Mass: 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Church: St Anthony Padua
Istilklal 171 Istanbul
Time: 10 am [English]
Gospel: Matthew 25 : 1 to 13
10 wait for a wedding; fall asleep: 5 are wise having oil for their lamps 5 foolish do not
You do not know the time
Pain Levels can be quantified in a 26.2 Mile Marathon correlating it with the runner's pace The graph shows a typical Marathoner who "Hits the Wall" at Mile Marker 20
Again, it takes 3 days to restore the Pain Level back to 0
Any Theory of Pain must explain this objective data
I cite a scientific paper on DOMS [Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness] after running a marathon by a Brazilian University team.
Although their pain scale is 0-6, which is very different than the Baker Wong Face Pain Scale [0 to 10], they show that it takes ~72 hours to get to normal
For the official record, I did not vote in the November 2026 US Elections, primarily because I was flying in International Airspace at that time
This Blue Wave brought control of both the House and Senate. I am of the strongest belief that the Iran War and inflation are blamed
My Turkish Airlines flight from Dublin (DUB) landed here in Istanbul (IST) at midnight with a little layover at the Dublin International Airport after my Aer Lingus flight from Chicago O' Hare (ORD)
Istanbul spans two different continents: Europe & Asia. I am staying at Taksim
James Madison, A Founding Father was the main author of our Sacred US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Initially, Madison believed that the Bill of Rights was not needed because the English Magna Carta signed into law in 1215 established these freedoms.
My Aer Lingus plane is now in Canada with my return to Dublin where I'll board a Turkish Airlines flight to Istanbul. I am proud of being an American and admire the hard work of our Founding Fathers who crafted our sacred US Consitution
The most important is the Bill of Rights
When we flew from Dublin to Chicago O' Hare, I watched a stellar movie entitled "A Great Awakening" about Benjamin Franklin's friendship with an Evangelical: George Whitefield
The Beginning of our Sacred US Constitution was highlighted in the film, making me a proud American
Mass: All Saints Day
Church: Old Cathedral of Saint Louis
Walnut and Arch
Time: 8 am
Gospel: Matthew 5 : 1 to 12
Beatitudes:
"Blessed be those who hunger for righteousness, they will be satisfied
"Blessed be the clean in heart, they will see God.."
Tonight, I had dinner with my two sons who live in the suburban Saint Louis MO area (Chesterfield)
This is a very dated photograph (from 15 years ago) with my youngest son Joe on my right wearing the Phoenix AZ T-shirt and my son Matt on my left wearing the Detroit Lions
Dinner with my oldest son [Mike] on my right and with his wife [Aimee] on my left at Ida Claire's of Addison TX
Aimee is expecting a child in April 2027, making me a grandfather for the first time
We had a pleasant supper and got caught up on the past year's events
Today, I turned our attention to a phenomenon called "Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness" or DOMS.
This article unsuccessfully tries to attribute DOMS to [Micro] Tissue Damage and recommends treatments such as foam rollers, massage...
The only evidence is electrogram with soft/hard

























