Gabby Talks About John C. Lennox's Updated Edition, God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? Also Info on Copyright/AI

 

This guy was just as overwhelming when he got the book... but he does repeat what I said about who recommends the book! So there is potential from a pastor who says so! Kinda better than me... Except he obviously hasn't planned for eyesight issues that many publishers are presenting for us... The old 12 point minimum size has gone down the tubes for many corporations who either have been caught up in losses caused by Trump, or is still trying to recover losses from COVID... He'll need to buy magnifying glasses like I had to... Really not a good substitute for enjoying a book where you're taking breaks, trying to read another paragraph during TV commercials... or whatever you need to do to be able to talk about a book that you haven't even started to read... At least I've got to sections up on him to talk about. But who's got more clout, LOL Gabby is just now starting to talk books on an ongoing basis, sigh... and I had to pick one of the most brilliant educators out there to start... more sighs...

John Carson Lennox (born 7 November 1943) is a Northern Irish mathematician, philosopher of science, Christian apologist, and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is a Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford University. He is also Pastoral Advisor of Green Templeton College and Fellow of Wycliffe Hall.

Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Christliches Medienmagazin pro (John Lennox) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

I like that this brilliant author, still active, is old... With all the other groups of people being spotted for extermination by this government, agism is one of those groups. But, aging is something that is specific to an individual, NOT a group phenomenon. But that is similar to what the author found in the video above... Those who choose to hate first from personal prejudices, whether true or not, are the first to claim that  a human characteristic is actually a demon... or enemies within

Before the birth of Christ, even, looked to Greek philosophers and other science-oriented individuals to attempt to explain how the universe worked.  Even the Catholic Church look to Aristotle as a basis of how they presented their religious beliefs... Then, of course, the Protestant Reformation began with a break from the Christianity as developed by Catholics... Those who wish to learn more look to various individuals who had gained recognition. Galileo was also one was early involved...

Preface ‘What is the meaning of it all?’ Richard Feynman

Those who have been granted the spirit of curiosity and imagination have been trying to figure out just how Earth came to be. By the time the earth was populated, it had already been in existence for millions and millions of years, perhaps. I never saw this as a matter of conflict. For me, God had His own time. It was humans who later established how time was to be measured. So, whether or not the Genesis story was something I understood totally do not concern me. As you know, I love mysteries... For God, even one of the reviewers explained it for me to understand where I what was coming as I began to read...

‘This short book is more than just a critical analysis of the deep question posed in the title. It is a scientific detective story, which keeps the reader on his toes as the evidence is put in place bit by bit. John Lennox reaches his final conclusion in grand Hercule Poirot style, revealing the answer that he sees as the only possible solution to the pieces of evidence he has amassed along the way. If you begin this book thinking the answer to the question in the title is “No”, you will enjoy this masterful collecting of the evidence. If you begin it thinking it is “Yes”, maybe you won’t in the end be persuaded to change your view, but you will certainly be faced with a lot of challenging and thought-provoking ideas that will certainly tax your powers of reasoning. Whatever your final conclusion, it is impossible not to find this a stimulating read.’ --Keith Frayn, PhD ScD FRCPath, Professor of Human Metabolism, University of Oxford*

*_____Lennox, John C. God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? (p. 4). Lion Hudson. Kindle Edition. 

It is clear as page after page begins, that Lennox has conducted a major research effort, pulling out all relevant books that have been written about this 2000+ mystery. And, as a life-long student, clearly, some of which were actually within the great halls of education around the world, he begins with a Review of Research. His method to a great extent, is to take an issue and discuss both sides... BUT, and it is a big but, in the process he also clarifies that what I, for instance, may have learned along the way, has also NOT been debunked... Darwin with his evolution concept is one such truth... 

And like today, when the lies are even more used by those who choose to gain their riches and fame through lies, manipulation and even criminal acts, including violence/death, there were always those who claimed that they were right and any alternative opinions were without evidence and therefore they were right...

I smiled when Lennox pointed out that they denied that Faith was evidence... Yet, in reality, were using "Faith" in their own belief even when it had been ultimately proven inaccurate

Kinda like the republican christian nationalist "faith" that the 2020 election was not won by President Biden... This is one time when an analogy between history and the present proves to be spot-on in Truth... even while those who deny it or claim that the election was rigged, broken, or whatever...is still spouted by those who were elected to respond to the need of our citizens. All of Them...

