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From Facebook blog page
ReplyDeleteShort audio in regard to how Facebook provides opportunity for observation which is so often not social dialogue...
Tired of constantly being broke and stuck in an unhappy marriage, a young husband decided to solve both problems by taking out a large insurance policy on his wife with himself as the beneficiary and then arranging to have her killed.
ReplyDeleteA 'friend of a friend' put him in touch with a nefarious dark-side underworld figure who went by the name of 'Artie.' Artie explained to the husband that his going price for snuffing out a spouse was $10,000.
The Husband said he was willing to pay that amount but that he wouldn't have any cash on hand until he could collect his wife's insurance money. Artie insisted on being paid at least something up front, so the man opened his wallet, displaying the single dollar coin that rested inside.
Artie sighed, rolled his eyes and reluctantly agreed to accept the dollar as down payment for the dirty deed.
A few days later, Artie followed the man's wife to the local Costco Supermarket. There, he surprised her in the produce department and proceeded to strangle her with his gloved hands. As the poor unsuspecting woman drew her last breath and slumped to the floor, the manager of the produce department stumbled unexpectedly onto the murder scene. Unwilling to leave any living witnesses behind, ol' Artie had no choice but to strangle the produce manager as well.
However, unknown to Artie, the entire proceedings were captured by the hidden security cameras and observed by the shop's security guard, who immediately called the police. Artie was caught and arrested before he could even leave the premises.
Under intense questioning at the police station, Artie revealed the whole sordid plan, including his unusual financial arrangements with the hapless husband who was also quickly arrested.
The next day in the Newspaper, the headline declared...
"ARTIE CHOKES 2 for $1.00 @ Costco
My son
ReplyDeleteThis is great. Take a moment to read it; it will make your day!
The ending will surprise you.
Take my Son.....
A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art..
When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while rescuing another soldier. The father was notified and grieved deeply for his only son.
About a month later, just before Christmas,
There was a knock at the door. A young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands..
He said, 'Sir, you don't know me, but I am the soldier for whom your son gave his life. He saved many lives that day, and he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and he died instantly... He often talked about you, and your love for art.' The young man held out this package. 'I know this isn't much. I'm not really a great artist, but I think your son would have wanted you to have this.'
The father
Opened the package. It was a portrait of his son, painted by the young man. He stared in awe at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled up with tears. He thanked the young man and offered to pay him for the picture.. 'Oh, no sir, I could never repay what your son did for me. It's a gift.'
The father hung the portrait over his mantle. Every time visitors came to his home he took them to see the portrait of his son before he showed them any of the other great works he had collected.
The man died a few months later. There was to be a great auction of his paintings. Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having an opportunity to purchase one for their collection.
On the platform sat the painting of the son. The auctioneer pounded his gavel. 'We will start the bidding with this picture of the son. Who will bid for this picture?'
There was silence...
Then a voice in the back of the room shouted, 'We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one.'
But the auctioneer persisted. 'Will somebody bid for this painting? Who will start the bidding? $100, $200?'
Another voice angrily. 'We didn't come to see this painting. We came to see the Van Gogh's, the Rembrandts. Get on with the Real bids!'
But still the auctioneer continued. 'The son! The son! Who'll take the son?'
Finally, a voice came from the very back of the room. It was the longtime gardener of the man and his son. 'I'll give $10 for the painting...' Being a poor man, it was all he could afford.
'We have $10, who will bid $20?'
'Give it to him for $10. Let's see the masters.'
The crowd was becoming angry. They didn't want the picture of the son.
They wanted the more worthy investments for their collections.
The auctioneer pounded the gavel.. 'Going once, twice, SOLD for $10!'
A man sitting on the second row shouted, 'Now let's get on with the collection!'
The auctioneer laid down his gavel. 'I'm sorry, the auction is over.'
'What about the paintings?'
'I am sorry. When I was called to conduct this auction, I was told of a secret stipulation in the will... I was not allowed to reveal that stipulation until this time. Only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever bought that painting would inherit the entire estate, including the paintings.
The man who took the son gets everything!'
God gave His son over 2,000 years ago to die on the Cross. Much like the auctioneer, His message today is: 'The Son, the Son, who'll take the Son?'
Because, you see, whoever takes the Son gets everything!
FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO SO EVER BELIEVETH, SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE...THAT'S LOVE
God Bless.
Dancing Roller Skates
ReplyDeleteCraftsmen
ReplyDeleteI spent today with my new good buddy MT and a new group of mostly women.
ReplyDeleteI met MT through Mr. Matt and James. I agree with about 70% of what she states and she is a kind Christian person.
By her own admittance she is Mennonite and her parents were in a cult. I informed her that this was to blame for our disagreements...;)
So, I am in the car heading to the falls with her and a German IT guy.
I am not being mean here as told them both this as they are both divorced or in process and therefore in my mind NOT good persons to be advising me in regard to relationships. Instead I rely far more on successfully married friends that know me better.
I was told by Mr. German, and she agreed having stated this before, I should adopt at my age if I want a child with a woman.
Implied, I should settle for a 35+ year old. I stated that this was bogus (or like) and why should I do such?
If I cannot find someone so far it was stupid to limit myself to 35+.
They had no answer.
Mr. German tried the low sperm count bogus argument which I quickly dispelled as I have read enough science to realize that would be minimal at my age. I still could go to a University campus and be a stud, not that I would though.
Practically speaking would college age women sleep with me if they wanted to because there is no or little chance of getting pregnant?
No, no, no, would they? Point made.
Bogus reasoning and ageist.
Next.
Mr. German then stated, well why would a younger woman want to go out with someone twenty years older?
That is very reasonable.
My reply is that the younger should not.
No one should settle.
Including me.
He then wisely moved on to stating that if I became a professor I could perhaps find a relatable younger woman.
