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 THURSDAY MARCH 30,2006



THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The rich miss out on one of the greatest pleasures in life, the last payment on an installment plan


We went to the movie the other night. I sat in an aisle seat as I
usually do because it feels a little roomier. Just as the feature
was about to start a baby boomer from the center of the row got
up and started working her way out. "Excuse me, sorry, oops,
excuse me, pardon me, gotta hurry, oops, excuse me."

By the time she got to me I was trying to look around her and I
was a little impatient so I said, "Couldn't you have done this a
little earlier?" "No!!" she said in a loud whisper, "The TURN OFF
YOUR CELL PHONE PLEASE message just flashed up on the screen and
mine is out in the car."
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An applicant for a driver's license came to the question: "How
many feet are required to stop a car traveling 30 mph?"

He answered: "Two feet, one for the clutch, and one for the brake."

He got his license.
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GOLF THREESOME.

Moses and Jesus were in a threesome playing golf one day. Moses pulled up to the tee and drove a long one. The ball landed in the fairway, but rolled directly toward a water hazard. Quickly Moses raised his club, the water parted and it rolled to the other side, safe and sound.
Next, Jesus strolled up to the tee and hit a nice long one directly toward the same water hazard. It landed right in the centre of the pond and kind of hovered over the water. Jesus casually walked out on the pond and chipped the ball onto the green.
The third guy got up and randomly whacked the ball. It headed out over the fence and into oncoming traffic on a nearby street. It bounced off a truck and hit a nearby tree. From there, it bounced onto the roof of a shack close by and rolled down into the gutter, down the drain spout, out onto the fairway and straight toward the aforementioned pond. On the way to the pond, the ball hit a stone and bounced out over the water onto a lily pad, where it rested quietly. Suddenly a very large bullfrog jumped up on a lily pad and snatched the ball into his mouth. Just then, an eagle swooped down and grabbed the frog and flew away. As they passed over the green, the frog squealed with fright and dropped the ball, which bounced right into the cup for a hole in one.
Moses turned to Jesus and said, "I hate playing with your Dad."
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"President Bush's daughter Jenna has a new boyfriend and everybody
in Washington is asking who's the lucky designated driver?" --Craig
Ferguson
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"A leak in the Alaskan Pipeline last week spilled 265,000 gallons
of crude oil into the artic tundra. British petroleum, the company
that runs The oil operation, said that the spill was too small to
be detected by their maintenance equipment. But just large enough to
rise the price of gas fifteen cents a gallon this week." --Jay Leno
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Working as a court reporter, I hear to a lot of testimony that you
won't hear on LAW AND ORDER, including the following give-and-take
between the judge and a mother during a paternity suit.

Judge: "Was the child born out of wedlock?"

Mother: "No, sir, just outside of Louisville."
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After playing 18 holes of golf, our foursome was sitting around the
clubhouse settling our bets when another golfer stormed in. Fuming
after a lousy round, he slammed down his scorecard and announced,
"If I wasn't married, I'd give this stupid game up!"
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Two Yuppettes were shopping. When they started to discuss their home lives, one said, "Seems like all Alfred and I do anymore is fight. I've been so upset I've lost 20 pounds."

"Why don't you just leave him then?" asked her friend.

"Oh! Not yet." the first replied, "I'd like to lose at least another fifteen pounds first."
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A boy came home from school looking forlorn. His mother asked why. Her son replied, "Today when I told my teacher I was an only child, she said, thank goodness!"
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John was adjusting his tie in front of the mirror tonight before this awards dinner and he asked his wife, "Honey, how many great men do you think there are in the world today?" "One less than you think," his wife replied.
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A somewhat advanced society has figured how to package basic knowledge in pill form.  A student, needing some learning, goes to the pharmacy and asks what kind of knowledge pills are available.

The pharmacist says "Here's a pill for English literature." The student takes the pill and swallows it and has new knowledge about English literature!
 
"What else do you have?" asks the student.
 
"Well, I have pills for art history, biology, and world history," replies the pharmacist.
 
