I am now on the Road to 2600 Posts here

before the end of 2012!

We need the courage and purpose

of the Hardy Souls of 1621 Plymouth here today in 2012 America!

God, Help me to say

that you are blessing me tomorrow no matter what tomorrow is like!

I will also go to Comic Book

shop in Vienna , Virginia tomorrow as well as spend time at Caribou Coffee! I just need a very special and fun Friday, especially after the last two!

I will be at Game Stop at 5:30 AM

tomorrow morning. I need to do something special that is seasonably related.

I do love to sing !!!!

I do find it freeing and soul-tickling.

God, Help me to trust you

and not lean upon what seems to be right or better in my limited and corrupt thinking as a man!

It hurt that no one came by here ...

on the night of November 16th. I desired a knock on the door or an e-mail that said, " You can't be alone on your birthday, Let' s roll."

 I wanted someone special to be with me. I never thought out of going out to dinner or doing anything by myself that night- The night of My Birthday.

 How do you tell people that you both wanted and needed that? How do you request for that to be done?

- Johnny -

Andrew Luck or RG 3

 Who will be named The Rookie of the Year when all is said and donein this NFL Season.

RG III

I don't like his team but I am in great awe of him.

I need to trust and

not be overwhelmed in the days to come!

2012 is ending up as a Year of Transition...

All is far from what I want it to be but the movement that I see is positive and empowering at present.

The Cowboys

Another Factor in The November I didn't expect this month to become. A lot  of good HAS transpired, However, an awful lot of " Oh darn" and " That is not what I was hoping fors !" as well.

That last posting was my 1400Th

posting of 2012!

Holidays can blur the

fact that our actions and attitudes and choices shape what kind of a day all day- The Special and The More dull- actually become.

A Little Detour

 A theft of some items due to my own carelessness, I left my carrying bag outside my door  overnight and a lonely night of my birthday made me about sullen and withdrawn for awhile.

 This is not good for me. I don't like who I become when I let disappointment inspire me to become selfish, bitter and whiny. Writing these blogs is one way I win out over those struggles, so I am back!

- Johnny -

The Days feel prosperous ...

It is good to be active, engaged and in the midst of events.

Be brave Johnny

 Live to be spirited and willing to risk!

The World seems clean, fresh and sharp...

this November.

I am learning to be a

strategist. The art of seeing how to get people to function at their best is a truly invigorating experience.

Bryce Harper is The 2012 NL Rookie of the Year

He is truly The New Mickey Mantle.

I got a really Great

Smoothie today at Beanetics. It was a true delight.

The 11th Extra Exercise Period is now....

accomplished. Just after noon today !

As far as You are concerned...

Be at peace with all men. Let that be my prayer for tomorrow, Lord.

What will 11/ 16 be like ?

 That is still a big unknown to me as I type this.

This has been an amazing Birthmonth.

It just keeps getting better and better!

Lord,

Teach me to love you more!

Desire !

 Maybe America would be better if we would be willing to give the most noble of us the desires of their hearts.

I now have

a wallet photo of Amanda Lynn! Yes!

A Very Effective Tuesday !

 90 Minutes of strong debate instruction and 2 hours of strong tutoring!

Lord, Please Restore . . .

 the Years that The Locusts have eaten away.

God, Please open my mind and heart

this week!

God , I ask for what my Pastor charged the

congregation earlier today! God, Please bring something new into my life tomorrow!

I do like my skill in talking ...

to young people. It is a gift that I've been able to use as a blessing but it was one I never sought out.

I have really regained my identity as a ...

 Teacher this year. The Devotionals and The work at Annandale HS are the most obvious impetus of this!

I do not like Barry at all but ...

as he will continue to be President- I must accept what is going to be!

This is a delightful time...

It feels amazingly other-worldly to be in a relationship in November. What a marvelous adventure!

I do feel strong...

 I still have NO clue as to what Friday will be like.

No Redskins today

That makes this the Odd week of the Fall in many ways.

I am far too hard on ...

myself it seems. Both Paige and Mandy see myself as not getting how much people are attracted to me!

I watched Rain Man

again tonight- Really well done, funny and touching!

I did like getting to meet ...

Paige's Friends- new at Grace- I like them Illinoisans who have no use for Barry!

I do apprecate learning ...

about Biblical History, It is one of the joys of Grace Community Church on Sunday mornings.

A Kentucky ( Early) Christmas !!!!!!

