"Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end. Then stop." - Lewis Carroll

That Lewis Carroll quote up there is good advice for preachers. Too many keep on a'goin'.

I drove out to the end of Long Island yesterday afternoon to a Walmart. I've turned the heat down in this house because I'm cheap and want to save the church money but I get cold when I'm just sitting in what serves as the den. So for $10 I got the official uniform of New Yorkers...a hoodie. It's Fruit of the Loom so it's fairly heavy and helps keep me cozy.

Then I went to a nearby pizza joint. New Yorkers are all about NY pizza, egg sandwiches, and bagels. I checked off the pizza part of the "must do" at Roadhouse Brick Oven Pizza which came highly recommended by several locals.
I had one piece and couldn't finish it. Chicken (chunks), cheese (at least 45 varieties) and BACON. It was very good, a HUGE piece, and very filling. $10 with a diet coke.

When I got back I went to the church's Boys Brigade meeting. About two dozen 4th to 6th grade boys with too much energy that the men of the church did a great job with. I'm impressed.

I haven't heard anything from Amazon about my "suppressed" book. My irritation is growing.

Oxymoron: sign at Walmart for their area of "Fine Jewelry"

Maybe you've heard about the weather that's going to hit here. It's been on the national news. The system is called a Nor'easter and is technically a "macro-hurricane." They're predicting wind gusts up to 50 mph tomorrow (Friday) on the eastern end of Long Island (that's here) and about 1.75" of rain from late Thursday night through Friday night and local flooding
But hey, I've got a hoodie.

Because I might be house-bound through the storm I went to the grocery store in Westhampton.
BACON!
It's all good.

Breaking news:
I did some digging and figured out the problem. When GBC printed my book the copyright notice in the front identified the college as holding the rights to the text. (wrong) All subsequent printings correctly identify me as holding the copyright but Amazon must have come across one of those earliest books.
I contacted Kim Pilieci, who is now provost at the college. She was VERY helpful. Within the hour I had a PDF of a signed and notarized letter from the president of the college saying they never held the copyright, that I did and always had.
I forwarded the letter on to Amazon and 90 minutes later had an email saying it was all good, the new text I had sent them was under technical review, and as soon as everything was approved it would be back on their "shelf."
T'ank you, Fadder.