Addressing the question whether science should do away with religion, Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg said: ‘The world needs to wake up from the long nightmare of religion... Anything we scientists can do to weaken the hold of religion should be done, and may in fact be our greatest contribution to civilization.’ Unsurprisingly, Richard Dawkins went even further. ‘I am utterly fed up with the respect we have been brainwashed into bestowing upon religion.’ And yet, and yet... Is this really true? Are all religious people to be written off as prejudiced and underinformed? After all, some of them are scientists who have won the Nobel Prize. Are they really pinning their hopes on finding a dark corner of the universe that science can never hope to illuminate? Certainly that is scarcely a fair or true description of most of the early pioneers in science who, like Kepler, claimed that it was precisely their conviction that there was a Creator that inspired their science to ever greater heights. For them it was the dark corners of the universe that science did illuminate that provided ample evidence of the ingenuity of God.*

*_____Lennox, John C. God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? (pp. 8-9). Lion Hudson. Kindle Edition. 

I think I'm going to stop for today... I am still not comfortable with how to share...with new copyright concerns... Here's what I found on a search, which happened to be from LinkedIn, so I've followed the creator and will see if I can get more specific info as it pertains to writers and book reviewers... Note that AI is now part of searching... but did not include the creator, merely the link. To me that is not AI, it is merely, perhaps upgraded, but still a search we've been doing since the Internet was created... And with this administration, we all know anything is possible if a deal is made...and money crosses hands... Dealing with the issue of AI does not address the potential theft and reproduction of somebody's creative works!

As AI technologies continue to develop at an unprecedented pace, the tension between AI developers’ need for vast amounts of data and the creative industries’ rights over their content has become a central legal and commercial challenge.

Earlier this year, the UK Government closed its consultation on AI and copyright, aiming to strike a balance between innovation and intellectual property protection. But as ever, the global picture is far from unified and the differences between jurisdictions are telling.

🔍 How are different jurisdictions responding?
🔹 UK: Proposes an opt-out model. AI developers could use copyright works unless rights holders actively reserve their rights. Transparency obligations are likely.
🔹 EU: Permits text and data mining (TDM) for both research and commercial use, under the Digital Single Market Directive. Rights holders can opt out. Transparency measures are set to tighten under the EU AI Act.
🔹 US: Relies on the broad but uncertain fair use doctrine. Each case turns on its facts — as shown by the NYT v OpenAI litigation. Legislative reform is expected, particularly under a new Trump administration.
🔹 Japan: Offers the most permissive regime. TDM and AI training are allowed even for commercial use, provided outputs comply with existing copyright law. No formal transparency rules yet, but the JCO is watching the space.

📊 TDM & Transparency: a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction snapshot:

Text & Data Mining (TDM)
🔹 UK: Currently limited to non-commercial research. Proposal on the table to allow commercial use, provided rights holders can opt out.
🔹 EU: TDM permitted for both research and commercial purposes. Rights holders may opt out.
🔹 US: Flexible, thanks to fair use doctrine, but unpredictable. No specific legislation governing TDM. Judicial decisions will shape the boundaries.
🔹 Japan: Broad scope for TDM and AI training. Legal framework already accommodates information analysis, with minimal restrictions.

Transparency Obligations
🔹 UK: Consultation suggests requiring AI developers to disclose summaries training datasets. Aims to build trust and support enforcement.
🔹 EU: The EU AI Act introduces mandatory summaries of training datasets - they must be “sufficiently detailed”.
🔹 US: California’s new Assembly Bill 2013 mandates high-level disclosure of training data. Due to take effect in January 2026, so it is subject to change under the new administration.
🔹 Japan: No clear planned legislation on disclosure. However, the JCO has raised the possibility of future guidance or regulation on transparency and dataset disclosure.

💡 Our Perspective: In our full article, we unpack the legal issues in detail and suggest a middle-ground approach. Without careful alignment, overly strict local rules may stifle AI innovation while failing to prevent the use of protected content abroad.

Read the full deep-dive and our proposed solution here: https://lnkd.in/ehQ846hu


AI & Copyright Law: comparing global approachesvwv.co.uk

Talk Soon!

Gabby

Now Reading: God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? - And thousands of years later, they still lie and argue...

 How can you care about Housekeeping

While your pockets are getting cleaned out by the government? --Gabby

Secretary Kennedy is leader of health care for Prisoners - Formerly Referred to as Citizens or People

Welcome to Gabby's Talking!

Many of you might have seen that I've been signing Gabby to some of my posts already... But Now's it's a permanent and ongoing event occuring here at Book Readers Heaven... You know why, don't you? Of course, you do. I've had it and I'm not goin' take it anymore...

And keep my mouth shut... Be prepared for Stuff to happen that is quite different... That's an actual Warning, because I really have no idea what will come out of my mouth these days... As can be seen from what I've posted already, which certainly wasn't planned since I originally planned to talk about God's Undertaker... And I will... but it seems, maybe not today...???

But, first...