 That was not at all a consideration 6 months ago. Mandy truly is such a miracle and a gift!


-  Johnny -

I am glad that there is a great deal of hope...

present in my life as I approach the last  weeks of this year!

This is the Redskins' Bye Week ----

 I do think that there are Football FANS IN GREATER DC, who if they know that they could get away with it, would say " Goodbye" to The Skins and ask for a " Do Over" with another Franchise!

Today, I wish I'd been born during A ...

Baseball Month. I miss my favorite sport today.

I started sending out...

 Thanksgiving Messages on BoM a few days ago!

My life works best when it is an open book.

 AA is right- I am as sick as my secrets.

When Gratitude is rarely expressed in my life ...

 Bitterness and pettiness then tend to rum rampant in my life!

Being The Best Johnny I can be -

 Being determined to become better and do better! That is a theme that i've worked hard on during This Birthmonth.

This is My 2,500TH Posting on this Blog! YES!!!!!

God, Help me to be FAT!!!!

Faithful, Available and Teachable.

I do dream too vividly

 Bright colors and very loud. Nightmares are a true horror story for me.

I am getting used to . . .

 this weekend  that I didn't expect. It has not been wonderful but still NOT as bad as I thought it  might well proceed.

I did earn a Best Speaker Ribbon

at GUTS Toastmasters today. It was not a Great  Speech but it must have seem " good enough."

For the 5TH Consecutive Month ...

 I have posted 100 or MORE Posts! This blog posting is actually my 101ST!!!! posting for this month of November!


-   Johnny  -

This is the First Day of Birthweek !!!

 I am more excited about THIS November than I have been about a November in MANY!!!!, MANY!!!! Years.

 I will admit what a week from today will be like is very much of a BIG!!!!! MYSTERY !!!! to me !!! As I type This Blog Entry, I have no idea at all what November 16TH will be like! NOT one clue!!!! or any idea about what next Friday will be like in ANY way, shape or form!!!! ?????


-  Johnny  -

I am richly honored

 I do not deserve to be loved and honored as I am. My friends are far better than any that I merit having!


- Johnny -

I will see beauty today as I travel to....

Pennsylvania! The Master Designer who created all of that beauty is also My Lord, God, King, Messiah and Friend!

- Johnny -

Lord. Teach me to be

who you made me to be and ever less who John and Florence Rodriguez tried to twist me into being!

I need to be less reactive ....

When I'm tired or stressed, I'm far too mprone to become snappish, peevish, offer excuses or be demanding to have my own way!

All of that is vile and needs to be cleansed more and more out of my life!

- Johnny -

What will my Yankees look like in 2013?

 I know some major moves will be made. I may not like or approve of them- yet, It is clear to me that I will be rooting ardently for the 2013 Yankees!

This weekend will be

non- isolating! for me.. It truly MUST be!!! I will need to reach out of myself and be there involved and engaged. Lord, Free me from selfish impulses to shield and protect myself when I'm not truly being harmed or at any true risk!

- Johnny -

I've now passed the 1,350 Posts

mark for the Year 2012! Woo Hoo!

A Weekend in Pennsylvania . . .

will start in 45 Minutes. My life is good and rich. I will have the honor of serving, caring for and ministering to good men. I will get to talk to Dave Snee, An Honored Veteran, Former Special Forces and Wise and Practical Man.

I've waited over a month, due to delays for this experience. It is clear to me that it is happening now because this is when God desired it to transpire!

- Johnny -

How do you win when ...

you run out of players?

It looks like injuries may cause Maryland Football Coach Randy Edsall to ask this question.

I am physically sore ...

and I suspect that my time in Kentucky will also tax my muscles. I am most glad that I am able to deal with more and willing to take on more than I've been in any recent times!

- Johnny -

I guees I can smile over this....

 I know that Barack Obama will not be elected President in 2016.

I don't like ...

being cold. So, I do wonder how I will get through the cold winter that is being predicted for 2012-2013 !

You can live ....

well without constantly seeking to prove that you are right.

Be Lord My Vision...

 Let me care as you care and want what You want.

Will A Human Being walk on....

The Surface of Mars during the First Half of This Century ?  If the answer is " NO", it is likely that THE US will be drown in malaise!

I am more relaxed

a bit now. I do need to process and learn to do better with acceptance!

Thug Talk

 On Wednesday Morning. November The 7TH,  I was riding a Metro Bus ( Greater Washington DC Area Public Transportation). My plan for the Day was to mentor HS Debating Students and to tutor an elementary school student as he is preparing to write a book report.

