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Stories to amuse, provoke thought, or provide a laugh...

Monday, March 31, 2008

Times Change

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In the 1960s people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
Sunday, March 30, 2008

Feed the Wolf

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An old Cherokee chief is teaching his grandson about life: "A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terr...
Saturday, March 29, 2008

The Wars We Make

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The following poem was written by Nicholas Peters just after the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Peters, who lived for some years at Grand...
Friday, March 28, 2008

At The Movies

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A man lay sprawled across three entire seats in the posh theater. When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the man, "So...
Thursday, March 27, 2008

The Difference

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I got up early one morning And rushed right into the day; I had so much to accomplish That I didn't have time to pray. Problems just tum...
Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Look and See

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All of us are watchers - of television, of time clocks, of traffic on the freeway - but few are observers. Everyone is looking, not many are...
Tuesday, March 25, 2008

How Life has Changed!

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The year is 1902, just over one hundred years ago - here are some U.S. statistics for that year: The average life expectancy in the U.S. was...

Abraham Lincoln's Road to the Whitehouse

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Failed in business in 1831. Defeated for Legislature in 1832. Second failure in business in 1833. Suffered nervous breakdown in 1836. Defeat...
Sunday, March 23, 2008

Forgiveness

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Forgiveness is the fragrance that a violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. - Mark Twain -
Saturday, March 22, 2008

Crucifixion

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The true God does not say, "Crucify the enemy." He says, "Crucify your heart so I can create in you a new one."
Friday, March 21, 2008

Good Friday

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Jesus was crucified not in a cathedral between two candles, but on a cross between two thieves. - George F MacLeod -
Thursday, March 20, 2008

Coasting

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When you are coasting, you are either losing speed, or going downhill.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008

True Spirituality

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The Master was asked, "What is true spirituality?" He said, "Spirituality is that which succeeds in bringing one to inner tra...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

A Growing Exchange

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If you have a penny and I have a penny and we exchange pennies, you still have one cent and I still have one cent. But if you have an idea ...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Good Public Relations

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* Smile. It takes 72 muscles to frown and only 14 to smile. * Speak to people and call them by name. The sweetest music to anyone's ea...
Sunday, March 16, 2008

Strange but True

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The Prince of Wales' chef, one Henri Carpentier, had a minor kitchen catastrophe one day when he accidentally set fire to a dish he was ...
Saturday, March 15, 2008

Dumb Advice?!

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(PLEASE DO NOT TRY THESE OUT!) 1. Fool other drivers into thinking you have an expensive car phone by holding an old TV or video remote cont...
Friday, March 14, 2008

Sleeping Through Life?

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How much of the day are you awake? You think, I gotta get the dry cleaning, I gotta get going, and this and this. All of a sudden it's d...
Thursday, March 13, 2008

Just Too Smart?! (2)

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A patient limped into his doctor's office complaining about his sore foot. The doctor handed him a large pill. Just then, the nurse call...
Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Ignatius of Loyola

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The sixteenth century mystic, Ignatius of Loyola, said that at the time of his conversion he had no one to turn to for guidance, so the Lord...
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