BIRTHDAYS: Edgar Bergen, 1903; Patti Andrews, 1920; Sonny Bono, 1935; William Katt, 1950; LeVar Burton (American actor and host of the TV show "Reading Rainbow"), 1957; John McEnroe, 1959; Mark Price, 1964; Molly Ringwald, 1968.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1814 the first American music festival was held to celebrate the end of the War of 1812.
On this date in 1862 Ulysses S. Grant, in a meeting at Fort Donelson, TN, demanded the "unconditional surrender" of the Confederate forces.
On this date in 1883 the very first of "The Ladies Home Journal" hit the newsstands.
On this date in 1909 the first subway car with side doors began operation.
On this date in 1923 the burial chamber of King Tut was opened by British archaeologists.
On this date in 1937 Dr. Wallace Carothers received a patent for Nylon.
On this date in 1959 Fidel Castro became the premier of Cuba.
On this date in 1960 the U.S.S. Triton became the first submarine to circumnavigate the earth underwater.
On this date in 1965 Pegasus I, a satellite designed to measure potential hazards of meteoroids to spacecraft, was launched.
On this date in 1972 Wilt Chamberlain became the first NBA player to score 30,000 points.
On this date in 1986 Mario Soares became the head of Portugal.
MEANINGLESS FACTS: On 09-14-1999 Hurricane Floyd struck the United States, causing some 3 million people to evacuate their homes, more than 40 people died in North Carolina, and at least 28 in other states died also... Dr. Jack Kevorkian (03-26-1999) was convicted of second degree murder for his role in assisted suicide. He was later sentenced to 10-25 years in prison... On 12-09-1999 the Hawaii Supreme Court upheld a 1998 amendment to the state constitution that forbade same-sex marriages.
TRIVIA: What man (in the Bible) wore iron horns?
"To love for the sake of being loved is human, But to love for the sake of loving is angelic" (Alphonse Marie Louis de Lamartine, 1790 - 1869).
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Thanks to LBS: Interesting...
Hey guys, thought you all might like this! Just a bit of interesting trivia! Ok, even if ya don't like it, its interesting. Believe it or not but 8:02pm on February 20 this year will be an historic moment in time. It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing of bells, but at that precise time, on that specific date, something will happen that has not occurred for 1,001 years and will never happen again.
As the clock ticks over from 8.01pm on Wednesday, February 20, time will, for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002, 2002, or to be more precise - 20:02, 20/02, 2002.
This historic event will never have the same poignancy as the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month which marks Armistice Day, but it is an event that has happened only once before, and is something that will never be repeated.
The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long before the days of the digital watch and the 24-hour clock - at 10:01am on January 10, 1001.
And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will never happen again.
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Thanks to LBS: Birth
It was late at night and Heidi, who was expecting her second child, was home alone with her 3 year old daughter, Katelyn. When Heidi started to go into labor she called "911."
Due to a power outage at the time, only one paramedic responded to the call. The house was very, very dark, so the paramedic asked Katelyn to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby. Very diligently, Katelyn did as she was asked.
Heidi pushed and pushed, and after a little while Connor was born. The paramedic lifted him by his feet and spanked him on his bottom.
Connor began to cry. The paramedic then thanked Katelyn for her help, asked the wide eyed 3 year old Katelyn what she thought about what she had just witnessed.
Katelyn quickly responded, "He shouldn't have crawled in there in the first place. Spank him again!"
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Thanks to LBS: We have seen this one before, but I like it...
I was going to bed the other night when my wife told me that I had left the light on in the shed, she could see from the bedroom window. As I looked for myself, I saw that there were people in the shed taking things. I phoned the police, but they told me that no one was in this area to help at this time, but they would send someone over as soon as they would be available.
I said OK, hung up, and waited one minute, then phoned the police back.
"Hello. I just called you a minute ago because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now cause I've shot them all."
Within five minutes there were half a dozen police cars in the area, an Armed Response unit, the works. Of course, they caught the burglars red-handed. One of the officers said: "I thought you said that you'd shot them!" I replied with "I thought you said there was nobody available!"
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Thanks to M/M Riverrats: Bases Loaded
Bob and the Lord stood by to observe a baseball game. The Lord's team was playing Satan's team. The Lord's team was at bat the score was tied zero to zero, and it was the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs. They continued to watch as a batter stepped up to the plate whose name was Love. Love swung at the first pitch and hit a single, because Love never fails. The next batter was named Faith, who also got a single because Faith works with Love.
The next batter up was named Godly Wisdom. Satan wound up and threw the first pitch. Godly wisdom looked it over and let it pass. Ball one! Three more pitches and Godly Wisdom walked, because Godly Wisdom never swings at what Satan throws.
