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It may be that Stubby is gone for good.

O.K., I’m about to make some people angry, but please don’t take anything you’re about to read personally. You know, unless it applies to you directly. In that case totally take it personally. What I’m about to do is describe several types of Facebook people as I see them. Please understand that I realize I fit several of these descriptions myself, so hey, I ain’t mad at ya.

One question that’s often asked is how to stay relatively cyber-safe and secure while out and about. There’s a whole range of things you can do depending on how worried you are about your personal electronic security. There are generally two main areas of concern, one being the safety and security of your communications and the other being the trackability of you and your devices. We’ll take up securing communications first and deal with tracking later.

I was reading Isaiah 40 and it mentions how people can hope in the Lord and find new strength just like the eagle soaring on its wings. I wondered, “Do eagles renew their strength in some specific way?” I consulted one of my favorite sources to find the answer — the internet.

The American Psychological Association calls this form of apprehension, anticipatory anxiety: “a worry about an upcoming event or situation because of the possibility of a negative outcome.” In other words, it’s a worry about the future and the fear that bad things might happen or that you might become unable to successfully accomplish what you set out to do.

Our cat, Felix, has a new home.

I have a confession to make. The crime has been hidden for more than 55 years and it’s time for my soul to be cleansed and my conscience to be cleared.

Recently I read through a tiny book of the Bible in the Old Testament and took my time with it. Habakkuk is so rarely referenced that most people don’t know how to pronounce the name. Habakkuk was a prophet writing in the time leading up to the absolute defeat of the little Kingdom of Judah by the powerful Babylonian Empire.

I was often told when I was in law school that I wasn’t being taught the law, but instead I was being taught how to think like a lawyer. Reaching further back, I can recall a college professor confidently asserting that she did not want to teach students what to think, but how to think. What an interesting concept, teaching someone about thinking.

Author’s note — This article was written before the passage of HR 8035, the House bill that specifically included the funding of over $60 billion in aid for Ukraine but was also part of the parcel of legislation that included funding for Israel and Taiwan. Portions of this article reflect the updated fact of the passage of these funding bills.