Although you might have guessed if you've followed me and my two blogs fairly routinely... The fact is--I'm Old! I've got a fairly recent pic that I was going to start using...but I haven't been able to figure out how to upload from my "latest" cell phone! As you might have guessed, I have a major issue with the way computers are being stuffed down our throats without even the courtesy to say Hello once in a while when help is needed... Heaven forbid that somebody gets on the phone or is willing to allow me to immediately answer an email that they have sent me, which now officially declares that you can not respond... And if you don't read that, they automatically reject your email response which is very long, but now worthless, with it being slammed back with a nasty note "I told you NO returns messages... We are not allowed to talk anymore...I'm sorry, this is a secret message by a friendly citizen who hates how the world has changed, too!" 

Actually, that last message can't even happen, because machines do all mail processes now. One email is typed once and then used over and over and over to millions of people who are being ignored because...

We would discover that supervisors don't know how to deal with people. No training, quite apparently, is now done. So if you accidentally get connected to an employee, he talks nonsense but never actually responds to your need... Supervisor tell new employees to go watch videos of the president and follow his communication methods... 

Sarcasm on purpose--Gabby

Well, maybe that's not exactly the truth, but it sure feels like it when I'm talking with the idiots, like the one that broke me from Direct TV... for about 2 minutes to cry at the insanity of this world we are now living it...

But I digress... My apologies... But let me tell you. Glenda is an introvert, as you know... Well, at my age, now...and seeing what the republicans are getting away with--destroying the United States--I felt quite sure that Gabby needed to "come out..."

And now a message about Neuriva

Perhaps even recommend it to many politicians

I have gone through 3 available options and now

use 3D the latest upgrade...

This has been a totally unsolicited ad because this works better than leading brand you'll see on television...

--Gabby 

Ahhhh...Neuriva is an off-the-counter med for, ah...Memory

Sigh...More on this later - At least I got the name and spelling out there...

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God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God? - Whew! I sure didn't know what I was getting into when I decided to read this book...

Especially since "I" already knew the answer... Not...Duh...

But, I have to admit that I was glad I was on a Reader because I did a lot of research of the "words" just to keep reading. Ok, You know a book has been written by a brilliant man when all of the reviews printed in the front of the book are those credentialed with nothing below a doctorate degree...

I got through the Preface and First Chapter and when I came to the second chapter, I was relieved to stop. Truthfully I don't know if I'll actually read this entire book, even if I want to...

I immediately turned to the 3rd trilogy book by Sharon Sala and sunk in for some relief from so many deep and heavy thoughts and arguments of different opinions...

But what I did learn from God's Undertaker was what I concluded with on my heading...

And reading what I did, I learned that this type of disagreement was going on long before Jesus was even born... We're talking about God Himself! The Great I Am... The Father, The Creator and so much more to those who know we are His children!

And what I also learned was that it was NOT a fight between Believers and Scientists... Frankly it was easier for me to decide, again, that each human is unique with a unique mind and a free will...

The problem is that some of us CHOOSE to disagree on purpose... or because we've been misled in some way...

Just like the republicans who apparently have no real beliefs or effective management skills to rule a nation and had to turn to lies and corruption to get what they want--riches and power...

So it really goes back to the haves and havenots, except when God is involved, we tend not to become a member of a cult/groupthink type of life...

And Now the Plan of Action

Re Process (I hate when a computer decides I want to doublespace when I don't!)

On this particular book, I will be using the process used for students...At a level where a format is established in advance, which must be used, or else... LOL I think I still have my copy of Campbell's these writing. No I never earned a higher degree, but I've typed a number of them and learned the parts that the students "couldn't" or "wouldn't" do himself...

What that hopefully means, if I am thinking right, is that I can use actual excerpts from this book, by using and creating a lists of references; i.e., providing where I found what I was excerpting. I'm trying to figure out if this responds to the extremely tight copyright restrictions because of AI now being required. Actually, this is a test case, so I'll see how it goes with the first two parts of God's Undertaker. 

But

I do want you to know that I woke up this morning after having dreamed about buying plants from somebody I didn't like and I felt like I was drunk, although I don't drink... My body felt heavy. even walking with my cane, I was leaning against the wall for major support.

Or maybe that was because of what I read in the 3rd Trilogy book...so you'll have to wait to hear about that story when I get to it, LOL 

So busy; So little time... It's Hell to get old. Forget about whether there is really Hell... God had no idea of AGING! He was already looking to the Forever business... Not good planning in my opinion... Oh Wait, Sorry Father...

You know, folks, when you become friends with the Holy Spirit - 3 in 1 you might find that it's too easy to forget the God Almighty part of that relationship... That's why Music in So Important. Especially with Words!

