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"Friends
are God's way of taking care of
us."
These are clean jokes. However,
They are,
PG - Not intended
for younger readers - PG
An apology is the superglue of life. It can
repair almost anything.
Welcome New
Subscribers
Anyone without a sense
of humor is at the mercy
of the rest of us.
Heaven Help
Them
Remember,it is easier to get
older
than it is to get wiser
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28,2006
THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Take care of your character
and your reputation
will take care of itself.
"The day after Thanksgiving is
the busiest shopping day of
the year. I went out. It was
aggressive. I got pushed, I
got shoved, I got groped. Heck I'm
going back tomorrow!"
--Dave Letterman
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"Are you
like me and on Thanksgiving you really didn't give
thanks until
the relatives went home?" --Jay
Leno
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"Tom
Cruise and Katie Holmes got getting married last week,
and Tom
gave all the guests hand-embroidered towels that
bear his and
Katie Holmes's initials. Not only that, Katie
gave all the
guests hand-scrawled notes that say, 'Help me!'"
--Conan
O'Brien
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Within two
weeks of moving into a new house, the homeowner
had to call an
electrician, a roofer and a carpenter. One
afternoon he returned
early from work and saw a plumber's
truck in the
driveway.
"Lord," he pleaded, looking skyward, "please let
her be
having an affair."
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"I'm the
oldest in my family," explained ten-year-old Paul at the family
reunion.
"And I'm the middle child," said seven-year-old
Theo.
Four-year-old David stopped bouncing off the walls just long enough
to chime in, "And I'm the
challenge!"
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One of my students works at a pizzeria
after classes. She told me that if I ever ordered a pizza from her restaurant, I
should ask for her by name and she'd "put lots of extra stuff" on it. I took her
up on her offer one evening, and the pizza was certainly loaded. It was also
topped with a mound of bacon shaped to read
"A+."
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My brother Darren's car was broken into
one night. He waited for the police with a woman he'd met in the parking lot
whose car had also been vandalized. She complained about her stereo and a few
CDs being stolen. But she laughed when she heard what the thief had taken from
Darren's car...all his tools for installing burglar
alarms.
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When
we brought our new-born son to the pediatrician for his first checkup, the
doctor said, "You have a cute baby." Smiling, I said, "I'll bet you say that to
all the new parents."
"No," he replied, "just to those whose babies are
really cute."
"So what do you say to the others?" I asked.
"He
looks just like
you."
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My
six and seven-year-old children were opening their first savings accounts at the
bank. After the teller filled out all the forms and the children printed their
names at the bottom, he told them everything the accounts would do for them.
Then he asked them if they had any questions. "Yes," said my daughter. "When
will I receive my credit card?"
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A butcher
saw a lawyer passing by his shop one day, and asked him: Attorney, what would
you do if a dog came in and stole your meat?
Lawyer replied: Why? of
course, I’ll make the owner pay for it!
The butcher said: If that is so,
now you owe me $20 because it is your dog.
The Lawyer replied: very well,
just deduct the $20 from the $50 you owe me for the advice, I’ll collect the
remaining $30 the next time I pass by
here.
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"The Bathroom"
While carpenters were working
outside the old house I had just bought, I busied myself with indoor cleaning. I
had just finished washing the floor when one of the workmen asked to use the
bathroom.
With dismay I looked from his muddy boots to my newly scrubbed
floors. "Just a minute," I said, thinking of a quick solution. "I'll put down
newspapers."
"That's all right, lady," he responded. "I'm already
trained." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Old Jack"
One day a woman was walking down the street
when she spied a beggar sitting in the corner. The man was elderly, unshaven,
and ragged. As he sat there, pedestrians walked by him giving him dirty looks.
They clearly wanted nothing to do with him because of who he was -- a dirty,
homeless man. But when she saw him, the woman was moved to
compassion.
It was very cold that day and the man had his
tattered coat -- more like an old suit coat rather than a warm coat -- wrapped
around him. She stopped and looked down. "Sir?" she asked. "Are you all
right?"
The man slowly looked up. This was a woman
clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her coat was new. She looked
like she had never missed a meal in her life. His first thought was that she
wanted to make fun of him, like so many others had done before. "Leave me
alone," he growled.
To his amazement, the woman continued standing.
She was smiling --her even white teeth displayed in dazzling rows. "Are you
hungry?" she asked.
"No," he answered sarcastically. "I've just
come from dining with the president. Now go away."
