the daily purge 2-28-17

How many coffee mugs does a family need? In my house, four. I started drinking coffee probably around six or seven years old. If that happened today, my parents would have been taken into custody. Lucky for me I was raised by wolves in the wild west days of fatty foods, second hand smoke, unsupervised……

the daily purge 2-27-17

A food supplement is on the purging block here. Powdered protein bought back in the aught years (2000-2009) left to sit in our pantry contemplating its fate. The Purging Lutheran used this to mix with milk to help build strong muscles. But protein is so much more than a body building milkshake. Protein is useful……

the view from the pew 2-25-17

It is Saturday night at Holy Cross Lutheran (altar pictured) as we come around the bend headed for home, spiritually speaking, starting with Ash Wednesday, March 1, and ending with Easter, April 16. Normally I don’t give anything up for Lent but I might give up white bread. It would be me verses my weak……

the daily purge 2-24-17

It can be called oatmeal. It can be called porridge. It can be called gruel. It can be called hasty pudding. It can not be called burgoo, but T Purging L likes the word (it’s a stew with spice and meat). Burgoo. It can be called putra, the Latvian word for porridge. My mother, Magdalena,……

the daily purge 2-23-17

The Purging Lutheran was a big fan of board games long ago but now that I am a captain of publishing who has time for fun AND games? Stratego* was a fun game but now that I am a captain of publishing I have no time for fun AND games. I like this old-timey scene……

the daily purge 2-22-17

If you are a Star Wars fan or have enjoyed watching the film, The Frisco Kid, or even delved into the 60s television cop show, Mod Squad*, you will easily recognize the face of actor Harrison Ford. From shooting bad guys in The Raiders of the Lost Ark, to shooting Replicants in Blade Runner, to……

the daily purge 2-21-17

The P Lutheran wishes I hadn’t given this away. Not because I ever played it but because it was pretty neat to have. Playing pieces like the three-eyed fish or the Homermobile is a sign of status. And what can be more prestigious than being the owner of “Monorail!” or operating a Lard Lad Donuts……

the daily purge 2-20-17

Sephora: Which of my sisters did you choose? Moses: I made no choice, Sephora. Sephora: She was very beautiful, wasn’t she? This woman of Egypt, who left her scar upon your heart. Her skin was white as curd, her eyes green as the cedars of Lebanon, her lips, tamarisk honey. Like the breast of a……

the view from the pew 2-19-17

I’ve been writing about the Latvian church but haven’t shown any pictures of it. Here is the altar. Well, the raised part is called the chancel, the altar is the table in the middle. It looks pretty much like any altar you’ll see in a Lutheran church. The altar is where, during Communion, Heaven and……

the daily purge 2-17-17

Well, it’s something that belongs in your automobile, which is not to be confused with the soon-to-be-in-a-showroom-near-you autoautomobiles, or driverless cars. It looks like a doctor’s auriscope, that tickly thing she sticks in your ear to see what is in there (usually nothing bad). Which piece of equipment would a mechanic look at with this?……

the daily purge 2-16-17

The Purging Lutheran is sure this flashlight would work just fine if it had a power source. It doesn’t work on batteries but rather on wires (ay carrumba, those wires again) to be hooked up to a cigarette lighter so when you’re stuck on the side of the road you can flash out an S-O-S……

the daily purge 2-15-17

The Purging L and My Sweet Rib once went on vacation. Ah, there’s no beating Sanibel Island, even with a stick. The lush, glowing palms of the native coconut trees. The salty sea air blowing warm across a white sand beach holding hands with the Gulf of Mexico (how romantic!). And steel drums tapping out……

the daily purge 2-14-17

Cards, cards, cards. What a zillion dollars bill business! The Purging L was at the grocery yestertäg and what to my wondering eyes did appear? ~Twenty humans being standing like zombies in the Valentine’s Day aisle staring (definition: to look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one’s eyes wide open) at Valentine’s Day “I……

the daily purge 2-13-17

Persistent readers of The Daily Purge may recall that T Purging Lutheran’s children, The Lad and My Marta, both worked at a party supplies store called … ta-da! … Party Time. It was our source for ‘squeaky voice’, where you could order a helium filled balloon and use it to irritate loved ones at family……

the view from the pew 2-11-17

Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany So what’s an epiphany? Pastor Sattler described these Sundays of Epiphany as those in between the end of Advent (the birth of Jesus) and the beginning of Lent (Ash Wednesday through Easter and the resurrection of The Messiah). These are Sundays where The Church focuses on the lessons Jesus taught……

the daily purge 2-10-17

How many wires can A Purging Lutheran have around the house? Looking back on it I might have been able to strip the wires, collect the copper and sold them for many dollars bill. But I didn’t. I chose the way of the underactive and just dropped them in a box and let G’will sort……

the daily purge 2-9-17

Hats Off to Larry – Del Shannon Once I had a pretty girl, Her name it doesn’t matter She went away with another guy Now he won’t even look at her Hats off to Larry, He broke your heart, Just like you broke mine when you Said we must part. He told you lies, now……

the daily purge 2-8-17

A few days ago The Purging Lutheran was accused on my side series, the view from the pew, of using ‘filler’- extra nouns, adverbs and redundant punctuation as well as thoughts and ideas stolen from great thinkers to lengthen my essays. While this is most certainly true, let me say cheating isn’t as easy you……

the daily purge 2-7-17

Purge after purge after purge and they just keep coming. Most of the time, The P Lutheran can remember where most of these items come from. But not this purgeable. What causes my memory loss? Was it all the cough syrup I used (as the secret ingredient) in my Flaming Moes? Did I concuss myself……

the view from the pew 2-4-17

Saturday evening worship, February 4, 2017 Susan and I arrived about 20 minutes early but it is always nice to use that time to catch up with people or sit in the pew and stare at the altar and try to right my self for worship. I spend some of it thinking of what sins……

the daily purge 2-6-17

Ah, Talking Battleship. What fun! The electronics keeps the other guy (and you) from cheating. When you play a move and you miss the other team’s boat the game aloudly proclaims, “MISS!”. If your opponent makes a play and lands on the same coordinates as one of your gunships, the game shouts, “HIT!”. If you……

the daily purge 2-3-17

It doesn ‘t take a lot of pressed plywood to make a television stand. That’s not a fascinating opening statement, is it? The only thing of note for today’s purge is that the picture was taken during a sudden surge of what The Purging Lutheran calls ‘awkward gravity’. Gravity, as you know, is what keeps……

the daily purge 2-2-17

A few weeks ago The Purging Lutheran rid his home of a cheap, vibrating shoulder  massager. Today we cast out a cheap, vibrating back massager. It was meant to soothe and relax your aching back muscles plus that stingy part in your buttockal area. That it has been sent far away suggests how successful it……

the daily purge 2-1-17

It’s a pair of “squiggly scissors” (even though there’s just one) our chucklins used for making fanciful projects. The blades are shaped in a way that when you cut your construction paper the edge looks like the design you see there. Be warned, however, if you use these while drunk or during an earthquake you’ll……