My neighbor’s little seven-year-old Emma = admitted calmly to her parents that Ethan Brown had  kissed her = after class.    "How did such a thing happen?" gasped her = mother.   Emma admitted, "It wasn’t easy, but three = girls helped me catch him and hold him down."  …

Here are a few = sentences that ARE correct, but I find also HARD to read . . = .   1. All faith = he had had had had little effect on his life.   2. Have you = ever noticed that read rhymes with lead, and read rhymes…

[With St = Patrick’s Day on a Sunday this year, many missed an opportunity = for low-quality ethnically-unoffensive Irish = jokes]   My family came = to America during the Potato Famine or as we liked to call it, the first = episode of Starch Trek.   A psychic told…

* Your&nbs= p;fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong. * Keep = skunks and bankers at a distance. * Life is simpler when you plow = around the stump. * A bumble bee is considerably faster = than a John Deere tractor. * Words that soak into your ears = are…

My grandkids = love going on the internet and they keep track of their passwords for = different sites by writing them on sticky notes by their = desks.   I noticed a = granddaughter’s Disney password was = "Minnie_Mickey_Goofy_Pluto_Denver". I asked why it was so long = and so…

My = brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sister’s bureau and lifted = out a tissue-wrapped package. "This," he said, "is not a = slip. This is lingerie." He discarded the tissue and handed me the = slip. It was exquisite; silk, handmade and trimmed with a cobweb of…

[Sometimes you = just need a way to GET BACK at someone for their mean comment or deed = (or general character). Try one of these =E2=80=9CSweet = Responses=E2=80=9D on them. They might not realize the wallop for a = while 😊]   You must have = had a happy…

Bert had a = friend who always seemed to lean slightly to the left all the = time.  It used to bother him, so he suggested his buddy Louie = should see a doctor, and have his legs checked = out.   For years, = Louie refused, and told Bert…

You THINK you = know the biblical stories but just think how the leftist press would = twist the truth . . .   &nb= sp;         = On Red Sea = Crossing: WETLANDS = TRAMPLED IN LABOR STRIKE (Pursuing = Environmentalists Killed)   On David & = Goliath: HATE CRIME =…

My 9-year-old = daughter and I were flying from our home in Charlotte, North Carolina, = to spend a week with my husband in Miami, Florida. Mike had been in = Florida for five months working for an Internet start-up company. We = were excited about the trip because we…

A young man in = his first home was planting some flower seeds on a sweltering day, = sweating from the hot sun.   His neighbor = suggested, =E2=80=9CIf you were smart, you=E2=80=99d wait until the sun = goes down, or plant in the morning when it is = coolest.=E2=80=9D…

When my wife and I arrived at a car dealership to pick up our car = after a service, we were told the keys had accidentally been locked in = it. We went to the service department and found a mechanic = working feverishly to unlock the driver’s side door.…

[Lots of = variation of this old humor monolog back from my undergrad days.  = But it made me look at ordination (nearly 50 years ago today) with great = fear and trepidation]   Down in the = deep south lived a man known in his county as “Uncle Zeke.”…