Just what is jet?

Well, let's see. Get on a plane at 6:00 p.m Eastern Standard Time. FLy for eight hours, but it's actually 14 hours later when you land in London. Couldn't sleep on the plane. It's 8 a.m. when we go through Customs. An hour trip on a train to Victoria Station. (I can't write whole sentences.) A very poor decision to walk to the hotel. After all, it's only about two inches on the map. First, find the Arch bar (a bar is a gate; a gate is a street) entrance to Hyde Park. By the way, did you know that Hyde Park is as big as Morocco. Try to get a cab with dollars instead of pounds. Keep walking. Remember, Wanda packed for the rest of the calendar year. I'm carrying a forty pound back pack, pulling the seventy five pound suitcase. Wanda is pulling my 30 pound suitcase. You've needed to find a bath room since final approach, but couldn't. About an hour and a half later, you find your hotel. Sweating, whining, gasping for air because Wanda won't let me stop for a smoke, feet hurt, dying to find a loo. Now, the guy comes flying out of the hotel and carries our bags up to the room. Pass out on the bed for an hour. Do a bus tour, take another nap, tour the Tower of London, take showers where an eighth of an inch on the cold water knob is the difference between ice and fire, go eat Fish and Chips.

So, what is it? It's a complete detachment of the mind from the body in time and space. You know that your body is walking, eating, talking, lying down, or standing in line, but you mind is not there. It's rebooting but keeps hitting "runtime error" messages. You ask the same question four times, you know someone expects you to say something smart or inquisitive, but.....


Oh, yea. Its not "jet", it's "jet lag". I write again later.

St. Barnabas' Future Weddings

Getting Started

Dear Friends,

Just in time! We are heading to England and Scotland. Really, it wasn't planned this way. Just following General Convention, our vacation begins. Wanda (my bride and buddy) and I are flying out on Friday to London. Two days there, one day in York, four days in Oban (Iona, Isle of Mull, Isle of Sky), two day in the Highlands residing in Fort William, three days in Edinburgh, and an overnight layover in Amsterdam.

While we are there, I hope to blog ideas, thoughts, and photos. Thanks to Rickford who set up this whole thing. By the way, Rickford will be posting on occasion (more often if he disagrees). Also, we'll be inviting others to post on varying subjects.

In the meantime, feel free to write and chat. Rickford will be the obudsman (I have no idea if that is spelled correctly). Keep Wanda and me in your prayers. Sacrifice a chicken if you must. Pilots and Copilots are a priority.

We'll chat soon.

Randall+

P.S. My name is Randall J. Keeney. I am an Episcopal priest at a small church in Greensboro. I have no particular area of expertise or knowlege. I begin writing this only to remain in contact with parishioners, friends, and family. We would; however, like to develop this blog further. So, feel free, and in fact invited, to comment as we go on.

Our mantra, which is on the stationary even, is this: "Beyond tolerance, toward honor."

Still In TESTING PHASE

Hello early viewers. . . If you have just stumbled upon this, be aware that it is a mess right now. Just getting things up to snuff. Should be all set by the time Randall is ready to journey off to Tartanville.

One More Post from RG

OK, now taht I am at it, I thought I might as well add something else for the fun of it. How about a video from Father Mattew (also a Georgia boy, if I recall)? Well, here you go:



Yes this is very versatile.

External Post Experiment

OK, now I am posting by loggin in via my own email address and password (i think they have to be gmail addresses, but that is free and easy).

Seemt to work well. Graphic at the top of Pilot Mtn is mine, though the text is weird, but easily fixed. . . just a sample.

Experimental First Post by Randall

Here is a test of a Blog idea in which Randall can log in to this blog, and others can log in from their own accounts after they are invited to do so.