Alligator In the Bathtub Long-time actress and comedienne Gracie Allen once received a small, live alligator as a gag. Not knowing what to do with it, Gracie placed it in the bathtub and then left for an appointment. When she returned home, she found this note from her maid: “Dear Miss Allen: Sorry, but I … Continue reading “Unanticipated”
Umpire
Baseball Game The devil challenged St. Peter to a baseball game. “How can you win, Satan?” asked St. Peter. “All the famous ballplayers are up here.” “How can I lose?” answered Satan. “All the umpires are down here.” Source unknown
Ulysses S. Grant
Quote • One of my superstitions has always been when I started to go anywhere, or to do anything, never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished. – U. S. Grant
Ugly
Quote • “They couldn’t find the artist, so they hung the picture.” – Anonymous Art Critic
Trends
According to Faith Popcorn, America is about to experience a socioquake. Her book, The Popcorn Report, lists ten trends to shape the 1990’s. 1. Cocooning—a return to home as a haven against the world’s dangers and problems. This is a self-preservation move with at least three modifications: the armored cocoon, the wandering cocoon and the … Continue reading “Trends”
Treasure
Star of David Unless you subscribe to The Atlanta Journal Constitution, you probably missed the story that was in the May 17, 1987 edition. A rock hound named Rob Cutshaw owns a little roadside shop outside Andrews, North Carolina. Like many in the trade, he hunts for rocks, then sells them to collectors or jewelry … Continue reading “Treasure”
Trapped
Trapped In a Cave On a February day in 1925, Floyd Collins climbed into Sand Cave in search of fortune. Suddenly, his lantern failed. Crawling through the darkness, Collin’s foot hit a seven-ton boulder. It fell on his leg, trapping him in the coffin-like narrowness of a dark, subterranean straitjacket. For days Collins was trapped … Continue reading “Trapped”
Translation, Translations
Some Say King James Is the Only Translation I was once criticized by a student who disapproved of some of the books I have written because in them I quoted from different translations. “The King James Version is the only Bible,” he told me. “It’s the only authorized Word of God!” When he had calmed … Continue reading “Translation, Translations”
Transitory
Ice Palace On November 25, 1895, a cornerstone of ice was laid in Leadville, Colorado, the beginning of the largest ice palace ever built in America. The town was in the doldrums; the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in 1893 had ended its glory days as a silver-mining center. In an effort to … Continue reading “Transitory”
Transformation
Patterns of the Old Life Left Behind The motor home has allowed us to put all the conveniences of home on wheels. A camper no longer needs to contend with sleeping in a sleeping bag, cooking over a fire, or hauling water from a stream. Now he can park a fully equipped home on a … Continue reading “Transformation”