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Our stated (business) meeting is exactly that, and we make no apologies about it. We encourage visitors to come the next week when our focus is education, illumination, and a formal dining experience.

Back when I was required to shave, I always used a cup-n-brush, even though I was only using a cartridge blade. Much nicer lather, the bristles got all the hairs up, and it added a moment of pleasure to an otherwise tedious chore.

Yes.

Don't forget that there are lodges in dry counties. Regardless of what Grand Lodge says, there won't be even a glass of wine at dinner in some places.

People cause violence. People use religion, politics, race, sports, location, clothing, noise, money, et cetera ad nauseum as excuses to commit violence.

It's a chess piece in a surrealistic setting. Carry on.

Good luck on this new endeavor. My knowledge of hydraulics is limited to: Put a blue lens in your flashlight; one drop every three seconds can fly, but three drops-a-second can't; and a rag covered in hydrastic fluid outranks a pilot. ;)

It varies by jurisdiction. In NM, you can be Initiated the same night you are balloted on, though it's uncommon. The wait between Degrees is 28 days, and a suitable proficiency.

Wow! They have an extremely loose definition of "fact" going on there... was anything in that list actually true?

The movie isn't about Freemasonry, it's a murder mystery. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2841424/

Formerly of New Mexico, I now call Paideia 852, in Soquel, CA, home.

Freemasons respect the rights of all peoples (or should), and no, no matter what propaganda you read, we do not worship satan, or any specific deity. We aren't a religion. If you wish to worship your Deity, go to church.

It's been decades (land-locked at the time), but I saw a steel-hulled tri in Half Moon harbour recently that made me want to do a bit of adventuring.

NM describes the PA in terms of being placed into the building, and thus was made perfect by the EAs... "The Perfect Ashlar is a stone made ready by the hands of the workman to be adjusted by the working tools of the Fellow Craft."

That PGM apron and two-bucks can get him a cup of coffee... The sitting Master has the power to gavel him down if he's being disruptive. As Brother Mark said, check the by-laws. I'm pretty sure the WM holds more immediate power within the lodge.

Very nice, simple, and can be used as a wax stamp. A classic.

Actually, it's the anniversary of the founding of the first grand lodge. Freemasonry existed long before that.

We have two meetings each month. One is the Stated, and is all business. We do not have dinner or degrees, we fulfill our contractual obligations. The other meeting is a Lodge of Instruction, where papers are read and presentations given. It is also when we confer Degrees. This is always...

As mentioned, we're a group of individuals, so our responses will all differ. For myself, I know that I can truly change just one man, and I can only hope that it will help in changing the world.

It's the widow's decision, not mine. I have no say in the matter.