Month: December 2019
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Merry Xmas!
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Wait! Wait! Back! Put the torches down! Ouch! Watch out with those pitch forks! They’re pointy! Stop! Let me explain! Okay. So. (phew!) Here’s the deal. The X in Xmas has been there since the year 1021 AD. Actually, before that, but it was an abbreviation by some Aglo-Saxon scribe,…
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In A Few Hours
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You’ll get a more substantial entry, but right now I’m pretty busy. Merry Christmas!
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More Favorite Things
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This piece was often sent around in e-mails with a note saying that Julie Andrews sang it on her 69th birthday at an AARP function. That is not true. Unfortunately, in 1997, she had a surgery to remove a non-cancerous polyp from her vocal chords which ruined her voice and…
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Church Bulletins
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From the archives, the note attached said these were real bloopers that appeared in Summer, 2007, from various sources. Since at least one of my readers, and possibly more, does this kind of work, perhaps a word to the wise is sufficient. The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.———————————————————-The sermon…
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I Received A Shout-Out
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It was really nice to read on the Brothers Campfire blog that he has received so many hits and in today’s entry he says that I am an excellent storyteller and mentor. Well, when you get a shout out like that it makes you want to bear down and live…
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Some of the Laws of Life
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I have this sign in my workroom showing some of the more famous laws of life and I have found some more. There are a couple that overlap, but probably bear repeating anyway. Maybe you haven’t felt the effects of all of them, especially not all the time, but you…
