Merry Christmas

by on December 25, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Merry Christmas, Everyone! Today we celebrate the birth of Jesus. God born into human form. The ultimate gift. Mary and Joseph going to Bethlehem to fill out the census and all the inns being full. So he’s born in a stable in a humble manger. Shepherds and Wise Men hear the news and read the signs and come to witness the coming king. All the Christmas stories and plays wrapped up in one little birth. Though the Wise Men technically didn’t show up until two years later, if you read the Bible. Which caused some rather interesting responses from the king of Israel at the time. We still celebrate that birth, that gift, today, and remember what it means to us. Seyla.

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Merry Christmas Eve

by on December 24, 2021 at 12:01 am
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With the International Date Line and time zones being as they are, it’s Christmas somewhere in the world now, so people are celebrating Christmas right now. Also, there those who celebrate the Advent all December, so technically people have been celebrating the Christmas season all month. So I’ll get on the band wagon and say Merry Christmas! Santa is on the way to all the good little boys and girls. And he’s already marked the bad ones for coal and probably tips for the upcoming New Years celebration. He knows which people are more fun to party with, doncha know. 😉

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Social Media Networks

by on December 23, 2021 at 12:01 am
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We all know that the social media networks have changed the world as we know it. I grew up before they existed, and remember how much they changed everything. We could call anybody we knew the numbers of back then, but finding a number meant thumbing through phone books. Then MySpace came onto the Internet and for the first time any one person could easily find and talk to anyone on the other side of the world. Find old friends. Facebook surpassed it years later, and other social networks have risen in the last decade. MeWe. YouTube. Gab. Instagram. Parler. Twitter. Any one of us can get our message to anyone throughout the world. That is a fundamental change in the nature of human life in the last twenty years. My question of you is, what networks do you frequent and how good do you think they are? I would eagerly like to know.

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MeWe and Parler

by on December 22, 2021 at 12:01 am
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I’ve been a member of both MeWe and Parler since well before Google, Apple, and Amazon cooperated to drive Parler from the Internet. No, I’ve never been part of Gab, and though I do have a Twitter handle, I can’t communicate in so few characters so don’t use it. I’m looking for other ways to spread the signal as other social media platforms become less reliable. Parler is significantly quieter than it was before the great takedown, but I’m giving it a chance to recover to old activity levels. MeWe continues as it always did. Lively, sometimes good, sometimes bad, and sometimes a bit crass. I post at mewe dot com/i/medronpryde and at parler dot com/user/Medron and invite any of you to follow me there if you wish. I like friending people and actually being able to see their posts, doncha know?

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Substack

by on December 21, 2021 at 12:01 am
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I’ve recently started a substack account in a way to spread the signal a bit. It allows a more long-form distribution of ideas, and I’m using it now to post some of my collections of Jack of Harts history. I will also post some art and jazz there, and it will generally act as another place you can see Jack of Harts on the Internet. I’ve also started a personal substack for non-Jack of Harts content. Movie reviews once I get back to them and stuff like that. Haven’t really gone to the movies since before the pandemic and my mom’s battle with cancer began you understand, but I have some movies clambering for my attention that I should start watching and talking about once more. You can find them at jackofharts dot substack dot com and pryderock dot substack dot com. You can subscribe to get my updates sent directly to your e-mail boxes. Hope to see you out there on the networks.

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