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I voted no, but realize that I have seen conversations quickly dissolve when regularity is brought up, and realize it can be used as a slight during a disagreement. I am member of international Masonic groups that I will go months ignoring when issues around French regularity is brought up. Do...

Not really, if my wife doesn't want me to go to a function I simply don't go, no drama. If the function is important enough than I give her plenty of notice and she has never bulked at my attendance. During the summer when we don't have anything and a lot of bodies don't meet, she asks "Don't...

I did the opposite, I just went through the Scottish Rite, and did the York Rite first. I would say that in regards to the completion of the story of the 3rd Degree, the York Rite is they way to go, as the Scottish Rite tells it differently. For Commandery, it is completely independent (story...

You are the first person to say that this was a good movie, everyone else I know who have seen it gave it a C- at best. :) S&F. -Bro Vick

Please see the link below for the book "A General History of Free-Mason", which was published in 1868 and endorsed by the Grand Orient of France. Please read it as a work of fiction, as a lot of the book has been contested. It is interesting to note that this is a result of an author and a...

Where do we go for the draft?

Most lodges pay annually, some do monthly if their dues are expensive (i.e. $500). I don't belong to a current body that collects any other way than annually. S&F, -Bro Vick

Just did up my pre-draft sheet, w00t!

Sorry if this is somewhat old news (I saw it posted on Chris Hodapp's blog) but it appears that The Grand Priory of the Reformed and Rectified Rite of the United States of America, is now a legitimate body of the Grand Encampment? I am interested in this as the CBCS has always intrigued me, but...

If they are available, I will be sure to post what I can. S&F, -Bro Vick

I think I have brain damage after reading that. ;)

Better yet find a lodge that you feel comfortable in for dress, and join or affiliate with that lodge. For the life of me I can't understand why that concept is so difficult to understand, if a lodge dresses to up for you, then simply don't join that lodge. I am sure that you can find a lodge...

I will be at the Corpus Christi Wardens retreat 7-9 September, the Waco date wasn't working with other commitments. S&F, -Bro Vick

Two sections, this was mainly because of my nervousness in presenting the work in front of the brethren, and my own insecurities. Once I did the first section, I returned the second in no time. It can be a good way to put the carrot on the stick, on the other hand it can cause laziness as...

Suit and tie for stated meetings and for degrees, will wear what I wear to work for practices. Some bodies (AMD) and other lodges locally require a Tuxedo, which I don't have a problem with. A brother whom I have a great deal of respect said that when his son was being initiated, the...

I would agree with all, the answer is no. While even the government will allow you to have a security clearance with a felony, we cannot allow it. I understand that circumstances happen, and that good things do happen to good people. But once a precedence is set, it is hard to close the door...

Excellent! The EA proficiency is the hardest part, getting it done with is a down hill run from here! Enjoy the Fellow Craft, and all the beauties it teaches us as Freemasons. S&F, -Bro Vick

Is this trying to deter me from attending? ;) S&F, -Bro Vick

He is very public about his faith, and has no desire to join the Commandery, due to him being Jewish. The belief that somehow one needs to join the Commandery to finish the York Rite is a falsehood, the end of the Cryptic degrees finishes the story started in the Blue Lodge, the Commandery...

Motherlodge was vandalized by kids breaking out the windows in the 80s, so the brethren at the time, sealed up the windows. :) S&F, -Bro Vick