While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our= minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt. = Apparently his five-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. = Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small…

This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_0037_01DB35B0.BE750D60 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [Need to check on my blog readers to see IF their post-election brains are still working. Here’s a set of random questions; all YOU do is fill in the blanks.] 1. How many countries are in…

Ken H. shared, “Talked to my cab driver and found he was = a fare-minded person.”   Esther G. wondered, “When I was asked what I d= o with leftover bacon, I admit that thought never occurred to me.”   Wayne I.= said, “Of all the inventions of the past…

[Armistice Da= y has become Veterans’ Day. Armistice Day was sacred. Veterans’ Day is not.= But many want to keep this day as a very special tribute.]=   As we express our gratitude, we must= never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to l= ive…

A farmer had some puppies to sell, so he made a sign advertisin= g the four pups and went to nail it to a post at the edge of his yard. As h= e was hammering the last nail, he felt a tug on his overalls. He looked dow= n…

[One last day of fun before all the focus is= shifted to 2026 mid-term election] **I have come to the conclusion = that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.   **You know how they say, “Nobody can fix th= e economy. Nobody can be…

[Win or lose, poking fun at politics brings = a smile back on our faces] Q: Why should we make Congress more effic= ient by replacing all the people with horses? A: Every vote would end in “neighs,” but h= ay, at least the housing market would be stable.  …

[After months of rancor, the elections are o= ver and most races declared. This is poking a little FUN for the next few d= ays at our crazy system] Q: How are politicians like diapers?A: = They both need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason.=   Q:…

(Amidst our prayers and seriousness of Elect= ion Day, we bring a little light-hearted humor to mind) Q. How do yo= u stop Canadian bacon from curling in the pan? A. You take away its tiny broom.   Q. What are the four keys to success? A. S, U, C,…

A group of tourists was visiting a crocodile farm, and they wer= e in a floating structure in the middle of a crocodile lake. The owner of t= he farm shouted: "Whoever jumps into the water and swims to shore will= receive a ten-thousand-dollar prize!! =   The silence was…

[The first weekend of each month is a time to encourage and ins= pire our blog readers to greater achievement and aspiration.] &#8220= ;If your dreams don’t scare you, they are too small.” ~ Richard Branson   “It is wise to keep in mind that ne= ither success nor failure…

[Couple of stories to start out November wit= h PUNishing humor. Like starting every month hearing groans from around the= world!]   “I can’t wait to set the clo= cks back this weekend, and get an extra hour of unable to sleep.”   = ~~ “I just got a job…

Do not put statements in the negative form.   And don’t start = sentences with a conjunction. =  = If you reread your work, you will find on rer= eading that a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and edit= ing.   Never use a long word…