The woman's smile became even broader. Suddenly
the man felt a gentle hand under his arm. "What are you doing, lady?" the man
asked angrily. "I said to leave me alone."
Just then a policeman came up. "Is there any
problem, ma'am?" he asked.
"No problem here, officer," the woman answered.
"I'm just trying to get this man to his feet. Will you help
me?"
The officer scratched his head. "That's old
Jack. He's been a fixture around here for a couple of years. What do you want
with him?" "See that cafeteria over there?" she asked. "I'm going to get him
something to eat and get him out of the cold for awhile."
"Are you crazy, lady?" the homeless man
resisted. "I don't want to go in there!" Then he felt strong hands grab his
other arm and lift him up. "Let me go, officer. I didn't do anything." "This is
a good deal for you, Jack," the officer answered. "Don't blow
it."
Finally, and with some difficulty, the woman
and the police officer got Jack into the cafeteria and sat him at a table in a
remote corner. It was the middle of the morning, so most of the breakfast crowd
had already left and the lunch bunch had not yet arrived. The manager strode
across the cafeteria and stood by the table. "What's going on here, officer?" he
asked. "What is all this. Is this man in trouble?"
"This lady brought this man in here to be fed,"
the policeman answered.
"Not in here!" the manager replied angrily.
"Having a person like that here is bad for business."
Old Jack smiled a toothless grin. "See, lady. I
told you so. Now if you'll let me go. I didn't want to come here in the first
place."
The woman turned to the cafeteria manager and
smiled. "Sir, are you familiar with Eddy and Associates, the banking firm down
the street?"
"Of course I am," the manager answered
impatiently. "They hold their weekly meetings in one of my banquet
rooms."
"And do you make a goodly amount of money
providing food at these weekly meetings?"
"What business is that of yours?"
"I, sir, am Penelope Eddy, president and CEO of the
company."
"Oh."
The woman smiled again. "I thought that might
make a difference." She glanced at the cop who was busy stifling a giggle.
"Would you like to join us in a cup of coffee and a meal,
officer?"
"No thanks, ma'am," the officer replied. "I'm on
duty."
"Then, perhaps, a cup of coffee to
go?"
"Yes, ma'am. That would be very nice."
The cafeteria manager turned on his heel. "I'll get
your coffee for you right away, officer."
The officer watched him walk away. "You
certainly put him in his place," he said.
"That was not my intent. Believe it or not,
I have a reason for all this."
She sat down at the table across from her
amazed dinner guest. She stared at him intently. "Jack, do you remember
me?"
Old Jack searched her face with his old, rheumy eyes "I think so -- I
mean you do look familiar."
"I'm a little older perhaps," she said. "Maybe
I've even filled out more than in my younger days when you worked here, and I
came through that very door, cold and hungry."
"Ma'am?" the officer said
questioningly. He couldn't believe that such a magnificently turned out woman
could ever have been hungry.
"I was just out of college," the woman began.
"I had come to the city looking for a job, but I couldn't find anything. Finally
I was down to my last few cents and had been kicked out of my apartment. I
walked the streets for days. It was February and I was cold and nearly starving.
I saw this place and walked in on the off chance that I could get something to
eat."
Jack lit up with a smile. "Now I remember," he
said. "I was behind the serving counter. You came up and asked me if you could
work for something to eat. I said that it was against company
policy."
"I know," the woman continued. "Then you
made me the biggest roast beef sandwich that I had ever seen, gave me a cup of
coffee, and told me to go over to a corner table and enjoy it. I was afraid that
you would get into trouble. Then, when I looked over, I saw you put the price of
my food in the cash register. I knew then that everything would be all
right."
"So you started your own business?" Old Jack
said.
"I got a job that very afternoon. I worked my way
up. Eventually I started my own business that, with the help of God, prospered."
She opened her purse and pulled out a business
card. "When you are finished here, I want you to pay a visit to a Mr. Lyons.
He's the personnel director of my company. I'll go talk to him now and I'm
certain he'll find something for you to do around the office." She smiled. "I
think he might even find the funds to give you a little advance so that you can
buy some clothes and get a place to live until you get on your feet. And if you
ever need anything, my door is always opened to you."
There were tears in the old man's eyes.
"How
can I ever thank you," he said.
"Don't thank me," the woman answered.
"To God be the glory. Thank Jesus. He led me to
you."
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he ordered
a martini?
