Idiots Abound http://www.idiotsabound.com There everywhere! They're everywhere! posterous.com Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:24:24 -0800 A conscience if you're literal, a Spirit if you're faithful http://www.idiotsabound.com/a-conscience-if-youre-literal-a-spirit-if-you http://www.idiotsabound.com/a-conscience-if-youre-literal-a-spirit-if-you Here are a couple of things about me that may or may not surprise you.  First I'm a christian.  Second I'm skeptical.  It's important that you know both of these points, because I'm gonna start posting my thoughts.  Depending on which side of me you know best, you may be surprised by some of the things I post.  You many not agree with them, but I hope you'll at least think about the posts. 

Now to get to the subject of the title.  This morning I was praying and as I did it I heard a little voice in my head.  Everybody has heard that voice.  Most people call it their conscience.  It's a bunch of electrical and chemical impulses firing off inside your head.  That "little voice" tells you when things are good, bad, right, or wrong.  Sometimes we listen to that little voice and sometimes we don't.  Sometime we even have conversations with the "little voice" trying to change the voice's opinion of wrong to right or bad to good.

When I hear that voice in my head this morning, and I started to wonder "Where does my conscience end and God's spirit begin?"  Is that voice really all me or is there some of God there as well.  I think if you literally look at the conscience as just those electrical impulses, you miss out on all the possibilities.  When you are on a phone call, everything you hear is an electrical pulse that has been converted to sound.  That pulse was started somewhere else by somebody else.  With just a tiny little bit of faith, we could say that some of those sounds we hear in our head might have started somewhere else by somebody else.

For me I'm going to start listening to my conscience a little differently.  I believe God talks to everybody, and maybe he's using that "little voice"  to try to make changes in my life.  Maybe there's more behind those thought and ideas then just me arguing with myself.  Maybe, just maybe, it's me debating with God, and I should stop arguing my point and start listening to his.

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Sat, 08 Jan 2011 12:01:01 -0800 Need to post more http://www.idiotsabound.com/need-to-post-more http://www.idiotsabound.com/need-to-post-more So I don't know why I have such a hard time keeping a blog going. I do know in the last couple of days I have had several million page views and several hundred thousand new users to deal with. Maybe thats the reason.

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Tue, 11 May 2010 19:01:05 -0700 More wandering around "The Bend" http://www.idiotsabound.com/more-wandering-around-the-bend http://www.idiotsabound.com/more-wandering-around-the-bend
So I spent another hour or so wandering around the Chattahoochee Bend Stat Park.  I picked up the end of my last walk and took it a little farther.  The water shed that had the nice granite slide last time was dry, but it did give me a chance to find the start of the stream.  It looks like it would be quite pretty if you came through after a heavy rain.  There is a very cool tree that appears to be rooted on both sides of stream with the water flowing under tree trunk.

One crop of bolder included a mini "Fat Man's Squeeze" (yes I did fit).  Many of the stones at the top of the bowl had a very heavy moss cover that was quite lush.  There were a bolder and a tree locked in a battle for the same piece of ground.  Looks like the battle has been under way for 50+ years, and they may have just called a truce.

Of all the things I stumbled across, my favorite was the small pine tree growing out of the granite rock.  There wasn't any dirt or  other plants just a sole tree growing out of a large chunk of granite.  Just shows that determination make anything possible.

You can follow my path here: http://gpsed.com/track/6753547612348777997

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Tue, 04 May 2010 06:56:00 -0700 Day #17?: Where are my keys? http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-17-where-are-my-keys http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-17-where-are-my-keys So since I've lost track, I'm just going to say today is day 17. Yes I can bend time to my will, now where did I put my keys.

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Sat, 01 May 2010 20:26:23 -0700 Exploring Chattahoochee Bend State Park http://www.idiotsabound.com/exploring-chattahoochee-bend-state-park http://www.idiotsabound.com/exploring-chattahoochee-bend-state-park
So right around the corner from me is a big state park.  The park is under construction, but there are still lots of old logging roads to explore.  Me, Lenny, and Allie took off for a couple of hours and wondered around a bit.  We found alot of exposed granite as well as a few neat trees.  I think we might start heading over there once a week or so to see what else we might find.