As I was riding the bus, A young intelligent articulate- if only he had used it to say something worth saying- young man rode that same bus talking about how he gets away with anything and everything. He bragged about his talents as a robber and a thief and as to how easily and effectively he is able to intimidate people.

 He spoke of being caught in a rural area after a robbery, He spoke of how well he was able to run. He was caught and turned over to the police and let go because he was not able to be properly identified.

The young man let everyone know that " Of Course, I did that crime!". How is it that people can feel comfortable in telling people, in detail, how vile and odious they are?


I really wish the driver had told him, " Change the subject or leave the Bus!" . I loathe having to deal with bullies, predators and thugs. I really do not want to have to deal with them in confined areas!


- Johnny -

Love covers a multitude of sins

 I am glad that God chooses to operate that way!

I've now passed the 14,000 Views

of My Blog mark!

Admitting mistakes

and moving forward is a good sign that you seek to live a more principled life. It IS PROGRESS and not now or ever in THIS life, perfection!

Recovering From a Stumble

 Yahoo has a Calendar function that will send you alerts when a commitment is bearing. I've already made an adjustment to make sure I keep a commitment on January 13Th, 2013 that I failed to get to today!

Lord.Please help me to be . . .

more who you created me to be!

My mind needs to be...

more open and my hear needs to be more tender!

Freedom

 is celebrating the election of a President you just cannot stand at all!

Living with Losing

 It is hard to root for a team that has operated for years as a fumbling operation! Yet, Loyalty no matter what FANS are supposed  to be loyal!

- Johnny -

You can't please everyone ...

 I am dedicated but I can get distracted I seem to rub some people the wrong way just by being me. I also know that at times I do vanish into my own little world.

I guess as I need to love others for their foibles-,They can LEARN to love me, as well, in spite of mine!

I do hate it when I blow it!

 I did this afternoon. I made a commitment - a firm commitment to to speak at a Toastmasters meeting tonight.

I got caught up in projects at home- was too focused on going away tomorrow to Pennsylvania and thus am not going- I don't have enough time to get ready and get there.

Sadly, I'm also not happy with myself this is the second time I've flubbed a commitment to this club.


- Johnny -

Blogging a lot is a great way

to perform detailed, accurate and insightful self- examination.

I must learn to

smile a lot more, be much more inclined to be accepting and not little things turn me into lunch!

This Birth Month has really

positively enhanced me. I am savoring it so far. I feel very loved and cherished!

I exercised, walked a lot

taught debate for 90 minutes, walked some moe and then tutored. I also through in general exercising- my daily routine into that!

A Great Day- Very Full, Very effective. I am NOW very tired from it!

- Johnny -

Teaching Cross- Examination to

 Novice  HS Debaters.was my project today. I was not confident going in as to how it would go but it does seem they have the rudiments understood now!

Lost Toys

 The next time you want to belittle a child over grieving over a lost toy. Please consider what your favorite things mean to you and how you react when you lose them. This will help you to gain perspective and be more empathetic and compassionate.

There is more to this story- Keep reading My Blog to learn about that greater story

I love creative and soulful people.

My Amanda Lynn Asher Dudley Is Both!

I love getting to be playful more and more..

often again. Mandy does coax that out in me!

I'm irritable tonight...

 I know this too shall pass. My life is too good THIS November to stay irritated and peevish for very long!

I have a reason to celebrate Thanksgiving

with  FAR more deep appreciation this year. - Sweet Mandy, Angel of my Lifetime!

My Mandy

What a treasure. A major joy and gift!

I will try to explain Cross- Examination

to The Annandale HS Debaters late tomorrow morning I hope that goes well. I am rather anxious about that!

This is a way to

become a greater voice - to be more POSITIVELY out there!

I do like

how sharp NHL '11 looks- Really good!

I'm now on the way to 2500

Posts on this Blog. The confidence that I'm gaining through the continuing exercise of putting my soul on paper does seem to make my life better, overall!

Johnny- Learn to be Medium and Calmer

 I do believe that you can actually achieve this.

There is a time top be Thankful.

 The Very Best People seem to practice the idea just every second of their lives!

Some Team just never improve!

Case in point --The Wizards!

I can touch people emotiomally and...

 I am very empathetic as well- Who would believe this.? A year ago, I would not have!

The Loss oF Carl!