Our Father

Who Art in Heaven

Hallowed Be Thy Name

Thy Kingdom Come

Thy Will Be Done

On Earth

As It Is in Heaven

Give Us this Day

Our Daily Break

And forgive us our debts

As we forgive our debtors

And Lead Us Not Into Temptation

But deliver us from Evil

For Thine is the Kingdom 

And the Power

And the Glory

Forever!

Amen!

This is how I pray, I cannot SAY the words

For I immediately start singing as I would sing it with some type of instrument accompaniment...

This group sang it as I would

And shares the faces of people like you and me...

God Bless All God's Children

Gabby

Watch next for God, who doesn't need an undertaker...

GABixlerReviews Presents Series - Spotlighting Life, Books, Today's World - as Seen by Gabby

 

--Gabby

Things HAVE Changed

And I Can't Take It Anymore...

BUT!

I am going to begin a new very open series of my perspective on life as it is right now as instigated in 2015 by the republican party...

This is the video that God sent to begin my reviewing...

I will be reading this author... Starting with an earlier Book 

God's Undertaker: Has Science Buried God?

Indeed, Science Fiction has Already Introduced the Concept (Star Trek)

Gabby gives Star Trek Original top ratings with 1-10 - 25; Second Generation as 20, other captains 10 - Latest version recently shared here - 5...  But, now meet the Science Fiction beginning of the issue presented with 2nd video...

Meet BORG!

As some of you already know, GABixlerReviews became Gabby when I stopped accepting reviews... But, really, about 5 years ago when Avi, my new great-great-nephew came into my life... And his mother became my caretaker and helper as my body's health declined. Avi is now preparing for his first school year... and I've aged along with him... He calls me Gabby and he is already a creator of fiction... Hopefully, my first books to him began that thirst for imagination and creation...

But an even older connection GABixlerReviews has is with Google - Whoever they are...

Google, for me at least, is right up there with my first introduction to the Internet.  Most of us have been automatically substituting Google when we say we need to do a search. We "google" it... For the most part, Google has been a significant partner in my online life. But like every other site, they refuse to talk... That, alone, heightens my frustration and lowers my ranking of this fantastic group of technical experts...

When I was looking for a new site from the book review site out of which I began to review books professionally--Independent Professional Book Reviews--created by Bettie Tucker, Rainbow's End Publishing Company Director until she decided to retire as a publisher, I found Blogger and have been here ever since. When I first joined Blogger, I moved all my IP site reviews at one time and found my new long-term home. That been about 25 years ago and I've been blogging every since, with breaks for surgeries, vacations when I took them, and other life activities...

The government was the reason we disbanded IP Reviews. As we all know, especially now, the federal government is constantly searching out how the new Internet was being used to "Make Money." Heaven forbid that somebody would be making money and they didn't get their share! Of course, we all know that the present administration has tried recently to steal money from the IRS to use as pay-back money for his worshippers... Money - reminds me that I've just finished a 4-post article regarding a recent health break caused by forces outside my control... If you didn't get info, I hope you'll take time to catch up on my Open Memoir... on my sister blog, Just My Personal Opinion...

Mainly because it led to this new activity at Book Readers Heaven. Reviewing Today's World from Gabby's perspective... Once I found the video this morning, I knew it was a God Incident--a message from My Father Who Art In Heaven...

 Andre Bocelli is my favorite tenor singer. A blind artist who has given joy to millions of people with His God-given voice... is ranked 1-10 as 25!

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Health Care in U.S.

Comparative Review between 1960s and 2026

Communication - 1960s - 10

                            2026 - 2

Technology - 0

After hurrying to finish the last page of my post on Job Burnout, I ate a little to take my evening meds and went to bed to read... my normal routine...

But I almost immediately noticed that my heart was beating faster! My left arm was painful, a dull pain, but more than when I decided to go to ER. Was it what I ate? Did I actually take my evening med? Or had I taken my morning med? PTSD results in my mind moving quickly--too quickly so that I lose words, become unsure about what I had or had not just done, because my mind was still within the trigger putting me in PTSD... And my mind moves from one thing to another to another... 

Kinda like Trump always talks... kinda makes you wonder about his state of mind. Mine? The jumping of issues normally lasts just during the moment of frustration. say no more than 10 minutes if I reach a countdown stage, which I rarely do... Does that mean he's in crisis mode continuously? Or at least since January and he began to be controlled by the Project 2025/Republican Party Financial Owners (my word combination, of course).

Was my heart in trouble? I started doing what I had done before when the dull pain moved into my arm. I started rubbing, squeezing hard on my left arm, I thought to try to get the blood flowing... I also threw in a couple of Tums because I wasn't sure that what I'd eaten that day had not produced a reaction of faster heart beating... Apparently, my self-care actions worked, as I woke up with wanting to review the WVU Hospital computer system! As it Now is...

