Mathew 14
14:1	At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
14:2	And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
14:3	For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
14:4	For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
14:5	And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
14:6	But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
14:7	Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
14:8	And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
14:9	And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
14:10	And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
14:11	And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.
14:12	And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.
14:13	When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
14:14	And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
14:15	And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
14:16	But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
14:17	And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
14:18	He said, Bring them hither to me.
14:19	And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude
14:20	And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full
14:21	And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.
14:22	And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
14:23	And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
14:24	But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.
14:25	And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.
14:26	And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
14:27	But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
14:28	And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
14:29	And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
14:30	But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
14:31	And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
14:32	And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
14:33	Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
14:34	And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.
14:35	And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
14:36	And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
Holy Bible King James Version

For a hundred and fifty bucks you would think that the crooks at Logitech could do a WHOLE lot better than this piss poor example of a backlit mechanical keyboard.

This Logitech MX Mechanical Keyboard is a lousy, faulty piece of technological junk which will log you out of your computer if you touch it wrong, stop it's totally inadequate backlighting at the most inopportune random moments, and is generally a failure of anything and everything a computer professional would value in an over priced piece of shoddy electronics. Boo !
 

I bought one for my elderly mother thinking it would help her and all it did was make her computer experience insufferable. I don't take kindly to these sort of experiences when it comes to my mother. As a matter of fact, I'm downright evil towards perpetrators in this regard ...

I took it home from her house to test it out and now I'm swearing off all logitech products as well as Office Depot where I bought this piece of utterly infuriating junk.

There are consequences in taking the public for a ride down the path of inferiority. If your stupid buyers can't procure good equipment they need to leave the business. There formerly was a lot of money being spent on both logitech and office depot merchandise.

The gravy train is over.
 

Mammy likes Fig Newtons.

She enjoys them with her morning coffee and as a periodic snack.

We typically keep them well stocked — by the case in her home.

That's 36 fig bars per package for a total of 108 servings in a box ... and she's about due for another of these in the immediate future.

Contrary to what Nabisco might say, the Fig Newton is not really a cookie. It is cake wrapped around a fruit center. This would make it a pastry. I think they choose a more main stream name for marketing purposes.

Also, the new age version of the "fig" newton finds a variety of fruit fillings available. Being the Fig Newton purists that we are ...

We prefer the original version.

They have been enjoyed by people since the 19th century when doctors started to promote an increase in dietary fruit to aid digestion.

The name has evolved from "fig roll" to "fig newton" as the result of Nabisco acquiring it as a product for sale.

Regardless, I enjoy them myself so mom and I will likely continue to consume them more or less often as our tastes dictate.

January 16 is National Fig Newton Day. It is an opportune moment to get out and enjoy these pastries for yourself.

Happy National Fig Newton Day.
 

I'm afraid my organization skills have been somewhat lacking for as long as I can remember.

I used to shrug it off by saying "a cluttered desk is the sign of a genius" ...

But seriously I have attempted improvement in this area over the years largely to no avail.

Today is Organize Your Home Day. This year it happens on January 14th.

It is the time to get inventoried and indexed and arranged as best you can.

Of late, I am one to donate old stuff to the local charities.

I once gave exclusively to Goodwill til they devolved into this utterly slack entity not even bothering to come to the door under the portico and take may donations anymore.

Nowadays I donate to His House. Primarily because they have someone on site to take care of business ... unlike the slacker Goodwill Industries.

Anymore I believe in tossing things I no longer need as well.

This is a function of those criticisms from my niece Rebecca who dared call me a packrat to my face.

Suffice it to say that though I am "neater" than I was there remains a long way to go.