Johnny Thunder 🏴‍☠️

Lives on water, feeds on lightning.

Music, History, Philosophy, Folklore

Jude 22-24; John 16:33

Christian, Musician. GOAPSA
#GKChesterton .

[Johnny Thunder 🏴‍☠️ @LittleBirdND]

Wish I were sailing now- picture from Lake Superior last August.

[Alex & Books 📚 @AlexAndBooks_]

“To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.”

–Cicero

[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn @AI_Solzhenitsyn]

“Socialism of any type leads to a total destruction of the human spirit and to a leveling of mankind into death.”

[J.J. @Omrausa]

@DrGuitar Sure do. Saw them live in 1970 at the New York Pop Festival, Randall's Island. They put on a great show. Watch it!
https://t.co/C0uz62h8oa

[G. K. Chesterton @GKCdaily]

I am a vegetarian between meals.

[jacque boatman @jacqueboatman]

“Fairyland is nothing but the sunny country of common sense.”

- G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

[Norm Macdonald Joke of the Day @NormSNLJokes]

For years, Hillary Rodham Clinton has told people that she was named for the first man to climb Mount Everest, Sir Edmund Hillary. But, as Esquire magazine recently pointed out, Sir Edmund did not climb Mount Everest until 1953, six years after Hillary was born.

However, the First Lady does have a good explanation for the discrepancy: She loves to lie.

[Heart of Oak ⚓️ @HMWarships]

The Brig:
In this painting, we see the illustrious commander Cochrane defeating the much larger 32-gun Spanish frigate El Gamo with his small brig, HMS Speedy, in 1801. Armed with just 14 guns, this David vs. Goliath story needs no introduction. But what exactly was a brig—the classification of ship to which Speedy and countless other vessels of the Royal Navy belonged? While the name might be familiar to many, its precise meaning is worth exploring.

[Norm Macdonald Joke of the Day @NormSNLJokes]

In Massachusetts, the one hundred nineteen acre Dunn Pond State Park has the state's first nature trail designed for the handicapped.

Along the trail, you will find a rich variety of birds, lizards, and insects. All of them handicapped.

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

"Gratitude bestows reverence, allowing us to encounter everyday epiphanies, those transcendent moments of awe that change forever how we experience life and the world."
~ John Milton

[Johnny Thunder 🏴‍☠️ @LittleBirdND]

@Andrewnsnyder

[🪙 Beothach @GaelicRevival]

Celtic Metal album covers thread. Feel free to add any (more interested in the art than the music).

[George MacDonald @MacDonald_daily]

It is the deed that stirs the man; it is the thing you do, and not what you feel.

[Mark W. @DurhamWASP]

“Liberty is traditional and conservative; it remembers its legends and its heroes. But tyranny is always young and seemingly innocent, and asks us to forget the past.”

G.K. Chesterton

[Gareth Harney @OptimoPrincipi]

The skeleton of a man buried near Frankfurt (Roman Nida) between 230-270 AD has been discovered with a silver amulet around his neck inscribed in Latin:

‘Holy, holy, holy! In the name of Jesus Christ, Son of God! The Lord of the world who resists all attacks…May this means of salvation protect the man who surrenders himself to the will of the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God.’

The 1,800-year-old silver amulet discovered with the skeleton in a cemetery in Germany is thought to be among the earliest evidence of Christianity north of the Alps.

[Damian Lopez-Gaston @DamianGaston3]

It's a huge part of what makes it so great. "This is Fozziwig's old rubber chicken factory!" delivered with complete sincerity and conviction.

[Heart of Oak ⚓️ @HMWarships]

David and Goliath: The Capture of El Gamo, 6 May 1801:
On 6 May 1801, a naval engagement occurred between the 14-gun brig HMS Speedy, commanded by Lord Cochrane, and the much larger 32-gun Spanish xebec-frigate El Gamo, commanded by Don Francisco de Torres. Despite El Gamo being four times the size of Speedy, with more than seven times its firepower and six times its crew, Cochrane achieved a feat that secured his place in the annals of naval history as one of the boldest commanders the seas had ever known: he captured the Spanish vessel through daring and cunning.

[🪙 Beothach @GaelicRevival]

Ronnie Drew on the Harpists of Gaelic Ireland.

[Irish History Bitesize! @lorraineelizab6]

The Irish god The Dagda has a cauldron (coire) that never goes empty! Those who eat of it are always satisfied! It is 1 of the 4 treasures (or jewels) of the Tuatha Dé Danann which they brought from 4 cities Murias, Falias, Gorias & Findias! #food #FolkloreThursday 🍜🥣