If you want to see the route we walked, you can get more details here: http://gpsed.com/track/6753547611485028634

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Sat, 01 May 2010 18:37:51 -0700 Day #???: So I've lost count. http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-so-ive-lost-count http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-so-ive-lost-count Anyway, I've lost count, but here's a picture anyway. It's a little water fall just around the corner from the house.

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Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:40:26 -0700 Day #15: Smoking is bad for your bulbs. http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-15-smoking-is-bad-for-your-bulbs http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-15-smoking-is-bad-for-your-bulbs So I saw a video of this somewhere, and thought I'd give it a shot. Here's what happens when you burn a lightbulb without a glass globe.

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Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:37:42 -0700 Day #13: American Pride http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-13-american-pride http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-13-american-pride Sure the building is long gone, and the lot is currently for sale, but we are still proud!

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Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:35:02 -0700 Day #12: Young Love http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-12-young-love http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-12-young-love I wonder if these 2 crazy kids are still together.

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Tue, 27 Apr 2010 06:32:52 -0700 Day #11: At the beach! http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-11-at-the-beach http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-11-at-the-beach So I'm spending the weekend in St Simons, so the next several days will all have a beachy theme.

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Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:48:14 -0700 Day #10: Spring has sprung! http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-10-spring-has-sprung http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-10-spring-has-sprung Spring is here and the flowers are in bloom. Seems like a good reason to take some pictures.

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Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:32:27 -0700 Day 9: Ring Around the Ros.....? http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-9-ring-around-the-ros http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-9-ring-around-the-ros
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Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:20:38 -0700 Day #8: Moving http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-8-moving http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-8-moving So day 8 found me wondering back from lunch grabbing pictures of whatever caught my eye. Naturally there are plenty of cars zooming around, so I thought I'd take a couple of shots to see If I could capture the motion around me. Here's my favorite of the bunch.

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Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:05:00 -0700 Day #7: More of the Lost http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-7-more-of-the-lost http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-7-more-of-the-lost

So I like to see things being reclaimed by nature. I decided to walk up to the old family barn to see what kind of goodies could be had. Although the barn has just about collapsed on itself, I still managed to take a few pictures I liked.

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Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:00:37 -0700 Day #6b: Watching over Walter B Bird http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-6b-watching-over-walter-b-bird http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-6b-watching-over-walter-b-bird On the same day as our abandoned shed discovery, we noticed a sign for a Church that was established in 1827. Old churches often mean old graveyards, so we hung a quick left and found the little church with a small open field beside it. As I was walking around looking at the tombstones, I noticed theses small purple flowers popping up all over the grounds. I felt like the little flowers were keeping the tombstone and grave markers company. The tombstone directly behind these flowers is the marker for Walter B.

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Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:53:40 -0700 Day #6: Abandoned http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-6-abandoned http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-6-abandoned So Nan and I went for another adventure ride over the local dirt roads, and as we were riding along I noticed a glint of sunlight in the trees. I hit the brakes, and threw it in reverse. Nan thought I was a little crazy, but I pulled over to the edge and hopped out of the car to see what was there. It ended up being an old abandoned shed. It was pretty much falling in on itself, but it was fun to take a few pictures of it be for nature finally completely claimed it.

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Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:34:42 -0700 Day #4: A few extras http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-4-a-few-extras http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-4-a-few-extras So I had alot of fun on day 4, and I ended up with several pictures that I liked. I picked my favorite, but several folks like some of the other more. Here are all the favorites for day #4.

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Sat, 17 Apr 2010 19:25:21 -0700 Day #5: From the bottom up http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-5-from-the-bottom-up http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-5-from-the-bottom-up So this is one I thought was interesting. It's a parking deck disquised as a building. I look up at the buildings all the time. but I don't usually look straight up. I thought it gave an interesting perspective to something I see everyday.

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Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:30:40 -0700 Day #4: One last fish http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-4-one-last-fish http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-4-one-last-fish So I had a good time snapping pictures yesterday. I got several shots that I really loved, and I had a hard time picking one to post. I'll probably put the others up in a separate post, but here's my one for the day.

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Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:05:05 -0700 Day #3: Some Glass http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-3-some-glass http://www.idiotsabound.com/day-3-some-glass While I was picking the kids up at my mother-in-law's, I notices she had lined her bar with these class bottles. I thought it was a bit intriguing, so I took a quick photo.

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