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> Children of God > > A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales. > > The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small. > > The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale. > > Irritated,…

~~~ Here's to Mom! ~~~ My mother taught me IRONY - "Keep laughing and I'll give you something to cry about." My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE WHAT I HAVE - "It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick." My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE - "If you're going to kill each other…

In his book, Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives and What the World's Best Companies Are Learning from It, Brian Dumaine writes, “In 2017, a six-year-old Dallas girl was talking to Alexa about cookies and dollhouses, and a few days later four pounds of cookies and a $160 dollhouse were delivered…

It might not be good practice to eat your experiments, but astronauts aboard the International Space Station my get to do just that, and have a taste of home at the same time. For over a year, Ian and Jordana Fichenbaum worked to develop a Zero Gravity oven that could revolutionize space food. Their…

I have heard it said, I believe in heaven but I’m not in any hurry to get there. This feeling became real for Stanley Heerboth and his wife after they attended the funeral of a good friend. When the service concluded the Heerboths decided to go to a Chinese restaurant for a little Szechuan pick-me-up.…

A website offered a holiday-loving person’s dream job when they announced that they were offering the right person, $1,000 to watch 24 Hallmark Christmas movies and document their experience on social media. The person would have to watch all 24 movies in 12 days. The website suggested the person be…

A sanitation crew in Long Island, New York spent hours digging through tons of garbage before they recovered a lost wedding ring. Colleen Dyckman said she accidentally throw out her rings after cooking the night before. She didn’t realize they were gone until the next morning. By the time, she realized…

Election officials in Ohio say most of the votes in the 2012 Presidential elections were cast for the official candidates, but there were some write-in votes. In the Canton area, write-in votes were reportedly cast for actor Clint Eastwood, New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow, and comedian Jon…

One new study published in Psychological Sciences says even babies recognize a display of injustice, even in circumstances that do not directly affect them. The research involved children aged 19 to 21 months of age, and found even from a very young age the children have a general expectation of what…

By Jeremy A. Kaplan Published April 02, 2012 | FoxNews.com A telescope so massive that it spans a continent won't be any better than a pair of binoculars unless you can find a way to carry and sift through its data. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is planet Earth’s next big science project. It won’t…

These are the top ten ways to tell if you’re having a bad day. Number 10 - Your horn sticks on the freeway behind 32 Hell's Angels Number 9 - You call suicide prevention and they put you on hold. Number 8 - Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles. Number 7 - Your 4-year-old tells…

I am a “night-binger.” It hurts to say it and I hope you don’t lose all respect for me as a pastor, but there is something about sweets that makes them appealing after 8 pm. Wave a doughnut in front of me at 10 am, and I have little trouble saying “no.” Ice Cream at 12 pm hardly makes me turn my head.…

EVENTS WITH A PURPOSE Church Picnic Old-Fashioned Sunday Mother's Day Father's Day Homecoming Independence Sunday Thanksgiving Christmas Easter Ice Cream Social Sweetheart Banquet Talent – Un-talent Show Church Anniversary Dessert-A-Rama Find A Parade Renewing Your Vows CHURCH PICNIC Go to a local park,…

Some of you haven’t heard, but Santa Claus has a problem this year. He’s negotiated a new contract with his union and sent out this letter: I regret to inform you that, effective immediately, I will no longer be able to serve Southern United States on Christmas Eve. Due to the overwhelming current population…

GOOD DEEDS With the arrival of the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, white envelopes began arriving in the mailboxes of the south-central Kansas community of Turon. The envelopes did not contain anything dangerous or suspicious, instead each contained a $10 bill. Markoleta Padgett…

FUTURE Along a busy street in Pico Rivera (Los Angeles Area) CA, is a boarded up restaurant with a sign that says, "One of Ten Best Restaurants —Press Enterprise, 1990." How can a restaurant be one of the top ten in 1990 and boarded up in 2000? Though I don't know the particulars in this case, I do know…

I read about some kids who lined up in the cafeteria of a religious school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. Evidently, some industrious teacher had been concerned that every child have one of those apples and, knowing that some of her students might be tempted to take more…

FAITHFULNESS Staying faithful to your convictions is not easy. In the animated motion picture, Horton Hears A Who, Horton the Elephant’s life is changed when he hears a faint cry for help coming from a speck. Consequently, Horton discovers the speck is home to an entire city of people known as Whos.…

LOVE A group of a couple dozen Salt Lake City teenagers celebrated their own version of Valentine’s Day in 2009. They called it “Anti Valentine’s Day.” No, they were not the boys and girls without dates and they have no problem with love. It is the commercialism of Valentine’s Day that turns them off.…

> Children of God > ********************************************** > A Kindergarten teacher was observing her classroom > of children while they were drawing. She would > occasionally walk around to see each child's work. > > As she got to one little girl who was working > diligently, she asked what…

Mike Harmon cannot tell you how he lost his willpower, but he is certain that it is gone. On a recent Thursday night, sitting in a grungy recliner at the Stop Smoking Hypnosis Clinic of Baltimore County, the middle-aged man shrugs his shoulders. "I don't have it anymore," he says. "It's gone." Neecy…

Happy Endings In simpler times, Beaver Cleaver packing a hobo's handkerchief with provisions and sneaking out the front door to run away was an innocent plot line. We knew the ending from the very beginning. Beaver would eventually come home to enjoy a glass of cold milk and warm cookies. Today, the…

He Did Most of my childhood memories are pleasant. I wasn't abused, my parents provided for all my needs, in fact, I have to say, I was loved. I'm not saying my family wasn't dysfunctional, in some respects all families have their moments, but we were as close to functional as I've seen. I went to school,…

California Milk Processor Board put up billboards that emitted the smell of chocolate chip cookies to advertise milk. As one blog reader mentioned, "NPR did person-on-the-street interviews at one of the shelters, and nobody wanted milk; everyone wanted cookies." -- Yahoo

(Thanks to Cybersalt for today's humor. KB) AFROPHOBIA: Fear of the return of the 70's hair styles. DEJA FLU: The feeling that one has had this cold before. HYPOCOINDRIA: Fear of not having correct change. HAIRPIECE SWIMPLEX: Rash caused by wearing a toupee in a pool. CELESTIAL SEASONINGS AFFECTIVE DISORDER:…