My lead flight attendant came to me and said, “We have an H.R. on this flight.” (H.R. stands for human remains.) “Are they military?” I asked. ‘Yes’, she said. ‘Is there an escort?’ I asked. ‘Yes, I already assigned him a seat’. ‘Would you please tell him to come to…

[“If God Is Good” by Randy Alcorn, Multnomah Press] I heard a story of a kind-hearted king who finds a blind, destitute orphan boy while hunting in a forest. The kind takes the boy to his palace, adopts him as his son, and provides for his care. He sees that…

“What kind of flower is that?” a fellow asked his neighbor who was tending his garden. “Why this is a chrysanthemum,” the neighbor answered. “Sure looks like a rose to me” “No, it’s a chrysanthemum.” “OK. Spell it!” the fellow challenged. “Khry . . Kris . . Cris . .…

When checking out colleges, I was impressed with one school whose cafeteria staff told a group of us parents that we had nothing to worry about; they only served balanced meals. My wife asked, “Balanced, like between meat, vegetables and fruit?” The answer came back, “Not quite. By ‘balanced’ we…

At a recent graduation ceremony at Virginia Tech, the students gathered in the football stadium. The joy and exuberance of the day led to some good-natured chants En masse, the engineering students stood and shouted, “We’ve got jobs! We’ve got jobs!” From the other side of the field, the business…

Johnny’s Mother looked out the window and noticed him “playing church” with their cat. He had the cat sitting quietly and he was preaching to it. She smiled and went about her work. A while later she heard loud meowing and hissing and ran back to the open window to…

MONDAY – It’s fun to cook for Wes. Today I made angel food cake. The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice enough to loan me some extra bowls. TUESDAY – Wes wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn’t dress.…

[Author Unknown ] A weary mother returned from the store, lugging groceries through the kitchen door. Awaiting her arrival was her 8 year old son, anxious to relate what his younger brother had done. ‘While I was out playing and Dad was on a call, T.J. took his crayons and…

Collective Nouns are used to describe a number of a particular bird or animals in a group. Example: A ____ of whales = POD Mike was intrigued with last week’s quiz on the names of the “young” of various animals and birds. So he helped compile this list. Now it’s…

We hired a young man to do some work in the office. I asked for a brief bit of history about him, his training, his family, etc. He said that his mother was in iron and father in steel, and that he had learned his financial skills in Yale. Sounded…

Making some of you ‘think’ is not an easy task on a springtime Wednesday, so today I am sharing some fun-for-the-whole-family BRAIN TEASERS. Some are easy, some aren’t. NO answers forth-coming . . . you’re on your own! (1) How can you use the letters in ‘NEW DOOR’ to make…

1. Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents. 2. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents occur in the home. 3. Avoid walking on streets or sidewalks because 14% of all accidents occur to pedestrians. 4. Avoid traveling by air, rail,…

The Law of Diminishing Communication: The distance between you and the nearest emergency telephone, is in inverse proportion to the nature of your emergency. Mechanical breakdown is nothing compared to a medical emergency. The Law of Mechanical Repair: When working under your car, in your garage, after your hands become…