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I copied the original WTL library icon. When it was replaced by the update/upgrade, I just used Windows property manager to allow me to change the icon back to the original one. wtl icon.ico

Here is some video footage when Jordan was in our junior grade football

Moreless you can say that they are both "Rugby" if you are looking from an "outsiders" perspective. Here is a link to a wiki page where it discusses what the differences and enmity between the two codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_rugby_league_and_rugby_union However, to those who actually follow either "Rugby" code, it is considered offensive when you call Rugby League "Rugby", as Rugby Union is called "Rugby" or "Union" for short. Rugby League is always called as "Rugby League" (if you are either Australian, New Zealander, or British), or "Footy" (if you are from the states of NSW or QLD in Australia), but never does it get called "Rugby".

It is now the time of year where we get to play with matches. 🤩 20260406_054951.mp4

The last study edition in both WT Libs is April and the last MWB in both WT Libs is May.

There are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that know binary and those that don't.

Here is a coupe of pictures of the painting work that was done last month. New colour from light grey to hammer finish charcoal. Chair rows instead the spray booth. Close up of the hammer finish paint. Sample of original chair cushion back and original timber armrest. We have been meeting back in our Kingdom Hall a week before the Memorial, and I have yet to take any pictues of what it now looks inside the hall, but here is a link to some pictures of our old interior.

NATO is an alliance between the King of the South and other members. Both those Watchtowers refer to NATO as an alliance led by the King of the South.

By this i think we will only get 2 eps next year

Interesting....

2023: Read Daniel 11:40. Daniel chapter 11 speaks of two kings, or political powers, who struggle with each other for world domination. By comparing this prophecy with others in the Bible, we can identify “the king of the north” as Russia and its allies and “the king of the south” as the Anglo-American World Power. https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2023521#h=24 2025: Our understanding of Bible prophecy can move us to preach with zeal. We know that the time left for this system is short. We recognize that current events and the attitude of people today reflect what the Bible foretold would mark the last days. We perceive how the rivalry between the Anglo-American World Power and Russia and its allies fulfills the prophecy about the king of the south and the king of the north “in the time of the end.” (Dan. 11:40) https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/2025322#h=17 Yes, they use NATO, but the Watchtower didn't update that the KoS is the Anglo-American World Power.

I downloaded WTL from the CD, not JW.org. This new image might only be available if you downloaded WTL from JW.org Do you have the June Study Watchtower or the July-August MWB?

There’s something solid about that question. Not just what it says — but who asked it. Abraham wasn’t challenging Jehovah. He was reaching for Him — trying to understand Him, trying to align his thinking with what he already knew to be true.

Sometimes I think we reduce animals in our minds. We take one obvious feature and let that stand for the whole creature. Rabbit? Big ears. And yes, that makes sense at first. Rabbits are known for their ears. But the moment you look more closely, that quick definition starts to fall apart. They all have ears, yes, but not all of them have the kind of dramatic ears people picture right away. That matters, because it reminds us of something simple and beautiful: Jehovah does not make copies. He makes families with resemblance, but not sameness. That becomes even clearer when you bring hares into the picture. Rabbits and hares are often treated as though they are basically the same animal, but they are not. They belong to the same family, yet they are shaped with different emphasis. Hares tend to look more stretched out — longer legs, usually longer ears, more openly built for speed. Rabbits often seem more tucked in somehow, more fitted for hiding, more fitted for disappearing. Even their young begin life differently. Baby rabbits are born helpless — blind, hairless, and needing protection at once. Baby hares come furred, open-eyed, and far more ready. That is not a small difference. It is another reminder that Jehovah did not make one pattern and stamp it over everything. He varied it. He adjusted it. He gave one kind what suited one way of living, and another kind what suited another. That is part of what makes creation feel alive instead of manufactured. It is not just that things work. It is that they work in distinct ways. You can feel intention in it. And then there is the face. That is really where this whole thought starts to deepen. A rabbit’s face is so familiar that it is easy to stop seeing it. We recognize it too quickly. The twitching nose. The whiskers. The front teeth. The split upper lip. Our mind says rabbit and moves on. But recognizing something is not the same as noticing it. That split upper lip is one example. Someone unfamiliar with rabbits might almost mistake it for a defect, but it is not. It belongs there. It is normal rabbit design. And once you realize that, the next question almost asks itself: why this shape? Why this little divided upper lip? The answer becomes more interesting the longer you stay with it. The lip is not just a feature sitting there by itself. It is part of a whole sensory and feeding arrangement. The whiskers are there. The active nose is there. The incisors are there. The split lip is there. Everything is gathered right at the front because that is where the rabbit meets the world. That thought stays with me: the rabbit meets the world with its face. Not with one sense at a time, but with several working together. The whiskers sense. The nose stays in motion. The mouth does more than bite — it selects, gathers, and trims. The incisors keep growing, which tells you that this whole arrangement is made for continual use. It is an active, coordinated front-end system. And that split upper lip is part of it, not incidental to it. There is something beautiful in realizing that what first looked like a tiny notch is actually connected to a whole way of living. It becomes even more striking when you learn that rabbits are not rodents but lagomorphs, and that behind their main upper incisors sits another small pair of teeth. Once again, the familiar creature turns out to be deeper than first glance suggested. What looked simple was not simple. What looked obvious was not exhausted by being recognized. The whiskers deepen that thought too. They are not ornament. They are touch. They are information. So now the rabbit’s face begins to come together in a fuller way: wide-placed eyes, ears receiving sound, whiskers sensing nearby space, the nose drawing in scent, the upper lip working with precision, the incisors ready. This is not a random collection of pleasant features. It is coordination. It is concentrated awareness. And maybe that is one reason the rabbit’s softness can mislead us. Soft is not the same as simple. Gentle-looking is not the same as basic. The rabbit does look soft. It does look gentle. But inside that gentleness is exactness. Inside that softness is precision. Jehovah did not choose between making it appealing and making it capable. He did both. We are often the ones who separate beauty from function. Jehovah does not. He makes things beautiful in the way they function, and functional in a way that adds to their beauty. That little split upper lip keeps drawing the eye back because it seems small until you realize it belongs to something larger than itself. It is one visible part of a whole arrangement. And that seems to be true in creation again and again. You notice one edge of something, one little feature, and if you stay with it long enough it starts leading you into the wisdom behind it. That makes Job 12:7 feel especially fitting here. “Ask, please, the animals, and they will instruct you.” The rabbit does that quietly. It corrects first impressions. It slows you down. It makes you look again. It teaches that living things should not be reduced to their most obvious feature. It teaches that family resemblance does not mean sameness. It teaches that something small may carry much more meaning than we first assume. And it teaches that Jehovah’s wisdom is often resting in plain sight, waiting for patient eyes. So the rabbit’s face is not just cute — though it is. It is not just familiar. It is not just soft. It is a sensing arrangement, a feeding arrangement, an alert arrangement. It is one of those places in creation where a person may smile first, then grow quiet. Because now you are not only looking at a rabbit. You are looking at thought. Jehovah’s thought. Can any one small glimpse really hold all the wisdom Jehovah has woven into even one creature? And we have not even gone down the rabbit hole yet — because after the rabbit gathers its food, another wonder begins. © 2026 David Paull. Copyright is claimed in the original selection, arrangement, and expressive presentation of this blog and its images. Individual images retain their original ownership or licensing status.

