Mine eyes have seen the glory Of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage Where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning Of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. Chorus Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watchfires Of a hundred circling camps They have builded Him an altar In the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence By the dim and flaring lamps; His day is marching on. Chorus Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. He has sounded forth the trumpet That shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men Before His judgement seat; Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him; Be jubilant, my feet; Our God is marching on. Chorus Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom That transfigures you and me; As He died to make men holy, Let us die to make men free; While God is marching on. Chorus Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! Glory! Glory! Halleluja
His truth is marching on.*
d.: (Elvis did this song best. I think it’s appropriate to listen to this song on Memorial Day). (slam). Oh, hi, Cal.E., how did y’all do at the Cat Skills Games?
C.: We lost, d.c., thanks to you!
d.: How could I have been the cause of y’all losing if I wasn’t even there? And why are you dressed in your Sunday best, if you didn'dt win the Cat Skills Games?
C.: That’s exactly it, d.c.! We came in second by one point. I still had to ut on this fancy dress and stand on the podium, evn though there were only three teams. We all had to stand on the podium, but if you had been there to coach us, we might have won! Thanks for abandoning us!
d.: I didn’t abandon you, I was kicked out of the arena–
C.: Yes, for using the “d” word. And now, I find you bringing one into my house and playing with it! You’re a traitor!
d.: Calm down, Cal.E. You came in second and almost won. That’s a big improvement from what I saw when I trained y’all.
C.: Yes, well, after you got the boot, I called Tucker to coach us. He’s the five time heavyweight cat fighting champion of the world, and he holds all the heavyweight cat fighting belts simultaneously. He’s a world class athlete, so he had some good suggestions.
d.: Then how could I have helped y’all, if you had a world class athlete to help give you suggestions?
C.: Because that text you sent me after you got the boot almost won the games for us. Using Jodi in the Cat-a-pult was a stroke of genius!
d.: Well, I reasoned because she was so lightweight, she might be the best choice.
C.: And she has a terrible sense of direction.
d.: ???
C.: Jodi flew through the air and landed on the head judge's head, which is out of bounds, according to the letter of the law. However, she caught on to the judge’s toupee and traveled another twenty feet in the air. Then, she landed right where she was supposed to land: on the landing strip. She beat all the other cats in that event by a good ten feet!** That put us in first place, temporarily.
d.: Then how did y’all not come in first?
C.: Well, the cat crawl is a hard event, and I didn’t want to wear my star cat out, so I rested T.J. I entered Ralph in that event. It was going well until he let out a ‘meow.’ He then became fascinated with the acoustics in the tunnel he was supposed to be crawling through. He never came out, so he was disqualified. That’s how we lost the Cat Skills Games.
d.: But on the bright side, Ralph might write a best selling song from that experience and make y’all all rich.
C.: I suppose that’s true. You always have a way of finding the bright side of a bad situation d.c. Anyway, what’s your new friend’s name?
d.: She doesn’t belong to me. Your mom and dad decided to bring home a fur baby instead of a human one this time. I don’t know if they've named her yet. I’ve just been calling her ‘girl.’ She's a sweetheart, though, and still very young. Maybe, if you play with her now, y’all will become friends.
C.: That’s not likely, d.c. I’ve had my fill of dogs. Buddy Bones was enough for me. It broke my heart when he decided to return to his home planet.
d.: I thought y'all were enemies.
C.: Not really. We were buddies playing a role. Dogs and cats aren’t supposed to get along, so we hid our friendship from the outside world. Now, Mom and Dad have brought home this cute little puppy, and I don’t want to get attached to another dog. I’ll just keep my distance from this one. Good day, d.c. The sun is up, so it’s time for me to go to bed.
d.: I guess that’s all for today, folks. Please join us tomorrow for another episode of Cal,E,’s Korner.
* To all veterans and present military personnel: thank you for your service.
** No humans or animals were harmed in the making of this or any other blog post in Cal.E.’s Korner.
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