The bases are loaded. The Lord then turns to Bob and told him He was now going to bring in His star player. Up to bat stepped Grace. Bob said "he sure doesn't look like much!" Satan's whole team relaxed when they saw Grace. Thinking he had won the game, Satan wound up and fired his first pitch. To the shock of everyone, GRACE HIT THE BALL HARDER THAN ANYONE HAD EVER SEEN. But Satan was not worried; his center fielder let very few get by. He went up for the ball, but it went right through his glove, hit him on the head and sent him crashing to the ground.
Then it continued over the fence for a home run! The Lord's team won. The Lord then asked Bob if he knew why Love, Faith, and Godly Wisdom could get on base, but could not win the game. Bob answered that he did not know why. The Lord explained, "If your love, faith and wisdom had won the game, you would think you had done it by yourself. Love, Faith, and Wisdom will get you on base, but only MY Grace can get you home. MY Grace is the only thing Satan cannot steal."
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ANSWER: Zedekiah word horns of iron -- I Kings 22:11 -- "And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron..."
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Good Morning: It's Sunday February 17, 2002!
BIRTHDAYS: A. Montgomery Ward (founder of the first American mail-order house), 1843; Thomas John Watson (inventor of the electronic calculator), 1874; industrialist H. L. Hunt, 1889; Marion Anderson (black opera singer), 1902; Red Barber, 1908; Margaret Truman, 1924; Hal Holbrook, 1925; Robert Newton Peck (children's author), 1928; Alan Bates, 1934; Jim Brown, 1936; Michael Jordan, 1963.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1621 Miles Standish was chosen military captain of the Pilgrim colony of New Plymouth.
On this date in 1801 Thomas Jefferson was elected as the third U.S. President. The election ended in a tied vote between him and Aaron Burr. The House of Representatives on the 36th ballot made the final decision.
On this date in 1817 a street in Baltimore became the first American street illuminated by gas lighting.
On this date in 1867 the first ship passed through the Suez Canal.
On this date in 1878 Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.
On this date in 1897 the National PTA was founded.
On this date in 1909 the Chiricahua Apache leader Geronimo died.
On this date in 1947 the Voice of America began radio broadcasts.
On this date in 1973 American envoy Henry Kissinger and Chairman Mao Zhedong met in Beijing, China.
MEANINGLESS FACTS: From January thru May 1920 a national "Red Scare" saw the arrest of some 2,700 Communists, anarchists, and other radicals... The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920... Sinclair Lewis's MAIN STREET and F. Scott Fitzgerald’s THIS SIDE OF PARADISE were both published in 1920.
TRIVIA: What prophet said that he would go naked and make a noise like an ostrich?
"Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved" (Barbara Johnson).
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From a Friend -- (NOTE: Get your Bible and read the real one and compare the 2...)
THE POLITICALLY CORRECT 23RD PSALM
The Lord and I are in a shepherd-sheep relationship, and I am in a position of negative need.
He prostrates me in a green-belt grazing area, and conducts me into lateral proximity with a non-torrential aqueous accumulation.
He restores to original satisfaction levels my psychological makeup.
Notwithstanding the fact that I make ambulatory progress through the non-illuminated geological interstice of mortality, terror sensations shall not be manifest within me due to the proximity of omnipotence.
Your pastoral walking aid and quadruped-restraint module induce in me a pleasurific mood state.
You design and produce a nutrient-bearing support structure in the context of non-cooperative elements.
You enact a head-related folk ritual utilizing vegetable extracts, and my beverage container exhibits inadequate volumetric parameters.
Surely it must be an intrinsic non-deductible factor that your inter-relational, emphatic, and non-vengeful attributes will pursue me as their target focus for the duration of the current non-death period.
And I will possess tenant rights in the residential facility of the Lord on a permanently open-ended time basis.
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Thanks to LBS for an old favorite: Billboards
Tell the kids I love them -God
Let's meet at my house Sunday before the game. -God
C'mon over and bring the kids. -God
What part of "Thou Shalt Not..." didn't you understand? -God
We need to talk. -God
Keep using my name in vain, I'll make rush hour longer. -God
Loved the wedding, now invite me into the marriage. -God
That "Love Thy Neighbor" thing... I meant it. -God
I love you and you and you and you and... -God
Will the road you're on get you to my place? -God
Follow me. -God
Big bang theory?... You've got to be kidding!!! -God
My way is the highway. -God
Need directions? -God
You think it's hot here? -God
Have you read my #1 best seller? There'll be a test. -God
Do you have any idea where you're going? -God
(And
my personal favorite...)
