Quinn

Rick Thues December 4, 2024 Uncategorized 2 Comments

Episode #827 December 7, 2024 Mr. Quinn rolled his wheelchair into the classroom. He swung it around to face the class with the small squeak of a sliding brody.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm-upHSP9KU   “Settle down slackers. Take you seats.” We students scuffled to our desks, put chemistry books down and grumbled under our breaths at our new science teacher. Ed Quinn ran the bent fingers of his right hand through his long balding hair. The act did not change his disheveled appearance. His button down shirt was wrinkled. The 5 o’clock shadow reflected the fluorescent lights with a pepper of grey....

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Reality

Rick Thues November 27, 2024 Uncategorized 3 Comments

Episode #826 November 30, 2024 Belief in reality is an act of conscious faith. "Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." —Napoleon Hill   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtSD1r2aYho Belief, faith and delusion are interrelated. The key to Napoleon Hill’s assertion is conception. Belief only requires faith, but can be a delusion, a fool’s reality. Much research and study is required to truly conceive of a reality. We craft reality with the scientific method, critical thinking and scrupulous observation. “Truth or verity is the property of being in accord with fact or reality. In everyday language, it is typically...

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Aguanga Sunset

Rick Thues November 18, 2024 Uncategorized 2 Comments

Episode #825 November 23, 2024         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRIKNINTFls   As I stand in the living room of my modest red cabin, the vaulted A-frame ceiling begins to glow with the warm hues of the setting sun. Through the sliding glass doors on the eastern wall are cumulus thunderheads, painted in delicate shades of orange and pink, drifting in a cerulean sky. Bandit, my black-masked white cat, chatters at the house finches flitting past the patio doors.  The day's heat has left the air inside the house stuffy and slightly humid, resisting the window cooler's whining fan. I unlock...

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Proscenium Arch

Rick Thues November 12, 2024 Uncategorized 1 Comment

Episode #824 November 16, 2024 A proscenium arch serves as a frame which encloses something different on its other side. It can also be a portal to another reality.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aktzXX964w   In a church the proscenium arch is a threshold between the secular and the sacred. It is a passageway to God. The congregation gathers on the pew side of the arch while recipients of the Eucharist pass through the arch to commune with God. The stage of a theater is often framed with a proscenium arch. On this side is the audience, seated in the normal world. On...

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Mile 70

Rick Thues November 7, 2024 Uncategorized 3 Comments

Episode #823 November 9, 2024 The age of 70 is a milestone in our society. It is the age of retirement, voluntary or not. It is also considered an advent to wisdom.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs5vUfddkT8 Paula recently turned 70. She met it face on without a hint of slowing down. The day before her birthday she load organized at Skydive Perris. She made 6 skydives mentoring new jumpers into calm and precise formation skydives. One of the jumps was frantic and undisciplined. In her very practical, well learned style Paula debriefed the group. “When you walk you don’t flail your arms...

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Just Drive It

Rick Thues October 30, 2024 Uncategorized 2 Comments

Episode #822 November 2, 2024 When I owned my Rabbit sedan I used a Volkswagen mechanic who knew everything …about Volkswagens.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGfAtXM8rOU As the car aged I brought it in to Klaus more and more often. The problems ranged from brakes wearing out to engine timing issues. At 300,000 miles the dash lights started malfunctioning. The first couple of times it was just bulbs. These repairs were expensive because it was difficult to remove the dashboard to get at the display.  One day I got a check engine light and brought the car into Klaus. He connected his diagnostic...

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