Presenting September’s King Manor Buy a Basket Co-op’s fruit and vegetable baskets

This is a five dollar fruit basket that I bought for the patrons of the Rainbow Community Center.

This is a five dollar vegetable basket that I bought for the patrons of the Rainbow Community Center.

What does “Willie Diction is a myth” mean?

I found this at the corner of East Superior Street and North Second Avenue East, next to the brownstone Temple Opera Block.

Why would anyone put this sticker on a directional sign at the Superior Street construction zone?

What I found at the First Presbyterian Church of Duluth parking lot.

On the north side of East First Street, I found this rock with graffiti written on it.  I have no idea what this graffiti message means, if anything.

What amoral Donald Trump’s words and deeds has made me relearn about human society

We all need to look beyond childish, tribal definitions of race, ethnicity, and gender to see all individuals as first and foremost human beings worthy of respect, forgiveness, and friendship.  While I do not always live up to this gold standard of human behavior, I attempt to make a good effort to treat other people as I would like to be treated.  In addition, I attempt to say something positive about other people, try to be helpful for other people when I can, and look at the bright side in everyday situations.

An occurrence at East First Street and North Third Avenue East

An unusual pothole create by missing bricks happened a few days ago.

The pothole was filled up with asphalt, leaving a utilitarian yet unsightly patch in the brick street.  Why this hole in the street was not filled with new bricks is beyond my ability to understand.

Kathy and I saw The Angry Birds Movie 2

The Angry Birds Movie 2 is so good that I watched this fun movie a second time.  Kathy also loved this animated movie!

At 9:00 PM, I saw The Angry Birds Movie 2

Just as entertaining as the original, 2016 The Angry Birds Movie, this could have been the script for a Friendship is Magic movie.  I rate this winsome movie a ten out of ten!  I acknowledge that I saw two animated movies in one evening, as I love good animated movies.

At 7:00 PM, I saw Millennium Actress

I’m happy that I spent the extra money to see this superb movie in a theater.  I’m only disappointed that about nine people saw Millennium Actress with me, when the theater should have had every seat filled with enthusiastic Japanese animation fans.  I rate this movie a ten out of ten!

Today, I played Team Fortress 2

I got 84 kills for 48 deaths, a respectful ratio of kills for deaths.

A friend asked me to describe my Personal Moral Code.

During a talk with my friends about the thirty-one murders that happened August 3 in El Paso, Texas and August 4 in Dayton, Ohio the topic of our conservation switched to our personal moral codes.  I thought it would be interesting to write down my personal moral codes to see my beliefs in print.

I can’t sit by and watch someone being abused by bullies.  I have rescued several children and one adult woman from being bullied by thuggish boys and if the need arises before me in the future, I will do so again.

To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, “I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the bodies and minds of all human beings.  I pledge to support for all people unalienable rights, which are both described and protected by the United States Bill of Rights and the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.”

I take care that my advocacy for human rights creates positive change in my community and growth for individuals, while resisting all forms of oppression.  Yet, as Friedrich Nietzsche wrote, “He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.”  Or, as I put it, “Do not fight against bullies and tyrants who oppress other human beings so hard that you become a bully or a tyrant yourself.”

Kathy and I saw “The Lion King” 2019 movie

We both saw a great movie with fantastic visuals, grand music, and talented voice acting!  I give The Lion King a ten out of ten.

I saw this at 9:15 PM, outside of my King Manor Second Street entrance

I took this photograph on the concrete entrance bridge that is below the metal skywalk, while looking southwest with a Lakeside bus traveling northeast.