The student asks for these, and swallows them and has new knowledge  about those subjects.
 
Then the student asks, "Do you have a pill for math?"
 
The pharmacist says "Wait just a moment", and goes back into the storeroom and brings back a whopper of a pill and plunks it on the counter.
 
"I have to take that huge pill for math?" inquires the student.
 
The pharmacist replied "Well, you know ...  math always was a little hard to
swallow."
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A newly arrived soul in Heaven was met by St. Peter. The saint toured the soul around Heaven. Both of them walked side by side inside a large workroom filled with angels.

St. Peter stopped in front of the first section and said, "This is the Receiving Section. Here, all the petitions to God said in prayer are received". The soul looked at the section, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets from all the people of the world.

They walked again until they reached the 2nd section, and St. Peter told the soul, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are packed and delivered to the persons who asked for them down on earth."

The soul saw how busy it was. There were so many angels working   in that room, since so many blessing were being packed and delivered to Earth.

Finally at the farthest corner of the room, the soul stopped at the last section. To the surprise of the soul, only one angel stayed there idly, doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledging Section," St. Peter told the soul. "How is it that, there is no work here?" "That's the sad thing," St. Peter answered. "After the people received the blessings they asked for, very few send their acknowledgments". "How does one acknowledge God's blessing?" "Simple," St. Peter answered. "Just say, "'Thank you, Lord'."

Thank you Lord, for giving me the chance to share this message with others and also, for giving me so many wonderful people to share this with. If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep .. you are richer than 75% of this world.

If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace .. you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy.

If you woke up this morning with more health than illness . . you are more blessed than the million who will not survive this week.

If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation you are ahead of 500 million people in the world.

If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death ..you are more blessed than three billion people in the world.

If your parents are still alive and still married .. you are very rare,.

If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful .. you are blessed because the majority can, but most do not.

If you can hold someone's hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder .. you are blessed because you can offer healing touch.

If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that.. someone was thinking of you, and furthermore, you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world that cannot read at all.

Have a good day, count your blessings, and pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are. 

  THANK YOU LORD!
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One October my wife and I spent a vacation on Washington's
Olympic Peninsula. We were eager to visit the rain forests near
the coast, but we heard that snow slides had made some of the
roads impassable. Although apprehensive about the conditions we
might run into, we drove on.

Sure enough, we had gone only a short way up the High Rain Forest
road when we saw a sign: "Ice 10 miles."

Five miles farther on there was another: "Ice 5 miles."

The next one was: "Ice 1/2 mile." We practically crept that
half-mile.

Then we came to the last sign. It was outside a small grocery,
and it read: "Ice 75 cents."
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Brian, the world's leading expert on European wasps and the sounds
that they make, is taking a stroll down his local high street.
As he passes by the record shop, a sign catches his eye. "Just
Released - New LP - Wasps of the World & the sounds that they make -
available now"

Unable to resist the temptation, Brian goes into the shop. "I am
the world's leading expert on European wasps and the sounds that
they make. I'd very much like to listen to the new LP you have
advertised in the window."

"Certainly, Sir," says the young man behind the counter. "If you'd
like to step into the booth and put on the headphones, I'll put
the LP on for you."

Brian, the world's leading expert on European wasps, goes into the
booth and puts on the earphones. Ten minutes later, he comes out
of the booth and announces, "I am the world's leading expert on
European wasps and the sounds that they make and yet I recognized
none of those."

"I'm sorry Sir," says the young assistant. "If you'd care to step
into the booth, I can let you have another 10 minutes."

Brian, the world's leading expert on European wasps and the
sounds they make, steps back into the booth and replaces the
headphones. Ten minutes later, he comes out of the booth shaking
his head. "I don't understand it," he says, "I am the worlds
leading expert on European wasps and the sounds that they make,
and yet I still can't recognise any of those!"

