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O, prize the word written; prizing is the way to profiting. If Caesar so valued his commentaries that for preserving them he lost his purple robe, how should we estimate the sacred oracles of God? “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.”—Thomas Watson, in The Morning Exercises.…

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill. In the room of 200, he asked, Who would like this $20 bill? Hands started going up. He said, I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this. He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up. He then asked, Who still…

What Exactly Is Marriage? "Marriage is when you get to keep your girl and don't have to give her back to her parents" -Eric, six years old "When somebody's been dating for a while, the boy might propose to the girl. He says to her, 'I'll take you for a whole life, or at least until we have kids and get…

~~~ 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…

Taste is a test as to things to be eaten. We prove and try an article of food by tasting it. He who goes to the market to buy cheese draws out a piece and eats it that he may judge of the bulk by the taste. So it is with anything the value of which depends upon the flavor: it has to be tasted that it…

The form of godliness without the power is not worth the trouble it takes to put it together and keep it together. Imitation jewels are pretty and brilliant, but if you take them to the jeweler he will give you nothing for them. There is a religion that is all paste gems—a godliness that glitters but…

If you would get a fair estimate of the happiness of any man, you must judge him in these two closely connected things: his life and his death. The heathen Solon said, “Call no man happy until he is dead, for you do not know what changes may pass upon him in life.” We add to that, “Call no man happy…

Actor Rob Gough paid $5.2 million for a piece of cardboard in January 2021. Well, that’s one way to put it. Another way is to say that he bought a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle rookie card in mint condition with a PSA 9 rating—1 of 6 known to be in existence. "I always dreamt of owning a 1952 Topps Mickey…

What’s a pair of sneakers worth? In April of 2021, “Auction company Sotheby's announced on Monday that Kanye West's Nike Air Yeezy 1 Prototype shoes have sold for a record-breaking $1.8 million through a private sale to sneaker investing platform RARES.” https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2021/04/26/Kanye-West-Nike-Air-Yeezy-auction-Sothebys/1851619448461/…

An anonymous man paid $35.00 for a beautiful bowl at a garage sale near New Haven, Connecticut in 2020 and sold it for over $700,000.00 at a Sotheby’s auction. The rare, 15th-century Ming dynasty artifact was expected to fetch “between $300,000.00 and $500,000.00,” but fared much better. What a shame…

When Howard Kirby noticed a firm area in the thrift store couch he bought for his man cave he tried to discover and fix the problem. The “problem” turned out to be $43,170 in cash. Even though an attorney said he could legally keep the money, Kirby reached out to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Owosso,…

A 90-year-old Frenchwoman was preparing to move. She had an auctioneer come to value her furniture to dispose of it at auction. Hanging in the kitchen was a tempera panel which the woman believed was an old Russian icon that she had for decades. Her plan was to throw it away. The auctioneer thought it…

An old painting hanging in the kitchen of an elderly French woman made her a multimillionaire. The women did not think the painting was worth much, but when an auctioneer saw it, he suggested she bring it to experts for an evaluation. The painting turned out to be a rare masterpiece from 13th-century…

Is it possible to be too rich? When the Good’s daughter left for college, her parents inherited her cats. Their San Jose, Calif., apartment complex doesn’t allow animals. Rather than abandon the felines, the Goods found a studio apartment and hired the landlord to tend to the animals. The studio costs…

Acting on a tip, the FBI recovered a pair of ruby red slippers Judy Garland wore in the movie The Wizard of Oz. Thieves took them from a Minnesota museum thirteen years ago. They were insured for $1,000,000 but experts told the BBC they were probably worth twice that much. How could a pair of shoes be…

We lose track of the significant when we obsess in the unimportant stuff. Police in Bothell, Washington have had to request that residents stop dialing 911 to report that they cannot log on to Facebook. “We will move mountains to help those in our community,” said a police spokesman. “However, we can’t…

A bag containing traces of moon dust collected on the first manned moon mission in 1969 recently sold for $1.8 at auction. Due to a clerical error, the bag sold on an online auction in 2015. Though NASA officials went to court to get the artifact back, the court decided that while it should not have…

I am sure you have heard the saying, “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” but what if I told you that sperm whale vomit can be worth millions of dollars, would you believe me? Three men in the small town of Oman, in the Arabian Peninsula, found a large, waxy substance floating near their fishing…

Frank Stephens is an actor, a Special Olympian, and an advocate for those with Down syndrome. Stephens, who himself has Down syndrome, testified before Congress. More than 90 percent of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome worldwide are aborted. In Denmark 98 percent and in Iceland it is almost 100 percent.…

The owners of a London home pulled back on a deal to sell it after they found what they think is a mural painted by Britain’s elusive street artist known as Banksy on an exterior wall. The artwork, called “Achoo,” depicts an elderly woman sneezing, sending her dentures flying out of her mouth. It also…

A new initiative in Egypt allows residents to redeem their trash for extra cash. Many Egyptians stood in line in the capital city of Cairo carrying bags of old books, plastic water bottles, and other recyclable materials to exchange for extra money. The country was seeking a way to reduce huge piles…

In a special report on football in America, Sports Illustrated conducted a survey that included questions regarding how important football is to Americans. Only 1.4% said that football was more important than family but 20.1% admitted that football was more important than their jobs and 26.7% agreed…

Caroline Gowan from Bonaire, Georgia began Loads of Love for her Girl Scout Gold Award project. Today Gowan and volunteers from Bonaire United Methodist Church offer to wash loads of laundry for anyone in need of clean clothes. They do the ministry at a local Laundromat one evening each month and plenty…

To celebrate Pi Day (March 14) 2019, Google employee Emma Hayuka Iwao set a new record by calculating the value of Pi to more than 31.4 trillion digits. Iwao used 25 Google Cloud virtual machines and shattered the old record of 22 trillion digits. She told reporters this was the first time cloud technology…

Massachusetts resident Chris Robarge was surprised when a former landlord contacted him asking for his current address. He was even more surprised when he received a letter from his former landlord with a check for $2500 inside. His former landlord told Robarge he had sold the house and explained that…