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Chances are it won't be noticed. In the small chance that it is noticed and it triggers a negative reaction, is that an environment you would want to work in? Eventually your colleagues will notice that you wear the ring every day. I figure finding out early on would be dodging a bullet and...

A man being strong in his heart tends to mean he is in control of his emotions. Being in control of your emotions is not a today thing. It is a next year thing. Planning ahead and being prepared enough you can appear to be in control of your emotions almost all of the time and only some of...

I understand there was some singer guy with that name who was famous for getting plastic surgeries. Not him. The singer guy was okay in his own field but I have no idea what he knew about ales. http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Jackson/e/B002EZQQ52/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1399415635&sr=1-2-ent Amazon...

My mother lodge has a brother with very bad dyslexia. So bad he can't memorize. He worked hard and nearly all members wanted him to advance. He showed up at practices and eventually there was a practice where all in attendance wanted him to advance. We opened for proficiency and spoon fed...

I have no objections to a man going through the degrees with the goal to join one of the appendent bodies as long as he's open about his intentions. Pitch him a life/endowed membership so he never has problems with missing his dues bill and wish him well as soon as he delivers his...

You appear unaware of decades of clashes between the Imperial level of the Shrine and very many states. Nearly every one of the 21 years I've been a Mason one state or another clashed with the Shrine in one way or another. The one year old example in Arkansas and the two year old example in...

More than one famous guys by that name. The world's foremost expert on beer, ale and whiskey is the one I tend to think of when I hear the name. In his case the white describes his beard. I have several of his books and occasionally try to brew a batch of home brew to mimic one of the ales he...

Only one of my three jurisdictions allow raffles so I've always found it strange that my Shrine conducts raffles to raise funds for the hospitals. Then again Pennsylvania allows their lodges to hold bingo fundraisers and they work well building camaraderie among those who work the events. So...

My mother lodge rents out the building for wedding receptions, various events, use as a movie/TV set, you name it. The positive cash flow of the building makes the lodge a fulcrum of stability in the region. One of the lodges in the same district owned a plaza on the first floor as Bro Varnell...

Re: Wife having a problem with Freemasonry, she wa My commiseration with your loss. What you describe in problems with your church not problems with your religion. It's an important difference. There's always another church down the road that is less likely to exhibit the problem. In your...

There are national GLs in a number of countries that are large enough to have regional GLs that overlap those national GLs. Thus there is precedent. It's about decision not about need. Brothers in the US decided not to have a national umbrella GL - It is claimed that this decision was lead by...

The only way he can do so is in error. In spite of what specific GMs seem to think there is a long history of GMs being wrong of assorted topics. GMs are supposed to be well versed in Masonry but historically many have only been well versed in blue lodge ritual - Not the same thing. GMs are...

This is only partially correct. While a GM is able to negotiate recognition agreements they are only able to ratify them temporarily by edict. It takes a vote on the GL floor at annual communication for the agreement to be ratified. Here's the kicker - It's been since 2002 and no GM on either...

One of the alternative words for life membership. Trust funds are endowed. Life membership funds are treated like trust funds.

The process of one insurance company billing the other is called subrugation. It's a ton of paperwork. As a result insurance company's would rather treat their own insured as at-fault and bill them for the deductible. Since most people don't know insurance they don't know how to insist that...

All but two PHA jurisdictions are named Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of $STATE. Florida uses the word Union, (Missippi?) uses the word Stryker. Any other jurisdiction claiming PHA lineage is bogus. It's possible a GL using the name SR is an invasion from some other country (and...

You may want to look in the catalog of courses at the nearest community college, perhaps even the non-credit course list. They tend to have beginning programmer courses. To get to java takes a few courses if you're starting from ground zero. Fortunately with java you can start delivering free...

Until about the turn of the 20th century, SR degrees were conducted one candidate one degree at a time. They did a ton of degree work. Since about the turn of the 20th century, SR degrees have been done in classes with one class member as an exemplar.

You have the arrow of effect and cause pointed in the wrong direction there. It does happen that certain teachers of certain sects of a religion can be anti-Darwin. As religion is not a self correcting process, anti-Darwin stances do not automatically self-correct out of existence. Of course...

This quarter's California Freemason has several articles about the conference. It's planned for San Francisco next year. I have a members account but I didn't need to login to access it so it might be visible to anyone - http://www.cafreemason-digital.com/cafreemason/april_may_2014#pg1