In no particular order:

  • I eventually need to get my sermon written for preaching on December 31st at Geneva Church of Christ.
  • I’ve received an exciting offer that I have confusing feelings about. I still said yes to it, though.
  • I didn’t realize the Census Bureau now has county profiles such as one for Ashtabula County.
  • The stats from Census about adults with disabilities in our county are disturbing. The overall picture of the county’s health situation seen in the PLACES visualization from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t look great either.
  • The worship planning meeting on Saturday morning has things mostly arranged to get us through the end of the year operationally.
    • We won’t be doing a Christmas Eve service this year
    • We won’t be doing a Christmas Day service this year
    • Easter is going to be at the end of March 2024 and that’ll be the next major service we end up planning
  • Petey is getting more stubborn on walks.
    • Petey is a stubborn chihuahua
    • The dog is my main walking partner
    • I think he’s expecting snow that hasn’t shown up yet
    • Walking on the old treadmill is boring
  • The marriage question keeps popping up
    • No, I don’t have a good answer as to why I am not married
    • The constant promotion of the “Marriage Pact” reality show is probably what prompted the asking of the questions
    • I’ve kinda given up looking for the time being as I still have interesting scary things to learn when I visit the doctor’s office each time I visit
  • I know not what 2024 brings
    • Anything can happen, really
    • I suspect there will be outbreaks of violence somewhere that will be election-related
    • We will quite probably all be learning the mechanics of the 12th Amendment next year as to what a “contingency election” looks like which hasn’t happened in this country since 1824
    • There will be separatists trying hard to crack the country up
    • “AI” is likely to go in weird directions
  • Christmas may be weird if I don’t finish a few things up