Monthly Archives: January 2026

My take on the current MAGA America

Posted on January 27, 2026 by timlyg

The Minnesota situations (the shooting of Renee Good and Alex Pretti) really open up different views among Christians, regardless of their political parties. This I responded to David Tong's Facebook post when after the Pretti case, the right was blaming … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on January 27, 2026 by timlyg

01/27/2026 Tuesday Learned a little something about Chinese art: 江南春，仇英畫. Interesting also how folks are using AI to turn China paintings into animations, and how some Chinese appreciating Western Museums preserving China culture better than the Chinese government: 01/26/2026 Monday … Continue reading →

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Understanding ICE in America

Posted on January 21, 2026 by timlyg

All these news today about immigrant fear, especially when Trump takes over, is really officiated by the 9/11 attack in 2001. Sure, there's always extreme right (racists, anti-immigrant, Yankees who prefer to see the black slaves returned to Africa, etc.) … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on January 19, 2026 by timlyg

01/24/2026 Saturday Many churches in the North East are shifting Sunday services to today, Saturday due to the impending snow storm tomorrow. Both GCC and Crossroads have already sent out emails for this change, holding Sat. 10am service. Not sure … Continue reading →

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Best Fries in Every U.S. State by Chris Dudley

Posted on January 19, 2026 by timlyg

I used Gemini (AI) to create a spreadsheet of this article, because I fear that the article will be taken down in the future. The article is still worth a read, but here's just the table of the 50 key … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on January 11, 2026 by timlyg

01/15/2026 Thursday China invented vaccination before the English (Edward Jenner, using cowpox against smallpox 1796). The Chinese used human scabs instead, which can be more risky than cowpox. There's also not so imperial Chinese accounts of vaccination even about 1000 … Continue reading →

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Postmodernists vs. Fundamentalists

Posted on January 7, 2026 by timlyg

I'm going to use these terms very loosely. Postmodernists = humanists, etc.; Fundamentalists = legalists, etc. After encountering some French literature, art (i.e. Les Misérables, Les Combattantes, etc.) I must ponder upon the significance of the religious debate deeper than … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on January 6, 2026 by timlyg

01/09/2026 Friday I learned from Facebook that you can report public problem in NJ (i.e. traffic light problems, etc.) at this gov website: https://www.njdotproblemreporting.nj.gov. So I did for the Eastbound traffic light closest to our home on Rt. 35, which … Continue reading →

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