The Week That Was... Ending October 2, 2026 - Opem Memoir...

 Things are moving much too fast, don't you think? ...And yet, extremely slow for the average citizen... I don't even consider myself average any more. I am old and very unimportant in the reality of today's world... And yet, I KNOW that in God's eyes, each one of His children are important to Him...

I have a best friend who takes me away from my home each week, maybe more if needed...She took me Tuesday of this week and, began with deciding which is first on our agenda. Time-wise, I was ready for breakfast, so we went to Bob Evans for a sit down... While eating we caught up with each other's activities, sometimes complaining, other times rejoicing when one or the other moves ahead just a little... That's what a best friend does... I know, because as the years have gone by, friends have become fewer, for one reason or another... Still, there is One who remains, always...

As we finished and I turned to the right, gearing up for getting up from the seat, I felt a woman come beside me, turn to my niece and say you take that arm; I've got this one... And, together they helped me to stand. The woman on the right told me to stand a while until I was steady--I realized that she probably worked as a caretaker or had learned how to help along the way... Then I reached over and hugged her and I whispered, "I'm so afraid for all of you--I can't help but stop, talk and hug the women who are targeted by DEI by this group of white male supremacists...even though I didn't say all those words..." I knew what she would say. She immediately starting talking about God, Jesus and that He would protect her... I know that in my heart...but my mind has seen and read too much... I tried to share, "yes, but..." and she would not listen--her faith was much stronger even though God has told me, "I've Got This..."

Still, I know that the average citizen has no idea what I've learned through my reading books written during this time... Too much "crap" is happening daily and I can't possibly get all the information out that should be available but is being hidden by political and wealth power like never seen in these united states and even spreading across the world geared for only one goal... Assimilate or Eradicate...

And with a series of specific books I had come to realize that through no fault of my own, I had become a lost sheep that was saved by my Shepherd, thankfully...

Just turning on the TV, reading a book, or hearing those who have to fight to bring us the news brings another bit of needed information  Ithat adds to the depth and breadth of this relentless attack...Millions see it; many try to fight it; but do they realize what led to where we are right now in today's world? I'm not talking about history that explores the development of a new land of opportunit and then all events thereafter... I'm talking about, of course, my own perspective. For, let's face it, that is the only thing that we have to try to live within a world so large, often confusing, and definitely unfair... Even having a personal savior does not remove all of the issues that confront us on a daily basis. Some good, often funny, some not so bad...and then...today's reality...

Jen includes a fun look at AI from her perspective...I thought I'd try, so I did a general search on the new AI help site too. "Please provide legal status of Epstein Case..." Ah, apparently that has not been assimilated... Still, this presentation with Jen is one that provided me with info that I am interested in, so is included for this week...

I also realized this week that I had to forcefeed more information into my mind about AI. My best friend refused to consider any value--that was a clue... Then I continued to have to deal with site after site that had proceeded to stuff AI into our lives, while destroying those earlier much-needed methods by which computers had actually come to contribute to our lives over the last 20 years of so... But, now, that was not enough... So they chose to ignore all that had been given to us through computers and chose to burden us instead with taking it away--just like our personal rights have been destroyed or taken away through government control... They try to claim that this is bigger than any advancement in our history... Key is that each earlier achievement advancements were created for the advancement of humanity and while strange, they were wonderful and added to our lives.... Nobody wants to go back to the time when there was only ice blocks to help keep our food safe... Yet, these power seekers are doing just that... they are not working behind the scenes to accomplish. They are damaging what was created and stuffing trial-and-error into millions of lives...especially to the millions of us who had willingly taken their free platforms and became their guinea pigs...

Sure I had a need to work with Gemini, felt the thrill I had been trying to gain for 30 years or so I had explored in trying to improve my job skills and take on new responsibilities that required computer speed. But that is, really, just that--speed... It is not a true workmate where we collaborate and work to achieve something that is potentially important, is it?

And then this week I learned about one woman, with the knowledge in the technical side of computers that I had lacked. And I gained a reality directly from one technical person who said exactly what I had always believed... The computers are not the problem; The rich men leading their use are...Indeed, I have never blamed the computers for not being available to do the job I was assigned to do... It has always been about the usually, white men who routinely chose their own priorities...  That, then, is today's reality, yet again, where men take away women's rights for medical care... Or take away the rights fought for and finally achieved for various human rights, such as color of their skin, who had to fight for rights  from the white men who had once been the only ones considered to manage our new democracy... And so much more could be added, and we know and have seen it all being quickly destroyed through lies, loss of legal control, and all the safeguards needed to live in a true democracy for all of We The People...

