Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians
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President Bush said Tuesday that "it would be a terrible mistake" to pull U.S. forces out of Iraq too quickly. To insure that doesn't happen, he is hiring Michael Brown as Withdrawal Consultant.
Ohio on Tuesday executed a man guilty of two murders. A group called the Swift Microphone Radio Talk Show Hosts wants to know why the guy was only executed once.
Wontastic Wednesday
Wednesday is the Feast Day of St. Andrew the Apostle. Andrew was one of Jesus' earliest followers. He brought his brother, Simon Peter, to meet Jesus. According to tradition, Andrew was crucified for his beliefs on an X-shaped cross.
Wednesday is Stay Home Because You're Well Day, a day to call in well, sponsored by the Wellness Permission League of Lebanon, Pennsylvania (717-279-0184. wellcat.com).
Wednesday is National Mousseless Day, a day to just let your hair do its own thing.
Dick Clark is 76 on Wednesday. He looks 39, but you still have to feel sorry for him. I mean, the poor guy spent all those years on American Bandstand -- all that great music, all those cute girls, 35 years, and nobody would dance with him!
Wednesday is Youth Day in Upper Volta. I think Upper Volta is where the people eat nothing but yogurt and live to be 150. Which means Youth Day is for everybody under 85.
- Maybe that's where Dick Clark is from.
Sir Winston Churchill was born on November 30 in 1874. In 1953 he won the Nobel Prize for cigar smoking.
Jonathan Swift was born on November 30 in 1667. Jonathan wrote Gulliver's Travels, which is all about Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians. Lilliputians are only 1-12th as tall as we are and Brobdingnagians are 12 times larger than we are. Or, Brobdingnagians are 144 times larger than Lilliputians, if you prefer to think about it that way.
- Personally, I prefer not to think about it at all.
Shop & Learn
Great Gift Idea! - This one is for kids, particularly girls, who already have everything.
Odds & Odds
I swapped my dog for an armadillo. The armadillo's not as smart, but the fleas slide right off of him.
You know you can expect a rough winter when you come home and find a woolly bear caterpillar in your crock pot.
And before I go, I'd like to leave you with this final thought. There are no guarantees in life.
- I guarantee it.
President Bush said Tuesday that "it would be a terrible mistake" to pull U.S. forces out of Iraq too quickly. To insure that doesn't happen, he is hiring Michael Brown as Withdrawal Consultant.
Ohio on Tuesday executed a man guilty of two murders. A group called the Swift Microphone Radio Talk Show Hosts wants to know why the guy was only executed once.
Wontastic Wednesday
Wednesday is the Feast Day of St. Andrew the Apostle. Andrew was one of Jesus' earliest followers. He brought his brother, Simon Peter, to meet Jesus. According to tradition, Andrew was crucified for his beliefs on an X-shaped cross.
Wednesday is Stay Home Because You're Well Day, a day to call in well, sponsored by the Wellness Permission League of Lebanon, Pennsylvania (717-279-0184. wellcat.com).
Wednesday is National Mousseless Day, a day to just let your hair do its own thing.
Dick Clark is 76 on Wednesday. He looks 39, but you still have to feel sorry for him. I mean, the poor guy spent all those years on American Bandstand -- all that great music, all those cute girls, 35 years, and nobody would dance with him!
Wednesday is Youth Day in Upper Volta. I think Upper Volta is where the people eat nothing but yogurt and live to be 150. Which means Youth Day is for everybody under 85.
- Maybe that's where Dick Clark is from.
Sir Winston Churchill was born on November 30 in 1874. In 1953 he won the Nobel Prize for cigar smoking.
Jonathan Swift was born on November 30 in 1667. Jonathan wrote Gulliver's Travels, which is all about Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians. Lilliputians are only 1-12th as tall as we are and Brobdingnagians are 12 times larger than we are. Or, Brobdingnagians are 144 times larger than Lilliputians, if you prefer to think about it that way.
- Personally, I prefer not to think about it at all.
Shop & Learn
Great Gift Idea! - This one is for kids, particularly girls, who already have everything.
Odds & Odds
I swapped my dog for an armadillo. The armadillo's not as smart, but the fleas slide right off of him.
You know you can expect a rough winter when you come home and find a woolly bear caterpillar in your crock pot.
And before I go, I'd like to leave you with this final thought. There are no guarantees in life.
- I guarantee it.
posted by Joe Hickman at 12:27 PM
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