FOOD FOR THOUGHT

For those of you who are endlessly fasciated by the details of my life, we've been ordering meals from EveryPlate. In case you're not familiar with them, they deliver ingredients for meals, which you then assemble & cook. Last night we had Cowboy Skillet Pie, which was outstanding. Somehow or other I have become the sous chef. If you would have asked me what retirement would be like, I never would have imagined this. Yet, somehow I'm enjoying this--mostly.

Now that I think about it, EveryPlate should become my corporate sponsor.

CRIMINAL MINDS

"Children committing carjackings for social media fame." Drudge Report

"Mail carrier allegedly beat turkey to death. Was it self-defense?" Drudge

HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH

"STUDY:  Glass of Wine with dinner slashes diabetes risk." Drudge  If only someone would have told me.

DEPT. OF SHAMELESS JOKE-STEALING *

* Compliments of Reader's Digest, Feb. 2022

"I asked my wife if she would still love me when I was old & wrinkled. She replied, 'Of course I do.'"

"Before my wife became pregnant, I always assumed Braxton Hicks was a country music artist."

"6-year-old finishes dinner:  What's for dessert? ME:  We don't always have to have dessert. SIX:  Then why have dinner at all?"

"My 7-year-old staring at my face. ME:  What is it, sweetie? SEVEN:  Is my nose weird, too?

POLITICS & RELIGION

"Lent is also a time to redirect focus. Lent reminds each of us that we are to be humble. That, instead of focusing on ourselves, we should focus on God and on how we can serve others. This humbling is in opposition to the state of hubris, exaggerated pride or self-confidence, which is all too prevalent in our society. Lent provides us with space to reflect and restore ourselves and our connection to God.

"President George Washington understood the importance of personal values as the underpinning of a great nation. In his farewell address, written after serving eight years as our first president, Washington wrote, "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."

"President Abraham Lincoln, too, understood that he was but an instrument in the hand of God, and that the will of God would prevail. Almost halfway through his first term, he wrote a private note: "The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war, it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party -- and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are for the best adaptation to effect his purpose."

"This Lenten season, let us also be humbled and reminded of our responsibility as citizens in our great nation. A democracy is only as effective as its citizens are active. It is our job to go out into our communities and to work together to make progress. Let us also remember that Lincoln reminds us that "it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party -- and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are for the best adaptation to effect his purpose." Allow yourself to be human and to be used by God." Jackie Gingrich Cushman, Townhall, 3/2

POLITICAL POTPOURRI

"Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation Thursday that will immediately restrict participation in women’s college and K-12 sports to biological females. During the signing ceremony, Reynolds asserted that transgender women have a competitive advantage over female athletes, making the playing field fundamentally unfair, regardless of the medical steps taken to mute their biological advantages." Caroline Downey, National Review Online

"While Russia wages a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Army is putting its soldiers through training on gender pronouns and coaching officers on when to offer soldiers gender transition surgery, according to an official military presentation on the subject obtained by the Washington Free Beacon." Matt Vespa, NRO

"By now you may have forgotten President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union address last week. On Monday, Biden walked across the White House lawn alone and in a mask. On Tuesday, he walked into a crowd of House members rejoicing that no more masks were needed. It was the perfect metaphor for Biden at governance and Biden at speech." Erick Erickson, Townhall