Periodic ramblings of whatnot and whatever. Sunday, April 20, 2008. Reverend Larry Benton Gatlin, 71, died Monday, March 17, 2008, in Oklahoma City. Father Gatlin was born on November 22, 1936 in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Sunday, February 23, 2014. Saturday, February 22, 2014. The final hours of my 35th year, and what am I doing? Reading. And, honestly what else would you expect me to be doing? Because, damn skippy, that happened, too. Monday, February 17, 2014.

Mediocrity spills its guts on the web. The extraordinary malaise of Mr Moat. I would be hard pushed to escape opinions on Raoul Moat as they have clogged my inbox and mail sack and assaulted me from every angle since this desperate individual shot his ex-partner, her new man and an unarmed policeman a little under two weeks ago.

Thursday, March 1, 2012. Have you ever had one of those periods in life where you wonder just what lesson you were meant to learn? I realize in difficult times I tend to lean more on God, which is certainly a faith builder. I guess maybe we all do that to an extent. Where would we be without the struggles of this life? Links to this post.