My recent Job Burnout article related to listing what outside activities had occurred which placed my mind swirling... Last night, apparently, my heart was what felt the aftershock physical reaction... Will Life under this administration and the world as it now is, lead to my death?

I woke up thinking that I was going to fight all the way 'til that happens!

And Google has a small part of that... You see, I had to use 4 articles because I've never been able to figure out how to control the linear formatting. Everything I write there is set to take up, it seems, 3 times the length of what is on this blog. So a review is due on this site...

I have found help is tedious, if totally not available or, worse, understandable...

It is clear to me that there is NO Internet company that has Users as part of the development process... And since Google is one of the original creators, At this time, I give Google communication skills - 0 of a 1-10

I will quickly admit that I figure since I, who has worked on computers from age 18 with mainframe computers and with every level since then, I make a perfect reviewer to claim that online Internet expertise of interpersonal communication SUCKS!

And it's gotten  WORSE SINCE AI IS NOW IN COMPETITION AMONG AND BETWEEN THEM! Or it's from the deals made with Trump... We all saw techie's at the Inauguration of the worst administration ever known! And know that deals were made thereafter... We just don't know how or why... That's the scary part since we quickly saw the devastation of what Trump has done to the nation. Now we begin to see the move to less people involved than ever before! One company has already announced huge layoffs of people due to "AI" implementation! Not OK

Google Tries - 10 for Effort within the constraints of the communication process. But still fails the user--this user almost daily... I figure if I can have failure that at least thousands of or even millions of others have felt the same type of frustration and confusion... but can't interact to even get attention from a site... They give up...

As far as I am aware, Google provides no chat process AT All. If there is one, It's been hidden from my computer for 25 years. So a reviewer like myself must automatically ask why.

Have they already adopted the belief that people are stupid, dumb and computers are the future. It is people who must be assimilated, become a part of BORG? 

Since I'm a reader am I being judged because I refused to read their pages and pages of instructions and various "stuff" that they THINK is sufficient, but have never really people checked? No, that can't be it, because millions of people cannot understand computerese even as much as I can... Communication level for Google continues at an overall 0 for lack of even trying...

Here's one area that sent me into withdrawal--if I can't deal, I retreat to calm my anger and frustration...

Because NO ONLINE SITE REALLY COMMUNICATES AS NEEDED TO BE EFFECTIVELY USED UNLESS YOU ARE A NERD, A GEEK, A COMPUTER WHIZ... And I guarantee that millions of users of these sites are not... We are the ones that are kicked off, shut out with some excuse, ignored, forced to change our name to get back on... or, even, change a bank where new equipment has been added, but not your own bank?! Your insurance man dies? Too bad...We The People must initiate action to find out where we are not to be "serviced...." Oh year and my favorite, sites who use a telephone number as your ID... and never bother to verify that that is still an active ID... (One exception to that is WVU My Chart activity, but even there the telephone system overall also SUCKS! Yes, all things Gabby has been forced to deal with because no company ever wants to talk... All they want is OUR MONEY! And that's changed since the 1960s.

Advancements have occurred; Communication has been almost deleted!

Of course I have my opinions related to why communication is so different... I may even do another separate post on that...

I could continue with specifics for Google but they know it already since I send feedback every time my frustration is raised--changes are made without notification, creates messes that are unwanted, etc... Has that happened to you who use Google? Well, you now know you're not alone...

Take for instance, Google Analytics... You would think that this could be an easy creation. After all Our Trillionnaire is trying to get to the moon, having failed often, but keeps trying... So, why, after 20 years, the analytics remain the same? Is it because they see that nobody uses them? But would they admit to themselves that it is because they present illogical, actually incorrect, unusable information?

Okay, I'm going to close with Google by describing what I have found on analytics. The numbers never tally...

First, I have two blogs. At one point, the second was used more often. But a new system was put in. I had to choose to use my primary blog, for reviews, because I had to relearn the new blog formatting, with which I continue to see changes and have to figure out how to adjust on my own... In the meantime, as I already said, I have not been able to figure out even the line spacing--yes the line spacing--on my other blog... Now, I have to point out that most systems follow the older word processing typing that millions learned... apparently programmers never took typing and progressed from there to word processing... An assumption on my part since programs which don't match some basic patterns of historical document use are extremely hard to learn...for me, at least...

Still, Analytics appears. There is no reference to my other blog, which also is getting visits, but I cannot see. Does that mean I am not using the right format for the other blog, the one I haven't been able to reformat? Or does it mean that my analytics is one blog at a time? And that's all you get? Or any other variation of possibilities that can be considered in a normal analysis of data which I've managed routinely in my own work?

