Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

Today’s runecast is Sig – Dag – Bjork An easy success under favorable conditions (Sig) leads to a revelation which exposes useful facts (Dag). These lead to expanding on that good at a more leisurely and natural pace (Bjork).

A recent news item is the shooting of a Mexican teenager by the Border Patrol. The teenager was part of a large group throwing stones at the officers. Perhaps they thought the police would use restraint. They were wrong. Only a fool throws stones at someone who has a firearm. Only a fool would throw [...]

Today’ Runecast is Bjork – Jera – Lagu Bjork is the start of natural growth and renewal. This takes time, slowly progressing until it yields its greatest benefits. As it flows (Lagu) , its movement must be controlled so that it continues to yield its benefits.

This happened about ten years ago. The mother of a Heathen died, and he attended the wake. The mother was Catholic and had left arrangements to a Catholic relative. The Heathen and his brother and sister were the closest family. The brother had arranged for the local church to send a priest to do a [...]

Due to arcane circumstances, there is no runecast tonight.

Being Heathen means being better. We may not descend to low behavior just because everybody around us is doing so. It is up to us to behave according to our ideals. When others forget common decency, it is the Heathen who will show some class. Heathenism requires more effort because we are more responsible. There [...]

Today’s runecast is Jer – Perdra – Fe The harvest that comes with time (Jer) sets a course in Wyrd (Perdra) that results in gaining assets and profit (Fe).

Our digital camera is less than ten years old, yet it is considered obsolete. We have to buy older cards with less than 1 MB memory for it. This is a perfect example of planned obsolescence. The wise thing is to buy things that will last. We can do that with most tools. However, it [...]

Today’s Runecast is: Ase – Sig – Urus A good situation (Ase) inspires action that results in favorable conditions and easy success (Sig). This culminates in a strong and stable position, allowing freedom of action and stability (Urus).

Back in `72, Harry Chapin came out with a song entitled Taxi. It was about a taxi driver whose fare turns out to be an old girlfriend. They had been quite close at one time, and had made great plans for themselves. In the end, their lives were very different. The taxi driver came to [...]