Comments on: Of Good Report http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Silus Grok http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-59466 Silus Grok Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:58:28 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-59466 Thanks to everyone who participated… it's not exactly the juiciest of topics, but I get tired singing the same old dirge. Thanks to everyone who participated… it’s not exactly the juiciest of topics, but I get tired singing the same old dirge.

]]> By: Silus Grok http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-59465 Silus Grok Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:57:01 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-59465 Day seven… <a href="http://silusgrok.blogspot.com/2008/07/of-good-report-vii-good-news.html" rel="nofollow">the Good News</a>. Day seven… the Good News.

]]> By: Silus Grok http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-59258 Silus Grok Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:34:07 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-59258 Day six… <a href="http://silusgrok.blogspot.com/2008/07/meme-of-good-report-day-six.html" rel="nofollow">music</a> (with links to two dozen interesting/noteworthy albums from my collection). Day six… music (with links to two dozen interesting/noteworthy albums from my collection).

]]> By: Silus Grok http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-59141 Silus Grok Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:00:30 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-59141 Day five… <a href="http://silusgrok.blogspot.com/2008/07/meme-of-good-report-day-five.html" rel="nofollow">flowers</a>. Day five… flowers.

]]> By: Silus Grok http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-59107 Silus Grok Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:54:53 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-59107 Oh man … that's great, Lamonte. I love my blue jeans… I love my suits… but I'm afraid there is, most certainly, a garment even more comfortable than blue jeans: PJ bottoms. On some days, I come home from this or that and the first thing I do is slip into my orange plaid pajama bottoms. :) Oh man … that’s great, Lamonte.

I love my blue jeans… I love my suits… but I’m afraid there is, most certainly, a garment even more comfortable than blue jeans: PJ bottoms. On some days, I come home from this or that and the first thing I do is slip into my orange plaid pajama bottoms.

:)

]]> By: Lamonte http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-59096 Lamonte Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:17:48 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-59096 Day four - Blue Jeans. I work in a government office where I'm expected to wear a shirt and tie at the very least and sometimes a suit, depending on who I'm meeting with that day. Some people think the days of wearing a tie are long past but I actually like wearing a tie to work. But I also like casual Friday when I get to wear blue jeans to work. Could there ever be a more comfortable garment to wear? I think of the suit I was wearing yesterday made of summer weight wool. I sometimes wonder how many wearings I will get from it before it wears out. The fabric is so thing - which is nice for the hot humid weather I live in - but it also seems so fragile. Blue jeans, on the other hand, are tough and durable and will take a lot of abuse before they wear out. And society tells us that they actually look better as they begin to wear out! If fact, some clothiers sell jeans that are "worn out" before you buy them - and they charge an arm and a leg to purchase them. I don't understand that concept because part of the fun of wearing blue jeans is all the activity you done to get them to wear out. And by the time the blue jeans have worn out you have a bucket full of memories to look back on. On a recent vacation trip traveling in New Zealand I was thirsty and took a big swig directly out of 2-liter bottle of soda. My sister-in-law said to me, "I used to think you were a refined man until I saw you do that!" I guess the suit and tie is really just a facade and the blue jeans are what I feel most comfortable in. Day four – Blue Jeans. I work in a government office where I’m expected to wear a shirt and tie at the very least and sometimes a suit, depending on who I’m meeting with that day. Some people think the days of wearing a tie are long past but I actually like wearing a tie to work. But I also like casual Friday when I get to wear blue jeans to work.

Could there ever be a more comfortable garment to wear? I think of the suit I was wearing yesterday made of summer weight wool. I sometimes wonder how many wearings I will get from it before it wears out. The fabric is so thing – which is nice for the hot humid weather I live in – but it also seems so fragile.