"I really am terribly sorry," says the young assistant, "I've just
realised I was playing you the bee side!"
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"What's for lunch?" my husband asked as I worked in the garden. "Whatever you prepare,"
I replied curtly. "Imagine I'm dead. What would you do then?" "Okay," he said, and disappeared
into the kitchen. An hour later I called to him from the garden and asked how it was going.
"Very well," he replied. "I had a great salad." "What about me?" I asked. "I thought you were dead," he said.
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The teenage boy seemed placid as I approached his hospital bed to
give him a psychiatric evaluation.  His mother was seated nearby,
immersed in her knitting.  I walked over and introduced myself to the
boy.  He looked right through me and started screaming: "I can't
see!  I can't see!"  I had never witnessed such a dramatic example of
hysterical blindness.  "How long has this been going on?" I asked his
mother. Without looking up she replied, "Ever since you stepped in
front of his television."
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 A young American was visiting Arabia.
While there, he figured he'd fulfil a life long desire to ride across the desert
sands on a majestic white stallion, so he went to Abdul's Camel and White Stallion
Rentals and picked out his horse. He also rented a flowing white headress (with a concealed
Walkman, so he could listen to "Achey Breaky Song" as he thumped across the dunes).
Off he went into the desert, feeling every bit like Lawrence of Arabia. After awhile, he
spotted something in the sand ahead, and he galloped towards it.
He found a woman of almost mystic beauty
buried up to her neck in the sand.
"Hey li'l darlin' - you speak 'merkan?" he asked her.
"I speak English, sir" she replied.
"Close enough. What are you doing there?"
With a pitiful look, she said, "My husband put me here."
"Well, why'd he do THAT for?"
She looked away from him. "Because.... I was unfaithful to him."
"Oh!" The Texan was getting very interested.
"So, how long ya gotta stay there for?"
Quietly, "Until I die."
"Hmmmm...." He jumped off his horse. "So li'l missy, what's in it for me if'n I dig you out?"
"Sand."
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My son Mark was only 5 feet, 8 inches tall when he left for college
in the fall. He worked through the Christmas holidays and didn't
return home again until the February break. When he got off the
plane, I was stunned at how much taller he looked. Measuring him
at home, I discovered he now stood at 5 feet, 101/2 inches. My
son was as surprised as I. "Couldn't you tell by your clothes that
you'd grown?" I asked him. "Since I've been doing my own laundry,"
he replied, "I just figured everything had shrunk."
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A hopeful suitor dropped into a computer-dating center and registered
his qualifications.
He wanted someone who enjoyed water sports, liked company, favored
formal attire, and was very small.
The computer operated flawlessly - it sent him a penguin.
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There was a major sale at Victoria's Secret and the guy wanted to get
his girl some really sexy lingerie. The store was packed with women
for this big sale and before he knew it, he was pushed and shoved by
frantic women all trying to get at the merchandise. He remained calm
for as long as he could, then bowed his head and pushed hard and
effectively and plowed through the crowd of women. "Hey you!" an
angry female voice yelled out at him, "Try acting like a gentleman!"
"That's what I have been doing," He retorted, "But since that isn't
working out for me, I'm gonna now act like you ladies!"
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Bill says he and his wife have structured
conversations.
 
"Frst, she gives me her opinion, then she gives me my
opinion."
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My brother asked an elderly friend of his, recently
widowed, what she'd do now for transportation since
she didn't know how to drive.
 
"Oh, I'll learn," she replied. "It'll be easy for me
because I always told my husband what to do anyway."
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"Bush's former domestic policy advisor Claude Allen, he's now charged with defrauding department stores. And when Bush heard about this he was stunned, he was shocked. He had no idea he had a domestic policy adviser." - -David Letterman
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The problem with being retired is that you never know what day it is, where you're supposed to be, or what you're supposed to be doing. It's much like working for the federal government.
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A tourist asks a man in uniform, "Are you a policeman?" "No, I am an undercover detective."

"So why are you in uniform?"

