Cybersalt News

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

Grandma Cybersalt and I had such a good time these past few days. A couple of friends from college flew in last Thursday and headed home Tuesday morning, and we packed every day full of catching up — we’ve known this couple almost 40 years now. We got to show them some of our favourite spots around southern Vancouver Island, and one of the highlights was an excursion out whale watching where we saw humpbacks feeding right at the surface. But honestly, what I’ll remember most is the games and the visiting and the carrying on around the kitchen table. I can’t remember the last time I laughed that hard.

Today’s video share is a little different from the usual. I make a lot of videos on my YouTube channel teaching people how to make web pages, but every now and then someone wants to make a video with me — which is what happened a couple of weeks ago when Alan James interviewed me for about two hours. We talked about web pages, artificial intelligence, and a whole lot of things in between. If any of that interests you, you might want to give it a watch. And if it doesn’t... well, put it on quietly when you’re trying to fall asleep tonight, and I’m sure it’ll serve a purpose that way too.
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Enjoy the rest of today’s Digest.

~ Pastor Tim

Greetings everyone!

Grandma Cybersalt and I are having a great visit this week with our friends Rob and Shelly — friends from our college days. There's something wonderful about the kind of friendship where you can just pick right up exactly where you left off, whether the last time you saw each other was last week or a good number of years ago. We've been having so many good times together, and I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.

Today's video share is from Ukraine's Virsky Ensemble — and just when I thought I was getting the flexibility back in my arm and shoulder, I watched this and realized I've got a ways to go!
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.

~ Pastor Tim

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

In local Cybersalt news, there has been talk for a while now about putting a dog park in the empty grassy field next to Cybersalt World Headquarters, and last night while I was online I saw a picture of the plans on Facebook. My neighbourhood is officially going to the dogs.

Susan and I have lived next to that empty lot for all 30 years we have been here. At first it was forested, and then the gravel pit company that owned the land wanted to take out more gravel, so they logged it. What was left turned into a really nice grassland area — and it was fun to watch the little critters, especially the birds, change as the environment changed around them.

Part of me would have preferred the field stay empty and natural the way it has been. But I have lived in community with people for many, many years and I get it — a lot of my neighbours and fellow citizens are going to really enjoy that space. So good for them.

Today's video share is an oldie but a goodie — one of the earlier viral videos of the Internet. I apologize in advance, especially if you end up singing this song in your head for the rest of the day.
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.

~ Pastor Tim

Sunday greetings everyone!

As you probably remember, a week ago I drove the pickup over to drop off a load of branches and yard waste — and couldn't unload any of it because the tailgate refused to come down. Today Grandma Cybersalt and I drove back over, and the gate behaved itself. The brush and yard waste are finally out of the truck. I did give the mechanism a generous shot of WD-40 between trips, so that may have made the difference. Then again, it might just be that the truck was afraid to misbehave with Susan around. Either way, I'll take it.

Today's video share is about a rare micro blue moon that's happening tonight — and as the saying goes, this is a chance you only get once in a blue moon. If the sky is clear where you are, step outside and look up.
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Enjoy the rest of today's Digest.

~ Pastor Tim