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"You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it." - Jimmy Dean read more..

Sunday greetings, everyone! It's not my goal to permanently turn the news into recurring organ recital about my health, but I must admit that when I am sick I don't feel very creative in my writing. ... read more..

You would think I would have learned all I needed to learn at my age. However, each day I learn something I did not know the day before. So much of my new learning is still connected to being married ... read more..

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill read more..

Tiring of the inconvenience of the drive from airport to country cottage, a man equipped his small plane with pontoons so he could land on the lake directly in front of his cottage. On his next trip,... read more..

A neutron goes into a bar. The bartender looks him over and says, "Hey, for you: No charge!"... read more..

A mother was watching her four year-old son playing outside in a small plastic pool half-filled with water. He was happily walking back and forth across the pool, making big splashes. Suddenly, the l... read more..

The man who moves mountains begins by carrying away small stones.... read more..

Oh look, Chicken Thursday! Remember how I said I had chills when I was putting last Thursday's mailing together? Well, my doctor called me yesterday and let me know the results of the culture they to... read more..

"We will not have him put down. Lucky is basically a darn good guide dog," Ernst Gerber, a dog trainer from Wuppertal told reporters. "He just needs a little brush-up on some elementary skills, t read more..

I must confess I am too poor to pay attention at this time in my life. I hope one day I will win the lottery and be able to afford to pay attention. But, of course, The Gracious Mistress of the Parson... read more..

A biker is riding a new motorcycle on the highway. While passing a car, he knocks on the window. The driver of the car opens the window, "Yes?" "Ever driven a Honda motorcycle?" "No I haven't." The... read more..

Two Mexicans are stuck in the desert, wandering aimlessly and close to death. They are close to just lying down and waiting for the inevitable, when all of a sudden... "Hey Pepe, do you smell what I ... read more..

One day a father of a rich family took his son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night on the farm of a very poor family. Wh... read more..

“It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who li... read more..

I haven't failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.... read more..

Sunday greetings, everyone! The antibiotics have started to kick in and hopefully that is it for the chills! A friend of mine invited me to attend a ministry gathering last night but I declined becau... read more..

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I arrived home from our vacation late Tuesday afternoon. I’m not one for vacations, but this one was special. Our grandson who lives in Ohio was graduating ... read more..

"Humans are satisfied with whatever looks good; God probes for what is good." - Solomon, Proverbs read more..

People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point ... the glass is refillable.... read more..

Old Abraham was a poor tailor whose shop was next door to a very upscale French restaurant. Every day at lunch time, Abraham would go out the back of his shop and eat his black bread and herring while... read more..

“On anniversaries the wise husband always forgets the past...but never the present.”... read more..

Someone asked me the other day if I had my life to live over would I change anything. My answer was no, but then I thought about it and changed my mind. If I had my life to live over again I would h... read more..

Oh look, Chicken Thursday! Has the Cybersalt Digest every given you the chills? Because I've got the chills as I put this issue together. I don't know what the bug is I have, but it is bugging me! T... read more..

Jack and Max are walking from religious service. Jack wonders whether it would be all right to smoke while praying. Max replies, "Why don't you ask the Priest?" So Jack goes up to the Priest and ask... read more..

Some people believe in karma, but I don’t. Some people believe what you do will come back on you some way or the other. I do believe that everything you do has consequences. Sometimes those consequen... read more..

A lawyer was well into a lengthy cross-examination when he stopped and said: "Your honor, a juror is asleep." The judge ruled: "You put him to sleep; you wake him up."... read more..

"I have a sore throat, Doctor. I ache, I have a fever." "Sounds like a virus." "Everyone in the office has it." "Well then, maybe it's a staff infection." read more..

~ Jumping on the bandwagon ~ Wading through paperwork ~ Running around in circles ~ Pushing your luck ~ Spinning your wheels ~ Adding fuel to the fire ~ Beating your head against the wall ~ C... read more..

“I cured myself of shyness when it finally occurred to me that people didn't think about me half as much as I gave them credit for. The truth was, nobody gave a damn. Like most teenagers, I was far to... read more..