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August 14, 2025 (Gregorian calendar/Day 225)
Thursday, Nehase 8, 2017 (Ethiopian calendar/12th month)
Karar 21 ררכ (Enochian calendar/5th month/heat of summer)
August 2, 2025 (International Fixed calendar)
Magnetic Moon 1, Limi 20 (13 Moon calendar/waning gibbous moon)
~ Magnetic Bat Moon of Purpose, July 26th – August 22nd
Hazel Moon: August 5 – September 1
13.0.12.14.19 8 Cauac 17 Yaxk’in’ (Mayan Long Count calendar)
Love Your Bookshop Day, World Lizard Day

throwback Thursday

~ 1987? ~

To those born between 1952 and 1979…

We are the bridge between two worlds.
The last to grow up before the digital age—
and the first to step boldly into it.
We didn’t just witness history.
We lived the transformation.

We were the kids who played outside until the streetlights came on—
who shouted friends’ names from the curb, not from a screen.
We scraped our knees on pavement,
ran errands with checkered grocery bags,
and got rewarded with coins… and candy.

We are the generation that spun vinyl, then made mixtapes.
That danced with Walkmans, marveled at CDs,
and gently blew into Atari cartridges to make them work.
We played Pac-Man and watched VHS tapes until the ribbon wore thin.

We remember houses that cost five figures.
We watched our parents buy them…
and decades later, still wonder how they did it.

We grew up with The Flintstones, Ultraman, Bonanza, and GI Joe.
We listened to bedtime stories on the radio
and woke up to Saturday morning cartoon jingles.
We danced to The Beatles, rocked to Led Zeppelin,
and later cried to Soda Stereo and Los Bukis.

We are the last to know life without helmets, seat belts, or sunscreen—
and somehow, we made it.
We drank soda from glass bottles,
picked up tortillas from the ground, dusted them off, and ate them.
We drank from the same bottle.
We shared everything.
The worst we got? Lice.
And vinegar took care of that.

We traveled 10 hours in cars without tablets or fast food chains.
No seat-back screens. No distractions.
Just games, songs, and endless questions from the backseat.

We carried heavy books—no wheels, no excuses.
We memorized phone numbers, learned cursive,
and rewound cassette tapes with a pencil.

We had no smartphones. No TikTok. No WiFi.
But we had marbles, hide and seek, jump rope,
and truth or dare under the stars.

We built friendships in sweat, dirt, and laughter—
not with likes, but with loyalty.
We weren’t profiles or hashtags.
We were “the quiet one,” “the funny one,” “the freckled one.”
And somehow—we all belonged.

We didn’t learn from TED Talks or YouTube tutorials.
We learned from falling, failing… and getting up again.

They call us Generation X.
But we are more than a letter.

We are the foundation.
The in-between.
The last ones to remember before it all went digital.

❤️ We survived it all—with grit, with soul, with heart.
And we wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Cheers to us.
To the ones who lived before and after.
To the lucky ones.

~ copied

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“Tik-Tok (sometimes spelled Tiktok) is a round-bodied mechanical man made of copper, who runs on clockwork springs which periodically need to be wound, like a wind-up toy or a mechanical clock. He has separate windings for thought, action, and speech. Tik-Tok is unable to wind any of them up himself. When his works run down, he becomes frozen or mute. For one memorable moment in The Road to Oz, he continues to speak but utters gibberish. When he speaks, only his teeth move. His knees and elbows are described as resembling those in a knight’s suit of armor. Being a machine, he is quite strong, allowing him to single-handedly overpower a whole horde of Wheelers without much difficulty, as demonstrated in a scene of the 1985 film Return to Oz.” (wikipedia)

…a 3-minute video

~ 1 onion every 3 weeks
~ tin meat – spam – corned beef – on points from ration book
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George Washington signs Jay Treaty with Britain: history.com …“On August 14, 1795, President George Washington signs the Jay (or “Jay’s”) Treaty with Great Britain. This treaty, known officially as the “Treaty of Amity Commerce and Navigation, between His Britannic Majesty; and The United States of America” attempted to diffuse the tensions between England and the United States that had risen to renewed heights since the end of the Revolutionary War. The U.S. government objected to English military posts along America’s northern and western borders and Britain’s violation of American neutrality in 1794 when the Royal Navy seized American ships in the West Indies during England’s war with France. The treaty, written and negotiated by Supreme Court Chief Justice (and Washington appointee) John Jay, was signed by Britain’s King George III on November 19, 1794 in London. However, after Jay returned home with news of the treaty’s signing, Washington, now in his second term, encountered fierce Congressional opposition to the treaty; by 1795, its ratification was uncertain.”

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The Hymn of Jesus
(in part)
Glory to Thee, Father!
(And we going round in a ring answered to Him:)
Amen!
Glory to Thee, Word (Logos)!
Amen!
Glory to Thee, Grace (Charis)!
Amen!
Glory to Thee, Spirit!
Glory to Thee, Holy One!
Glory to Thy Glory!
Amen!
We praise Thee, O Father;
We give Thanks to Thee, O light;
In Whom Darkness dwells not!
Amen!
(sacred texts)