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Oh look, Chicken Thursday.

Just over 3 weeks ago, when we were all really distracted by another news story on January 6th, an event took place that demands Chicken Thursday attention. So today is the day.

Two chickens were reported to be harassing customers outside of a New Jersey McDonalds. They were even pecking at car tires in the parking lot!

While this was annoying for many, and probably scary for a few, can you really blame these birds for trying to rescue their kin or at least get some of their "nuggets" back? I mean, wouldn't you want someone to show up and make a fuss outside of the Soylent Green factory if you were inside? Maybe all they were doing was trying to get everyone to realize that, "Chicken Nuggets are chickens!"

It's not all bad news, though. Through my backchannel chicken contacts I have learned that these chickens both received pardons . . . .of sorts, as in, "Pardon me, would you pass the dipping sauce."

wpst.com/chickens-wreak-havoc-on-customers-in-a-new-jersey-mcdonalds/

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing.

~ Pastor Tim

Pastor "Attacked" in ChurchSunday greetings everyone!

You may have noticed that when one of you shares something with me, which I turn around and share here, I usually change your first name or last name to an initial when giving credit. I do this primarily for privacy reasons, and also because I know most people don't want to be publicly associated with me.

But today, I'm going to mention Cybersaltine, Pastor Phil White, fully by name because he deserves our support after sending this video of him being "attacked" in church - and his  name also fully appears in the video, so duh!

Now, for those of you who are squeamish, don't worry, the video is not graphic. And to tell the truth, it seems like Phil enjoyed this attack. He actually seems kind of desperate for any kind of attention or activity in his sanctuary.

The way he handled this situation makes me wish I could visit his church. I like to think that if I did, he would invite me back to his house for lunch afterwards for a time of good food and company - during which I would excuse myself and sneak into his closet and steal some of his killer ties! Seriously, check out some of his other videos because he's got the tie thing down!

Click here to watch the video.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Oh look, Chicken Thursday.

Today's date is very lean in it's use of numbers - namely 0, 1, and 2. It is 21/01/2021. In military time, this evening at 21 seconds after 9:21pm it will be 21:21:21 21/01/2021!

Speaking of 21's, thanks to Cybersaltine Greg M. for pointing out that I was still using the year "2020" in the Cybersalt News title. It's not that I was trying to live in the past (even though January 2020 was a great month for me with a trip to Spain, Gibraltar, and Jersey.)

Rather, for the last 51 weeks of the each year, I start a new news item by making a copy of the previous Thursday or Sunday's article. That's 102 repeats, which form quite a habit to suddenly notice with all the busyness and changes that come with the first week of a new year.

And as any of us who have been nuns knows, some habits are very hard to get out of. I know that's a real groaner, so I'm going to 23 skiddoo!

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing.

~ Pastor Tim

Sunday greetings everyone!

I visited my friend's farm, yesterday, to fix one of his computers. After all the bits were once again "biting" and the bytes were once again "byting," we spent some time outside in his yard catching up on things. While we talked I enjoyed the chickens, dogs, and sheep which were milling about after following him down the hill from the barn. They were totally at peace around him.

Brian doesn't usually have sheep on his farm so after a while I figured it was a good time to get closer to them and check them out. However, after taking one little step towards them it was clear they weren't as fascinated with me as I was with them and they moved away - and at a good pace I might add.

Although I was disappointed to not be able to get closer, I certainly wasn't hurt or mad because they spend much more time with Brian and know him. Also, one of the many things I learned in my 28 years of pastoring local churches is that at any time sheep will just move on because I took a little step they didn't like. So this wasn't my first rodeo (if you catch my drift.)

Of course, the irony is that it is Brian who is going to kill them one by one and feed them to his family. Maybe I will ask Brian to let me know when he's going to kill the next one so I can be there and when the bellwether moment of clarity comes I can say, "How do you like me now?!!"

Like I said, lol, this wasn't my first rodeo.

Today's video share features two different creatures of timidity: a deer and a harpist.
Click here to watch the video.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim