Conundrum

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I'm just wondering...Do you like that word as much as I do? CONUNDRUM. It sounds fancy. It sounds smart.Do I have you snowed?

1. Ever wonder about those people who spend $2.00 apiece on those little bottles of Evian water? Try spelling Evian backwards: NAIVE

2. Isn't making a smoking section in a restaurant like making a peeing section in a swimming pool?

3. OK..... So if the Jacksonville Jaguars are known as the 'Jags' and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are known as the 'Bucs,' what does that make the Tennessee Titans?

4. If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea does that mean that one enjoys it?

5. If people from Poland are called Poles, why aren't people from Holland called Holes?

6. If a pig loses its voice, is it disgruntled?

7. Why do croutons come in airtight packages? Aren't they just stale bread to begin with?

8. Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist but a person who drives a race car is not called a racist?

9. Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety one?

10. If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted, cowboys deranged, models deposed, tree surgeons debarked, and dry cleaners depressed?

11. If Fed Ex and UPS were to merge, would they call it Fed UP?

12. Do Lipton Tea employees take coffee breaks?

13. What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

14. I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me ... they're cramming for their final exam.

15. I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks, so I wondered what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

16. Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office? What are we supposed to do, write to them? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen can look for them while they deliver the mail?

17. If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

18. You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive!

19. If a cow laughed, would she spew milk out of her nose?

20. At income tax time, did you ever notice: When you put the two words 'The' and 'IRS' together it spells ... 'THEIRS'?

WOW

 

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Star Bridge 

Daylight Savings

Daylight savings makes me want to claim this spot of sunshine 

And curl up on the floor like a cat.

Blogs of Note

Do you ever check out the "Blogs of Note"? What is it about blogs that catch the screeners eye? What jumps out at them and screams, "This is the one!" "We love this blog!" What do they consider a GOOD blog? It's not that it is something I aspire, to...I'm just curious.  Being recognized as the blog of note, is akin to winning the Pulitzer or other prestigious recognition, in my humble opinion. 

I've been following the Blogs of Note for some time. I have even begun to follow some of those blogs. Blogs, that without that recognition, I would never have stumbled across. Some of the "Blogs of Note" are really quite incredible with fabulous photography, or beautifully written essays. Others are what I consider lame or mediocre, I mean who wants to follow a whole blog on the knitting of hats and scarves. Maybe my grandma?

I mean no offense, really, especially if you are a knitter, but what is their criteria?

Wit? Creativity? Blog design? Photography? Inspirational? All of the above?

I don't mean to rant on and on, but I'm just sayin'...

Sunday Wisdom

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Ninety and Nine

by Michael McLean

I am one of the ninety and nine

I'm not perfect but basically I'm doing fine

I have not lost my way

I have not gone astray

I'm just one of the ninety and nine

I am here in the heart of the fold

I'm not mindless but I try to do as I'm told

I'm not tempted to run

And become the lost one

I am here in the heart of the fold

So why is my Shepherd coming this way toward me?

He's holding his arms out

And He's calling my name

Yes, He's calling my name

But how, how can this be?

I'm just one of the ninety and nine

I have stumbled and fallen but I've kept in line

I'm not one He must seek

I'm not all that unique

I'm just one of the ninety and nine

So why is my Shepherd treating me like a lost lam?

He's searching to find me

And He's holding me now

Yes, He's holding me now

And teaching me who I am

So why am I feeling like I'm the only one here?

It's like I'm His favorite

And He takes me aside

And He sweetly confides

These remarkable words in my ear:

"You are one of the ninety and nine

Have you any idea how brightly you shine?

You are safe in this fold

And it's time you were told

That I know where you've been 

So I know where you'll be

Because all of your life you've been following me

You are more than just one of the sands of the sea

Or just one of the ninety and nine

You are mine!"

I am one of the ninety and nine.