Then, if it is NOT my fault? I must ask. How can analytics not tally? You see, my blog, if correct, apparently is viewed all over the world. I know that could be correct, because I've reviewed books for people from Canada, Australia and German, as a few I remember... So... I get all these technical machine info...but nothing accurate for my actual readers??? 

Well, let's take a closer look. I open my analytics on Book Readers Heaven

Posts

Desert God by Wilbur Smith -- Historical Fantasy and Adventure Never Better Merged!

Posted by Glenda A Bixler Reviews

1.28K

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James Houston Turner Has A Winner in Greco's Game!

Posted by Glenda A Bixler Reviews

119

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Blackie - A Biography of Captain Harold F. Blackburn by William F. Cass

Posted by Glenda A Bixler Reviews

102

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Take a look at the first book in particular... This is graphically shown as the last 7 days, with a major hike on one day, July 15th... All other analytics are based on this 7 day period... I can guarantee that 1.28K people did not visit my blog recently. and on one day...

My response is that this impossible analysis, cannot happen... unless it was hacked and changed...

Or the graphic representation is incorrect.

Key to these assumption are what I, the user, the creator of the blog, want to use/see to analyze. In fact, I'd like to be able to do various sorting routines, if I thought they would actually mean anything and worth sharing.. Thus far Analytics is rated 0 out of 1-10. It is worthless...

Without going into details, I will submit to you that the 1.28K is a TOTAL NUMBER OF VISITORS READING THIS REVIEW AND NOT THE LAST 7 DAYS. If I am correct, then the entire analysis is worthless. 

Indeed on another graphic, there is ALWAYS a number that has not been assigned geographically or otherwise. My guess is because of technical limitations on the part of what type of computer access is being used (hackers, dark web?) Who knows? No matter what the problem, if NOT explained by the graphic in detail, makes the entire analysis worthless...

Data is communication. Google does not effectively communicate in many ways.

Bottom line ranking of Google's response to Gabby's needs  must register no more than 3 because of lack of trust for communication practices

Given my brief health scare last night, this video of the U.S. life is kinda reflected by this video (note the extra line placed without any action on my part) Except my two emotions are either tears or anger...This guy seems to want to cry but stops and laughs instead...just like a man... LOL)

Gabby's Speaking Out!

For All God's Children!

This Book Went Too Far? - Seeing Reality of Life? - Or Is It A God Incident? - Open Memoir

 

I finished reading the book by Nick Russell this morning... It was the last in a combined author book, apparently used as a promotion to give potential readers a taste of the writing. If the last book, a free-standing story, had not been added, I probably would have continued with my plan to discuss each of the books... But I was so disgusted when I finished that I had no plans to do anything other than to avoid my computer for the weekend...

So I got dressed and sat down to turn on the television to see what I could find... Absolutely nothing... seriously. I have nothing but problems since Direct TV "changed" their entire programming... At first, I was losing favorite shows I wanted to view at my time choice... but then, they placed one of my favorites--Tracker--on Sundays. Only to also schedule games on that day, which ran over into the time for the supposed most watched new show... and those who recorded it, always missed part or all of the program depending upon the game! How RUDE... First they advertised the show so much that you didn't want to miss it and recorded it, but then made no provisions for ensuring that the program would be available as  recorded... Let's just say that it has gotten worse as time goes by... Something is definitely wrong. They know it; I knows it. I've already said that before... But everyday a different coded message is to be used, now, or whatever... it requires I call in to fix it... Well, I had many recorded already so I was watching those during the past week as I did things that I personally needed to do other than fix my own television for which I pay... Any way, I got nothing this morning, so came to pull up YouTube. Thankfully, my Hughes Net computer system rarely fails me... I decided to pull up Jesus Christ Superstar, original version... to be my background music as I did other things...

But as soon as I pulled up the site, three songs were there... The titles pulled me in...

Yeah, I have a tendency to consider whether I'm getting a message when that happens... Truthfully, I kinda got excited... Because almost immediately I realized that my reaction to this book was meant to be thought about... I admit that I had already begun to wonder so those of you who don't believe that God talks to us can assume that it's my my mind connecting once again... Hey, whatever works for your justification... But since it's my mind I choose to believe in the Holy Spirit's presence in my life...

Especially since I had not been sitting writing, but that I was up and about, starting my day... But by that time, Superstar had reached one of the fun songs and I started singing... What's the Buzz, Tell Me All About It!... Jesus, I want to know...

