Did You Know #15

The character of Cliff Clavin on Cheers was an afterthought. John Ratzenberger originally auditioned for the character of Norm, but lost the audition. Ratzenberger insisted that the bar needed a resident “Know-it-all” and the character of the mail carrier Cliff was created.

Soldiers Lessons

Soldiers Lessons
Walls of black granite
Many names upon them
All have ghosts living behind them
Kneeling down, feel the coldness
Look into the reflection

Did You Know #14

After graduating from Harvard, Ernest Lawrence Thayer got paid five dollars for his poem “Casey At the Bat”.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Trailer

Dirt Roads

Dirt Roads
Old Mountain Road
Once traversed both ways
Buggies and carts
With horses pulled
Children laughed and played
Old gray farmer
Worked hard for family and home
Harvested and ploughed
Rocky ground so unrelenting
Back begins to bend with time

Did You Know #13

Along with the Bible, a collection of Aesop’s Fables was among the first illustrated books ever printed.

Jasper and the Unbaked Yeast Rolls

This was sent to me by a friend and was too funny not to share!
 We have a fox terrier by the name of Jasper.  He came to us in the
summer of 2001 from the fox terrier rescue program.  For those of you,
who are unfamiliar with this type of adoption, imagine taking in a 10
year old [...]

Did You Know #12

Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty was originally distrubuted as propaganda by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

What power do you possess?

‘Power is the basic political concept’
 
Powers that you have:
1. The Right to Vote
2. The Right to run for office
3. The Right to personal space
4. The Right to Free Speech (within limits)
5. The Right to choose your job, where to live, car to drive, etc.
 
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The New Military

more Funny pictures

Technology for Country Folk

Register to Vote Online

Now registering to vote has got even easier! For those busy Americans who don’t have the time to go to the DMV or other state offices offering the services, now we can take full advantage of the technological age. The website Declare Yourself has made it possible to do the registration process online, and all [...]

Gentle Thoughts for Today

-Birds of a feather flock together and crap on your car.
-When I’m feeling down, I like to whistle. It makes the neighbor’s dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.
-A penny saved is a government oversight.
-The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and [...]

Did You Know #11

China carries out more death penalty executions than that of the rest of the world…combined. Defendants can be executed within days of their arrest.

Real ID raises real concerns about privacy and convenience

New state drivers licenses are soon going to be required of all US citizens born after December 1, 1964. The Department of Homeland Security is seeking compliance to the Act signed into law in 2005, which will weave together drivers licenses and state ID cards into a federal database. While there is baseline criteria of [...]