Abigail Sailors: Cracker Barrel waitress's prayers answered with customer's tip

I'm going to confess to something, dear readers.  I admit that things in my personal life lately have been more than a little rough. I'm also going to admit that I'm now greatly ashamed at how I've looked more to what I've lost instead of to what God has... and what God is still... given me. The low temperature this morning was 4 degrees Fahrenheit.  As of this...

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Peter Capaldi's first full day as the Doctor...

More than any other Doctor previous, it seems like there was no initial "sinking-in" period when Peter Capaldi made the transition from Matt Smith during "The Time of the Doctor" almost two weeks ago.  Maybe it had to do with how the Twelfth Doctor flashed into existence instantaneously before our eyes, rather than have a lengthy regeneration sequence.  One moment...

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"Winter is coming"

Actually, scratch that... because winter is here, bay-bee!!!! Freezing records getting shattered all over the country today.  Here in North Carolina we're set to have a morning temperature of 4 Fahrenheit two days from now.  Even so, we're much warmer than our friends in the north. Let's hope the Wall hasn't been breached. 'Cuz if you thought illegals coming...

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William Overstreet Jr. passes away at the age of 92

This is a photo of William Overstreet Jr. of Roanoke, Virginia, taken in recent years: Photo Credit: The Roanoke Times Mr. Overstreet passed away this past Sunday afternoon.  He was 92, and one of the most decorated airmen of World War II. This is a photo of Bill Overstreet when he served in the Army Air Force during the war: And this is the maneuver that forever...

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North Carolina town councilman tenders resignation... in Klingon

Gowron, not David Waddell (but Gowron should have resigned too, when you think about it...) That does it: if I ever run for office again and win, I'm going to give my acceptance speech in High-Elvish Sindarin! Indian Trail is a nice town near Charlotte here in North Carolina.  And one of its city councilmmembers - one David Waddell - had decided that "enough was enough"...

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It's The Knight Shift's 10th Anniversary!! AND it's Post #5,000!!

In the beginning... Friday, January 02, 2004 Here we go, fast and furious... I made an attempt to start a blog in March of last year. And it woulda been a fun thing to have done last year, had real-life situations not taken precedence. In a nutshell, 2003 was one major fiasco after another. But God brought us through, none the worse for wear and maybe a little...

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Just finished watching the new SHERLOCK!

It's "The Empty Hearse", and it's the first new episode in almost two years. And it is bloody, gob-smackingly brilliant!! This is television of the highest calibre. Better than most big-budget films at the cinema, definitely. Okay, I'm gonna watch it again. After the work I pulled off today, I've earned the respite :-) (And maybe soon I'll afford myself time to finally watch this season of The Walking Dead.) Well done, Moffat and Gatiss and...

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Yay, I did it!

I got all the way to the end of 2013 without getting a single speeding ticket!! It's a record I shall try to maintain in 2014 ...

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Let's ring in the New Year with style!

It's none other than Grandpa Jones and his lovely wife Ramona doing something truly amazing with a whole bunch of cowbells... Dare I do it? Dare I?!? I can't resist... "I gotta fever!  And the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!"  If you don't know who Grandpa Jones was, you need some educatin' in the worst way!  Louis Marshall Jones was a longtime fixture...

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This year's DOCTOR WHO Christmas special: What DID Chris think of "The Time of the Doctor"?

I loved it!!  But first... If if was nothing else, it had to be said: 2013 was the Year of the Doctor. The anticipation for Doctor Who's fiftieth anniversary ramped up fast after the year began.  The coming of Jenna Coleman's Clara as a regular companion certainly started things off nice.  Some of the ensuing half-season was a little touch and go, but otherwise...

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Merry Christmas 2013

It occurred to me a few days ago that I had yet to post the traditional Christmas piece this year.  I don't have any particular reason why that shouldn't be done this year, except that in many ways this... well, it's not the usual Christmas for me. It was two years ago, three days after Christmas, that my mother passed away.  But it's only been in the past few weeks that I've let that sink in, found myself able to let go of lingering...

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THE TICK's very special Christmas episode!

I will go to my grave believing that the Nineties gave us the best television animated series that have ever been produced.  Think about it: Tiny Toons, Gargoyles, X-Men... and of course Batman: The Animated Series, a show that forever raised the bar and redefined what cartoons were capable of. But of all those shows and more, it's The Tick that holds the most special place in my heart from that era. Based on Ben Edlund's underground comic...

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All I intend to say about A&E firing Phil Robertson...

A&E fired the star of not just its #1-rated series, but the top-rated series in the history of cable television. That's not just shooting yourself in the foot; that's chainsawing your leg off at the hip. This will go down as the stoopidest move in television programming history.  He could have been less crass about it, but Robertson said nothing any more offensive than the vast majority of other series.  Based on Robertson's comments,...

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Car made out of LEGO bricks... and it's drivable!

Proving once again that LEGO building is more than aesthetic art but also fully functional, an Australian and Romanian duo has constructed a life-sized roadster out of the celebrated toy bricks. And it just doesn't sit there: you can drive it too! It's not all LEGO: though the company makes tiny rubber tires for the minifig-scale vehicles, it's yet to enter the market in...

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Okay, no more Doctor Who for awhile...

At least not until this year's Christmas special, "The Time of the Doctor".But after watching the fiftieth anniversary special "The Day of the Doctor" for the dozen-ish time, the part where Clara asked the Doctor about what his promise was kept resonating with me.  And since I'm up at a crazy hour working, I took a break and did this: For fifty years we have wanted to...

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The most bestest scene from "The Day of the Doctor"

"The Day of the Doctor" became a truly epic event: the kind of cultural milestone ranking up there with the premiere of Star Wars in 1977, Woodstock and the final episode of M*A*S*H.  The day after the fiftieth anniversary special of Doctor Who aired, Guinness certified it as the most-watched simulcast of a dramatic presentation ever. I purchased "The Day of the Doctor" from iTunes as soon as it was made available and have watched it all the...

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Broken

Three years ago I went through what I had thought - at the time - was the darkest, deepest abyss that a person could ever experience. It was a turmoil that I would never wish upon a worst enemy.It came about because my managing the bipolar brought me to a place where I could finally be aware of the very horrible things that I did. Because of bipolar disorder... but that's not an excuse for my actions. Like any other disease, a person has to take...

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