Cowboy Joe was telling his fellow cowboys back on the ranch = in Kaycee about his first visit to a big-city church in Casper.   = "When = I got there, they had me park my old truck in the corral," Joe began. = "You mean the parking lot," interrupted…

Wife got up early this morning for an appointment at her hair s= alon.  I showed interest by asking her what she was going for – = a cut, a perm, a new style, etc. She thinks I’m interested. I= t was really self-defense, so I could know how to…

[We try to start the first weekday of each month serving you so= me truly funny jokes.  In June it appears we will fail again. But fail= ure for 332 months in a row (since 1996) does not stop us from offering a m= ore mediocre fare that will hopefully…

[The first weekend of each month is a time to encourage and ins= pire our blog readers to greater achievement and aspiration.] &#822= 0;In my world as a pastor, words are brushstrokes, and I want to create mas= terpieces that inspire hearts.”~ Bob Griffin   “Most people f= ail in life…

The following is a sampling of answers received on exams giv= en by the California Department of Transportation’s “driving school&#= 8221; (read: Saturday Traffic School – mandatory for moving violation offen= ders; don’t ask how I know). &= nbsp; Q: Do you yield when a blind pedestrian = is crossing…

Nearly 400,000 veterans and dependents, pres= idents and paupers, are buried on the expansive grounds of the Arlington Pl= antation of George Washington Parke Custis. The mansion, buil= t in 1818, was the nation’s first memorial to his adoptive grandfather, Geo= rge Washington. The home became the repository of hundreds…

Memorial Day weekend was over, and the pre-school teacher as= ked her little charges what they had done for the holiday.  After hear= ing of family travel, picnics, and trips to the cemetery, she took the oppo= rtunity to remind her class about patriotism.   "We live in a great…

Soldier, rest! thy warfare o’er= ,Sleep the sleep that knows no= t breaking:Dream of= battled fields no more,Days of danger, nights of waking. In our isle’s enchanted hall,Hands unseen thy couch are strewing,Fairy strains of music fall,Every sense in slumb= er dewing. Soldier, rest! thy warfare o’er,Dream of fighting fields…

Freedom Is Not Free [Kelly= Strong]   I watched the flag pass by one day. It fluttered in the breeze. A young = Marine saluted it, and then he stood at e= ase. I looked at him in uniform So young, so tall, so proud, = He’d stand out in…

California vintners in the Napa Valley area, which primarily= produce Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio wines, have developed a n= ew hybrid grape that acts as an anti-diuretic.   It is expected to help with= sleep while reducing the number of trips older people must make to the…

I visited a cafe one day with my friends. The waiter recommende= d that we try the specialty coffee they advertised. We agreed and s= oon the coffee arrived. As we drank the brew, we realized that it tasted te= rrible, just like dirt or mud.   Disgusted by the…

This is a multipart message in MIME format. ——=_NextPart_000_05A3_01DAAC2B.3E485570 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [All information taken from Roots of English (Robert Claiborne). There are 600,000 words in the English language, greater by far than any other tongue (for instance French has 300,000; Russian 150,000). How did the modern English…

Ten funny questions to ask in church:   Q. What did Jonah’s wife s= ay when he told her about how long it took to reach Nineveh?  A. This story sounds a little fishy.   Q. What Bible charact= er knew the most people? A. No one is sure, = but…