

Nothing like being ignored.

2026-07-15 00:45:26 UTC

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Rest well!

2026-07-14 20:48:38 UTC

Some glasses smudges are explainable; others appear suddenly, from nowhere. There must be a ghost category for glasses-smudgers.

2026-07-14 19:33:50 UTC

Brazil begins political education in the schools.

2026-07-14 17:16:16 UTC

Not sure what my use case for Nostr is or might be. Unless the communists take over and make some bad laws. Oh, wait ..

2026-07-14 11:15:22 UTC

41ºF on waking this morning. For a tropical climate, that's cold!

2026-07-14 01:33:49 UTC

It's time to sleep, we close our eyes;
For you a blessing and all high fives.

2026-07-13 22:48:24 UTC

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Welp, seems I finally got it, on iris, by deleting the old one and uploading the new.

2026-07-13 22:44:30 UTC

The feeling of being stuck is quite unpleasant.

2026-07-13 21:29:31 UTC

No-go on the image upload. Hopeless.

2026-07-13 21:27:47 UTC

Someday I'll try to upload another image to #ditto. Last try, no 382, gave the same error message.

2026-07-13 21:15:50 UTC

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Oops, sorry for the confusion!
Thanks, it's clean, maybe someday I'll see about some fancy stuff, but the older this dog get the lazier he is about learning new tricks. ;-)

2026-07-12 16:50:44 UTC

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Not as often as I'd like :)

2026-07-11 23:46:44 UTC

I'll tell you soon
https://randalmatheny.com/news-today
#blogging

2026-07-11 19:57:45 UTC

Today's meet-up was very fine, dynamics worked smoothly. Two made a two-hour drive, one way, for a two-hour meeting. They invested in it!
#thankful

2026-07-10 23:21:54 UTC

Got 7 points and 3 good things, and more numbers
https://randalmatheny.com/see-you
#blogging #3goodthings

2026-07-09 23:07:35 UTC

Jas. Clear asks: “What can I do?”
Ask that question four times, putting emphasis each time on a different word.
#ask

2026-07-06 13:10:18 UTC

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Make videos fit into desktop, please.

2026-07-03 22:23:44 UTC

Being able to delete and add widgets in the side of #ditto is just fine.

2026-07-03 22:17:39 UTC

On the one hand, much fine work done. On the other, difficult for just anyone to join in.
#just

2026-07-03 14:43:19 UTC

Jon G. in Glasgow UK starts to look at the book of Proverbs
https://forthright.net/articles/need-wisdom/
#Bible

2026-07-03 13:02:34 UTC

Spend time wisely today.
It'll never come back.

2026-07-02 21:17:36 UTC

Not *real*. But I still ate one.
https://randalmatheny.com/july-donuts
#blogging #Now

2026-07-02 19:51:38 UTC

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Privacy for me, but not for thee?

2026-06-30 00:30:59 UTC

Can I say it? "I love you"?
https://randalmatheny.com/love-win
#love #relationships

2026-06-29 20:38:00 UTC

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Went back into drafts, where the post was kept. "Cannot connect to relay." Four of 'em.

2026-06-29 20:36:24 UTC

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It just says: "Failed to post."

2026-06-29 18:44:18 UTC

https://cristaos.org/novas/vida-de-cristo-salva/
O que Jesus faz hoje na vida por nós?
#evangelho #salvação

2026-06-27 23:49:51 UTC

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It lost my confidence. I was a big FF user for many years.

2026-06-27 22:08:00 UTC

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No thanks.

2026-06-27 22:02:41 UTC

Beginning to think that #nostr doesn't like Brave browser. Can't upload images to #ditto; can't post to #jumble. Everything seems broken.

2026-06-27 18:53:20 UTC

I'm not a bot, but saying it doesn't make it so.

2026-06-27 15:42:29 UTC

Don't knock the to-do list.
https://randalmatheny.com/toes-working
#blogging

2026-06-27 12:41:01 UTC

Breakfast is now out of the way: eggs, bacon and avocado.
The last of the thermas of the Minas Gerais coffee is being consumed.
Now, where was I on my work before food came along?
#life

2026-06-26 13:21:52 UTC

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That's why I frequent https://freefeed.net/

2026-06-24 22:34:54 UTC

It's been a few days!
https://randalmatheny.com/prices-rise
#blogging

2026-06-24 21:07:17 UTC

Saw part of the Switzerland/Canada game at the mall. What was the final score?

2026-06-23 22:46:28 UTC

The rain has finally settled in for a long soak.

2026-06-23 11:15:15 UTC

The sun made a quick appearance this morning.
But it seems clouds are behind me to cover it as well as in front of me.
A cold front is moving in.
We'll have a serious drop in temperatures.
And rain.
I like rain. I like clouds.
It will be a good day.

2026-06-23 00:50:49 UTC

Not much time today to be online, was out and about. There's tomorrow. ...

2026-06-23 00:32:10 UTC

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Have a great rest!

2026-06-22 12:02:58 UTC

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Love these!

2026-06-22 10:56:01 UTC

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Pretty much.

2026-06-20 22:54:20 UTC

No 7Points this time, just a sustained observation/idea and a question for you:
https://randalmatheny.com/no-vault-of-record
#blogging #organize

2026-06-19 19:49:34 UTC

This will go on my list of three things to be grateful for today:
randalmatheny.com/shoulder-mended
#3goodthings #thankful #faith

2026-06-18 21:37:15 UTC

A couple pieces of beef took care of the hunger and nutrition needs for supper.
#foodstr

2026-06-18 20:57:20 UTC

Night, cold, but the hunger will soon be solved.
#life

2026-06-18 19:55:20 UTC

Psalm 63, written by David, and beautiful in expression, as he is wont to write.
https://bolls.life/NET/19/63/
#Bible #Psalms

2026-06-17 21:22:40 UTC

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Doctrine is teaching. The church of Jesus Christ is necessarily based on who he is, what he did, and the teaching he gave.
As far as denomination(s), the church is as far from them as east is from west.

2026-06-16 17:12:32 UTC

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Also we bought this one for all our kids:
https://www.iebible.net/

2026-06-16 17:09:34 UTC

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Easy to Read Version.
https://www.bibleleague.org/
It's on most major Bible apps, also.
From what I recall, the International Children's Version is a derivative of the ERV.

2026-06-16 17:05:40 UTC

Chegando perto de uma definição numa questão; trará alívio mental.
#ufa

2026-06-16 14:29:20 UTC

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True about no force or threat thereto.

2026-06-16 00:39:27 UTC

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Paul meant that false teachers must not be give space in the congregation to speak their falsehoods.