A random thread of absolute randomness...

[kejedo]

Questions from smarter than a fifth grader are not usually covered by fifth grade,

Ex:Which direction does the sun rise? — East

My answer would be that the sun does not revolve around the earth, therefore does not rise.

[kejedo]

Every letter c in Pacific Ocean is a different sound.

 

OUGH can have numerous sounds when pronounced 

• /uff/ - 'rough', 'tough'
• /off/ - 'cough', 'trough.
• /or/ - 'bought', 'ought'
• /ow/ - 'plough', 'bough'
• /oa/ - 'though', 'dough'
• /ew/ - 'through'

Consider this sentence:

I thought the plough was rough, but enough bought by that trough made me cough

Edited 6 hours ago by kejedo

[just1-4all]

49 minutes ago, kejedo said:

The term gaslighting is from the 1944 film Gaslight and became popular some 70 years later, possibly thru online eposure. Some mental health experts have expressed concern that the term has been used too broadly. In 2022, The Washington Post described it as an example of therapy speak, arguing it had become a buzzword improperly used to describe ordinary disagreements. I am annoyed by  people (with no training) overlabeling others. 

Likewise, I believe the label "Passive-Aggressive" is similarly fallen out of favor with the psychologist experts.

[kejedo]

Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587; date of death unknown) was the first English child born in an American English colony. She may be the oldest mystery on this continent, although some guesses put her death at 1561

Edited 6 hours ago by kejedo

[just1-4all]

2 minutes ago, kejedo said:

Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587; date of death unknown) was the first English child born in an American English colony. She may be the oldest mystery on this continent, although some guesses put her death at 1561

All such mysteries—even seemingly trivial ones—will be answered in the resurrection (Jehovah-permitting) in the New World to come! 🙂

[just1-4all]

I had an argument with someone (well, "argument" is a strong word ... we had a strong disagreement) who was convinced Charles Lindberg staged his own child's kidnapping and ...well, you know the rest.

 

I engaged with this person on the topic as I shared with him that I had just finished reading a biography on Lindberg. A chapter or two covered this part of this life, laying out some pretty convincing evidence it was not a staged kidnapping for ... fill in the blank ___________ ... Lindberg's own profit?

 

Another future mystery likely to be solved (potentially) in the New System. 🧐

[kejedo]

naught means nothing, so saying someone is naughty also means nothing

[kejedo]

People use the word procrastinate to mean lazy, delaying. I consider myself an anti-crastinator, just delaying, but not lazy about it.

[dljbsp]

3 hours ago, kejedo said:

The term gaslighting

The term gaslighting came from a play written by Patrick Hamilton in 1938 and was used notably in the U.S. version of the 1944 film. Gaslighting means when someone manipulates another person into doubting their own perception of reality, memory, or judgment. It does not mean being ignored. That is why therapists dislike its incorrect use.

 

True gaslighting is recognized in some U.S. states such as California, Connecticut, and New York in cases of domestic abuse or coercive control, but not on its own.

 

As Jehovah requires honesty and hates lying and emotional harm, Bible principles would guide us to avoid being involved in the true definition of gaslighting.

 

Scriptures: Proverbs 6:16-19; Zechariah 8:16; Ephesians 4:25; John 8:44.

 

[kejedo]

Virginia Dare was part of the lost colony of Roanoke, itself often referred to as the longest unsolved mystery in the US

[kejedo]

Australia's platypus, the world'd only monotremeis an egg laying bmammal, and always duck-billed/

[dljbsp]

3 hours ago, kejedo said:

Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587; date of death unknown) was the first English child born in an American English colony. She may be the oldest mystery on this continent, although some guesses put her death at 1561

How is it that she died before she was born?

[dljbsp]

7 minutes ago, kejedo said:

Australia's platypus, the world'd only monotremeis an egg laying bmammal, and always duck-billed

They are not the only egg laying mammal.

echidnas, of which there are four different species also lay eggs

[dljbsp]

Picture this: tucked away in a desert cave near Qumran, someone laid aside a fragile scroll almost 2,000 years ago. Sand blew, empires toppled, shepherd boys wandered—but that little roll of parchment stayed put. When modern eyes finally cracked it open, what did they find? The words of Habakkuk, echoing across centuries. It wasn’t just his short prophecy; it came with commentary, like margin notes written for an ancient audience. The people back then were trying to make sense of their world, just as we do—reading Habakkuk’s warning, comparing it to their own enemies, and scribbling down connections.

 

Here’s the kicker: Habakkuk himself had wrestled with why God allows injustice. “How long, O Jehovah, must I cry for help?” he asked (Habakkuk 1:2, NWT). And yet the copyists of Qumran weren’t just reading that question; they were applying it in real time. They believed the Babylon of their day had a face—Rome, corrupt priests, power gone sour. So they wrote, “This is talking about our enemies now.” And in a sense, they weren’t wrong. Habakkuk’s words were alive enough to stand up and walk into their century.

 

That’s the lesson we often miss: Bible prophecy isn’t a museum fossil you look at behind glass—it’s a living tool Jehovah designed to speak fresh into every generation. The Qumran scribes didn’t realize that their little parchment, abandoned in a cave, would itself become proof centuries later that God’s Word cannot be silenced. Habakkuk cried out, they commented, and now we hold both in our hands. The question is—are we content to admire the survival of the scroll, or are we letting the message “the righteous one will live by his faith” (Habakkuk 2:4, NWT) push us to wrestle honestly with our own trials today?