I'm pretty sure I know how Jehovah feels about it, that's good enough for me. 😁

Trying to melt the cheese on the moon. 20260406_055816[2].mp4

No more corrupt politicians. I hope it will happen soon.

*** dp chap. 16 pp. 276-277 par. 15 The Contending Kings Near Their End *** 15 “In the time of the end the king of the south will engage with him in a pushing,” the angel told Daniel. (Daniel 11:40a) Has the king of the south ‘pushed’ the king of the north during “the time of the end”? (Daniel 12:4, 9) Yes, indeed. After the first world war, the punitive peace treaty imposed upon the then king of the north—Germany—was surely “a pushing,” an incitement to retaliation. After his victory in the second world war, the king of the south targeted fearsome nuclear weapons on his rival and organized against him a powerful military alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Concerning NATO’s function, a British historian says: “It was the prime instrument for the ‘containment’ of the USSR, which was now perceived as the principal threat to European peace. Its mission lasted for 40 years, and was carried out with indisputable success.” As the years of the Cold War went by, the “pushing” by the king of the south included high-tech espionage as well as diplomatic and military offensives. https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=1101999036&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=21 *** w20 May p. 13 par. 6 Who Is “the King of the North” Today? *** 6 The king of the north and the king of the south continue to compete for world domination. For example, consider what happened after World War II when the Soviet Union and its allies gained influence over much of Europe. The actions of the king of the north forced the king of the south to form an international military alliance, known as NATO. The king of the north continues to compete with the king of the south in an expensive arms race. The king of the north fought his rival in proxy wars and insurgencies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In recent years, Russia and its allies have spread their influence across the globe. They have also engaged with the king of the south in cyber warfare. The kings have accused each other of using destructive computer programs in an effort to damage their economies and political systems. And as foretold by Daniel, the king of the north continues his attack on God’s people.—Dan. 11:41. https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=2020401&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=13

I wish I could remain single but my body keeps warning me to get a mate. Could this be how Adam felt that a soulmate was made for him? 🤔

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Timely!

Btw.. hows the economy in your country?.. some bros in my country have stopped working already. They're public transpo driver... And economy is slowing down.

The jw.org banner is "No More Corrupt Politicians!" That wraps it up nicely without being specific.

Tuesday, April 14 Will the Judge of all the earth not do what is right?—Gen. 18:25. A person’s eternal future does not depend on when he happens to die. Jehovah is the perfect Judge—he renders just and righteous decisions. (Ps. 33:4, 5) We can be confident that “the Judge of all the earth” will do what is right. It is also reasonable to conclude that a person’s eternal future does not depend on where he happens to live. It is unthinkable that Jehovah would automatically label as “goats” millions of people who live in lands where they never had an opportunity to respond to the Kingdom message. (Matt. 25:46) The righteous Judge of all the earth cares even more about these individuals than we ever could. We do not know how Jehovah will maneuver events during the great tribulation. Perhaps some of these people will have an opportunity to learn about Jehovah, put faith in him, and take their stand on Jehovah’s side when he sanctifies himself before all nations.—Ezek. 38:16. w24.05 12 ¶14-15