Category: technology

6 June 2026 Nostalgia

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, history, Home, Mental Health, Movies, Music, Social media, technology, Television

Hello to you in your here and now. I hope you are well. I was just watching a video on Tik Toc that made me very nostalgic for my teen years that I want to share with you. It was a compilation of 80’s movies:

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8shMYu6/ – Gen X we didn’t know it at the time but this was everything

I am a Generation Xer so a lot of my core memories are from the 80’s. My generation is the last to know what life could be like without smart phones and the internet. My favorite music was also in that time period. I remember seeing the beginning of MTV! One of the first videos I remember seeing:

https://youtu.be/djV11Xbc914?si=rzOizAppFEPx0oad – AHA Take on Me

I grew up without cell phones. I was a latch key kid who relied on a hard wired phone to keep in touch with my parents. I also relied on phone booths when I was away from home. In my early years in the military I worked on computers when they had data cards that had to be processed.

This is what I used early in my military career

If you didn’t want to be found you had an answering machine to collect your calls. I feel like the Internet has been a blessing and a curse! When I went to my first concert, David Bowie, the crowd didn’t have phones to capture it. Everyone was in the moment. Thats not the case these days:

https://youtu.be/8tCC9yxUIdw?si=Mhb8PcuxHUwWWok4 – David Bowie about the Internet (interview excerpt)

A part of me really aches for simpler times. Nowadays everything is moving so fast. We are already into June when it seems like we just had Christmas! Every single moment has a planned event it seems like! Can we keep up?!

1 Apr 2026 Artemis II

by saymber, posted in history, In the News, Science (Keshe Foundation and other innovations), space, Spirituality and Religion, technology, Veteran Affairs

Hello to you. I hope this finds you well. Today marked an exciting event:

https://www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBMIzNo?si=sSQoBzRJc0Uet34r – NASA Artemis II Lunar Mission

https://time.com/article/2026/04/01/watch-nasa-artemis-ii-lunar-mission-launch/

I found myself feeling quite anxious and reminded of the space shuttle Challenger explosion back in 1986. I am so glad everything went well!

Paul Baloche God of Wonders: https://youtu.be/TTXBLspw_Z0?si=7dm_uk9De6FP1NN_

God of Wonders

Song by Third Day ‧ 2003

OverviewLyrics

Lord of all creation
Lord of water, earth and sky
The heavens are your Tabernacle
Glory to the Lord on high

And God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy
Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth

So early in the morning
I will celebrate the light
As I stumble in the darkness
I will call your name by night

God of wonders beyond our galaxy
You are holy, holy
The universe declares Your majesty
You are holy, holy

Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth
Lord of heaven and earth

Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth

The God of wonders beyond our galaxy (You)
You are holy, holy
Precious Lord, reveal Your heart to me
Father, holy, holy (Lord God Almighty)

The universe declares Your majesty (You are holy)
You are holy (yes you are), holy (holy You are)
Holy (Jesus saves), holy

Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Hallelujah! To the Lord of heaven and earth
Our brother Michael Jay

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Steve J. Hindalong / Marc Byrd

God of Wonders lyrics © New Spring Publishing Inc., Never Say Never Songs, Meaux Mercy Publishing, Storm Boy Music, Meaux Mercy, New Spring Publishing Inc.

14 Oct 2025 Restful Sleep

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, dreams, Health, Mental Health, Spirituality and Religion, technology, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

Hello to you. How is your week so far? Good I hope and if it’s not I am praying for you. I am hoping you have a good support system surrounding you to help you get through whatever you’re facing. There have been several natural disasters – namely flooding in Alaska, Mexico and Arizona and places I haven’t seen reports on. Climate change is wreaking havoc everywhere it seems. I’m glad I live in Idaho as we rarely have extreme weather.

As I write to you this evening, my thoughts are turning to the upcoming battle I am going to have tonight with the darkness – sleep. I can feel tired and turn out the lights and it’s like an invitation for my mind to start racing. It’s not as bad as it was when I was working but it still happens. I have tried different things like trying not to be on my phone so much before bed but I like to have something to listen to which means still interacting with my phone. There is a creator on YouTube named Jason Stephenson I like to listen to but sometimes after his 3 hour meditation an loud ad at the end will wake me up! The same sometimes happens when I listen to Abide audios that have scripture and spiritual messages.

