December 10
Christians are star-guided people.
Dońt tell God how Big your storm is. Tell the storm how Big your God is!
A hat was passed around a church congregation to take up an offering for the visiting preacher. Presently it was returned to him: embarrassingly empty.
Slowly the parson inverted the hat and shook it meaningfully. Then raising his eyes heavenward, he exclaimed, "I thank you, Lord, that I got my hat back from this congregation."
"The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ." - Alexander Maclaren
George Frideric Handel literally locked himself in a room in his London home for 24 straight days while writing his incomparable oratorio, Messiah. That was his all-consuming objective. When the great musician emerged after more than three weeks of scarcely eating or sleeping, the entire work was done.
I love that story . . . and not just because the inspiring arias and choruses of Messiah are among my favorite pieces of Christmas music. I’m in awe of Handel’s dedication to finishing the task at hand. It became his magnificent obsession.
"My children will not remember the words of wisdom I've passed along over the years, nor will yours remember the good advice you've given. However, etched in their minds and planted in their hearts is a permanent picture of who you are and how you've lived before them." - Dorothy Kelley
A new survey by Rasmussen Reports shows that 69 percent of Americans prefer "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays." -
TOY DISCLAIMERS
Warning: This fad will disappear in 6 weeks.
Caution: Care Bears do not actually care very much.
Warning: This toy produces substantially less childish glee in real life than it does in the TV commercial.
No beanies or babies harmed in the manufacture of this product.
Some dismemberment may occur.
In case of breakage, scream until Dad buys a replacement.
Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously.
Use as an actual terrorist device not recommended.
Do not attempt to combine your Ultra Mega Warrior with your cat to make Ultra Mega Cat Warrior.
Some assimilation required. Resistance is futile.
Personal wealth is distributed so unevenly across the world that the richest two per cent of adults own more than 50 per cent of the world’s assets while the poorest half hold only 1 per cent of wealth.
A survey released on Tuesday shows that middle-income countries with high growth rates still have a long way to go before they have a hope of catching up with the levels of prosperity of the richest.
Adults with more than $2,200 of assets were in the top half of the global wealth league table, while those with more than $61,000 were in the top 10 per cent, according to the data from the World Institute fpr Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-Wider).
To belong to the top 1 per cent of the world’s wealthiest adults you would need more than $500,000, something that 37m adults have achieved.
So much of the world’s wealth is concentrated in few hands that if all the world’s wealth was distributed evenly, each person would have $20,500 of assets to use.
Almost 90 per cent of the world’s wealth is held in North America, Europe and high-income Asian and Pacific countries, such as Japan and Australia.
While North America has 6 per cent of the world’s adult population, it accounts for 34 per cent of household wealth.
The concentration of wealth in different countries varies considerably, with the top 10 per cent in the US holding 70 per cent of the country’s wealth, compared with 61 per cent in France, 56 per cent in the UK, 44 per cent in Germany and 39 per cent in Japan.
Junk emails are still clogging up Inboxes, with spam accounting for 89.73 per cent of all email traffic, new figures claim.
One Sunday evening, I overheard my five-year-old daughter, Julie, practicing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," a song she'd been rehearsing that morning in church for next week's Christmas program. It was all I could do to suppress my laughter when, in place of "with angelic host proclaim," Julie sang, "with the jelly toast proclaim."
"Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments." -- Rose Kennedy
It seems fitting that our savior was born in a messy place, a barn, with stinky animals all around. At the very beginning of the story, we understand how much he humbled himself. God became man. He became man and hung out with sinners. He ate with them and the “church leaders” scoffed. “What’s he doing?” they asked. Then they killed him so his blood could save the “dirty” and “damned.” It’s not the healthy who need a doctor. It’s the sick. Be like Jesus. Spend time with sinners. Bring them the good news.
The vigor or your spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
Had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
Feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us.
VERY SHORT STORIES - Wired magazine has just published a piece wherein it asked more than three dozen popular science fiction and fantasy/horror writers and graphic designers to write a very short story. So short, in fact, they could only use six words.
- Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? - Eileen Gunn
- We kissed. She melted. Mop, please! - James Patrick Kelly
- It's behind you! Hurry before it-- - Rockne S. O'Bannon
- Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses. - Richard Powers
- Don't marry her. Buy a house. - Stephen R. Donaldson
- TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE! Nobody there.... - Harry Harrison
- Tought I was right. I wasn't. - Graeme Gibson
- Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back. - David Brin
- Will this do (lazy writer asked)? - Ken MacLeod
- In the beginning was the Word. - John (Gregory Maguire)
VOID parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers turned to 'fast wipe' whenever you leave your car parked illegally.
"Young people view more than 20,000 ads per year on television alone and increasingly are being exposed to advertising on the Internet, in magazines and in schools. "These ads influence kids to demand poor food choices, and to think drinking is cool, sex is a recreational activity and anorexia is fashionable."
Americans in Deep Debt For the first time in history, most Americans owe more than they make in a year, according to research conducted by the Center for American Progress. The increase has occurred steadily over the last ten years, and now most families owe 129 percent of their after-tax income. It has also been found that 97.5 percent of Americans are no longer able to retire at a normal age due to lack of means.
On Resisting Terrorism The three greatest scourges of the 20th century--Nazism, Japanese militarism, and Soviet Communism--were defeated through war or continued
military resistance. More were killed by Hitler, Stalin, and Mao outside of combat than died in World Wars I and II. War, as Sherman said, is all hell, but as Heraclites admitted it is also "the father of us all." Wickedness--whether chattel slavery, the gas chambers, or concentration camps--has rarely passed quietly into the night on its own. The present evil
isn't going to either. Victor David Hanson,
The ABC'S Of Christmas"
A - Almost done Christmas shopping.
B - Bulb, the one that burnt out and can't find.
C - Can't find the perfect gift for mom.
D - Darn cat keeps knocking Christmas ..........ornaments off the tree.
E - Everyone is coming over.
F - Found the perfect tree.
G - God Help Me!!!!!!!!!
H - Here comes Santa Clause.
I - Is Christmas almost over?
J - Just burnt the ham.
K - Keep your hands off that present.
L - Lights won't work (see B)
M - Must start earlier next year.
N - Need more socks for Christmas. (lol)
O - Ohhh Nooo The tree fell & ...........can't get back up.
P - Please pass the Tylenol.
Q - Quiet as a mouse - not this house.
R - Really need a nap.
S - Santa's gonna skip this house.
T - To Foxee from Santa
U - Ugliest tree I've ever seen.
V - Virtual Cards are all sent.
W - What's a White Christmas?
X - Xmas on the Net.
Y - You still reading this?
Z - Zero hours - Christmas is here!!!!
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FOR THE DISTURBED
* 1. Schizophrenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear?
* 2. Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Kings Disoriented Are
* 3. Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas
* 4. Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me
* 5. Manic --- Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and.....
* 6. Paranoid --- Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me
* 7. Borderline Personality Disorder --- Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire
* 8. Personality Disorder --- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why
* 9. Attention Deficit Disorder --- Silent night, Holy oooh look at the Froggy - can I have a chocolate, why is France so far away?
* 10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder --- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle,Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle
Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
WOW! Snowflake pictures at
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm a must see sight!
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." -- Albert Einstein
"Hell has no exits. Heaven needs none."
Dońt tell God how Big your storm is. Tell the storm how Big your God is!
A hat was passed around a church congregation to take up an offering for the visiting preacher. Presently it was returned to him: embarrassingly empty.
Slowly the parson inverted the hat and shook it meaningfully. Then raising his eyes heavenward, he exclaimed, "I thank you, Lord, that I got my hat back from this congregation."
"The world takes its notions of God from the people who say that they belong to God's family. They read us a great deal more than they read the Bible. They see us; they only hear about Jesus Christ." - Alexander Maclaren
George Frideric Handel literally locked himself in a room in his London home for 24 straight days while writing his incomparable oratorio, Messiah. That was his all-consuming objective. When the great musician emerged after more than three weeks of scarcely eating or sleeping, the entire work was done.