"Today is my day off."
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My plan to eliminate nuclear war is to make missiles so complicated that they can't be fired. This can be accomplished by having the instructions written by the same guys who write the tax forms.
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LAWYERS
Q. You are stranded on a desert island when 3 boats approach. In one is
a cannibal, in the 2nd a head hunter and in the 3rd an attorney.
      You have a gun, but only 2 bullets! What do you do?
A. Shoot the attorney, twice.

Q. What's the difference between God and a lawyer?
A. God doesn't think he's an attorney.

Q. How is a lawyer like a pickpocket?
A. Need you ask.

Q. What is the first thing you should do after running over an attorney?

A. Back up.

Q. Why is a dumb lawyer like an alcoholic?
A. Because he can't pass the bar.

Q. What's the difference between a lawyer and a mugger? A. A mugger uses
a gun.

Q. How many lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?
A. How many can you afford?

Q.  A high priced lawyer, a low priced lawyer and Santa Claus are at a
table with $1000 in the center. The lights go out and the $1000 is
missing. Who took it? A. The high priced lawyer. The other 2 are
imaginary characters.

Q. What do you throw a drowning lawyer?
A. His partners.

Q. How does a pregnant woman know when she's carrying a future lawyer?
A. She has a craving for bologna.

Q. What do you get when you cross a librarian with a lawyer?
A. All the information you need, but you can't understand a word of it.

Q. Did you hear about the new Sushi bar that caters to lawyers?

A. It's called Sosumi.

Q. If one useless man is called a disgrace. What are two called?
A. A lawfirm.

Lawyer: A member of that profession dedicated to protecting you from
other members of that profession.

One dishonest man is a thief. Two make a lawfirm and three make a
congress.

Q. What's the difference between a trampoline and a lawyer?
A. You take off your shoes to jump on a trampoline.

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**** HERE'S YOUR SIGN - STUPID ****
Bozo criminal for today comes from the International File in
Mellrichstadt, Germany where police raided the home of a suspected
drug dealer. After an initial search turned up empty, the police
were getting ready to leave when one of them noticed our bozo's
pet mouse, Mickey. Poor Mickey was passed out, lying on his back
in his cage. Upon further inspection it was discovered that Mickey
was simply stoned, after nibbling at the stash of marijuana that
had been hidden in his cage. Our bozo, like his mouse, is now
behind bars.


**** WEIRD HAPPENINS ****
BEWARE
Four burgers at his neighborhood Burger King cost a California
man a whopping $4,334.33.

Gerry Bean ordered two Whopper Jr.s and two cheeseburgers when
he pulled up to the drive-through window last week. The cashier,
however, forgot that she'd entered the $4.33 charge on his debit
card and punched in the numbers again without erasing the original
ones - thus creating a four-figure bill.

The electronic charge went through to Gerry and Patti Bean's Bank
of America checking account and left the couple penniless.

The restaurant manager, said "Burger King officials tried to
get the charge refunded. But the bank said the funds were on a
three-day hold and could not be released."

The hold is designed to prevent customers from spending money
that no longer is available in their accounts and to let the bank
confirm a transaction is legitimate before transferring funds,
said a Bank of America supervisor.

Burger King did not charge the Beans for their meal, and the couple
got their $4,334.33 back on Friday.
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Low fat camel's milk chocolate is due to hit your dairy shelves
after an Austrian chocolate maker joined forces with an Arabic
camel farm.

Company head Nahor Hochleitner said, "We have come so far and what
was once thought of as a crazy idea has become a huge project."

According to Hochleitner camel's milk is a good alternative to
cow's milk because it is lower in fat and sweeter.
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A flying saucer school teaching UFO-spotters how to react if they
meet an alien has opened in Russia.

According to Tatiana Markova, chairwoman of the Commission,
the school was opened in response to renewed local interest in
the paranormal.

"We teach people how to spot a flying saucer, where you should go
to see one and how to react if you meet an extraterrestrial."

And she added that after students learn the theory of 'Ufology'
they are taken out into the field to practice their skills.
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A German woman is threatening legal action after her aunt "stole
her grave" and was buried in it instead.

