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1. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road. 2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South. 3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one’s seen before. 4. If it […]
Continue ReadingWhatever you may look like, marry a man your own age. As your beauty fades, so will his eyesight. -Phyllis Diller Housework can’t kill you, but why take a chance? -Phyllis Diller Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the sidewalk before it stops snowing. -Phyllis Diller The reason […]
Continue ReadingDear Son, I’m writing this slow ’cause I know you can’t read fast. We don’t live where we did when you left. Your dad read in the paper that most accidents happen within twenty miles of home, so we moved. Won’t be able to send you the address as the last Arkansas family that lived […]
Continue Reading40 phrases to your sons and daughters so they can be more resilient, successful, and confident in life. [From Facebook]
Continue ReadingAt a Touchdown Club meeting many years ago, Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant told the following story: “I had just been named the new head coach at Alabama and was off in my old car down in South Alabama recruiting a prospect who was supposed to have been a pretty good player, and I was having […]
Continue ReadingAN OLD WOMAN WALKED UP AND TIED HER OLD MULE TO THE HITCHING POST. AS SHE STOOD THERE, BRUSHING SOME OF THE DUST FROM HER FACE AND CLOTHES, A YOUNG GUNSLINGER STEPPED OUT OF THE SALOON WITH A GUN IN ONE HAND AND A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY IN THE OTHER. THE YOUNG GUNSLINGER LOOKED AT […]
Continue ReadingA father said to his daughter: You graduated with honors, here is a car that I acquired many years ago. But before I give it to you, take it to the used car lot downtown and tell them I want to sell it and see how much they offer you.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The daughter went to the […]
Continue ReadingFor a good discussion of what the Gospel of Thomas is read The Gospel of Thomas: Jesus Said What? The text below was extracted from BAS here. 114 sayings of Jesus as translated by Stephen J. Patterson and James M. Robinson and republished from The Gnostic Society Library. These are the hidden words that the […]
Continue ReadingMoses: The Private Man Behind the Public Leaderby J. Daniel Hays Moses’ Egyptian Nameby Ogden Goelet Moses: From Vigilante to Lawgiverby William H.C. Propp Why Moses Could Not Enter The Promised Landby William H.C. Propp In Death as in Life: What the Biblical Portraits of Moses, Aaron and Miriam Shareby Erica S. Brown
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