Sunday,  August 5, 2012 • Vol. 13--No. 022 • 20 of 43 •  Other Editions

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better half to go out for supper. We do not do it too much anymore. What with the traffic and the finances, it hardly seems worthwhile. That is why I always brag on my wife's cooking.
• "Oh, boy," I will say after a meal, "you can't get anything this good at some restaurant."
• She smiles, but I suspect she knows what I am saying.

• Well, we did try to go to Chick-fil-A but we could not get within 17 blocks of it. It seems everybody and their third cousin was out getting chicken for supper. Oh well, you cannot participate in everything, but at least we tried.
• As we circled the block for the 19th time, the idea came to me. If we can have a Chick-fil-A appreciation day because the head of the company said he believed in some traditional values, then why can't I?
• I believe in everything traditional. I am the most traditional person you will ever meet. Before there was a me, there was not much that was traditional. I go back so far I can remember when dirt was clean.
• I want the whole world to know that I believe in tradition and I am not just fiddling on the roof.
• I know it is old fashion but I believe in the Bible. If it is in the Bible, I believe it, although I must confess I do not understand everything in the Bible. But then, nobody understands everything in their world. The smartest person knows he does not know everything. I built my life upon the values stressed in the Bible and I take it as the Word of God.
• I believe in singing hymns in church. Most people in America have never heard a hymn let alone singing one in a congregational setting. If you would go to the average person on the street corner and ask what their favorite hymn was, they would not know what you are talking about.
• I know tradition is old-fashioned, but I still embrace it. If it is traditional, I probably believe it.
• Some people believe that if it is new, it is okay and if it is old, throw it away. Experience teaches us that it is the exact opposite.
• Take medicine for example. Sure, many people have benefited from modern advancements in medicine. I am appreciative of every advancement. But then, if medicine has made such inroads into our culture why are more and more people sick?

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