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"Do the thing you fear most and the death of fear is certain." - Mark Twain “Be true to your work, your word, and your friend” ― Henry David Thoreau "Help your brother's boat across, and your own will reach the shore. "~Hindu Proverb

I need to come visit Belton Lodge I think, I see a few of you hard cases attend the place :thumbup1: I served my time in 1/9 Cav under 3rd Brigade...11M (which was 11B with mech school bolted on after), Bradleys. Owned my first BBQ of my own in HH - a weber kettle. I own a different one...

No sir, left there in '97. I see you are in Harker Heights - I used to live there myself while stationed at Hood. Or well, slept there :001_smile: I once came back from the field and my poor iguana had went mad. Thats a story. I released him into the wild around there...he must be the...

Oh, I was speaking about my experiences :001_smile: I'm plenty slow talking Texas drawl myself, and a good ol boy if ever there was one....that wasn't what I was getting at. But no biggie. You've got a thing about the media and whatnot, thats cool. Not like I care for it either. *shrug*...

That, my Brother, is a thing of beauty.

Right up my alley - sent a request, I'm https://www.facebook.com/mdhatley

I think you are going to see Gen X show up in force over the next 10 years. Our generation is right at half the size of both the Boomers and Gen Y though, keep that in mind. We've got about 15 years to prepare, plan and set the foundation for a very real potential renaissance. That being...

Brother, do you, in your heart of hearts, keep up with state and local politics with the same veracity you do national issues? In Texas, if you do that for a couple of years - meet the politicians, take on a few issues, stand for some elected positions, and work legislation in a serious way...

I am less concerned with where government is headed and more concerned with where people's views of government are headed. I see more and more people that I meet coming from a similar place as the occupy "movement". Folks who like the idea of wikileaks, who distrust the government from all...

I sent an email to the Grand Secretary here in Texas about this a good while back and never got a response. Now I've got so many Masonic irons in the fire that this fell off my radar. Will have to send out another note, I reckon.

The guy next in line was there as well, so I reckon its safe for a while. *shrug*

Some do. Parts of Ecclesiastes I feel a strong connection to, both because of Masonry and because my Grandfather dwelled on it. I think it would be as difficult to take some of it literally as it would be Homer, the Gitas, etc.

Hmm - beats me, first I've heard of that. They didn't seem to be under any sort of air of controversy though, and the Grand Master had his cadre with him, 10 DDGMs or so and 5 or so GL officer types.

I wish I had known about it sooner, just found out about it the day before from a Brother and as the lady and I were headed to the rodeo anyway today it was perfecto. A couple of quick snapshots from the event - the first one with Most Worshipful Walter Rogers, our sitting Grand Master...

We pretend they don't exist while in the lodge building - our district instructor still reckons they are evil. And to be honest, I like the funny dynamic - because I don't think we should rely on them. The time spent learning the ritual mouth to ear is one of the special things about this...

That may be, but I'd join a Masonic Skydiving club in about 2 seconds flat :thumbup: Really though, most Shrine Centers have a veterans only unit - the Oriental Guard and that sort of thing. Most of them have such a tiny number of members now that they could use an influx of younger men really...

*nods, been aware of this a long time. I went back to get a political science degree, and we studied the farm subsidies in depth in a public policy class. Just straight out bizarre, and the more you read the policies the more bizarre it looks. We are even subsidize *foreign* farmers in some...

Any of you headin to Cowboy Lodge at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo tomorrow? Here is the link: http://www.cowboylodge.org It is 10-12, but will need to be there early if you've never been before. I think the Grand Master will be there, etc. I'll be there with a pack of fellas...

"Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible." https://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/flagpledge.html We say it at every tiled meeting :)

Congrats! Which lodge are you attending?