Don't
make me come down there!!! -God
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Thanks to LM: Two hunters from Michigan
A guy buys a brand new Lincoln Navigator for $42,500 and has $560 monthly payments. He and a friend go duck hunting in winter, and of course all the lakes are frozen. These two guys go out on the lake with the guns, the dog, and of course the new vehicle. They drive out onto the lake ice and get ready. Now, they want to make some kind of a natural landing area for the ducks, something for the decoys to float on. In order to make a hole large enough to look like something a wandering duck would fly down and land on, it is going to take a little more effort than an ice hole drill. So, out of the back of the new Navigator comes a stick of dynamite with a short, 40-second fuse. Now these two Rocket Scientists do take into consideration that they want to place the stick of dynamite on the ice at a location far from where they are standing (and the new Navigator), because they don't want to take the risk of slipping on the ice when they run from the burning fuse and possibly go up in smoke with the resulting blast. They light the 40-second fuse and throw the dynamite. Remember a couple of paragraphs back when I mentioned the vehicle, the guns and the dog? Let's talk about the dog: A highly trained Black Lab used for RETRIEVING. Especially things thrown by the owner. You guessed it, the dog takes off at a high rate of doggy speed on the ice and captures the stick of dynamite with the burning 40-second fuse about the time it hits the ice. The two men yell, scream, wave their arms and wonder what to do now. The dog, cheered on, keeps coming. One of the guys grabs the shotgun and shoots the dog. The shotgun is loaded with # 8 buckshot, hardly big enough to stop a Black Lab. The dog stops for a moment, slightly confused, but continues on. Another shot and this time the dog, still standing, becomes really confused and of course terrified, thinking these two geniuses have gone insane. The dog takes off to find cover, under the brand new Navigator. ----BOOM!---- Dog and Navigator are blown to bits and sink to the bottom of the lake in a very large hole, leaving the two idiots standing there with this "I can't believe this happened" look on their faces. The insurance company says that sinking a vehicle in a lake by illegal use of explosives is not covered. He still had yet to make the first of those $560 a month payments! And you thought your day was not going well?
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Thanks to PW: KILLING WITH WORDS
My Name Is Gossip.
I have no respect for justice. I maim without killing. I break hearts and ruin lives. I am cunning and malicious & gather strength with age. The more I am quoted the more I am believed. I flourish at every level of society. My victims are helpless. They cannot protect themselves against me because I have no name and no face. To track me down is impossible. The harder you try, the more elusive I become. I am nobody's friend.
Once I tarnish a reputation, it is never the same. I topple governments and ruin marriages. I end ministries set up by God. I ruin careers and cause sleepless nights, heartache and indigestion. I spawn suspicion and generate grief. I make innocent people cry in their pillows. Even my name hisses.
I
AM CALLED GOSSIP.
Church
gossip
Office
gossip
Shop
gossip
Party
gossip
Telephone
gossip
Online
gossip
I
make headlines & headaches!
Before You Repeat A Story, Ask Yourself...
IS
IT TRUE?
IS
IT FAIR?
IS
IT NECESSARY?
WOULD
I WANT IT DONE TO ME?
~Author Unknown~
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ANSWER: Micah (1:8) -- "I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches" (so has the RV, KJV has "dragons" and "owls").
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Good Morning: It's February 18, 2002!
BIRTHDAYS: Mary I (first queen of England), 1516; Louis Tiffany, 1848; Wendell Wilkie, 1982; Bill Cullen, 1920; Jack Palance, 1920; Helen Gurley Brown, 1922; George Kennedy, 1927; Yoko Ono, 1933; Cybill Shepherd, 1950; John Travolta, 1955; Vanna White, 1957; Matt Dillon, 1964; Molly Ringwald, 1968.
THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
On this date in 1688 the Quakers of Germantown, PA., made the first formal protest against slavery in colonial America.
On this date in 1861 Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederacy. During his inaugural address he said, "All we ask is to be let alone."
On this date in 1884 THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN was published.
On this date in 1930 a cow -- named Elm Farm Ollie -- flew, or rather it rode in a plane, over the Midwest and was milked mid-flight.
On this date in 1930 Pluto was discovered. He was sitting on a stool at Schwabs when Walt Disney came in... actually it was the planet Pluto, the smallest, farthest and coldest in the solar system...well, so far, anyway. The discovery was made by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.
On this date in 1978 a cat named Tiger returned home after walking 250 miles, or at least so goes the story. Tiger arrived at his Dubuque, Iowa home after a 250-mile journey from Wausau, Wisconsin, where he was lost 8 months earlier during his owners summer vacation. His owners were thrilled to see him again, but they wondered how their pet crossed the Mississippi River.
