Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 16, 2009
"Even without a documented connection to a notable forebear, experts say the odds are virtually 100 percent that every person on Earth is descended from one royal personage or another." [quoted from
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 9, 2009
The City of Kokomo, in an effort to economize through efficiency, is requiring us to put all trash containers on the same side of the street. Since mine is the only container on the west side of Webster St., I move mine to the East side. I cannot remember to do this, so I have set up email
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 2, 2009
STOLEN RAFT
Some Boeing employees on the airfield decided to steal a life raft from one of the 747s. They were successful in getting it out of the plane and home. Shortly after they took it for a float on the river, they noticed a Coast Guard helicopter coming toward them. It turned out that the
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Feb 2, 2009
Only the forequarter of a Kosher slaughtered animal is brought to Kosher butcheries. The hindquarters are not brought into Kosher butcheries. In Genesis (32:25-33) the Torah recounts the fight that Jacob had with an angel who dislocated his sciatic nerve. Because of that injury we are instructed
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 28, 2009
At Kokomo’s Jackson Morrow Park, Marylu and I were hiking. We like to walk several times a week, and a walk in the woods can add an pleasant environment. I decided to take a short cut near the creek…I thought the ground was solid, but I immediately sunk in mud up to my thigh! And I wasn’t dressed
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John Ortberg shared this in The Life You Always Wanted (p.55-56):
"It's like a motorboat and a sailboat. A person can operate a motorboat without assistance, given the right equipment and effort. Operating a sailboat is different--it is dependent on the wind. The operator of a sailboat does
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The human body is a most remarkable machine. It can maintain a constant temperature of 98.6 degrees, no matter what the weather is outside. Whether a man is at the Arctic Circle or the equator, his body temperature is about the same. There is an inner mechanism that makes the difference.
For the
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 19, 2009
“The Tarsier is one of the smallest primates and lives in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra and the Philippines. Tarsiers have a maximum body length of 6⅓ inches and a 10½ inch tail. Their eyes are so large that they would be equivalent to grapefruit-sized eyes in a human being.
Tarsiers,
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 19, 2009
Stress can be both positive or negative; it can drain us, but it can also charge us!
1. Distress -- demotivates us, brings us down
2. Eustress-- motivates us, it is tiring in the short term by invigorating in the long…
• Meeting a challenge
• Coming
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 19, 2009
Walking with God can be a great source of Eustress (positive stress)…
example: Some of you this week found time in your crazy schedule to listen to or read your Bible. How did you feel afterward?
It’s Wednesday night, and you help with AWANA. It’s been a busy day and you’re tired. But you
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Contributed by Mike Cleveland on Jan 18, 2009
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Sheep Alive
In 1972, a shepherd had brought his sheep into a walled-off, enclosed area for the night, and he had just gone to sleep when he heard a commotion. He quickly rushed over to where the sound was coming from and to his horror he discovered that a wolf was in the process of dragging off
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 12, 2009
CALL ON ANOTHER LINE
My son, Scott, an insurance broker in Florida, loves ocean fishing and takes his cell phone along on the boat. One morning we were drifting about ten miles offshore as Scott discussed business on the phone. Suddenly his rod bent double, and the reel screamed as line poured off
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Contributed by Paul Clemente on Jan 5, 2009
WHO’S WATCHING YOU?
Years ago, my brother and I were fishing off a pier with four other people. It was so hot that the fish (white bass) were just floating on the surface of the water and had no interest in biting any bait. Those of us on the pier all decided just to snag the fish with treble
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
I came across this true account from Reader’s Digest:
My cell phone quit as I tried to let my wife know that I was caught in freeway gridlock and would be late for our anniversary dinner. I wrote a message on my laptop asking other motorists to call her, printed it on a portable inkjet and taped
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
The BBC (news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3157570.stm) did a study five years ago and published some interesting conclusions. According to the October 2, 2003 article, the happiest localities in the world are (in order): Nigeria, Mexico, Venezuela, El Salvador and Puerto Rico.
What might surprise
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Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Jan 5, 2009
"Endogamic marriages (i.e., within the circle of one’s relatives) were preferred by ancient tribes. The chosen suitor for a girl was her cousin; it was actually forbidden for the eldest daughter to marry outside the family." (The Jewish Encyclopedia)
Since the human race was younger, birth
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Joni Eareckson Tada
In 1967, a diving accident left Joni Eareckson Tada paralyzed from the neck down. She has had no feeling or movement in her arms or legs. She uses her mouth to paint and write.
God used her greatly. She has been a great witness for God and an encouragement to many. She has
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