Suno Rights Forfeiture Declaration

 I, Douglas Crawshaw Jr., in the name of 2 Corinthians 6:17-18, hereby forfeit any and all ownership rights I may have had with joint works with others, in particular, the song remixes on my Suno accounts.  I hereby grant full rights (if there are any, Suno may already own it) to use any and all said song remixes that are available.  I will not pursue any adversarial legal action concerning said song remixes. To the best of my knowledge, my copies of said song remixes have been deleted from all known sources.

A Confession of Policy Violation (In The Name of Honesty)

 For the last few weeks, I have had several pangs of conscience over my past sins, even as far as back as a teenager (mainly concerning piracy, which have since been confessed and forsaken).

This confession piece is about my employer, USD 290.  I am a school custodian there, working as Lead Custodian at Lincoln Elementary.

Yes, I have received high ratings from my supervisor and praise from students, staff, supervisors, and the superintendent.

Yet, upon inspection of board policy and the district handbook, I discovered that I have fallen short of following the rules.  At times, I have used communication devices in disruption of my duties.  I have also used district supplies for personal things (such as using what may be district pen and paper to write an "infraction log", attempting to do what I am doing now on non-school equipment and supplies.).  I may have even violated the rules on gifts (to the district, not the kids as far as I know).  Oh, one more thing:  I may not have submitted every accident report I should have.  That, and I have not always followed my supervisor's orders.  There may be even other things I am in violation of.

Now, you may say, "These are petty things.  Who cares?". Well, I suppose God cares.  He sees every detail of my conduct, and knows when I fall short.

And you're right:  To my knowledge, I have not committed acts so serious as to warrant instant termination.  I suppose if I have, I would have already lost my job.

However, this post here is to ease my condemning conscience, and to provide honesty in case anyone asks for the reason why I say I'm not a great custodian or why I say I haven't followed the rules perfectly.

Not only that, but as a condition of employment, I agreed to follow such rules.  This, I have broken my word.  I have technically been unfaithful to the agreement.

Again, not only that, but I suppose I have never been faithful to any of the agreements I signed upon hiring and upon receiving my pay raises, when weighed against the above scrutiny.  At the very least, a few of my lapses of judgment have not gone unpunished though, as I was indeed written up in 2014 or 2015 for an incident of subpar performance.

If I am praised and awarded for outstanding conduct, I hope it's not because I followed the rules to the letter.  I have not.  And I suppose I will probably slip up in the future, not that this gives me a pass to do so, not at all but I just want to be honest.

And so, with this post, no one can ever say that I didn't slip my shortcomings under the rug.

A Response to the Charge of Proselytizing

 I went to a class reunion last night, and one of the things I did was share a book I wrote.  It was about my trip to Planet Comicon in 2022.  The book includes many references to Scripture and biblical doctrine, which I offered for free in one of the "reviews" of the book, in order to not violate 2 Corinthians 2:17, which says:

“For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.” (2 Corinthians 2:17, ESV)

This morning, I received a message on Messenger telling me not to bring religion into a group of people I barely know.

This was my response to him (I am not giving the name for protection of privacy.  If this is unbiblical, please let me know so I can make a correction (Proverbs 6:23)):

Hi [classmate]. I have unpublished the book I was showing people, only because I don't want anyone to think that I was selling religion. I wasn't. If I was selling anything, it was a story. My apologies for that.

Now, as for bringing religion into the evening, I don't recall me proselytizing verbally, yet I'm not ashamed of it if I did.

Let me know how I can reach you. I'd be pleased to talk with you on this matter.

(UPDATE:  For other reasons, I have removed the book from the marketplace and have deleted my Kindle Direct Publishing account.)

Scripture and Doctrinal References In "The Ninth Cloud"

2Co 2:17  For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. 

I wrote a book.  As of this writing, the publishing is pending.  While the book itself doesn't teach religion, It contains many references to the Bible and Christianity (the book is translated into King James language, and the very style of the book is in chapter and verse format), so I wanted to post the religious content on this blog for free, so no one can accuse me of peddling the Word of God for profit. 

FOREWORD

I conclude with the following message. 

Whether it shows me a hypocrite or not, this message is universal to all: 

“Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolary.”

CHAPTER ONE

6 Yet, to grace the Culture Festival with mine presence? Verily, as a stripling, I harbored dreams of such festivities, arrayed in the raiment of intrepid celestial marshals. 

7 But on that day, I recoiled at the thought. I recall a demonstration at a grander culture festival by a band of zealous religionists, decrying such gatherings as dens of carnality and false worship. 

8 “Super Men and Winged Knights, let them be thy salvation!” they would cry in jest.

9 Now, I disavow their congregation, for they proclaim that The Messiah died but for a chosen few. 

10 In truth, The Messiah yielded His life for all, albeit the efficacious redemption is for but a select number. 

11 Whilst I cleave unto this latter belief steadfast as a rock, what weigheth more upon my mind regarding mine attendance at the Culture Festival is thus: Super Men and Winged Knights are verily idols, an abomination indeed unto The Messiah. In this matter, the fundamentalists speak aright.

19 And what declareth The Book? To sup within the temple of an idol is no transgression. Moreover, The Hamster is my kinsman, to watch over him and his kin is an act of charity.

32 No longer was I to restrain my mirth. For there is a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.

CHAPTER TWO

20 Yet, there is another matter to recount: Within the bounds of the festival, there existed a realm deemed verboten in my contemplation, known as Celebrity Row.

21 'Tis a place where devotees of divers notables might capture their visage alongside them and obtain their marks of autograph.

22 I deemed it proscribed, for such personages can readily ascend to the stature of deities in the eyes of men. 

29 'Twas not out of malice towards the Stellas, but rather, a fondness for them, and a desire not to exalt them as idols within my heart.

MIDLOGUE

28 Dear Reader, I do acknowledge that there is suffering in life. 

29 It is written: “In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.”

CHAPTER FOUR

3 Whilst I did procure the garment, my zeal for further acquisitions was tempered. I desired not to return laden with trinkets of regret. 

4 Verily, the Saviour hath spoken, “A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.”

41 She counselled that I gather my coin. I do now, yet not for mine own sake. Such is contrary to The Book.

EPILOGUE

18 The edict of The Scripture endures: “Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”