Christa Jahn bought a grave right next to her husband and expec-
ted to be able to rest in peace next to her beloved. But she says
she was shocked to learn her husband's family had buried his sister
in her grave.

The widower said: "When I went to lay fresh flowers on my husband's
grave, I saw in horror that the grave next to his, which I paid
for with my own money, was taken by his sister."

"Now I understand why I wasn't invited to her funeral this
January. It was an evil plot to snatch my grave."
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**** HEALTH NEWS ****
3D imaging enables clean energy technology  

ATLANTA, -- Ohio State University scientists have invented  
a technique to record three-dimensional scans of gases and  
solids inside industrial processing reactors. The research-  
ers say their patented technique, called electrical  
capacitance volume tomography, or ECVT, can be used to  
observe how the density of materials varies inside a reactor.  
The end result could be better monitoring of reactor systems,  
including those used in power plants. Industrial plants need  
tomography for the same reasons hospitals do, explained the  
study's lead researcher, Engineering Professor L.S. Fan.  
"Hospitals use tomography to view areas of the body that  
aren't easily or safely accessible and the interiors of  
boilers and other high temperature reactors in industry are  
similarly inaccessible." Fan noted currently the way to con-  
vert coal or natural gas to liquid fuels is in high-tempera-  
ture, high-pressure reactors. "But if we're going to develop  
processes to achieve high energy conversion efficiency, we  
need to be able to see inside those reactors to know how  
they work," Fan said. "That's why we developed ECVT." Fan  
described the imaging technique Monday in Atlanta, present-  
ing the keynote address for the Chinese American Chemical  
Society 25th Anniversary Symposium.
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ALTERNATIVE TO STERILIZATION  

Researchers say one new option to sterilization is Mirena,  
an intrauterine system shown to prevent pregnancy for up  
to five years. A nationwide poll shows women have many mis-  
conceptions about sterilization, with half of those surveyed  
incorrectly thinking the procedure never fails, says Dr.  
Raquel Arias, associate professor of obstetrics and gyne-  
cology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of  
Southern California. The survey of 400 women ages 25 to 49,  
conducted by International Communications Research, also  
showed only 1 percent knew female sterilization is the most  
widely used birth control method among women ages 35 to 44,  
Arias says.
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NOISE MAY IMPROVE BALANCE  

Researchers said turning up the volume on a neurological  
system may help the elderly keep their balance. The brain  
and spinal cord integrate data from eyes, inner ears,  
muscles and skin to send the proper commands to the muscles  
that keep people standing. Using a phenomenon called  
stochastic resonance, researchers at Boston University and  
Afferent in Providence, R.I., found a way to boost the flow  
of data to the brain and improve balance. Co-author James  
Collins of Boston says the decline of the sense of touch in  
the feet and of proprioception -- the sense of what position  
the limbs are in -- contributes to seniors' tendency to fall.  
The scientists found significant improvement in balance in  
people in their 70s using a pair of gel insoles containing  
electric motors, which sent an imperceptible vibration into  
the feet. They say a device based on the research should be  
on the market within two years.
  


**** ON THIS DAY ****

Two Brothers

Two brothers worked together on the family farm. One was married and
had a large family. The other was single. At the day's end, the
brothers shared everything equally, produce and profit.
Then one day the single brother said to himself, "It's not right
that we should share equally the produce and the profit. I'm alone
and my needs are simple." So each night he took a sack of grain from
his bin and crept across the field between their houses, dumping it
into his brother's bin.
Meanwhile, the married brother said to himself, "Its not right that
we should share the produce and the profit equally. After all, I'm
married and I have my wife and my children to look after me in years
to come. My brother has no one, and no one to take care of his
future." So each night, he took a sack of grain and dumped it into
his single brother's bin.
Both men were puzzled for years because their supply of grain never
dwindled. Then one dark night the two brothers bumped into each
other.
Slowly it dawned on them what was happening. They dropped their
sacks and embraced one another.
-Unknown
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My Father's Angels
by Kay Johnson McCrary