Yeah, I was supposed to deal with Black Friday immediately after I finished reading...and share my personal thoughts and feelings while I was reading. Please recognize that these thoughts and reactions are purely mine and has to do with what I've been doing for about a decade... Bottom line... Something's Gonna Change...

As soon as I got online this morning, I went out to see how the ranking was for Black Friday on Amazon... Just what I thought--most were high ratings, but two individuals who's nixed the book used a specific  word. Depressing...

When you see the book title, you should realize that the Black Friday that all of us know about these days, means exactly that... The book begins on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. Upfront I quickly say that I'm not a Black Friday type of person. Regular shopping is something I rarely do as a day-to-day event. So you might say that I find black Friday something that I ignore...

The main character Raymond, felt the same way as I do... With a major difference, however. He had a Shrew, Battle Axe, and any other derogatory term that is considered when a woman treats a husband like dirt... How mean was she? So mean, I resented how the author had created her! Surely no woman could be this bad?

Then I got to wondering... In real life, are there such women? Remember I grew up in a fatherless home--my father had been killed in a mine accident while my mother was pregnant... But then, I began to consider the main character, the husband. I considered him, frankly, a wimp... And I also began to question just how this character was created, and the purpose in creating an obviously crazy situation...

The book opens as Black Friday has begun. Raymond and Sheila had been married for years and had two teen children, both of whom totally ignored their parents routinely, but seemed to have been turned off their father by their mother, even though they were "living the life" most would be happy with... Sheila began her morning with a migraine and told Raymond he would have to do the Black Friday shopping, specifying what she wanted for the kids... It should be noted that migraines come routinely--whenever the wife doesn't want to do what Raymond needs or wants... Here is a man who has made it to be manager of a local grocery store, but also comes home and does all of the cleaning, and apparently most of the cooking or obviously the cleanup of dishes...

Raymond hated Black Friday but nevertheless chose not to argue and left home to join the crowds, mostly women, excited, to be out and about before the store's doors opened... Raymond had kept back from the door, thinking he would wait until the crazies were already inside... By the time he got to where laptops were cheaper, he discovered that they were all gone... Further, after complaining and asking a clerk to go get more, he discovered the store's gimmick for black friday sales... Have a small number of, for instance, laptops available, but after selling out those few, more would come, to be sold at the regular price! He was disgusted enough to turn around and leave the store rather than deal with the madness of customers he was watching....

But he was a little surprised because a woman started talking to him--and agreeing what a mess it was. They talked awhile, she suggested that she had two extras computers in her car and would sell them to him... Long story short, lunch first, hotel room next, woman was murdered. Police went after Raymond...

Think about that, please...Because Raymond is an innocent man. Readers will easily accept that, even if we think his personal life is, yes, depressing... Made even more depressing since Raymond's mother was worse than Sheila and, after his father left home, she expressed to Raymond daily that he was just like his father and would never succeed in anything...

So readers are first meeting many different characters with a storyline which is in no way, somebody you enjoy meeting in a book... "Family dysfunction at its best..."

Then the police and lawyers get involved... There was NO good cops, only bad cops and a loser lawyer... I was ready to stop reading... Was the book supposed to be humorous, a satire, or, was this indeed small town USA? Add to that was an immediate need for paying a significant sum of money for a defense lawyer--which a store manager couldn't afford--and we begin to see how dysfunctional families normally are also involved with money problems...

Right from the beginning, I was seeing connections of what is happening in the United States at this time. This book was written in 2016. So I began to correlate characters with politicians, DOJ, Epstein Case, and more... ICE supposedly gathering up the crazies and sending them out of the country or being killed on the streets because of increased violence in reality...

But it was a murder mystery and was readable as a mystery. The question then, of course, was "whodunit?" But there was literally no character within the book that was not evil enough to be selected... Only question I had was how and why my grandfather's name (Phil Bixler) was chosen to be the lawyer's PI...

Evil choices abound within this story... 

• Customers get screwed, but apparently didn't mind 'cause Black Friday was so much fun??? 
• An individual meets a stranger and finding them attractive,, decides to cheat on his wife for the first time ever, even though readers are wondering how two people so incompatible and obviously not in love, can still decide to live together...
• Stereotypical cop and prosecutors are fully disgusting and unwilling to LISTEN to the potential person of interest...
• Defense lawyers first discuss money before even considering whether they will represent you... And then demand absolute truth, even if you forgot something and didn't immediately report it...
• Dysfunctional marriages fully involved with every single situation being based upon somebody's childhood...
• The concept of retribution, payback, and threats are used in every situation, with violence of each revelation plays a significant role in "moving the story forward..."
• Even the main character's one joy, fishing, is destroyed for purposes of horror effect...
• And he also discovered that his past was a major reason why somebody was working night and day to convince the world that he was guilty....
• It kinda turns your stomach - and often did for Raymond... Maybe that's why when he was set free, he took another road that led nowhere except where they played Jimmy Buffet songs...