Genius. Correct. So then there is some younger women for an older man then?
But I stated, I have not been able to find such work.
Upon arrival MT states my views are not from God on the subject and hers are. She stated I had far more rules basically.
Now, I admit I have not been blessed by God so I need to be humble and change where wrong.
I stated that she did not know that for certain and she was not following the Biblical norm to desire children, and she also has issues with Biblical male headship. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2015 Satirical Audio Post Dedicated To Mr. Matt, I noted that for a man Biblically there is no age cut off for a wife and children and certainly not at middle age and I am certainly not an old man. To be cut off at 35+ because of lack of available younger women and in my case intellectual Christian women is a cultural, social thing, not in line with Scripture.
I would state that 70% of the women that check me out on social media based on my research are under 35 and yet there is very little dialogue unless they are from non-ageist cultures such as Eastern Europe and South America.
I need to repent of my sin, past and present on the topic, but I strongly believe many of my sisters in Christ are largely in a complete state of denial in regard to some sin. Social rules in the extreme being a blinding sin to some women as much as pornography and visual sex sin are to some men.
As a new grandmother, I am very protective of my daughter Meredith's baby girl. One cool afternoon I dropped by to see my grandchild. Meredith and a friend had taken little Allison for a walk in her stroller and were just coming up the street. As soon as they reached me, I bent down to admire Allison and, in my fussiest voice, remarked, "Your little head is cold. You should have a hat on."
ReplyDeleteMy daughter looked knowingly at her friend and said, "You owe me ten bucks."
…..Doc’s Daily Chuckle (pkaine@roadrunner.com) by way of “Christian Voices” (ChristianVoices@att.net)
I am amazed at how far some in the Church will take ageism.
ReplyDeleteI have been looking at the profile of someone who is fairly attractive and an ex-Facebook friend, female. As far I can tell a very devoted Christian.
I don't look at the profile often but she comes up on my 'search' list.
I see some of her rare new photos and I check out some of her male friends, some of which post comments on her photos, and not the kind I would make and then I look at their profiles. Some comments are suggestive and I know her and family are conservative. Some of these friends have questionable content on their pages.
But seemingly because these guys are younger than me I suppose they are not considered a threat to the Christian social rules and Dad/Father and they are acceptable as a Facebook friend and I would not be. I suppose the thinking would be, she will never date them anyway, perhaps they are work and school friends, and if I am around I would chase her.
Obviously with my PhD and years of being ignored, I am far too stupid to do otherwise....
But clearly something is wrong with the thinking here.
The Godly, guy such as myself needs to be disregarded because he does not fit the social rules as being too old and does not fit the culture and yet the ungodly secular type younger men are okay for Facebook.
Really, ponder on this spiritually, is this not totally whacked as they say?
I am not meaning to be a jerk or unloving at all here, but I think this is just plain wrong.
If this is the kind of thing that evangelical, fundamentalistic pressure is producing, from parents on adult children then I am not surprised the US Church is in so much trouble.
To me it really strikes me as very, unloving, knowing to some degree why we are no longer friends and seeing the friends she now has...
I am tossed aside by parental concerns for the daughter's safety; me a scholar, and man who has not dabbled in many things of the secular world, who in any kind of relationship with her would keep her in Christ, and yet she is allowed to now fellowship with men of the world.
Now, go figure...
Pinocchio, Snow White and Superman are out for a stroll in town one day. As they walk, they come across a sign: "Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world."
ReplyDelete"I am entering," said Snow White.
After half an hour she comes out and they ask her, “Well, how did you do?" " First Place ," said Snow White.
They continue walking and they see a sign: "Contest for the strongest man in the world." "I'm entering," says Superman. After half an hour he returns and they ask him, "How did you make out?"
" First Place ," answers Superman. "Did you ever doubt?"
They continue walking when they see a sign: "Contest! Who is the greatest liar in the world?"
Pinocchio says "this is mine." Half an hour later, he returns with tears in his eyes.
"What happened?" they asked.
"Who the Hell is Mike Duffy?" asked Pinocchio.
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Student Received 0s Because of Faith
ReplyDeleteOne day on the way home from church a little girl turned to her mother and said, "Mommy, the preacher's sermon this morning confused me."
ReplyDeleteThe mother said, "Oh! Why is that?
The girl replied, "Well, he said that God is bigger than we are. Is that true?"
"Yes, that's true," the mother replied.
"He also said that God lives within us. Is that true too?"
Again the mother replied, "Yes."
"Well," said the girl. "If God is bigger than us and he lives in us, wouldn't He show through?"
…..Doc’s Daily Chuckle (pkaine@roadrunner.com) by way of “Christian Voices” (ChristianVoices@att.net)
I have a face for radio...My MD friend from Uganda balked at the low sperm count argument for men my age. God's design.
ReplyDeleteFive undeniable Facts of Life:
ReplyDelete1. Don't educate your children to be rich.
Educate them to be Happy.
So when they grow up they will know the value of things and not the price.
2. Best awarded words in London ...
ReplyDelete"Eat your food as your medicines.
Otherwise you have to eat medicines as your food."
3. The One who loves you will never leave you because, even if there
ReplyDeleteare 100 reasons to give up, he will find one reason to hold on.
4. There is a lot of difference between human being and being human.
ReplyDeleteOnly a few understand it.
5. You are loved when you are born.
ReplyDeleteYou will be loved when you die.
In between,You have to manage.
Nice lines from Ratan Tata's Lecture----
ReplyDeleteIf you want to Walk Fast,
Walk Alone!
But,
if you want to Walk Far,
Walk Together!!
Six Best Doctors in the World：
ReplyDelete1.Sunlight
2.Rest
3.Exercise
4.Diet
5.Self Confidence
&
6.Friends