I wasn't paying attention at the time to the good example my father
set. He wasn't consciously "setting a good example" -- he was just
living life according to his values.
It was the 1950s in a small Middle Georgia farm town. Our family
owned a clothing store in the middle of the main business block
downtown. Six days a week, 8am until 6pm (9pm on Saturday), my
father presided over his business. And sometimes an angel would come
to our store.
I didn't recognize those visitors as angels. Neither did my mother,
who accepted my father's decisions but referred to Daddy's angels
as "bums". She was concerned that they painted hobo marks to guide
others to my father. My father was, and still is, an extremely kind
man. He bought them lunch.
I guess Daddy knew Mama's opinion and took precautions in case any
individual "angel" might actually be an alcoholic. He would have a
friendly, encouraging conversation with the person, who was shabby
and obviously down on his luck.
Then Daddy would walk him across the street to the Coffee Cup Cafe
and pay for him to eat the daily special, a hearty meal. Depending
on how the conversation was going, Daddy would sometimes sit and
have lunch with him.
Another variation on this theme was sometimes Daddy would bring the
man to our house to do yard work to earn a bus ticket. Mama would
feed him a good home cooked meal but would serve it to him in the
kitchen or on the back steps.
Daddy explained his theory of angels to his children this way: "It's
Biblical. Sometimes God sends an angel among men unawares, to test
us. How we behave toward the least of his children is how we treat
Him."
I remember chuckling at my "naive" father's actions later when I got
more grown and more savvy. I laughed that he got it backwards about
who the angel was.
Now that I am middle-aged, I'm proud to say that I realize how
blessed I am to have such a wise and good man, Joseph Van Johnson,
as my father and my teacher.
I am also doubly blessed to be meeting angels now myself. More than
once I have recognized God Himself staring back at me from the face
of a homeless mentally ill person. I understand now that my father
was respecting the spirit of God that is within each of us.


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Jarrett enjoys  dual role of driver and mentor
Jarrett delivers for others

Carpenter sidelined
IRL driver involved in fatal crash still ailing; Moreno to fill in.
Johnson wrecks during test
Flat tire causes crash at Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Up to Speed with Sorenson
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**** COUNTRY CALANDER ****

1920 Steel guitarist Jerry Byrd born in Lima, Ohio  

1969 Brady Seals born in Hamilton, Ohio  
  
1962 Emmett Miller died  
  
1963 Texas Ruby died at age 52 in a trailer fire  
  
1982 Lee Davis Wilds, "Honey" of the comedy team Jamup  
& Honey, died  
  
1971 Jerry Reed's "Amos Moses" single certified gold  

1991 The Kentucky Headhunters' "Pickin' On Nashville"  
long-form video certified gold  

1999 Steve Earle's "Guitar Town" album certified gold   


 **** COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS ****

 McGraw Collects Second Volume of Hits  

Tim McGraw will release a second collection of hits on  
Tuesday, including six songs never before released on  
his albums. In addition to "When the Stars Go Blue,"  
Greatest Hits Vol. 2 includes duets with Nelly ("Over  
and Over") and Faith Hill ("Like We Never Loved at All").  
McGraw also offers "My Little Girl," a song he co-wrote  
for the upcoming film, Flicka. He also co-wrote the bonus  
track, "I've Got Friends That Do." The Soul 2 Soul II tour  
with McGraw and Hill begins April 21 in Columbus, Ohio.
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March 29, 2006: Little Big Town will join John Mellencamp as the opening act for his spring tour starting tomorrow in Evansville, Ind.
The Equity Music Group recording quartet will tour with Mellencamp through late April, and then continue their own tour through the summer, including several stadium dates with Kenny Chesney.
"We're really looking forward to playing these dates with John," said Little Big Town vocalist and guitarist Jimi Westbrook. "We all grew up listening to records like 'Scarecrow' and 'The Lonesome Jubilee.' He's such a great writer and storyteller. He's an awesome performer, too. It will be great for us to be able to see his show night after night."
Little Big Town's current CD, "The Road To Here," was recently certified gold by the RIAA for sales of more than 500,000 units. "Boondocks," the debut single from that album, was certified gold earlier this year for digital downloads in excess of 100,000. The group's current single is "Bring It On Home."

