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I'm still confused about the letter of the law, to be honest. My father-in-law would make a fine Mason, his father was an active Mason in his time, and he has expressed interest. But he is Catholic, and KoC, and when I mentioned that he might want to check with his Church to make sure...

I use Stubbs as a base. If I make my own, it has mustard in it :)

Oh, I understand the idea around formal attire, I reckon. And again, personally speaking I own a tux and have for years - and enjoy the excuse to wear it. But I'm looking at this from an implementation standpoint. I actually intend to move on some of this stuff, in the present tense. I'm not...

The exit is intense for a high jump, for sure. I try to explain it to folks - that wind coming at you. And you see, you arch your back so that your body becomes sorta like a badminton - strong center of gravity so that you fall face to ground. So you come away from the aircraft, arch, and...

Sweet sauces? I always feel bad for my Aussie friends. The only mesquite most of them are aware of is some brush thing they have over there, and that apparently ain't good for cookin. I just love the stuff - but then I was raised equating the smell of burning mesquite with awesome :) Low...

Congratulations, Brother!

The slow implementation, in an existing lodge, has to be about the only way I'd think. The thing that concerns me is losing the good parts about the casual aspect. Relax. Stand around a BBQ pit in the run up. That sort of thing doesn't lack value. So for me, dark suits for stated...

I'm a bear druid on horde, but haven't had a bit of time to play lately. I too skipped cata, and MoP looks like a fantastic expansion. Time is a big issue at the moment though

Best way, in my opinion, is to not be in a rush. Don't think of the signatures as something time sensitive. Attend the lodge you intend on petitioning. Get to know the men's names. Some of the folks in our lodge came to dinner regularly for months before petitioning. I don't think there...

Communication is key. We're all on the same sheet of music, really. The lines will be blurry looking back on it in several decades. Ways to stimulate engagement seem like positive steps.

Brother, thank you for your warm words. It makes me want very much to live up to your good opinion of me, sir. I am certainly not ruling out the order though, and Ive been nudged numerous times. Well see.

Sure, republics can and do include aristocracies. My point about congress is it is an easy and pretty clear way to see the different philosophies, which are far from diametrically opposed, existing laterally. Of course if you must be literal, it is a poor example. But in practice, in the...

To answer the OP's question: because even though I was an Episcopalian altar boy (we call em acolytes) and was raised in the Christian tradition, many years within books have made me as much Deist as Christian. And though I have been assured that my views do not preclude me from the order, I...

We are both, and this is most clearly represented by the compromise our founders made over congress. Remembering that the Senate was not directly elected until relatively recently - and the sort of politics even today required for statewide election is a different critter than district level...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYqWbnoemJg I still want to put together a wolfpack of Masons that skydive together once a quarter or so. Want to talk about bonding :)

I was lucky enough to attend a lecture at St. Alban's this last weekend, where Brother Normand acted as master of ceremonies (perhaps unofficially, not sure of the officer structure), and afterwards he provided fellowship for us within his home. I admire him. He was one of the lecturers when I...

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Sometimes I think what the Shrine is all about gets lost in the noise of politics. Take a few minutes and view these clips. I've met some of the folks in the videos. And it is only the tip of the iceberg once you start researching what our hospitals do. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5ZXxm4mGJM

Quoted for truth. The hospitals. That is what the Shrine is really about. Children that have been burned or injured so badly they lose multiple limbs. These children are real. The hospitals are real. The cause is real. These disagreements are horse shit. If the leaders cannot put them...