The Hatfields and McCoys

O.K., so here it is the last day of May 2012 and Uncle Donnie is waiting to see the finale
of The Hatfields and McCoys on the history channel. Kinda reminds me of  the volcano
(New York City) back in the day when you had two families competin for primacy, if you
know what I'm saying. Drinkin, smokin, killin, thievin, corrupt officials and corrupt lawmen,
gamblin, payoffs, extortion, you name it, it happened. Doesn't matter if it was the eighteenth,
century or the nineteenth century, the twentieth too...this stuff has been happenin for a long
time and more than likely will continue till the day of judgement. Am I right, or what?
Anyways, Kevin Costner plays the head of the Hatfield clan and Bill Paxton, the head of
the McCoys, and both do a real believable job in their portrayals of the heads of two very
pathetic families. I mean these two families could give the Manson family a run for its money,
you know what I mean? I mean there was no toleration of the intolerance each had for one another!
Did I just say that? Should I tolerate the intolerance of others, or not? WhattamIgonnado?
Whattayagonnado? I'm confused; me too! HELLLLLLLLLLLP!
Maybe June will be better!

Later,
Don

I Make No Apologies

Hiya pallies,
Let's talk Espanol . I know your thinking,"I deent (that's Spanish for didn't) know that
senior Donnie liked to cook Mexican food"! Au contrair, Uncle D. loves this sort
of cuisine, and so does his trophy wife Betty. This girl could eat Mexican almost like
she can eat Italiano, you know what I mean? Why just this past week Betty made this
killer chicken tortilla soup. Maybe I shouldn't use the term killer; anyways the soup wassa
so good, and I have had it about tree, four times this very week, fuggetaboudit! We like
Mexican, what can I say! But last night after our card game with the Woods, now this is about
10:00, she asks if I would make her this frittata(back to the Italiano), right. So whattamIgonnado,
not make it, I made the thing, right! Only she wants like broccoli and swiss cheese,and ham, and onions
in it. The works, right? I'm honored, right, that the master would ask the apprentice to do
this thing. Did I mention the peppers? So I chopped all this stuff up and put it in the fridge
and got up this morning, before church and made her this thing. We hadda nice Sun. breakfast
and I think we enjoyed it. No, I know we enjoyed it, every Sun. morning is like this, only most
times we have a mimosa or three, just to get things workin, you know what I mean?
It is what it is. I make no apologies.

Ciao,
Uncle Donnie

Sweaty Bettys And Fresh Hot Brownies

Uncle Donnie has about three maybe four good books he's been reading lately, and
surprisingly, some have been written by guys who are still alive. Will wonders never
cease? I mean for D. to read somebody who ain't dead is quite rare, you know what
I mean? I even had a friend tell me recently that I read too many Puritan authors.
Fuggetaboudit, as if that were possible. Anyways, he recommended a book entitled,
Renovation of the Church; What Happens When A Seeker Church Discovers Spiritual
Formation, by Kent Carlson and Mike Lueken. They tell their story about changing from
a 'consumer' ministry to a discipleship ministry and all the fallout and blessing that ensued
therein. Uncle D. hadda read about a hundred pages before he got some personal application
but like a ton of bricks it hit me and was made very personal to the point of asking some
threatening questions. Uncomfortable, but necessary, if you get my meaning.
I also reread a book by O. Palmer Robertson, entitled The Israel Of God; Yesterday,
Today, And Tomorrow.(My trophy wife Betty just brought me a freshly baked, still warm
brownie, delicioso B., Oh, did I tell you about the best beer to come out of Colorado?
Sweaty Betty is the name, Mamma Mia......goes widdout sayin, right?) This book answers
the question, what part if any does ethnic Israel play in the culmination of history, It has
always been of help to me concerning eschatology. You should get a copy!
Now to my favorite, Gospel Revelation; Finding Worth In Knowing Christ, by Jeremiah
Burroughs. We have our identity, our heritage, and our future in Christ. I'm thinkin that
the seeker church leaders mentioned earlier shoulda read this Puritan dead guy, and maybe
they did, I dunno. If Christlikeness is possible and is the result of a pursuit of holiness; and
it is, then this is the book for spiritual transformation. This is a must read, period!
Gotta go,
Uncle Donnie

Everybody Must Get Stoned

Recently, Uncle Donnie,his trophy wife Betty, and a bunch of paesani made the trek to
Kah-Nee-Tah hot springs for a four day suare' in the sun. Marone, whatta time we had!
You know what I mean? Maybe I'm about eight cents short of a dime most of the time,
but we had ourselves a stellar time; what with the pool and the golf and eats and drinks
and fun, I mean, whattayagonnado? Your gonna enjoy it. That's what your gonna do!
And enjoy it I did. So, I had one of those stone massages, where they rub these hot stones
all over you. Mamma Mia, it wassa so good! Now Uncle Donnie has never been stoned,
if you catch my meaning, but I was a little rubber-legged after that trip to the spa.
Nothing that a coupla of adult beverages could'nt remedy, right? Fuggetaboudit!
Takashi, he ain't no fugazi Woods, and Mrs. Woods were there. Our old friends Mason
and Mrs. I can eat alot of fry bread, Bledsoe were there. Don Sparky and Signora Sparky
were in attendance, as were my secondi daughter and my son-in-law,B.Shitzel. If youse
ever wanna have a good time, take this bunch witchoo(with you), capisci.
See ya around,
D.
P.s. secondi daughter with child, a little girl.
Blessed!

The Fed In The Red Is Next To Dead

In 1961, President John Kennedy said,"We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet
any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and
success of liberty." If he meant that fifty years ago, he must be rollin over in his grave
about the condition of our country today.Without knowing, he was talking about our
biggest foe now.....the Federal government. The reality of unlimited government is upon us.
We are paying a ridiculous price for a burdensome government, and facing imminent
hardship from within. Our liberties are diminished in direct proportion to the unsatiable
desires of big government, and our survival is in doubt, to say the least! Not what you
were expecting, eh John? Me neither! Uncle Donnie was eight years old when this quote
was made. That would have put me in the third grade, at a time when we still practised
civil defense drills at school, where for a brief time you hadda set under your desk in
case the commies dropped the bombs, you know what I mean? The Big Red Scare,right?
Today we are scared of the BIG RED alright.....the fact that our country is in the red
fiscally is way more dangerous than the Ruskies taking over our country back in the day.
When Uncle Donnie was eight the average citizen owed nothing to pay back the national
debt coz there wasn't one; a national debt that is. Oh, how far we've come, marona mia!
Today the average eight yr. old owes the federal government, oh I dunno, maybe a hundred
thou or so.......What? O.K., maybe my numbers are off a little, but not by much.
I remember some people used to say, "well, I'd rather be Red than dead!"
The reality today is that the Fed in the Red is next to Dead!
Whattayagonnado?
Uncle D.