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Sunday greetings everyone!

The link to last week's video share was not totally obvious, so if you missed taking a flyby of Jupiter you can take it by clicking here.

This week's video share is a blast from my past - well, actually it's a wreck from my past.

I used to race at the local speedway where my nickname was the Pastor of Disaster. I raced in a couple of different classes, but my favourite was hit to pass demo trucks. In that class you aren't allowed to pass the truck in front of you without making some kind of "contact" with it. The "contact" can be bumping, spinning, flipping or a combination and while you are doing that to pass, the guy behind you has the same rule to pass you.

This video is of a big wreck I was involved in back in 2002. I'm driving the #61, blue, Ford f150 and yes, that's my rear end in the air when I hit the wall! You can watch it at this link.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

I have been blessed to be working with a business coach in recent weeks. I wasn't really looking for one, and had anyone asked if I needed to talk to one I might not have answered yes. Apparently, because of what seems like divinely organized circumstances, it would seem God noticed I needed help and skipped asking if I wanted or needed one and provide me one anyway.

Last Friday, during our time together, I was explaining to him about "Chicken Thursday" and how many people think of me when they see chickens and send then me chicken pictures, cartoons and stories. (BTW, in school there were a few kids that looked at me and saw a chicken.) The whole thing has become a lot of fun for me and it seems many of you enjoy it too.

Well, until today maybe, lol. This week D. McCordic (who hit a home run by sharing that Dave Coverly Cartoon a few weeks ago) emailed me and shared a link to what one might describe a "chicken video."

Before you watch it, I want to apologize for what this may do to your ears, your brain, and maybe even to your day. I put the blame fully on her for sending me something she knows full well I don't have the taste, discernment, or self control to not pass along.

I would also like to apologize to the Pachelbel family for taking part in the mauling of the beautiful musical piece their ancestor composed. Johann Pachelbel passed away at the age of 52 in early March of 1706. While I am sure many viewed his death as having come too soon, we now know it was a blessing that he was taken before he could hear this video. Surely, if he were alive today, he would want to shoot me out of a canon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khOfSVULtsU

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing! 

~ Pastor Tim

Sunday greetings everyone!

Thank you to Brian P. who alerted me to the source of the final item in last Chicken Thursday's "Homilies to Live By." It is originally from the 'Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy' series by Douglas Adams.

It's no secret that I enjoy seeing pictures of things in space. This week my video share is a NASA photo compilation of a flyby (I checked and it's not a bee-by) of Jupiter.

I recently learned that a day lasts 9 hours and 56 minutes on Jupiter. That means that with a circumference of 439,264 km, the outer "edge" of this gas giant is going at 44,221 kilometers per hour or 27,477 miles per hour! Of course, these are all my own rough calculations. Also, having never been there I had to calculate using information provided online. 

I am sure you won't be surprised to hear that my favorite thing about Jupiter is that it features has a huge storm in my favourite colour!

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing!

~ Pastor Tim

Oh look, Chicken Thursday!

There is often a chicken focus on Chicken Thursday but today I need to address a controversy which has arisen in the Cybersalt world. I'm talking about "beegate."

On Sunday I shared a picture I took of a bee on a sunflower in my backyard. However, Marvin P. emailed me and let me know that that was no bee, but rather it was "a syrphid fly (hover fly) to be exact." Then Andra D. emailed me and also pointed out that this was a fly and that it, like some other insects, was pretending to be a bee (or not a bee - that is the question) in order to deter potential predators.

Now, both Marvin and Andra were very kind in the way they corrected me so please, nobody rush out and burn their houses down. I know some of you are very protective of me but I'm OK.

I blame my parents for this whole mess. Obviously their telling me about the birds and the bees stopped well short of full disclosure. Sure, I got the part about a mommy and daddy having a special hug, but obviously they sent me out into the world on my own, ill-prepared for understanding important non-sexual aspects of it. I'm not bitter, though, because there are still things I haven't told them.

And don't worry, this mistake won't stop me from sharing pictures either. Here's one I took, earlier today, of a duck in a pond near our house.

Enjoy the rest of today's mailing! 

~ Pastor Tim