100 Days Streak – There was a time I lived in envy of the guys that posted every day. For years it was something I did not think I could ever do. There was also a time I could not preach a series of sermons but now those are my favorites. I spent nine months preaching through Romans. Maybe it’s the difference between being 35 and 50. Of course it’s all because of the Read the Bible series and some days it’s not easy. You can hear fireworks in the background as I recorded Leviticus 5 last night. I was able to edit out most of it out. What got cut sounds like I’m embedded with a sniper team somewhere taking fire.

It took me a while to get around to posting the Matthew blooper reel. I panicked one night when I thought I deleted it. At some point I may quit making these. I thought about not saving the cuts at all as I recorded Leviticus and then I said “long lobe of the liber” and decided I need to hang on to that.

As I switch between the Old and New Testaments, I need to not mention that fact in the recording. The goal is to someday have the entire Bible archived and indexed, and then anyone can choose to listen in any order they like. I also need to start working on that archiving before it gets away from me.

Every state has a state bird, a state tree and a state song. But if you look deep into the official state “things” of where you live some of them may seem oddly specific or in some cases, just odd. This is one of several state laws that went into effect where I live on July 1st. Here is another one:

Pink Blaze is now legal for hunters to wear in addition to orange blaze during deer season. Some claim that all pink camo is designed to attract more women to hunting. But the science suggests pink camo is less visible to deer than orange which they see as a bright yellow. When I say pink blaze is now legal I am talking about the state of Georgia. Most states will require orange during firearm deer season and in some places for water fowl and other birds. I do not give (or in some cases follow) legal advice. You’re probably good to make Brunswick stew wherever.

Since July 2nd, we are now past the halfway point of 2025. That means we are closer to the year 2050 than the year 2000. You may have heard that already this week, maybe not, but that’s how the deja vu works.

You may have also heard about a blueberry recall. Unless you are eating blueberries shipped to North Carolina back on June 9th this one probably doesn’t affect you. I guess those are frozen blueberries? I quit buying fresh blueberries after a box that I had just purchased the day before already had fuzzy hairs growing on each one where it was separated from the stem. They were refrigerated, I’m sure it was like that when I bought them and just didn’t notice. Frozen blueberries last longer and are much bigger. But if you bought any recently in NC check that recall notice. It has been upgraded by the FDA to a class 1 recall due to listeria concerns.

And Finally…

These humanoid robots are running A.I. and playing soccer. I’m not worried about an A.I. uprising happening right away – these bots aren’t exactly Terminator level – but it will get better, presumably.