Blue jeans, on the other hand, are tough and durable and will take a lot of abuse before they wear out. And society tells us that they actually look better as they begin to wear out! If fact, some clothiers sell jeans that are “worn out” before you buy them – and they charge an arm and a leg to purchase them. I don’t understand that concept because part of the fun of wearing blue jeans is all the activity you done to get them to wear out. And by the time the blue jeans have worn out you have a bucket full of memories to look back on.

On a recent vacation trip traveling in New Zealand I was thirsty and took a big swig directly out of 2-liter bottle of soda. My sister-in-law said to me, “I used to think you were a refined man until I saw you do that!” I guess the suit and tie is really just a facade and the blue jeans are what I feel most comfortable in.

]]> By: Silus Grok http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-59041 Silus Grok Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:19:25 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-59041 Day four… <a href="http://silusgrok.blogspot.com/2008/07/meme-of-good-report-day-four.html" rel="nofollow">living small</a>. Day four… living small.

]]> By: lamonte http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-58964 lamonte Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:44:57 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-58964 Day three - Music. I have often stated, and I illustrate daily, that music is one of the greatest influences in my life. I wish I could say that my tastes are incredibly braod but I know that is not the case. As I survey my I-Tunes files I see representatives from all the major genres but I see an overload of rock and, lately, country with a smaller contribution from classical, jazz and alternative. Still, I can say that I use music to set my own mood and try to do the same for my household. Recently I re-discovered the beautiful music from a 20-year old movie called 'The Mission'. No it doesn't have anything to do with Mormons but it is an too common, sad tale of man's inhumanity to man. Although the movie ends in a seemingly tragic way, hope can be felt in the final scene and in the music throughout the movie. I have attached a file of Yo Yo Ma playing the theme song of composer Ennio Morricone's score called 'Gabriel's Oboe'. I'm convinced that when (if) we enter the gates of heaven, this music will be playing. On any day when I feel the world closing in around me or when my hopes and aspirations seem to be unattainable, I listen to this piece and things don't seem so bleak. Surely one of God's greatest gifts to us is the gift of music. Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jSotUeV0WI Day three – Music. I have often stated, and I illustrate daily, that music is one of the greatest influences in my life. I wish I could say that my tastes are incredibly braod but I know that is not the case. As I survey my I-Tunes files I see representatives from all the major genres but I see an overload of rock and, lately, country with a smaller contribution from classical, jazz and alternative. Still, I can say that I use music to set my own mood and try to do the same for my household.

Recently I re-discovered the beautiful music from a 20-year old movie called ‘The Mission’. No it doesn’t have anything to do with Mormons but it is an too common, sad tale of man’s inhumanity to man. Although the movie ends in a seemingly tragic way, hope can be felt in the final scene and in the music throughout the movie. I have attached a file of Yo Yo Ma playing the theme song of composer Ennio Morricone’s score called ‘Gabriel’s Oboe’. I’m convinced that when (if) we enter the gates of heaven, this music will be playing. On any day when I feel the world closing in around me or when my hopes and aspirations seem to be unattainable, I listen to this piece and things don’t seem so bleak. Surely one of God’s greatest gifts to us is the gift of music. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jSotUeV0WI

]]> By: Silus Grok http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-58946 Silus Grok Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:36:30 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-58946 Day three… <a href="http://silusgrok.blogspot.com/2008/07/meme-of-good-report-day-three.html" rel="nofollow">friends</a>. Day three… friends.

]]> By: Tom http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820&cpage=1#comment-58868 Tom Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:25:11 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=820#comment-58868 Good friends today. Our saintly friends volunteered to drive with us through D.C. traffic to the airport and take our car back with them. It saved us a ton of money and hassle. We had a tire blow out on the way to the airport and our friend helped us put on the spare in record time. We made our flight and arrived safely. Good friends today. Our saintly friends volunteered to drive with us through D.C. traffic to the airport and take our car back with them. It saved us a ton of money and hassle. We had a tire blow out on the way to the airport and our friend helped us put on the spare in record time. We made our flight and arrived safely.

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