 The Toucan Puppet that I gave Mandy to give to her 8 Year old son Gabe. Gabe loves that brd and he is missing in action.

 Mandy is resourceful. I think Gabe is not totally gone!

I don't know how tonight will . . .

turn out. Yet, I must remember that I do pray The Serenity Prayer, so I can and truly well, Eventually, " accept the thing I cannot change",  If I MUST!!!!,  politically!


- Johnny -

I do like being brighter ...

and more optimistic!

Praise God from whom ALL ...

blessings flow!

The world will still exist . . .

and the Sun will still show up in the sky even once we know who will be inaugurated in January!

I am feeling ...

more freed of late to be childlike, fun and just intensely playful!

God does prepare you in the splendid times . . .

by things you go through in the Nightmare Periods!

Mandy and BirthMonth - I feel so INCREDIBLY ....

supercharged !!! Wow, What a November so far!

My Angel is Talented , Gifted, Pretty . . .

and Sexy.

                 You are vastly superior to me, Mandy!

When you find out other bright . . .

people read comic books, as I did tonight, That really does help me to feel LEES like I should consider myself a loser!

Another Great Day

Great AA MEETING, Superb Toastmaster meeting and I bough tmyself my first BirthMonth Present . All great features of This November Fifth!

I'm proud of My Progress This year !

 I am gaining strongly in boldness, Elan and skill. This is also my 1300Th Post on this blog of 2012!

My Mandy

is beautiful and gracious, She really is royal like!

The Pace continues.

I'm averaging 10 or more postings a day on My Blog again so far this month.

Be wise

 Allow yourself to see how life is good all the time. God is God and life is His creation!

- Johnny -

I love My Pastor...

 I can't clean myself up enough to be worthy of God- only through Jesus is that at all possible! That was John Slye's message today.

I love being nurtured.

 I appreciate it because it is- to be honest- a relatively rare thing to transpire in my life. Lunch today was refreshing and what I needed.

The Extra Hour

was VERY helpful This morning. yes!

I'm glad that this is The Fall Time Change Night!

 With my insomnia battles, A WHOLE EXTRA HOUR is a true Godsend !

I think I need an Electric HS Football Game !

 I'm currently plating Madden and NCAA Football abysmally  !       YUCK!

When you are able to more confidently . . . .

relate and explain your personal story more effectively, Then, You KNOW that significant and pervasive healing is going on in your life!

- Johnny -

I told some children about Birthmonth

at a Toastmaster meeting today.

   You should have seen the looks on their Four FACES As  I detailed that you can turn the MONTH of your birth into a 28, 29, 30 or 31 Day celebration.

I am enjoying so the end of This

Saturday. This day has been a fun and thrilling and productive adventure ALL ! DAY! LONG!

- Johnny -

Is there truly a BOOK with in me ? Will 2013

be The Year when I make a serous attempt to become an author.?

 Over the last 2 decades, I've worke on and off - in more recent times- off to write a story that I've entitled  Memorial.

The Basic Plot -  - It starts at the funeral of a 98year old boy who dies of child abuse just 2 days  before his Ninth Birthday, This story tells the tale of Brian Starr and his best friend- a girl a grade ahead of him who is currently enduring severe child abuse.

 The story will deal with what people know but are so willing to hide and pretend does not exist. Well, Does this story seem like it is an idea worth pursuing! ?

- Johnny -

Bountiful Creativity

 I am really enjoying and finding myself energized by writing once again. That seems to be a major theme of these last few weeks for me.

I don't often write about My Devotional ....

 The Mafia Mountain Message here. I really enjoy writinhg it and I'm told it actually blesses and helps those who read it.

I am feeling FAR!!!!! More Alive of Late!

 It has been such a long time since I've felt THIS dynamic  alive, effective and relevant, This feels splendid and remarkable.

Playing House!

 A Very Vivid buit fascinating horror movie in the" Stalker - I want your husband at Any Cost" genre. It is a 21ST Century Fatal Attraction.

My writing is starting to improve noticably.

 I think I'm becoming braver and more focused more willing to express myself more precisely and vividly!

Birth Month so far

is a tremendous success and a wonderful joy. This Second Day has been every bit as splendid as the first day was!

A Special Gift of This Weekend

  This weekend will be one hour longer. A small benefit, but a definite one.

This is A Quiet Friday.

It is not the Eve of getting ready to compete for A Toastmasters Championship as I once hoed it would be. It is what it was designed to be from before creation and it is good and all is well.