Not getting good sleep causes me to get into an unhealthy pattern. I will want to sleep during the day to make up for not sleeping through the night. It’s very rare that I have dream filled and restful sleep when I’m in such a pattern. I toss and turn a lot trying to get comfortable and poor Link stirs every time I do! Something I will do sometimes is I will ask Jesus for his help in getting to sleep and that helps sometimes. Another thing that I learned long ago when I was doing yoga is to talk to each part of my body. I tell each part to relax and I usually fall asleep before I get through my whole body.

Dear Jesus I pray for all those in the world who need your help in their lives. Whether it be natural disasters or tragic loss of loved ones for whatever reason – please use your body of believers to reach them. Let the lost souls of this world see your power through your body of believers. Jesus will not be mocked!

Galatians 6:7New International Version

7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.

6 Feb 2024 Inventions

by saymber, posted in Home, Science (Keshe Foundation and other innovations), Spirituality and Religion, technology, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

The most important invention in your lifetime is…

I would have to say WiFi and cell phones are the most important inventions of my time. I can remember life before it and it was a lot different! I remember time without a cell phone – the closest thing was a CB radio! My Uncle Ronnie used the CB in his truck to let us know he was coming instead of using a regular phone. I remember dial up modems (DSL). It was so unpredictable and unstable. Up until few years ago my ex and I just had flip phones and hardly used them. Now we have smart phones and I don’t know what I’d do without them!

John 15:4-5New International Version

4 Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

5 “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

28 October 2023 Moon

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Health, Mental Health, Science (Keshe Foundation and other innovations), space, Spirituality and Religion, technology, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

Hello to you. How are you? I’m dealing with a cold and cough I picked up somewhere. Probably from stress from stuff I’ve been dealing with lately. No changes on the Dad front – appreciate your prayers and positive messages.

I don’t think I would pay to go to the moon. I have not been in a plane for several years much less contemplating going in a spaceship leaving the planet! I don’t think I could do it. There are so many places on the earth I haven’t been much less paying to go to the moon!

Genesis 1:16New International Version

16 God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.

7 September 2023 Double Rainbow

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, history, human rights, Leading Life by Example, Native American Culture, Nature, photography, Science (Keshe Foundation and other innovations), Spirituality and Religion, technology, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

It never ceases to be a thing of wonder when I see a rainbow. We got some nice rain yesterday and afterwards was a full rainbow and then when I looked closer it was a double!

Double rainbow

I think of all the claims made on this phenomenon and it makes rainbows so complicated and divisive. The rainbow is a phenomenon for all to see and appreciate. Whenever I see one I am filled with such hope and wonder! So it was a double dose seeing two rainbows shining together!

How is the formation of rainbow naturally?

A rainbow is a natural spectrum appearing in the sky after a rain shower. It is caused by dispersion of sunlight by tiny water droplets, present in the atmosphere. A rainbow is always formed in a direction opposite to that of the Sun. The water droplets act like small prisms.

https://byjus.com › question-answer

What is the rainbow? How is rainbow formed? – BYJU’

What is the meaning of the rainbow prophecy?

— Prophecy of the Rainbow Warriors (a Native American Prophecy) “There will come a day when people of all races, colors, and creeds will put aside their differences. They will come together in love, joining hands in unification, to heal the Earth and all Her children.May 6, 2016

https://exploredeeply.com › insight-…

Insight into Your Spiritual Awakening : Prophecy of the Rainbow Warriors

Genesis 9:13-16

13 I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

14 Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, 

15 I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. 

16 Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.”

30 August 2023 Last Online Search

by saymber, posted in Bipolar life, Leading Life by Example, Mental Health, Spirituality and Religion, technology, trust, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?

The last thing I searched for online was a positive message of hope in the bible. The reason was to reinforce that no matter how things seem right now hope can be found. It’s kind of like when my ex and I lived in an apartment complex that got made into section 8. When we walked Sam there we always found the beauty. By looking at the pictures from that time you would never guess it was a dump!