MEANINGLESS FACTS: January 5, 1914 saw the Ford Motor Company raise the basic wage rates from $2.40 for a 9-hour day to $5.00 for an 8-hour day... The Panama Canal was officially opened (08-15)... 1914 also saw the U.S. declare "neutrality" in the European War (08-04).
TRIVIA: Who in the Bible prayed inside a great fish?
"There is time for work. And there is time for love. That leaves no other time" (Coco Chanel, 1883 - 1971).
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Thanks to LBS: "Kiss"
At a dinner party, the speaker who was the guest of honor, was about to deliver his speech when his wife sitting at the other end of the table, sent him a piece of paper with the word "KISS" scribbled on it.
A guest seated next to the speaker said, "Your wife has sent you a KISS before you begin your speech. She must love you very much."
The speaker replied, "You don't know my wife. The letters stand for 'Keep It Short, Stupid'."
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Thanks to LBS: LIFE IS AN ECHO
A son and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: "AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" Curious, he yells: "Who are you?" He receives the answer: "Who are you?" Angered at the response, he screams: "Coward!" He receives the answer: "Coward!" He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?" The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention." And then he screams to the mountain: "I admire you!" The voice answers: "I admire you!" Again the man screams: "You are a champion!" The voice answers: "You are a champion!" The boy is surprised, but does not understand. Then the father explains: "People call this an echo, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection of our actions.
If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence in your team, improve your competence. This relationship applies to everything, in all aspects of life; life will give you back everything you have given to it. Author Unknown
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Thanks to LBS: A child of the 50's?
Were you a kid in the Fifties or earlier? Everybody makes fun of our childhood! Comedians joke. Grandkids snicker. Twenty-somethings shudder and say "Eeeew!" But was our childhood really all that bad? Judge for yourself:
In 1953: The US population was less than 150 million... Yet you knew more people then, and knew them better... And that was good.
The average annual salary was under $3,000...Yet our parents could put some of it away for a rainy day and still live a decent life... And that was good.
A loaf of bread cost about 15 cents...But it was safe for a five-year-old to skate to the store and buy one... And that was good.
Prime-Time meant I Love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriett, and Lassie...So nobody'd ever heard of ratings or filters... And that was good.
We didn't have air-conditioning...So the windows stayed up and half a dozen mothers ran outside when you fell off your bike... And that was good.
Your teacher was either Miss Matthews or Mrs. Logan or Mr. Adkins...But not Ms Becky or Mr. Dan... And that was good.
The only hazardous material you knew about...Was a patch of grassburrs around the light pole at the corner... And that was good.
Most families needed only one job...Meaning Mom was home when school let out... And that was good.
You loved to climb into a fresh bed...Because sheets were dried on the clothesline... And that was good.
People generally lived in the same hometown with their relatives...So "child care" meant grandparents or aunts and uncles... And that was good.
TV was in black-and-white...But all outdoors was in glorious color... And that was certainly good.
Your Dad knew how to adjust everybody's carburetor... And the Dad next door knew how to adjust all the TV knobs... And that was very good.
Your grandma grew snap beans in the back yard...And chickens behind the garage... And that was definitely good.
And just when you were about to do something really bad... Chances were you'd run into your Dad's high school coach... Or the nosy old lady from up the street... Or your little sister's piano teacher...Or somebody from church... ALL of whom knew your parents' phone number... And YOUR first name... And even THAT was good!
We used real money then, silver, gold and copper. And that was very good.
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Thanks to BC: FEW DREAMS COME TRUE BY THEMSELVES.
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Thanks to LM: Sum Redneck Slang!
"Well knock me down and steal muh teeth!"
"I'll slap you so hard, your clothes will be outta style."
"This'll jar your preserves."
"Cute as a sack full of puppies."
"If things get any better, I may have to hire someone to help me enjoy it."
"Gooder than grits."
"It's so dry, the trees are bribing the dogs."
"When something is bad then you say, "that ain't no count."
"If something is hard to do, it's "like trying to herd cats."
"A hectic schedule keeps you "Busier than a one-arm paper hanger with the itch.
"She's uglier than homemade soap."
"Your momma's so fat, when she got on the scales to be weighed, it said 'To be continued'."
"He fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down."
"The wheels still turning, but the hamsters dead"
"I'm just about as welcome at my inlaws as a hair in a biscuit."
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ANSWER: Surely this one was no trouble... Jonah (2:1) -- "Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly."
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