Cheerleaders can be amazing

and empowering and indeed healing when their cheering motivates a struggling person to press on to achieve a  worthy goal.

A rising tide...

indeed DOES lift all boats.

My Life is growing better and....

richer in context and  meaning as I am learning to deal more wisely with undesirable surprises and  unwanted circumstances!

My Girl Friend IS Amazing!

 Anamda Lynn, You Are, Beyond Any Doubt, THE!!! ANGEL!!! OF!!! MY!!! LIFETIME !!!!

- Johnny -

The Truth always Works!

 Verily, the Joy of the Lord is my strength.

Emotional Hostage Taking

is a prime feature of dysfunctional family. In most child abuse situation, This phrase can. in some form often be heard, " I made a really poor decision and you are responsible for that and you must be made to suffer and-  It is GOOD that you do so - because my choice did NOT work out well."


- Johnny -

Is it ok for someone to grin while I'm in...

anguish and in mourning ?  Does everyone have to be " FINE" before I have permission to celebrate my life today?

God can work to change a life readily

when someone is willing to let go of pride and resistance and simply " say"- by Word, deed , thought or attitude, " I'm willing to listen and take action."

Welcome to Christmas 2012!

 It is The Second of November - LOL - after all!

Does nature actually " smile" on our...

efforts?  The Sun came out Brightly for the first time today as I started working on a new blog!

Today was not the day I planned.

 Yes. It wound up being a vastly superior day than the one I planned!

I learn that when I am

less stubborn and more willing to listen , to re- think and reconsider that I do greatly improve the quality of that day!

" Short,Nasty and Brutish" - Is this The Road.that....

Our Nation is now traveling along ?

    I do like Dave Ramsey, I am a fan of his. However, I do cringe when he castigates people for the amountt of money they spent on educations that can't immediately lead to employment and steady and reliable wage earning?

 I will say there is much to be  commended to advocating that a person, if it is possible andpractical to do so get an education without going into severe debt.

 Yet, Where I pause and cringe is at the idea of more practical and valuable degrees and less practical and valuable degrees? Is Hydrology  more valuable than Music?  Is Accounting vastly Superior to History as a Course of Study? Is Computer Design more valuable than studying Astronomy>

I do not doubt that our US Society will survive through our current times of difficulty, angst and tumult. I do worry about  our nation being weakened and made less marvelous by a nation that puts upon our Educational System the Burden of producing students that will be able to gain lucrative employment immediately after graduation!

My Best Friend is a talented photographer, sculptor, painter and writer. These do not seem to be things that some would say,  " We must be able to do well in order to insure our day to day survival!" .Yet, I find  myself appreciating these fine and soul, spirit and intellect -enhancing arts as I see these disciplines of study and quality enhancement through her eyes.

If America mocks such  fields of study as ' Luxuries" because they provide  a very poor " Return on Investment", I do worry about  The Future of The Quality of Life in our Nation in the years soon to arrive!

Life is important.. As is Day to Day " Making it". Yet as Yoda might Say, " Life without Quality- Poor Life Indeed!"

 This is the end of My 2,400TH Post on This Blog!

- Johnny -



 

Some Men see things that are and ask " Why"...

I see things that never where and ask " Why Not?" This quote is NOT original to him but Robert Kennedy said this often during is Campaign for The Presidency in 1968.

This quote has lang made me thoughtful. It is one that I truly like pondering!

- Johnny -

It does feel good...

 for this moment , at least, to be able to type that I feel contented overall and at relative peace.

God does provide -

Whether we are aware of that reality or not!

What is the best way to teach a Young person...

 to learn how to become the fan of a sport's team? Let him or her develop an interest in following a player and that will help them to have some one to be committed to and someone to focus on as her or she learn about that team.

I am exhausted today!

It is a MOST good, healthy and worthwhile exhaustion.

The Replacement Refs are gone.

 They've been gone for weeks now. So, Are The Regular Referees being respected. That would be a Good Question to ask The Washington Redskins Coach Mike Shanahan and Redskins Defensive Player D' Angelo Hall.

Pushing and Prodding Young Debaters to

become well-ready, intellectually  daring and audacious helped to Make This November First a Most Special Day.

BirthMonth is Now Heere.

 This became really important to me a few years ago. One way to value myself and to to show some healthy and positive self-love is by treating myself very well during The MONTH that contains my Birthday.

The First Day of BIRTHMONTH is November First!