Like I said earlier, when I finished the book, I was not in a mood to share it, or even talk about it further.  When a main character is left with nothing in his life to be able to depend upon, this reader was at first also depressed, but then as I reviewed every single character and realized that the emotional impact of each was just as devastating as millions of people are feeling all over the world, and especially for the first time in the United States, I knew more than any other time that what the republican party is doing right now will destroy the world if God doesn't intervene-- that's the great I Am Not the Christian Nationalist version...

And, for me, I needed to accept that when I was told "I've Got This..." that He meant it... Raymond in this book never met Jesus or even God the Father. I have. So I won't be, at least not as much, LOL, referring to videos to document just how bad things are... I figure that the entire world is watching. Including the Pope... And Other Christians speaking for Him... And I need some time not in Margaritaville, but in Jesus Christ Superstar... Especially when I admit, even at my age, I still don't know how to Love Him...enough to trust... I'll be working on that... In the meantime, I won't be discussing the other two books in this set... 

God Bless Us All

Gabby

Poet John Herlihy Presents for Your Pleasure - Poetic Words to Ponder...

 

Some Ideas Take Time by John Herlihy Some ideas need a little time to take root, Like a weary foot settling into an old boot. First they dig deep, then begin to take rest , As if realizing they are at home in their nest. How do all these ideas spring from nowhere, The mind at rest, then suddenly they are there. All those negative ideas that serve as a ploy, Settle in dark hallways with intent to annoy, The mind itself seems to be set up as a maze, Happy thoughts gone wrong as if in a daze. Taking the wrong turn into some dark corner, Lost in the dark maze, ending up like a goner. Oh, give me an idea that can stand on its own, Just a little, innocent, sweet idea fully grown. - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Friday 9 January 2026 Is Language Innocent? by John Herlihy   Every door has a crack, To let in potential light. Every light has a shadow, A ghost moon in the night.   My honest take Must have a dishonest take. My sincere apology Must have an insincere apology.   Let me speak plainly Suggests you could speak less plainly. If only you knew Raises the specter of what you don’t know.   I call it as it is What about as it is not? I must confess A whole lot you don’t confess.   Under no circumstances Leaves room for certain circumstances. I never assume Until I do assume.   In any case Belies that one certain case. If truth to tell Ya, what about lies that tell.   Tell me a lie And I will infer the truth. Tell me the truth And I will defer the lie.   We think language oh so innocent When in fact, language oh so guilty Every statement has an equivalent The cloth of language feels oh so silky - - - - - Copyright © John Herlihy Thursday 12 March 2026

A Simple Truth

by John Herlihy

All we need is simple truth

To cut through the thick of things;

All we have is knowledge and will—

Spears thrown into the heart of things.

Knowledge shows us the way,

Free will leads us down the path;

Our choices always have their say,

Footprints left behind in the aftermath.

Truth as a fixed reality is simple;

We, as a fluid reality, are complex.

In the smile of life lies a dimple,

As slyly we are put to the test.

Knowledge as a beautiful flower,

Pictures painted as fine art;

Our free will holds unique power

To make a choice, then depart.

Knowledge is well arranged;

Presented to us is a choice.

We choose, and things are changed—

If not to despair, then to rejoice.

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood;

The roads have knowledge, we the will—

To see what’s possible, to do what we could,

To make things happen by force of will.

The fabric of destiny made through choice,

Threads woven through life’s tapestry;

Either yes or no given its true voice—

The answer to unveil life’s mystery.

What is it that we finally choose—

What to believe, how to behave?

We choose to live, we choose to lose;

We choose a simple truth that saves.

—

Copyright © John Herlihy

Friday, 26 June 2026

We Never Do Know

by John Herlihy

We never do know what the future might bring,

We only come to know when the future arrives.

To know the future would hearts flutter or sing,

Knowledge that betokens if we are dead or alive.

Then the perennial question of wheres and whens,

Lost chances, unlikely prospects, the never agains.

We never know what may over the horizon arise,

Heaven-sent blessing that may fall from the skies.

They say that it is not the person that seeks luck,

Rather a lucky chance that seeks out the person.

Let your fishing hook fall quietly into the stream,

When you least expect it, a hooked fish will gleam.

Let the future bring with it, come whatever may,

The world but a bauble and we humans are at play.

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Copyright © John Herlihy

Wednesday 24 December 2025

John, Me and the Cats thank you for speaking truth in the midst of chaos and lies...

It helps to know others see what we see...

Or is it...just...

No Matter...It's a Wonderful Interlude...

Gabby