I love that story . . . and not just because the inspiring arias and choruses of Messiah are among my favorite pieces of Christmas music. I’m in awe of Handel’s dedication to finishing the task at hand. It became his magnificent obsession.
"My children will not remember the words of wisdom I've passed along over the years, nor will yours remember the good advice you've given. However, etched in their minds and planted in their hearts is a permanent picture of who you are and how you've lived before them." - Dorothy Kelley
A new survey by Rasmussen Reports shows that 69 percent of Americans prefer "Merry Christmas" to "Happy Holidays." -
TOY DISCLAIMERS
Warning: This fad will disappear in 6 weeks.
Caution: Care Bears do not actually care very much.
Warning: This toy produces substantially less childish glee in real life than it does in the TV commercial.
No beanies or babies harmed in the manufacture of this product.
Some dismemberment may occur.
In case of breakage, scream until Dad buys a replacement.
Not to be taken internally, literally or seriously.
Use as an actual terrorist device not recommended.
Do not attempt to combine your Ultra Mega Warrior with your cat to make Ultra Mega Cat Warrior.
Some assimilation required. Resistance is futile.
Personal wealth is distributed so unevenly across the world that the richest two per cent of adults own more than 50 per cent of the world’s assets while the poorest half hold only 1 per cent of wealth.
A survey released on Tuesday shows that middle-income countries with high growth rates still have a long way to go before they have a hope of catching up with the levels of prosperity of the richest.
Adults with more than $2,200 of assets were in the top half of the global wealth league table, while those with more than $61,000 were in the top 10 per cent, according to the data from the World Institute fpr Development Economics Research of the United Nations University (UNU-Wider).
To belong to the top 1 per cent of the world’s wealthiest adults you would need more than $500,000, something that 37m adults have achieved.
So much of the world’s wealth is concentrated in few hands that if all the world’s wealth was distributed evenly, each person would have $20,500 of assets to use.
Almost 90 per cent of the world’s wealth is held in North America, Europe and high-income Asian and Pacific countries, such as Japan and Australia.
While North America has 6 per cent of the world’s adult population, it accounts for 34 per cent of household wealth.
The concentration of wealth in different countries varies considerably, with the top 10 per cent in the US holding 70 per cent of the country’s wealth, compared with 61 per cent in France, 56 per cent in the UK, 44 per cent in Germany and 39 per cent in Japan.
Junk emails are still clogging up Inboxes, with spam accounting for 89.73 per cent of all email traffic, new figures claim.
One Sunday evening, I overheard my five-year-old daughter, Julie, practicing "Hark the Herald Angels Sing," a song she'd been rehearsing that morning in church for next week's Christmas program. It was all I could do to suppress my laughter when, in place of "with angelic host proclaim," Julie sang, "with the jelly toast proclaim."
"Life isn’t a matter of milestones, but of moments." -- Rose Kennedy
It seems fitting that our savior was born in a messy place, a barn, with stinky animals all around. At the very beginning of the story, we understand how much he humbled himself. God became man. He became man and hung out with sinners. He ate with them and the “church leaders” scoffed. “What’s he doing?” they asked. Then they killed him so his blood could save the “dirty” and “damned.” It’s not the healthy who need a doctor. It’s the sick. Be like Jesus. Spend time with sinners. Bring them the good news.
The vigor or your spiritual life will be in exact proportion to the place held by the Jesus had no servants, yet they called Him Master.
Had no degree, yet they called Him Teacher.
Had no medicines, yet they called Him Healer.
Had no army, yet kings feared Him.
He won no military battles, yet He conquered the world.
He committed no crime, yet they crucified Him.
He was buried in a tomb, yet He lives today.
Feel honored to serve such a Leader who loves us.
VERY SHORT STORIES - Wired magazine has just published a piece wherein it asked more than three dozen popular science fiction and fantasy/horror writers and graphic designers to write a very short story. So short, in fact, they could only use six words.