A. Olive
or twist?
A help-wanted ad
on a bulletin board: "Reliable, caring mom would like to take care of your child
while you work in my home."
If it doesn't fit, force it; if it breaks, it
needed replacement anyway
It's not what you say in your
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**** HEALTH NEWS
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The FDA offers
pharmaceutical firms a deal
WASHINGTON, -- The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration report-
edly wants to make
pharmaceutical firms pay for vetting their
TV ads in exchange
for speedier reviews. The fees, the first
of their kind, would
help pay for new FDA staff to review the
industry's
television ads, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The newspaper
said its sources reported the agreement would
be in tandem with
a separate, 5-year pact setting new user
fees to be paid by drug
makers to the FDA when the agency
reviews their applications to
market new medicines. The
deals will not become final until the
U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services and the U.S.
Congress approves
them, the Journal noted. Once that occurs,
both agreements
would be effective Oct. 1, 2007 -- the start of
the govern-
ment's next fiscal
year.
Agent Orange linked
with prostate problems
SAN ANTONIO, -- U.S.
researchers say they've determined
dioxin, the toxin contained
in the Vietnam-era herbicide
Agent Orange, limits the growth of
the prostate gland.
The Air Force Health Study shows the toxin
might suppress
male hormones, causing infertility and decreased
bone and
muscle mass, the San Antonio Express-News reported.
The
research that started in 1982 is directed by San
Antonio-
and Dallas-area scientists who track the health of
nearly
1,000 veterans who were involved in spraying Agent
Orange,
the newspaper said. The results came to light when
those
veterans' health problems were compared with those
of
1,300 other Air Force Vietnam personnel who did not
direct-
ly have contact with the chemical. The U.S. military
spray-
ed millions of gallons of Agent Orange from 1962-71 to
kill
vegetation in Vietnam that might be used to conceal
enemy
troops. The research appears in the November issue of
the
journal Environmental Health
Perspectives.
Gene therapy
trial termed a success
GAINESVILLE, Fla., -- A U.S.
trial evaluating the safety
of using a gene vector to deliver a
corrective gene to
patients with a common hereditary disorder
has been com-
pleted. The experimental gene therapy to combat
alpha-1
antitrypsin deficiency -- a common hereditary
disorder
that causes lung and liver disease -- has caused no
harm-
ful effects in the 12 patients and shows signs of
being
effective, University of Florida researchers said.
"The
primary end point in the trial was to see whether it
was
safe to give patients this gene transfer vector
...,"
said Terence Flotte, a pediatrician, geneticist
and
microbiologist with the University of Florida 's
College
of Medicine. "We found that we can use this agent
safely
and we also saw evidence in the patients' blood that
the
higher doses successfully introduced the vector
DNA,"
said Flotte. "In one patient we saw evidence for a
very
brief period that some of the alpha-1 protein was
being
produced but not at a high enough level to be
beneficial."
The findings appear online in the journal Human
Gene
Therapy.
**** Reader's Submissions
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TO A PHENOMENAL WOMAN
When I was in my younger days,
I weighed a few pounds
less,
I needn't hold my tummy in
To wear a belted dress.
But now
that I am older,
I've set my body free;
There's comfort of elastic
Where once my waist would be.
Inventor of those high-heeled shoes
My
feet have not forgiven;
I have to wear a ten now,
But used to wear
a eight.
And how about those pantyhose--
They're
sized by weight, you see,
So how come when I put them on
The crotch is
at my knee?
I need to wear these glasses
As the print's been getting
smaller;
And it wasn't very long ago
I know that I was taller.
Though my hair has turned to gray
And my skin no longer fits,
On the
inside, I'm the same old me,
The outside's changed a bit.
But, on a positive note...
I've learned that no
matter what happens,
Or how bad it seems today,
Life does go on, and it
will be better tomorrow.
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person
by the way he/she
handles these three things:
A rainy day, lost luggage,
and tangled Christmas tree lights.
I've learned that
making a "living" is
Not the same thing as making a "life."
I've
learned that life sometimes
Gives you a second chance.
I've learned that
you shouldn't go through life
With a catcher's mitt on both hands.
You
need to be able to throw something back.
I've learned that whenever I decide
something
With an open heart,
I usually make the right decision.
I've learned that even when I have pains,
I don't have to be one.
I've learned that every day you should reach out
And
touch someone.
People love a warm hug,
Or just a friendly pat on the
back.
