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This is all about what it means when we say to keep our passions and so on. It's a statement about focus. Dreams are creative without the bounds of physical reality. Inventions are creativity within the bounds of both physical reality and the current state of art in technology. To an...

Bingo. Waco has the advantage of being centrally located based on population. Waco has the disadvantage of being small. There isn't a big convention market for the building to be used for enough other events. I take it the building was erected long before the big convention center a few...

This applies to lodges as well as grand lodges. My mother lodges rents to the TV industry (Unsolved Mysteries, JAG when I was a local) plus to weddings and all sorts of societies. The building pays for itself. A lodge in the district owns a strip mall with the lodge on the second floor. That...

Other than working it out between you I don't think there *is* a right answer. A man who's courting will often want to pay to demonstrate he's a good provider and a good catch. It looks like you started out that way. A woman who's dating for fun without any long term goal will often want to...

In some jurisdictions when the officers are asked if all present are Masons as a part of the tiling and opening, that's called a purge. The room is purged of people who are not qualified. What that has to do with the tea party in Boston, Mass two and a half centuries ago I won't guess.

There are subtle variations jurisdiction to jurisdiction. The variation in the grips is small to zero as they are pretty basic. The variation in the other modes are more noticeable but they are always recognizable.

Having been together at a tiled meeting there's no need to exchange dues cards so it's not about identification so it has to be about something else. To me it would be an extra bit of fellowship.

http://grandlodgeoftexas.org/lodgelocator Based on your zip code you're in the NE quadrant of the city. The nearest one to you is Charles Anderson Lodge - 47 Year old Lodge (Chartered December 02, 1965) Lodge Address: 10103 Eveningway San Antonio,78233 Meetings: First Tuesday of each month...

What degree is supposed to reference? It's not mentioned in the three degrees in the 2 versions I learned nor in the 3rd one I'm learning now. i don't recall reference to owls is Scottish Rite or Shrine either. A night hunting bird - Most lodges meet in the evening. The owl is the mascot of...

It's interesting that Texas allows numbers to be recycled. Many jurisdictions do not. Recently Illinois chartered lodge number 5. That number had been reserved early on but the lodge operating under dispensation expecting to be number 5 failed and never got a charter. Fun loophole based on a...

I take it that means our friend is in a clandestine lodge and probably doesn't even know it. Should he travel and try to visit he's in for a disappointment.

I think it's a generational thing. My Dad thinks tattoos are for criminals. I'm of a generation that doesn't disapprove of tattoos and have mostly gotten used to them but I don't have any myself. My grown kids have tattoos. As to metal in piercings, I was pretty relieved to learn that Navy...

Showing up matters the most. The rest is nice but optional. First Monday is the stated meeting - Go ahead and show up 6:30ish on your own. Knock on the door, introduce yourself and tell them you asked one of their members how to become a Mason and he sent you. One of the brothers will show...

When you can afford it I suggest affiliating again and paying life memberships one by one. Until then it's prudent to demit to the point you can afford it. Tough times don't last tough people do.

What type of activities do you mean? There are plenty of lodges to join or visit. http://www.ilmason.org/ http://www.mwphglil.com/main/

Show up in person at the nearest lodge. Some folks are good at responding to email some aren't. You'll need to start showing up in person at some point and the best time to start is now.

If recognition is the right thing to do then to me it's a matter of being informed that recognition is not in place yet. On being obliged - Every GL is sovereign. They don't have to do the right thing if they don't want to. GLs can be insular. One of the reasons the Conference of American...

It's very easy to think the way it's done locally is standard. Often it's not. Dry lodges? Not world wide. Business in third degree? Not world wide. Not charging EA/FC dues? Not world wide.

Brethren, I've been reading on recognition completeness as at least one brother has asserted that most jurisdictions have much smaller recognition lists than many think. http://bessel.org/masrec/phachart.htm I attended California GL in 1997-9 and I remember votes on recognition that included...

http://www.ugle.org.uk/about/foreign-grand-lodges There are lodges closer to you than the Philippines but there is probably your best option.