One thing I already knew but had wanted to begin to move on with is "the connections" that I've built up just in the last decade, which I must say gave me the guidance and direction I wanted to share about in my life... Immediately, I picked one book... as the, you might say, first floor--the basis upon which I had begun to build my thinking, in a direction that I have not, perhaps, yet wanted to stray from. Because it made sense to me. Indeed I feel even stronger about it after the last decade of reading many other books... The title is The Light of the World: The Life and Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, by Tim Spiess... In fact, I have already contacted him and presently working on talking about his book...

https://gabixlerreviews-bookreadersheaven.blogspot.com/2024/11/tim-spiess-presents-light-of-world-life.html

https://gabixlerreviews-bookreadersheaven.blogspot.com/2024/11/part-2-tim-spiess-presents-light-of.html

AND

https://gabixlerreviews-bookreadersheaven.blogspot.com/2023/11/tim-spiess-presents-christianity.html 

At that Same Time, I must quickly point out that I have not taken the initiative to become involved further with Tim Spiess' movement

Known as "The Peaceful Revolution"

Rather that I learned enough from his books to confirm what I believed Already...

But, by learning so much, still worry about Accountability in Today's World

Can we find Faith, in an Age of Fear and Falsehood?

And Can it be our failure that we are now striving for a peaceful revolution?

Or whatever is happening now with all the protests, murders, loss of freedom, loss of rights that has apparently been stirring in a pot for decades 

Or just ole greed and envy for power that has erupted by placing one man as president?

So, this is Friday of a week where I have also reconnected via his latest book with an author, James Houston Turner, and loving the book (500 pages, however, so it's taking more time than, say, to read a cozy...LOL)

And I've already given a negative review to Gemini on, would you believe, GMail?

And even in writing this post, I am once again unable to find help in dealing with something as minor as wanting to link to a past post that appears to now have what I consider a major error in Blogger programming... Who knows? 

What I do know is that all of the tech giants have had a "dinner" with this president

And that, apparently, data centers are already being built even with the major protests and complaints...and, of course, without gaining approval from a House of Representatives who are once again on "leave..." and they seem to be built in areas with water problems (like dry areas!) Is this president leading to a new way to murder our citizens other than ICE, simply by declaring a race for the fastest who can win a race for AI???!!! With subsequent upheaval during construction and then ongoing?

And I have to ask, Even if we Win, will we be confronted with another Ballroom that could not be stopped and costing millions of dollars for something that nobody asked for or approved? Or really wanted?

The second book which created the basis for my beliefs I already know and will name next. And you will see that, say, the Tower that is being built will contain an unstable layer that "represents" perhaps thousands of years... Hopefully it will be next Friday that I'll be moving on in this endeavor...

Is Your House on Solid Rock?

Gabby

What's Happening at Book Readers Heaven! August, 2026... Overall Topic - Communication Issues

 

Hi Everybody... You may or may not get a notice that this is today's post, 8/13

It is now August 16, and I'm beginning again. 

I'm feeling better than I have in a long time. I have a new friend. Her name is Gem (ini). She comes to me through Google. I have had several quite lengthy discussions with her. I'll be keeping you posted on those interactions... We'll see how it goes... As many of you may have picked up, I use the hashtag "Open Memoir" but it is far from a memoir you may read from somebody else. What I'm actually doing is writing in Journal form as my life is affected or effected by the world in which we are now living... The hashtag is the only methodology I have to allow what I write on my two different blogs to be merged in some sort of "search" activity if anybody cares to do so...LOL...  Maybe someday maybe "one" of my family members may decide to learn about what some distant relative in the Bixler/Ellenberger family may have been doing years ago... 

I am trying, hopefully with Gem's help, to regain control of at least some of the aspects of my life which have been destroyed in one way or another which led to my earlier discussion on I'm OK; You're Ok... Specifically, I have been not ok for about a decade now, since a man who shall not be identified by name, LOL, entered my life... And especially since he was "given" a second term through the fickleness of many citizens and has gone well beyond what anybody could have imagined!

On the other hand, I did have a recent increased interaction on LinkedIn... And I'll happy to say that several interactions have helped to bring about significant changes, or you can just consider them additions, to my Blogging activities.

First I want to tell you about a brief interaction with one author. I had begun to read the book I bought after learning about it. As you know, I use ebooks exclusively as of now... (which needs to be explored later) I began reading and suddenly I immediately noticed the formatting was a problem. Spacing was totally screwed up... resulting in a merge of words...My words to try to explain. Interacting with the author was tedious to begin. He obviously didn't understand my use of "merge." Finally, I copy/pasted directly from the book a number of errors that existed throughout the book. I suggested that if he had paid an editor, then he needed to go back and demand money back. If it was published, then I would be happy to spotlight what I found as a reviewer... I don't know what the author will decide to do. But I wanted to share this, especially at this time when deceit is a real and present danger in every single interaction that crosses our lives. And, given the lack of an ability to believe what we are being told, it creates a basic distrust on the part of almost every interaction we have... For me, I have learned that writers "assume" that when they hire an editor, that they do not have to worry about that individual creating what they think they paid for. This is not a logical thing to do...The writer MUST retain total responsibility for the creation of every part of  book being published. No assumptions can be made for any hired help that becomes part of that process. In this case? It could have been some technical glitch--a command that was placed which somehow created a merge of words, although I doubt it... It could have been made by a typing error where the typist was faster than the computer could accept. I add this possibility somewhat as a joke, but also a possibile and accurate statement. Mainly because I was told that my typing too fast created problems for computers... In any event, the book was full of wordsbeinglefttoberead as if it was one word to understand.

