The Bethel Rebel: Life according to Johnny Ginsberg

I usually don’t make New Years resolutions, because most of these get broken before the first week of January ends.  However, with the circumstances I’m facing, I’m going to make a couple of resolutions.  I am asking for help in having my friends hold be accountable for these dealies. 1.  Keep up the habit of [...]

I just read in the Fox News website that the town of Reeves, LA, is switching it’s phone exchange from 666 to a different prefix.  It’s been a struggle with them for some time, it says.  There are a number of Christians in that area, and they are pretty much happy to get the new [...]

I just got a “charming” letter from my Primary Care Doctor.  It seems that the Glucose Tolerance Test I took on the 18th of December of this year have determined that my tolerance for Glucose is above the level that is normal after two hours.  It means that I am possibly on the road to [...]

My heart goes out to the supporters and family of Ms. Benazir Bhutto.  All she wanted to do was serve the people of Pakistan.  Yes, maybe she had some personal agendas and stuff, but it’s a real tragedy when a leader like her gets whacked.  It’s stuff like this that makes me pray for the [...]

I hope your Christmas (or other related holiday) is going well, and that you all have received some good presents. My Christmas Eve went OK.  We had turkey sandwiches for dinner.  I had some good presents.  It was also good to have some time with the stepfamily.  It worked OK.  Christmas day is going OK [...]

Isn’t it remarkable that all of the TV mass marketing commercials are piling up on TV? Samurai sharpen dealies for $19.99, Knoki footpads that promise to heal you by drawing out toxins–$19.99.  That kind of stuff. These are a few examples of the highly unbelievable merchandise that are sounding too good to be true.  I [...]

I called my uncle to thank him and my aunt for a gift I received today.  We were chatting, and I found out that friends of theirs are at their age going strong at 98 and 96.  This is a husband and wife couple.  I am so amazed that I know anyone in that age [...]

I didn’t blog this yesterday, but I could’ve.  I was on the blog and I made edits on some of the pages of this thing.  But now I’m more ready to blog, so here goes:  Yesterday I went to the Seminary and registered for Hermeneutics.  I think the course will be good.  I don’t have [...]

I’m not sure what the mortgage companies position is at this time.  Their website is out of date for some reason.  They haven’t been communicating with the Conservator either, at least to my knowledge at this particular time.  However, I won’t be surprised if they come out to bite me or something. I got the [...]

My personal life mandate is d. u. n. Done! Please feel free to read it. It pretty much has me down to the T. Otherwise, not much else happening. Many, Many, Many thanks to Greg Bourgand for crunching the data and coming out with this blueprint for my life.