As I’ve gotten older and been through some things I wish I hadn’t, I still try to find beauty where I’m at – hope. it’s difficult these days!

Hebrews 11:1-2New International Version

Faith in Action

11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope forand assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.

25 August 2023 City of the Future

by saymber, posted in Health, history, Home, human rights, Leading Life by Example, Science (Keshe Foundation and other innovations), Spirituality and Religion, technology, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

How would you design the city of the future?

Hello there! How are you doing on this sunny Friday? Whatever you are facing today I hope you have support to get through it. Let go and let God.

Todays prompt makes me think of the Venus Project: https://www.thevenusproject.com/

The Venus Project is a non-profit organization that presents a new socio-economic model utilizing science and technology toward social betterment to achieve a sustainable civilization.

Most modern cities in the United States are not built in a sustainable way. You have to drive from the suburbs to congested areas where goods and services are available. Little to nothing is available within walking or safely bicycling distance. In my small town there are things within walking distance which makes it nice.

If I were to design the perfect city everything you would need would be within walking or bicycling distance. Each home would have a way to collect enough water for everyday use and enough electricity to not be on a power grid. Each home would be sustainable and constructed with repurposed materials like logs made of recycled plastic.

Acts 1:7-8New International Version

7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

12 August 2023 Most Important Thing

by saymber, posted in animals, Leading Life by Example, Mental Health, Movies, Politics and Government, Science (Keshe Foundation and other innovations), Spirituality and Religion, technology, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

What is the most important thing to carry with you all the time?

Hello to you. How are you doing on this sunny hot day? It’s 88 degrees here right now as I write to you. Link and I are on the porch getting some vitamin D. Had trouble getting to sleep and staying asleep again last night so I checked for a movie to watch and Amazon Prime had the movie Megan. That movie about a little girl robot gone rogue. Another movie warning us about what is possible with the direction we are headed with robotics and AI. A lot of messages woven through it about raising children too. How many overworked parents have turned the care of their children to video games, television and smart phones?!

This movie made me think of movies like AI, Prometheus, Humans and Blade Runner. What if in all this that we are doing the quantum computers and robots develop consciousness and can’t be turned off? What if they decide to hate their makers? We will have to vote with our pocketbooks and not get sucked in to the hype. Once these cats are out of the bag there will be no way to stop it – kind of like people not wanting to part with their cars and guns. People develop emotional attachment – the Humans show did a good job of illustrating that with William Hurts character and his ailing robot. He didn’t want to replace him because he had so many memories stored inside of him….like our smart phones!

William Hurt as George Millican(series 1), a retired artificial intelligence researcher and widower who suffers memory loss and physical disabilities secondary to a stroke. He forms a special bond with his outdated caregiver synth named Odi.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki

Humans (TV series) – Wikipedia

Feedback

Todays prompt is tough for me as other than my phone most of the time there isn’t anything I carry with me all the time. Sometimes I will carry a crystal in my pocket but that isn’t very often as I’m afraid I will forget it and it will end up in the laundry! I like having Link with me most everywhere but he can’t be everywhere with me because he is a spoiled child lol!

You talking about me again?

Psalm 40:1-3New International Version

Psalm 40[a]

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.

1 I waited patiently for the Lord;
he turned to me and heard my cry.
2 He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
he set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
3 He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear the Lord
and put their trust in him.

9 August 2023 Dream symbol and Plant Wave

by saymber, posted in dreams, Music, Nature, Spirituality and Religion, technology, Veteran Affairs, Writing and blogging

Hello to you. Hope this finds you well. I wanted to share something that happened to me yesterday. I was scrolling and came across something that made me stop. There is a device someone invented to make music out of the energy signature of plants. It’s really cool. They clip the device to a plant or tree and the energy signature makes music. Well yesterday I stopped and listened and noticed the language on the pot looked like the stuff I saw in the dream I shared with you. I’m not sure what language it is – do you know? If you do please leave a comment!

https://youtube.com/shorts/5gQ9oz5_AuA?feature=share – Plant Wave short – what language is on the pot?

What is the language on the pot?

Genesis 1:11-12 NIV

11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds. ” And it was so.