[Each month begins with puns. After coffee, of course, but laug= hs and groans most certainly follow] &n= bsp; I wasn’t originally going to get a bra= in transplant, but then I changed my mind.   I used to be addicted to soap. But I= ’m clean now.   I’m…

Tomb it may concern . . . here is a Halloween quiz for kids tha= t is scary because it is so bad. =  = Q: Why is a cemetery a great place to write a st= ory? A: Because there are so many plots ther= e.   Q: =…

[Not our weekly quiz, but some fun Q&A for you and yours to= enjoy as you prepare for this Fall festival time]   Q. How did early New Englander= s protect their homes from evil spirits?A. By hiding their shoes i= n the walls.   Q. What vegetable was once thought…

MOTHER DEER   A nature photo caught my heart today. Mother deer, split-second before leopard’s teeth, Serene because her two fawns had run away. To save her own, her own life she’d bequeathed= =2E   Sh= e could have run much faster than the fawns. Instead, she stood – and…

Dogs come when you call them. C= ats take a message and get back to you when they are good and ready.   Dogs will gi= ve you unconditional love forever. Cats wil= l make you pay for every mistake you’ve ever made since the day you were bo= rn.…

Following a funeral service, the pallbearers were carrying the = casket out of the church when they accidentally bump into a wall. From insi= de the coffin, they heard a faint moan.   Opening the lid, they found the man insi= de alive! He leaped out and lived another five…

[Can you discern the famous brand today from cryptic clues of i= ts origin or meaning?  Have fun with this third installment of “= company brands you know”.] =  = 1. Southland Ice Company found a demand to expan= d and sell groceries, so changed the name of some locations…

>>Normally I miss deadlines like a storm trooper misses J= edi. Patrick Rothfuss   >>Personally, I have n= othing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively= , by someone else. Barbara Ehrenreich   >>I wi= ll always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because he will…

>>I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for i= t by leaving early. Charles Lamb   >>Some pe= ople see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that nev= er were and ask, Why not? Some people just go to work and…

There was once a little girl who desperately needed an emergenc= y blood transfusion to save her life. Her only chance of surviving wou= ld be to get a transfusion from her younger brother, who had miraculously o= vercome the same disease she had, and therefore had antibodies in his blood=…

A woman shot her husband for stepping on the clean floor. The p= olice officer called to the scene returned to his squad car and called the = station.   “I have an interesting case here,” he said. “A woman = shot her husband for stepping on the floor she…

As a pastor I have had many opport= unities to help counsel couples in the challenges of married life.  Fo= und out that the two often had conflict because they simply processed thoug= hts differently. Here is an example:   Pastor: So, what brings you two here today?   Wife:…

As I approached my neighbor Glen’s barn, I was amazed to = hear him singing an old love song. I peeked in the window and saw him seren= ading his green John Deere with songs and compliments!     I opened the d= oor and just had to ask, “What on…