Good Times

The last couple of days were pretty amazing. Now, unfortunately my "amazing" days very often have something to do with a large amount of money spent, and this is no exception.

On Monday I bought used, but practically brand new snow tires for my car.

The picture is not of mine, but still the same kind as mine. They look even more impressive in real life, and I can't wait to get them installed and have a 12 inch blizzard! Retail is around $76 per tire, but I paid $185 for all four, coming to $46.25 per tire. Sears will install them for $12.50 each, bringing the total per tire to $58.75, which is still far less than buying new.

I also went on a whim and bought a large metal trunk for $15. Dimensions are 16" x 16.5" x 32", and I think the metal is brass. It has a brass colored under color, which was attempted to be covered by black spray paint. I rather like the effect, sort of an antique finish. I can lock it with a padlock, so now I can keep dangerous items out of little children's way without trying to just hide things...that never works.

Tuesday I had a random finding as well. A guy was selling a box of around 50 lighters, Prometheus brand, and ranging in worth from $35-$95. I bought the whole box for $10. Now, a slight problem is they seem to have been unused for so long it will take some effort to get them all working again, but I already have 6 in fine working order, and I figure when I sell them anything I make over $10 is a profit. I hope to get almost all of them working, and use the money to finalize payments on my car. If everything goes as I hope, I could get over $2,000 for the lot of them, but that depends on getting them all to work.

These were all purchased on Craigslist, and I payed cash for all of them.

Oh, and one final thing. My car now has a new DieHard battery. The old battery was quite bad, and the car would be dead within literally minutes of turning it off, even with no accessories running at all. Now, it runs beautifully, and (tho I had no idea batteries affected this) performance is much higher (I'm guessing the estimate will be around 20mpg, usually it's around 18), the transmission has stopped jolting finally, and the car just feels healthier. Oh, and I also gave it brand new brake rotors and calipers on both back wheels, the old ones were seized and causing problems.

And finally, a non-expensive amazingness. Sunday, of course, I got to help with leading worship by playing my electric guitar. That was fun:D And I got to see friends. That is always a good thing. And I had coffee, but that wasn't so amazing. Just kinda happened.

Learning Something New Every Day

I am not necessarily known for my cooking skills. The only non-pre-packaged foods I can consistantly cook well are any things (mostly meats) over an open fire. But today I learned how not to make cookies;) Butter never comes in at the end, always among first ingredients, and NEVER add water! I feel much more knowledgeable on cookie making now:)

Telekinesis

As I am typical to do, I have been having somewhat random thoughts lately. My mind wandered to the topic of telekinesis, or the ability to move objects with your mind. It is a fascinating concept. I have one basic puzzlement however on the subject. I have done much research, and gotten almost an exact number of opinions which say that TK (technical abbreviation:P) is or is not a form of witchcraft. A common opinion is that it isn't, and rather it's just taking advantage of an ability our brains have, but is not known much about. The theory in this case is where the law of gravity has a "magnetic" type of attraction to everything on the planet, TK allows our brains to send signals which disrupt gravity, and allow us to physically change that force in our favor, and to our desire.

However, other people say it is witchcraft. They say it has some relation to Wiccan type magic, or the occult, and that it is of Satan. I am gathering that they say this either because they believe it requires some form of magic for TK to work, but also possibly because it requires an intense "meditation" to learn and effectively use TK.

One verse FROM THE BIBLE I saw quoted once, in favor of TK (as risky as it may seem to point this out): Matthew 17:20, "He said to them, 'Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you." I realize this is rather a stretch from the intended purpose of this verse, but it begs the question, "Does this mean we can physically move objects, even as big as mountains, by speaking it?" Yes, I know, TK is thinking for things to move, not speaking. But what's the difference really? Thinking in that sense could be speaking with your mind.

I'm just curious for more opinions on this subject. Is telekinesis a form of Satanic magic, or is it a God given ability our brains have, and few people know about. That is...if it even exists, which has yet to be documented with solid proof...