I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
I've learned
that people will forget what you said, people will forget what
you did,
But people will never forget how you made them feel.
"service."
At one time in
my life, I thought I had a handle on the meaning of
the word
"service."
"It's the act of doing things for other people."
Then I
heard these terms which reference the word SERVICE:
Internal Revenue
Service
US Postal Service
Telephone Service
Civil Service
City &
County Public Service
Customer Service
Service Stations
Then I
became confused about the word "service." This is not what I
thought
"service" meant.
So today, I overheard two farmers talking, and one of
them said he
had hired a bull to "service" a few of his cows.
BAM! It all came
into perspective. Now I understand what all
those "service" agencies
are doing to us.
I hope you now are as
enlightened as I am!
NORM
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**** COUNTRY CALENDAR ****
-28-
Robert Lunn, Grand Ole Opry comedian, born 1912.
November 28, 1925 George D. Hay presented the debut
broadcast of "The WSM Barn Dance," later to be re-named "The Grand Ole Opry."
The broadcast originated from the WSM studio. Fiddler, Uncle Jimmy Thompson, was
the first artist to perform.
Doodle Owens, songwriter, born Waco, TX 1930.
Bob Wills recorded "San Antonio Rose," 1938.
Eddy Arnold married Sally Gayhart 1941.
Hal Horton, age 55, Dallas DJ and show promoter, died 1948.
Hank Locklin debuted on the Opry 1953.
Grandpa Jones released "Hip Cat's Weddin'," 1960.
Carrie Rodgers, widow of Jimmie Rodgers died 1961.
Ilya Toshinsky, of Bering Strait, vocals/guitar/banjo born in
Russia 1977.
Paul Davis' single "Cool Night" charted 1981.
Marty Stuart joined the Grand Ole Opry 1992.
Gary Allan and Danetta Day were married in Aiken, SC in 1998.
"CMA 40TH" a TV special aired on CBS-TV celebrating the
40th anniversary of the Country Music Association, in 1998. More than 200
Country Artists were in attendance.
EMI released "The Capitol Years: Ode to Bobbie Gentry"
2000.
****
COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS ****
Sara Evans, Jerry
Springer to Perform Together
Sara Evans has invited
talk show host Jerry Springer to
perform during her Dec. 1
concert in Merrillville, Ind.,
near Chicago. Evans and Springer
were both competitors on
this season of Dancing With the Stars.
"Jerry loves
country music," says Evans. "He is a huge fan and
even
cut a country record so I invited him to sing at my
show
in Merrillville where he'll do a couple of classic
songs.
... I cannot wait!" Although she bowed out of the
series
due to her impending divorce, Evans returned to
Dancing
With the Stars on Wednesday (Nov. 15) to perform on
the
finale with partner Tony
Dovolani.
Troy
Gentry pleads guilty in hunting
incident
Monday, November 27, 2006 – Troy
Gentry of Montgomery Gentry, pleaded to a lesser offense of inaccurately tagging
a bear as, based on a Minnesota prosecution's recent decision to reduce the
initial charge from a felony to a misdemeanor.\
Gentry had said the bear was killed in
the wild instead of an enclosed area. Under the plea, the 39-year-old country
singer agreed to pay a $15,000 fine, give up hunting, fishing and trapping in
Minnesota for 5 years, and forfeit both the bear's hide and the bow he used to
shoot the animal in 2004. The bear, "Cubby," was killed in a 3-acre private
enclosure.
The incident happened when Gentry was
with a hunting guide, Lee Marvin Greenly. He pleaded guilty to two felony
charges of helping other hunters shoot bears at illegal baiting stations he
maintained inside a national wildlife refuge in east-central Minnesota. He faces
up to 5 years for each count and a maximum fine of $400,000.
U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson cited
on record that to date, he received "a number of communications that did not
reflect the charge at all" and therefore concurred that, "Mr Gentry didn't tag
this bear properly. That's the charge." At no time was it ever alleged that the
bear was illegally killed, according to a press release from his label.
Gentry attorney Ron Meshbesher said his
client's response was to a "simple charge having to do with improper tagging of
a game animal. That's all it ever was."
Gentry said, "I did participate in
improperly tagging the animal I shot, without realizing the seriousness of what
I was doing. For that, I am truly sorry. I relied on the experts around me for
guidance, and I regret that today. Not so much because I was fined and punished,
but because it appears that I don't have respect for the law. This has been a
humbling experience for me and one which I deeply regret."