- Computer, did we bring batteries? Computer? - Eileen Gunn
- We kissed. She melted. Mop, please! - James Patrick Kelly
- It's behind you! Hurry before it-- - Rockne S. O'Bannon
- Lie detector eyeglasses perfected: Civilization collapses. - Richard Powers
- Don't marry her. Buy a house. - Stephen R. Donaldson
- TIME MACHINE REACHES FUTURE! Nobody there.... - Harry Harrison
- Tought I was right. I wasn't. - Graeme Gibson
- Dinosaurs return. Want their oil back. - David Brin
- Will this do (lazy writer asked)? - Ken MacLeod
- In the beginning was the Word. - John (Gregory Maguire)
VOID parking tickets by leaving your windshield wipers turned to 'fast wipe' whenever you leave your car parked illegally.
"Young people view more than 20,000 ads per year on television alone and increasingly are being exposed to advertising on the Internet, in magazines and in schools. "These ads influence kids to demand poor food choices, and to think drinking is cool, sex is a recreational activity and anorexia is fashionable."
Americans in Deep Debt For the first time in history, most Americans owe more than they make in a year, according to research conducted by the Center for American Progress. The increase has occurred steadily over the last ten years, and now most families owe 129 percent of their after-tax income. It has also been found that 97.5 percent of Americans are no longer able to retire at a normal age due to lack of means.
On Resisting Terrorism The three greatest scourges of the 20th century--Nazism, Japanese militarism, and Soviet Communism--were defeated through war or continued
military resistance. More were killed by Hitler, Stalin, and Mao outside of combat than died in World Wars I and II. War, as Sherman said, is all hell, but as Heraclites admitted it is also "the father of us all." Wickedness--whether chattel slavery, the gas chambers, or concentration camps--has rarely passed quietly into the night on its own. The present evil
isn't going to either. Victor David Hanson,
The ABC'S Of Christmas"
A - Almost done Christmas shopping.
B - Bulb, the one that burnt out and can't find.
C - Can't find the perfect gift for mom.
D - Darn cat keeps knocking Christmas ..........ornaments off the tree.
E - Everyone is coming over.
F - Found the perfect tree.
G - God Help Me!!!!!!!!!
H - Here comes Santa Clause.
I - Is Christmas almost over?
J - Just burnt the ham.
K - Keep your hands off that present.
L - Lights won't work (see B)
M - Must start earlier next year.
N - Need more socks for Christmas. (lol)
O - Ohhh Nooo The tree fell & ...........can't get back up.
P - Please pass the Tylenol.
Q - Quiet as a mouse - not this house.
R - Really need a nap.
S - Santa's gonna skip this house.
T - To Foxee from Santa
U - Ugliest tree I've ever seen.
V - Virtual Cards are all sent.
W - What's a White Christmas?
X - Xmas on the Net.
Y - You still reading this?
Z - Zero hours - Christmas is here!!!!
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FOR THE DISTURBED
* 1. Schizophrenia --- Do You Hear What I Hear?
* 2. Multiple Personality Disorder --- We Three Kings Disoriented Are
* 3. Dementia --- I Think I'll be Home for Christmas
* 4. Narcissistic --- Hark the Herald Angels Sing About Me
* 5. Manic --- Deck the Halls and Walls and House and Lawn and Streets and Stores and Office and Town and Cars and Buses and Trucks and Trees and.....
* 6. Paranoid --- Santa Claus is Coming to Town to Get Me
* 7. Borderline Personality Disorder --- Thoughts of Roasting on an Open Fire
* 8. Personality Disorder --- You Better Watch Out, I'm Gonna Cry, I'm Gonna Pout, Maybe I'll Tell You Why
* 9. Attention Deficit Disorder --- Silent night, Holy oooh look at the Froggy - can I have a chocolate, why is France so far away?
* 10. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder --- Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle,Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle
Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells,
WOW! Snowflake pictures at
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/photos.htm a must see sight!
"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." -- Albert Einstein
"Hell has no exits. Heaven needs none."
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