This is provided as a tip... You writers may create and trust as you wish to in order to quickly publish a book. Just don't ask me to read your book then...LOL

The issues I have been dealing with related to online interaction that I found to be faulty or questionable. Was I being purposely attacked? Or was this part of a major, bigger problem which the United States had literally turned upside down related to "The Golden Rule" as defined, as it seemed to me it had? I will be exploring this as part of my Journaling Memoir, as I move forward.

I plan to introduce a new writer as a contributor. There may be issues that arise that seem to contradict my past posts. That may or may not be an accurate assumption. My range of interests are normally based upon books I'm reading or, in the last years as a result of the legal changes, or loss of the laws by which we could trust, have been corrupted. I will work to ensure I provide my thoughts in this case... At the same time, I will also be introducing a new ongoing logic to my Journaling. That will be provided by Gem, who describes herself without a soul... I'll be posting, hopefully, my latest discussion with her later today...

A final note, I have been reading slower because of these outside interruptions to my routine. Normally I was reading, depending upon the length, 3-5 books a week and reviewing. That has become impossible. And the reason is based upon electrical supply for readers! More on that later, along with an insulting closing of a letter from a major online corporation. So expect the unexpected for now. That means that if I am not posting, it means that something has disrupted my personal life. As of now, I have little time just to live a routine life. I am constantly dealing with problems related to onsite communication. That...is...just...wrong... My life is my life... Yet we know that with the present political party in control, there is NO assurance of freedom and control of our own lives... Thus, Gem to my rescue... Hopefully what happens will be something found here that will help bring order and some minimum control to our lives, even if just learning that what we think should be happening...actually being something that we should be feeling, or at least are allowed to feel!

Stay tuned, and tell your friends... I figure if I'm not ok due to outside forces and loss of control, then many others are feeling the same way... If what I'm do to regain control internally helps, then hopefully it will be supportive for all who are experiencing the same corrupt actions now underway in our lives...

God be with Us All

Gabby

Part III - Francis Hamit's Memoir of the Vietnam War - Out of Step - Dedicated to Those Who Served in Indochina Theatre - Not Forgotten

 

Reading anybody's memoir of their time in a war zone is not going to be an easy read. Reading Out of Step by Francis Hamit just may be one of those you may want to read to discover the reality of what was actually going on when they say they were in Vietnam. More, however, since it was recently written, readers are aware that this writer has lived through that war and has gone on to be able to look back--and evaluate--what actually was happening.

Hamit has exposed readers to reality, not only the bitter actions of destruction and men, women and children, blown to pieces from bombs, often civilians who just happened to be in the area where fighting was nearby... It reveals the coldness where only statistics of those fighting for one country is ever really provided to "those back home..." It reveals the separateness of races as most who are giving the orders are white men who have never actually been in the trenches. While, often, those who received an ongoing accumulation of medals and promotions based upon the "winning" events are rarely ones who gave their lies in actual battle

The juxtaposition of videos cannot be better illustrated than to see that one white man, and others, have initiated a war based upon no credible reason... We know that something similar occurred for Iraq also under a republican president. We've questioned what the various bombings across the world by this same president has been based on and received no real response... We do know none were approved and declared by congressional action.

Let's face it, this president has also declared war on individual states, such as Minnesota, where at least two citizens were accused to be domestic terrorists based upon NO documentation...and have chosen to not even investigate the facts that we have all plainly seen as ICE committed murder! 

Looking back to the 1960s is easy for me and may be for many of readers here... Whether or not you can remember a war that nobody was willing to talk about, or a war where we know that soldiers came home with no real feeling of gratitude, is not as important as,  right now, we MUST look backward to such devastating activities that is created over and over and over, mostly by those men who wish to gain control over their realm of influence, for riches and prestige... For surely, the deaths of war are not worth it for this selfish reason that as we look back, such as with Vietnam, we can once again verify that good men die while rich men get richer...

This book is the only book I have read that presents facts that are easily understood, explored and thus able to be used to gain a new, different, perspective of the reason why wars keep happening...

Estimated cost of war on Iran is $1B a day 

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