Douglas Kinney ⋅
Father, Poppie, Pastor, IT Tech, Composer, Singer, and the guy trying to figure out how I got to be so old and life so complicated.
What would you be if you were attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis? Quote from the episode "The Desperation Emanation" (S4 Ep5) of the Big Bang Theory--By Leonard Hofstadter
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This Is A Test in God, With Skin On
In case I haven’t said it, I hate tests! Don’t care what type they are, I hate them. In my case instead of proving how smart I am they show I dumb I am. What amazes me that some material I can...
Just To Talk To in God, With Skin On
Somedays I miss having someone to talk to. My job is pretty much one that I do not interact with people. I do my job and leave. I am in my office listening to music, catching up on my studies ...
Random Acts Of Kindness in Life After 60
I try to do little things for strangers like buy their lunch from time to time. The reaction is one of shock and surprise. I am already doing something different this year with my acts. Ba...
The Depths of my sin in God, With Skin On
“For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God” Romans 3:23. Short is a relative term. Let me demonstrate what I mean. For every single degree, you fly off course, you will miss y...
Never Stop Learning in Life After 60
I used to hear that statement all the time growing up. I wanted nothing but to graduate and start making money. How stupid was I? (rhetorical question folks.) A.E. Housman said it best! ...
Forgiven, Forgotten, Amen in God, With Skin On
Okay listeners, here is the topic for today. I am not sure there are any right or wrong answers but here goes. Matt 12:31 reads, Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy (every evil, a...
Is This Going To Hurt? in Life After 60
For those who may not know, at one time in my life, I was a CNA/Medical Assistant. I tried to comfort and ease the patient’s fears for whatever procedure they were having. ( Think Podiatry Offi...
The Sum of All Fears in God, With Skin On
I make no bones about the fact I fear death. Well, like most maybe not so much death but the process. What really happens when we die? Can anyone tell us for sure? Some say nothing happen...
The Right To Remain Silent in Life After 60
Of the many rights that have been given me, the Right To Remain Silent is one I often forget. Even more so now that I am a Senior. But then as a Senior, I tend to forget what I was planning to ...
Wavering Faith in God, With Skin On
Somedays my faith isn’t just wavering, it is waving. My former pastor used to say you can’t have a testimony without a test! I have never liked test. I could have been a straight-A student, ex...
Losing Battle in Life After 60
A woman marries a man expecting him to change, but doesn’t. A man marries a woman expecting she won’t change, and she does.—Those Unrealistic Expectation, they set us up for failure. Maybe that...
I am not perfect in God, With Skin On
One thing I have learned to admit when I am wrong. The trouble is, some folks don’t like to let me forget how wrong I am. I don’t live up to the standards some thing I should. But I decide...
Politics Aside in Life After 60
Politics have become a necessary evil. The sad part is as soon as the Presidental Election is over, they start running again, the day after. I am sick of the political ads. So let’s set polit...
One Nation, Under God in God, With Skin On
One Nation to me implies in agreement. I am not sure that America has ever been in agreement since our Founding Fathers framed our Constitution. But I am almost certain we are nowhere near what ...
Terms of Endearment in Life After 60
I am amazed at how two people who once loved each other can become mortal enemies overnight. I am even more amazed at the fact I have survived 10 years of being single again. I have learned much...
An Observation, Not an Indictment in God, With Skin On
“Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians, you are not like him.” Indian philosopher Bara Dada is credited with making this statement. If it weren’t so true I would take offense at it. T...
Who Moved My Cheese in Life After 60
Back in my days with one of the nations leading retailers, I was introduced to a book called “Who Moved My Cheese?” It was required reading for one of the management tracks I was on. And it bas...
Red and White in God, With Skin On
Dogmatic goes back to the Greek word dogma, which means basically “what one thinks is true” and dogmatikos, “pertaining to doctrine.” To be dogmatic is to follow a doctrine relating to morals and...
Pay Attention To Her! in Life After 60
This is from my days in the medical profession. For the truly bored out there. Actual conversation “Do you really think men notice your feet?” “Well, I wear sandals a lot” “Seriously, if all h...
IMPEACH THEM ALL!!! in Life After 60
I have never been so sick of Politics. I don’t care which party lines you fall along, this country needs to wake up and vote all the professional politicians, lawyers, and lobby types, out of WA...
Heaven For Me in God, With Skin On
The ultimate goal of the Christian. Heaven. Why do people who have never seen Heaven want to go there so bad, but yet are afraid to die? (And the answers are many.) What is it about death...
Setting Up For Failure in God, With Skin On
Facebook is from the devil! Just like Tupperware. Studies have shown that people who do not have a Facebook account are happier. The reason? I am glad you ask. (You did ask didn’t you?) Fac...
TV POP Psychology in Life After 60
The views and opinions expressed here are mine and may or may not reflect the view of my readers but it’s my entry so I will say it. What is going on with America? Reality T.V. is nothing b...
Point of No Return in God, With Skin On
Pilots know this terminology. It is the point in their route that they have to decide can we make it to our destination or should we turn back. If they miss judge their fuel consumption, wind s...
Things I learned In School in Life After 60
It is a very shortlist! School was a social event. I would never use much of what I was being taught. Math, okay I needed it, but Trigonometry, Algebra and the rest, I would never use. A tota...
