Always remember that the journey of knowledge is lifelong. Each day presents an opportunity to learn something new, which in turn can enhance your understanding of God's creation, your place in it, and how you can contribute positively to humanity!
Jerry Lewis raised ~$2.45 billion (often rounded to over $2.5 billion) for the Muscular Dystrophy Association through his Labor Day telethons from 1966–2010 (45 years).
No cures exist yet for muscular dystrophy (including Duchenne). As of 2026, nothing fully cures it.
CV cost the world roughly $17–35 trillion in total economic losses from 2020–2025 (IMF and major studies). Ongoing long-COVID, healthcare, and ripple effects are still adding trillions more. One of history’s most expensive events, and still no cure!
The common denominator is...
I bet my parents and grandparents felt exactly this way before the ’60s–’80s whirlwind. Every generation gets that “what the hell is happening?” moment: Depression → WWII → nukes → suburbs → TV invading living rooms → rock ’n’ roll making elders clutch pearls… then the ’60s freight train hit with civil rights, Vietnam, and counterculture. Dylan was right--times are always a-changin’. Only difference now is the speed and the social media megaphone!
Truth-seeking, honesty, integrity, respect for others, compassion/empathy, justice, responsibility, courage, humility, gratitude, keep your promises, don’t steal (time, ideas, effort, or property), help when you can, mind your own business…mostly, leave things better than you found them, control your impulses, forgive when it’s earned, protect the vulnerable, seek understanding before judgment, and cultivate self-respect.
Will common sense and morals ever come back to this 🌐?
Philosophy's greatest strength is also its risk. It can undermine its own legitimacy (Nietzsche, positivists, postmodernists all did so), yet that self-subversion keeps it alive. It saws off the branch it sits on because the view from the fall matters more than safety. Today, amid exponential data and AI that mimics thought, philosophy remains the human act of wondering why we wonder. The tail never catches the mouth, and that glorious failure is exactly why it endures!
This sums it all up for me!
Revelation 22:14-15
[14]Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city.
[15]But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.
Measure IP28 would outlaw recreational and commercial fishing by prohibiting the injuring or killing of fish, devastating an industry that supports over 11,000 jobs (including tourism, retail, and processing) and generates $1.2 billion annually. This includes key species like tuna, salmon and crab, leading to business closures for charters, bait shops, stores and restaurants, plus a loss of conservation funding from licenses (ODFW's $203 million budget). Oregon would shift to imported seafood, raising costs and cultural impacts like ending family angling traditions. Supporters argue ethical benefits and economic adaptation outweigh short-term losses, but critics warn of irreversible harm to coastal and rural communities. #NoOnIP28
HARD NO ON IP28!
Oregonians need to target Governor Kotek’s re-election and flip legislative seats via high turnout in suburbs/rurals on issues like housing costs, taxes, education, homelessness, and crime. How many Oregonians are going to follow her off a cliff, like a horde of lemmings?