Gun Control, Parks and Recreation, Hack, The Bible, and Monday Madness

Gun Control - The gun buyback program is a great success in Chicago!

"Parks and Recreation" and "Hack" - Laura and I enjoy watching commercial-free television series on Netflix and Amazon. All episodes of the programs we choose to watch are generally available, making it an enjoyable process to watch an entire series of episodes at whatever pace we choose. Because there are no commercials, half-hour programs become 21-23 minutes, and hour-long programs become 41-43 minutes. Generally, we have a comedy and a drama that we watch—alternating between the two depending upon our mood.

Currently, we are watching the comedy series, "Parks and Recreation." Parks and Recreation is an American comedy television series on the NBC television network, starring Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope, a perky, mid-level bureaucrat in the parks department of Pawnee, a fictional town in Indiana. It was conceived by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and debuted on April 9, 2009. Currently in its fifth season, it uses a single-camera, mockumentary filming style, with the implication being that a documentary crew is filming everyone.

We are also watching the dramatic series, "Hack." When corruption charges strip him of his job, his family and his pride, former cop Mike Olshansky (David Morse) forges a new identity as a Philadelphia cab driver, patrolling the city as a roving vigilante who works with local police.

"The Bible" - We generally do not buy DVDs, since we have access to thousands of movies and television programs via instant streaming from Netflix and Amazon. An exception to this, however, was our purchase of "The Bible." "The Bible" is a television miniseries based on the Bible. It is produced by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett and was broadcast weekly between March 3 and March 31, 2013 on History Channel. Burnett considers the scripted 10-hour series to be the "most important" project he has undertaken. The project was conceived by Burnett and Downey, who are married, after watching Cecil B. DeMille's version of The Ten Commandments for the first time since childhood. The series is Mark Burnett's first scripted project. In addition to Burnett and Downey, executive producers include Richard Bedser and History's Dirk Hoogstra and Julian P. Hobbs.

Monday Madness - It is time to relax and enjoy the morning!

Fighting Back, Bible Proof, -and- Lost in Space

Fighting Back - 75-year-old man tackles 230-pound thief
Bible Proof - archaeologists discover seals from Kingdom of Judah
Lost in Space - $273 million global-warming satellite goes missing, crashes

On this day in history: February 24, 1868 - President Andrew Johnson impeached for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. There are no other presidential impeachments until Clinton's in 1998.

Born on this day in history: February 24, 1955 - Steven Jobs (1955 - ) Born in San Francisco, CA, computer inventor and entrepreneur Steve Jobs and ex-Hewlett-Packard engineer Stephen Wozniak (1950? ) founded Apple Computer in a garage in 1976. Their brainchild, the Apple II computer (1977), helped to launch the personal computer revolution.

Scripture of the Day: The LORD will fulfill [his purpose] for me; your love, O LORD, endures forever—do not abandon the works of your hands. — Psalm 138:8

Video of the Day: No God in School - This is a must-see video! - submitted by Don.

Imagine my surprise when I saw the enormous rainbow trout caught in the lake behind my office! Click to enlarge.

Recommended New Site: Ishi Archery Club I just completed the construction of this new site and invite all to visit and see what the club offers!

The Weather: The sun is shining brightly, the sky is blue and clear, there is but a gentle breeze, and the birds are singing loudly and with great abandon. This shall be a glorious day—made all the better by the charring of animal flesh upon the grill this evening!

I had intended to grill the gigantic London broil that sat—wonderfully dry-rubbed—in our refrigerator last evening. The rain was very, very light and did not impede me in the matter at all. The wind, however, was fierce! I have not seen any official reports, yet I estimate the wind at well beyond 75 MPH! The large, heavy trash container that I pushed to the alley behind my office yesterday morning was emptied by Waste Management in the early afternoon. I heard the rumbling of the large truck and the subsequent sounds of it emptying my trash container but decided to wait until such time as I was leaving for the day to return the container to its station behind my office. At 4 PM, when I exited my office, I saw that the wind had borne the container across the alley and well into the parking area on the other side of the alley! I have never encountered such a wind in this area previously!

The wind howled throughout the night and was howling yet when I went abed. I am certain you can well imagine my glee upon arising this morning and finding that the wind had departed!