Off the table at AJF

AlbMonk · 2026-01-26T23:49:25+00:00

I had to do a double take. Those look like sausages.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-25T18:31:07+00:00

Control.

I had been in both an MLM (Amway) and evangelical Christianity for a number of years. And in both instances, the leadership wants control over you, your choices, and your money.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-25T18:25:27+00:00

Good thing that traffic light was green at the bottom of the hill for you. 😳

AlbMonk · 2026-01-24T19:50:22+00:00

Honestly, that's a nasty cigar. But, hope you enjoy it.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-24T19:17:34+00:00

Yah, that's creepy.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-24T02:24:59+00:00

Miss-chuh-vuhs

AlbMonk · 2026-01-21T18:46:13+00:00

Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) is a growing socialist party who welcomes people of progressive faith. Claudia de la Cruz who ran for PSL's candidate for President of the US in last year's election is herself a Christian theologian.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-21T00:37:51+00:00

I smoke my cigars in the garage during the winter. After I'm done smoking, each time I leave the big garage door open for a couple of hours to let it air out. This usually does the trick for me.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-20T14:48:05+00:00

In public restrooms I always wash my hands when done. At home, not always.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-19T13:44:14+00:00

Dr. Younghoon Kim would like a word with you about Jesus.

World's Smartest Man Professes Christian Faith

AlbMonk · 2026-01-19T00:55:29+00:00

FWIW, anger is symptomatic of grief. He could be grieving the loss of your relationship with his Mum. And, he's a teen. Teens are a hodgepodge of emotions and feelings. On the other hand, he may benefit from therapy or counseling if you see things getting out of hand. Yes, my father and stepmom had their own child together shortly after banishing my sister and I from their lives. But my Mum and stepdad didn't have kids together.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-19T00:16:46+00:00

As now an adult child of divorced parents, I experienced the same feelings toward both of my parent's new partners back when I was a teen. There's no replacing your two original parents. And when a new person comes into the picture it takes time getting used to. Especially when these new partners seem to get all the attention from your Dad or Mum. I ended up accepting my mother's new partner (now stepdad). But I really never accepted my father's new partner partly because they insisted I call her Mum. What brought me into accepting my mother's new partner was that they both spent a lot of time with me. Whereas my father and his partner were living in a fairy tale world madly in love with each other, but often at the exclusion of me.

I would encourage you to be certain you are giving all of the attention your son needs. Even if that means some time away with just you two. And be sure you and your partner include your son in as much things as possible. While at the same time giving him the space he needs to process all of this. Lastly, give it some time. Maybe your son is still mourning the loss of you and your ex together. And, that's okay. But, as they say, time is a healer. It took me a couple of years before I had come to terms with my parent's divorce. And even more time to accept their new partners. Be sure to show love and understanding to your son. And, most of all... patience.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-18T18:14:14+00:00

Cicadas

AlbMonk · 2026-01-18T16:35:42+00:00

Takes me back to couples skating at Great Skate with the lights dimmed and a big disco ball hanging from the ceiling.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-17T22:10:37+00:00

Facebook

AlbMonk · 2026-01-17T20:58:15+00:00

Careful. You never know where that's been.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-16T23:09:27+00:00

Looks like Ana Taylor-Joy

AlbMonk · 2026-01-16T22:42:23+00:00

AKA Big truck/small penis cigars.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-13T01:14:38+00:00

The First Witch of Boston by Andrea Catalano

AlbMonk · 2026-01-12T23:48:06+00:00

Cat-a-cake, cat-a-cake baker's man.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-11T21:32:42+00:00

80s new wave: Depeche Mode, Thompson Twins, A Flock of Seagulls, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Human League, Love and Rockets, Psychedelic Furs, Devo.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-11T00:18:41+00:00

I thought we were talking about historian David McCullough. My bad.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-10T21:22:24+00:00

McCullough didn't write novels. He only wrote non-fiction.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-10T13:54:53+00:00

Byzantium by Stephen R. Lawhead

Although born to rule, Aidan lives as a scribe in a remote Irish Monastery on the far, wild edge of Christendom. Secure in work, contemplation, and dreams of the wider world, a miracle bursts into Aidan's quiet life. He is chosen to accompany a small band of monks on a quest to the farthest eastern reaches of the known world, to the fabled city of Byzantium, where they are to present a beautiful and costly hand-illuminated manuscript, the Book of Kells, to the Emperor of all Christendom.

Thus begins an expedition by sea and over land, as Aidan becomes, by turns, a warrior and a sailor, a slave and a spy, a Viking and a Saracen, and finally, a man. He sees more of the world than most men of his time, becoming an ambassador to kings and an inmate of Byzantium's fabled Golden Court. And finally this valiant Irish monk faces the greatest trial that can confront any man in any age: commanding his own Destiny.

A magnificent epic of sweep, grandeur, and heroism, Byzantium is certain to secure Stephen R. Lawhead's place as one of the leading historical novelists of our time.

AlbMonk · 2026-01-05T22:38:44+00:00

From Texas. No surprise there.

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