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New Blog posts up
I forgot to mention that I've got a few new blog posts up: -
I need a 25 inch gauge
The phone calls always start off the same way.
"Tom, I know that it's short notice, but. . ."
It's September, so the next round of Ritual Certifications has begun.
In my slice of Connecticut, it's typical for a lodge to have a "move up" night in which the Junior Warden takes the East for an EA degree, and the Senior Warden does so for an FC degree ( Read more... ) -
You'd have to be a dummy to miss this...
Connecticut is split up into 9 Masonic districts, and each district has periodic meetings, generally the last week of the month on 5 week months to avoid clashing with regular Stated Communications. It's a time for the officers and other interested members to see what's happening in other lodges, and to get to know their counterparts in other ( Read more... ) -
Grand Orient Express
Despite my taking a bit of a summer vacation, I did want to comment on some of the happenings in Freemasonry that I've seen or read about over the last few months.
First of all, I want to extend my very best wishes to the brothers of the new Grand Orient of the United States of America. On June 27, the GO-USA received a patent from the Grand Orient ( Read more... ) -
... through ignorance
"[. . . ] and neither are you to suffer your zeal for the institute to lead you into arguments with those who, through ignorance, may ridicule it."
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The Wind Between the Atoms
The morning email from my friend 3M was my first clue.
Yet again high praise for my CT blog brethren. Scottish Rite Journal!
Congrats guys for getting etched in the annals of history.
Not being a subscriber to the SRJ - in fact, not even being a member of the SR, I Googled my way through several links to find that one of their book reviewers must ( Read more... ) -
District 5 summer wrap up
When I was a new Mason, I remember being disappointed to find that most of the lodges closed for the summer. "Close? What? C'mon, man, I'm just getting fired up!"
By the time I was the Worshipful Master of Friendship Lodge, though, I was thrilled to have that summer break. I guess it's a matter of perspective, huh?
In the last few months, I ( Read more... ) -
The Show
Rick: Excuse me Doug E Fresh...
Doug: Yes?
R: Have you ever seen a show with fellas on the mic
with one minute rhymes that don't come out right?
They bite.
D: They never write.
R: That's not polite!
Am I lyin'?
D: No, you're quite right.
R: Well, tonight on this very mic you're about to hear
Both: We swear, the best darn rappers of the year.
R: So!
D: So!
R: ( Read more... )