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March 29, 2006: Monique LeCompte was given her walking papers on Nashville Star Tuesday, cutting the field to 7 contestants.
LeCompte, 23, is from Grand Terrace, Cal.
The decision leaves Matt Mason, Jared Ashley, Chris Young, Nicole Jamrose, Kristen McNamera, Casey Rivers and Melanie Torres in contention for the title of Nashville Star.
Ashley sang "Somebody Like You." Torres performed "Crying Over You." Rivers sang "Your Cheating Heart," while Kristin McNamara covered "This One's For The Girls." Young picked "Don't Close Your Eyes." Jamrose sang "Can't Let Go."
Kenny Rogers was the special guest on the show, singing "Islands in the Stream."

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March 28, 2006: Joe Nichols' CD, "III" was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, as announced today by Universal Records South's Senior Partners Tim DuBois and Tony Brown, meaning the disc has sold more than 500,000 copies.
This is Nichols' second gold CD ("Man With A Memory," Nichols' debut CD was certified gold in 2003, and is nearing the platinum mark).
Earlier this month, the lead single from " "Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off," was certified gold for digital downloads in excess of 100,000 and last year hit number 1 on the Billboad country song chart.
"In my opinion, there is no better young singer making records today. In the hands of an artist like Joe Nichols, a really good country song becomes a great country record," Brown said.
DuBois added, "The fact that this CD has been certified gold based on one single record's airplay is testament to the strength of Joe Nichols and his music."
Nichols' second single from "III," "Size Matters (Someday)," has gone Top 20.

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March 27, 2006: Veteran Texas singer/songwriter Guy Clark inked a deal with Dualtone with an album due this summer.
Clark has enjoyed a long career with labels including Elektra and Sugar Hill, although he has had few releases in recent years.
"Workbench Songs," his first CD of new material since 2002's "The Dark," will drop Aug. 29.
"Guy is a cornerstone of what our company represents," said Dualtone partner Scott Robinson. "We're extremely excited to have such a musical troubadour as a member of the Dualtone family."
Clark, 64, started his career in the 1960s playing in clubs in Houston and Austin with Townes Van Zandt and Jerry Jeff Wlker.
After working in Los Angeles, he oved to Nashville in 1971 with an RCA contract in hand. Among the songs penned by Clark were "L.A. Freeway," "She's Crazy for Leavin'," a hit for Rodney Crowell and "Oklahoma Borderline," record by Vince Gill.


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"
Hungry Mans Casserole"

 
1-? pound ground beef
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1 can (16 ounces) tomatoes
1 can (8 ounces) tomato sauce
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
pepper to taste
1 package (8 ounce) thin noodles, cooked
1 cup sour cream
3 oz. cream cheese, softened
3 green onions, chopped
grated cheese
 
Brown ground beef in skillet, stirring until crumbly. Pour off drippings.
Add next 6 ingredients, mixing well.
Cook for 10 minutes.
Combine remaining ingredients except cheese in bowl, mixing well.
Layer noodle mixture and ground beef mixture alternately in greased casserole until all ingredients are used.
Top with cheese.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes.
 


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Why are all important mafia bosses called Don?

It is a title in Spain (Don/Dona) and Italy (Don/Donna) descending from Latin "dominus," master, lord. For example, if a mafia boss was named Joe Ravioli he would be Don Ravioli. It is also cognate with French/British/Portuguese Dom/Dame and British Dan (judge).

Interestingly, in the movie aspect, you'll note Puzo's "Godfather" can be broken up as God-father. Dominus is the Latin translation for Hebrew Adonai and Greek Kurie, a title of the Lord God. In the book and movie, Don Corleone's titles of Don and Godfather allude to the awe and respect in which he is held, the mastery to which he aspires, and the hubris which he cannot shake.




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