LORRIE MORGAN TO GRAND MARSHALL 54th
ANNUAL NASHVILLE GAS CHRISTMAS PARADE
Nashville, TN – The 54th
Annual Nashville Gas Christmas Parade, presented again this year by Southeast
Financial Federal Credit Union, will usher in the holiday season in Nashville.
The parade, a long-standing Nashville tradition, will be held on Friday,
December 1st at 7:00 p.m. This year’s parade features country sensation LORRIE
MORGAN serving as Grand Marshall, a multitude of marching bands, holiday floats
and individual elements traveling down Broadway, crossing over the Woodland
Street Bridge and ending at LP Field.
“This year’s parade will be an
exciting event as we continue the new tradition of hosting a night parade,” said
Pam Thomas, Community Relations Manager, Nashville Gas. “We have received a lot
of interest from the community for this year’s parade and believe it could be
the most successful parade in our history.”
Additional community
sponsors have signed on to this year’s parade making it the biggest ever.
“Southeast Financial Federal Credit Union is pleased to once again be the
presenting sponsor of this year’s Nashville Gas Christmas Parade. This has
always been a great event for Nashville and our experience last year was so good
that we were excited to have the opportunity to be involved again this year,”
commented John Simmonds, CEO and President of Southeast Financial Federal Credit
Union.
Community sponsors include BellSouth Telecommunications, Clear
Channel Radio, Lamar Advertising, the firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell
& Berkowitz, Purity Dairies, Nashville Downtown Partnership, Nashville
Sports Council and the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Performance
Costume and Cosmetic Company.
The parade will begin at 7th and Broadway
and head east to popular 2nd Avenue and then follow the Woodland Street Bridge
to LP Field.
NICOLE FEELS AT HOME IN
NASHVILLE
Nicole Kidman tells the December Vogue magazine that
after moving to Nashville with husband Keith Urban, she feels that Music City is
now her home.
November 27, 2006 – “This is the most time I’ve spent
anywhere in years,” says the Oscar-winning actress in an interview conducted
before Keith checked himself into a treatment facility for alcohol problems. She
adds that she plans to cut back on her projects. “I think Keith and I are at a
time in our lives where our priorities are pretty aligned with what we want and
where we want to end up. We want to keep a quiet, simple life down here in
Tennessee.”
**** Amy's Kitchen
****
Christmas
Salad
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
1 can Cherry
Pie filling
1 large can crushed pineapple
1 can Eagle brand milk
1
cup coconut
1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans
1 cup minature
marshmallows
9 ounces Cool Whip, thawed approximately 15 minutes
Mix all
ingredients in a large bowl. Fold in Cool Whip. Let stand in
refrigerator
overnight. Serve chilled.
Eggnog Cherry Nut
Loaf
2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cups sugar
1
tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 beaten egg
Homemade Eggnog
or 1-1/4 cups dairy eggnog
1/3 cup oil
1/2 cup walnuts or pecans
1/2
cup chopped maraschino cherries
In mixing bowl, stir together flour,
sugar, baking powder and 1 teaspoon
salt. Mix egg, Homemade Eggnog or dairy
eggnog and cooking oil. Stir
into dry ingredients, mixing well. Fold in nuts
and cherries. Turn into
two greased 8x4x2 inch loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees
for 45-60 minutes
or till done. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pan,
cool on wire
rack. Makes 2 loaves.
Homemade Eggnog:
Beat together 2 eggs, 1 cup light
cream, 1/4 cup sugar
and 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg. Makes 1-1/4
cups.
**** TODAY'S USELESS FACT
****
What does "UNIX"
stand for?
 Short answer: Unix stands for UNiplexed
Information and Computing System. (It was originally spelled
"Unics.")
Long answer: Coined in 1969 to describe a specific computer
operating system, the term "Unix" now covers a whole host of variations,
including Linux, FreeBSD, and Solaris. The name was intended as a pun on an
earlier system called "Multics" (Multiplexed Information and Computing
Service).
That sidesplitting pun is the key to understanding the acronym,
since the word "uniplexed" doesn't seem to mean anything in particular.
("Multiplexed" refers to a communications system able to carry many messages
simultaneously.)
****A PARTING THOUGHT
****
"If genius is one
percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration then evidentially I keep sharing
elevators with a lot of very intelligent people."
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