Month: May 2007

  • A man was arrested and charged with having sexual misconduct with his foster child. He hasn’t gone to court yet, but his picture is all over the TV. My question is this: Should there be a law that says the media can not publish information until someone has been convicted?

    Photograph: Volar view of bones with hamulus of hamate labeledDid you know that there are 206 bones in the adult human body and there are 300 in children (as they grow some of the bones fuse together)?

    This will mess with your mind in a space time continuum:
    The next sentence is true but you must not believe it.
    The previous sentence was false

  • Sunday

    Today's Cartoon
    Are you a coffee drinker? 
     
    Teen Challenge of the Dakota's was at church today. 
    There were about 26 guys.  They had a lot of incredible
    testimonies.     We have a     reentry program of those
    coming out of drug and alcohol abuse called Stephen's House. 
    Several of the guys in Stephen's House were graduates
    of Teen Challenge.  It was named Stephen's House after
    a son of the guy who donated the     land we're using for
    our church. His son, Stephen, died of acute alcoholism.   
    The Sun
    The Sun, an ordinary star, contains more than
    99.8% of the total mass of our solar system.
     

  • Inventions

    Today's Cartoon
     
    I was at our weekly guy"s luncheon yesterday.  We were talking about the blueprints of the addition to the church.  Pastor was giving a phone number to one of the other guys, when another person asked him if he had the blueprints on his cell phone.  The young man actually thought that the blueprints were on his phone and his phone had a projector that would project the plans on the wall.  I had to chuckle and say, "One day".  It also made me consider the thought process of young people of today.  We're living at a time that if we can think it it can happen.  That would be really cool to have a projector on a cell phone so we could make presentations.  -the possibilities. 
    What kind of invention would you like to see? 
     

  • Double Minded

    Ever just know there was something you had to do and couldn't think of it?  Then in the middle of the night the "something" come to you?  Well that happened to me last night.  I was suppose to get my CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate to children) report in and I totally forgot it.  I hate being double minded but lately that's where my mind has been.  I've got to get my trane of thought back on the single track. 
    Max Lucado says it best:
    A man and his dog are in the same car. The dog howls bright-moon-in-the-middle-of-the-night caterwauling howls. The man pleads, promising a daily delivery of dog biscuit bouquets if only the hound will hush. After all, it’s only a car wash.

    Never occurred to him???ahem, to me???that the car wash would scare my dog. But it did. Placing myself in her paws, I can see why. A huge, noisy machine presses toward us, pounding our window with water, banging against the door with brushes. Duck! We’re under attack.

    “Don’t panic. The car wash was my idea.” “I’ve done this before.” “It’s for our own good.” Ever tried to explain a car wash to a canine? Dog dictionaries are minus the words brush and detail job. My words fell on fallen flaps. Nothing helped. She just did what dogs do; she wailed.

    Actually, she did what we do. Don’t we howl? Not at car washes perhaps but at hospital stays and job transfers. Let the economy go south or the kids move north, and we have a wail of a time. And when our Master explains what’s happening, we react as if he’s speaking Yalunka. We don’t understand a word he says.

  • Day off

    I've got today off and I'm going to enjoy it.  I have a strange qwirk.  I like to leave problems for a little while so when I fix them I feel like a thorn is gone.  We put a room in our basement for our oldest.  The airconditioning / heater drained into her room.  Well I couldn't leave it like that. (The drain was in the middle of the room.) So I rigged it up to drain in a hole in another part of the basement. Then I would just empty the water out.  Well I'm ready now for a permanent solution, so I'll be doing that today. 

  • Science, Math & History

    90 years ago: The Grand Canyon became a national monument & Cellophane is invented.

    1917 Walt Disney graduates from Benton High School

    1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes

    10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I

    U.S. becomes 13th country to declare war on Austria during World War I

    1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce

    Nineteen is Faith - "For with the heart man believeth" has 19  Greek letters.
    Seventeen is Victory - Romans 8:35-39 lists 17 tests and trials we are faced with.  God gives us the victory to conquer each.   

    Farewell Jerry FalwellJerry Falwell

  • Science, Math & History

    100 years ago: The first virus was found in both plants and animals.

    ONE HUNDRED - The Elect

    -Isaac was born when Abraham was 100
    -Genesis 26:12 - Isaac received a 100 fold
    -Parable of the lost sheep - Jesus says 100 sheep
    (Jesus called the Elect His sheep)

    1907
    President: Theodore Roosevelt
                              
    First Helicopter Flies - On November 13, 1907
    Great White Fleet Sails-(12/16/07) On December 16th, a fleet of 16 American battleships set sail on an around–the–world voyage. The voyage impressed upon the world both the power of the American Navy and America's intention to be active on the world scene in every way.

  • Barak

    What equals 100%?

    From a strictly Mathematical Viewpoint: What equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been in situations where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 1001%? What equals 100% in life? Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions.
    IF:
    A-1,B-2,C-3,D-4,E-5,F-6,G-7,H-8,I-9,J-10,K-11,L-12,M-13,N-14,O-15,P-16,Q-17,R-18,S-19,T-20,U-21,V-22,W-23,X-24,Y-25,Z-26
    THEN:
    H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K is 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98%
    K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E is 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96%
    But, A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E is 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100%
    (8 letters - 8 is "New Birth")

    AND, look how far the love of God will take you:

    L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D 12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4= 101%
    (9 Letters - 9 is Fruit of the Spirit)

    So, one can conclude mathematically that: While work and knowledge will get you close, and attitude will get you there, it’s the Love of God that will put you over the top!

    Question:  Why do you think the news media is not broadcasting the fact that Barack Obama is Muslim? 

  • Today's Cartoon
    Today's Cartoon
    Happy Mother's Day

  • Today's Cartoon
    Abraham Lincoln: Special Quotes for Mother's Day
    I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
    MOTHERS SAID:

    Funny fictional quotes from mothers in history...

    JONAH'S MOTHER: "That's a nice story, but now tell me where you've
    really been for the last three days."

    SUPERMAN'S MOTHER: "Clark, your father and I have discussed it, and
    we've decided you can have your own telephone line. Now will you
    quit spending so much time in all those phone booths?"

    THOMAS EDISON'S MOTHER: "Of course I'm proud that you invented the
    electric light bulb, Thomas. Now turn off that light and get to
    bed!"

    I celebrated Mother's Day yesterday with my wife. (We had our 2 year old with us.) I took care of Kalli while Kim shopped. We all enjoyed the day.  One store had a kids section that parents could sit and read to their child.  I had to laugh because we've been trying to potty train Kalli, so I picked a book on potty training.  She listened all the way through.  The last page had the question: "How about you?"  Kalli simply said, "No".

    I have a question that is totally unrelated to Mother's Day.  Would you vote for a Muslem for President?