Funny Stories from Here and There – If General Motors Built Cars like Microsoft

Quirky Comparisons Here’s a sort of geeky, funny comparison of cars and computers. If you have one or more of each category you’re likely to be able to relate. Enjoy. Courtesy of  wesleywildman.com Anonymous GM vrs Microsoft At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and […]

The History of “Taps” Bugle Music Narrated by John Wayne

This is a repost featuring the History of “Taps” narrated by John Wayne. Be sure to dwell on the words that are often overlooked when we hear the bugle version. The history of the bugle call “Taps” was recorded by John Wayne and is now available as an audio narration of a mostly static video […]

The Victory of Annie Glenn, Wife of John Glenn. A Remarkable Love Story

 Annie Glenn – What Is So Special About her?  One of the Nicer Stories of This Era   For half a century, the world has applauded John Glenn as a heart-stirring American hero.   He lifted the nation’s spirits when, as one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts, he was blasted alone into orbit around […]

The Inspirational Saluting Boy on Omaha Beach

  This is a truly inspirational remembrance of the cost of freedom started by a young boy and his father a year before the events you will see in the video that has gone viral worldwide ever since it appeared in July 2014. This is how it all began… an excerpt from Blog Bio Page […]

Where Did O’Hare Airport Get its Name?

 Should O’Hare Airport be Named Butch and Easy Eddie O’Hare Airport? These two stories about the naming of O’Hare Airport illustrate the cost of patriotism and of repentance and the need for both of these qualities in all of us. We are not all pilots or enablers of the likes of Al Capone but we […]

Extreme Paragliding – The World’s Best Jean Baptiste Chandelier

  Paragliding – What is It? Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders. A paraglider is lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure. The pilot sits in a harness suspended below a fabric wing. The wing is comprised of a large number of interconnected baffled cells.  It is […]

The Man Who Stopped the Roman Gladiator Fights – Faith Stories You Won’t Forget Series

  This is the remarkable story of one man, a monk named Telemachus, whose revulsion by the senseless violence of the Roman gladiator fights-to-the-death led to the end of this brutal practice – at the cost of his own life. There are some differences in the details of various versions of the historical writings on […]

Can a Teacher Make a Difference? Ask Steve! Then Ask Me.

  A True Story by Jaye Lewis (used with permission) Courtesy of Inspire21.com Steve, a twelve-year-old boy with alcoholic parents, was about to be lost forever, by the U.S. education system. Remarkably, he could read, yet, in spite of his reading skills, Steve was failing. He had been failing since first grade, as he was […]

Hello, My Name is Edith Burns. Do You Believe in Easter?

With a heavy heart he said, “Your lab report came back and it says you have cancer, and Edith, you’re not going to live very long.”

Edith said, “Why Will Phillips, shame on you. Why are you so sad? Do you think God makes mistakes?

Catching up with Eddie Ogan, author of “The Rich Family in Church” – Part 3

In 1979 she found out she had cancer. For the second time. The first time, in 1965, resulted in a hysterectomy. This time Eddie had an inoperable brain tumor.

“I’ll go home, and take care of my kids,” she told the doctor. “If it’s the Lord’s time for me to die, I’ll die. If not, I’ll live.” Two months later, the tumor was gone.

Catching up with Eddie Ogan, author of “The Rich Family in Church” – Part 2 of 3

Part 1
Whatever Happened to the Rich Little Poor Girl?
Catching up with Eddie Ogan, author of “The Rich Family in Church”
by Kimberly Claassen

The Rich Family of Eddie Ogan In Church Part 1 of 3 Parts

(This story has appeared several times and places on the internet in recent years. I am going to tell the story in three parts in separate posts in this Easter season. – Dick S) By Eddie Ogan (female) I’ll never forget Easter 1946. I was 14, my little sister Ocy was 12, and my older […]

Hungry for Spring? World Famous Keukenhof Gardens Show it Best

What and Where are the Keukenhof Gardens? There is nothing in the world like Spring at the World Famous Keukenhof Gardens in the Netherlands. Here in the USA, especially the northern parts of the country, it is cold and snowy in February and March. Many of us yearn for the coming of Spring with warming […]

Keep Your Fork – Two True, Very Different Stories!

  Story Number One – The Best is Yet to Come!   Courtesy of Inspire21.com Attributed to Roger William ThomasSubmitted to Ann Landers by Kay in California A woman was diagnosed with a terminal illness and given three months to live. She asked her Pastor to come to her home to discuss her final wishes. […]

The Church Triumphant – by Bill and Gloria Gaither Updated

The Church Triumphant – Then and Now The original performance of this song written and performed by Gloria and Bill Gaither was in the mid 1970s nearly 50 years ago. It has been sung by and at successive groupings of the Gaither music enterprise that spans over a half century and is “alive and well” […]

The Pretty One – Was This a Match Made in Heaven?

Courtesy of Inspire21.com   Inspire21.com is a great source of inspiration in the form of short stories, free ecards and sayings and quotes. All of the material is available for free sharing and its worth your time to check it out! …Dick   By Roger Dean Kiser Our Last Litter This was the last litter […]

A Catchy Response to the “War on Christmas” – What is Yours?

Here is a catchy response to “The War on Christmas’ that many people feel is occurring. Take note of the choir’s initials! There must be a lot of interest in this topic because the video has over 7 million views.     Your Reactions to the War on Christmas, Please I’d really like your feedback […]

Bob Hope – An American Hero (Especially at Christmas)

Bob Hope is My Idea of an American Hero As a young person I always enjoyed Bob Hope and his antics in his black and white movies and later on TV. It took me longer into my adult life to appreciate how great a hero he was. Bob performed for the brave troops in WW2, […]

Thanksgiving Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln October 3, 1863

Early Thanksgiving Proclamations Excerpt courtesy of www.whatsoproudlywehail.org The First National Proclamation of Thanksgiving was issued by the Continental Congress in November of 1777, following the Colonial victories over British General John Burgoyne in the Battles of Saratoga. In the Proclamation, Congress “recommended to the legislative or executive Powers of these United States to set apart Thursday, the eighteenth […]

A Soldier’s Prayer

 I looked and looked for something appropriate for Veteran’s Day and when my eyes fell upon this poem titled A Soldier’s Prayer, I stopped looking. Most emergency personnel like the military, police, firemen, doctors, etc. are really people we hope not to see or need. A consequence of this, I believe, is that we don’t […]

Did God Send a Convict to Help an Elderly Lady?

“Thank You, God, For Sending Me a Professional” Here is a humorous short story just published by Inspire21.com What is Inspire 21? Inspire21.com is a website that offers a vast collection of inspiring stories, quotes and poetry that can be shared with anyone, anywhere in the world. They welcome anyone looking for inspiring words…or wishing to […]

Som Sabadell Flashmob – BANCO SABADELL, SPAIN

This “flashmob” is an example of when a quickly gathered mob can be a good thing. It is an example of a popular YouTube video genre that’s been around for several years. What you see here is in sharp contrast to the destructive, quickly gathering and quickly moving mobs of looters and burners in many […]

Exquisite Beauty Underwater Photo Gallery Images

I have a host of high-quality images in the Exquisite Beauty Underwater Photos Gallery. To keep the galleries to a manageable size, I delete an approximately equal number of older images whenever I add some new ones. The point of the story is that you have to keep looking to see what’s new! It’s easiest […]

Some Dogs Just Don’t Want to Bathe! Seriously!

This hilarious video of bathing dogs by the Tiger Productions channel on YouTube has over 123 million views! Any dog owner will be able to identify with at least a few of the wide variety of reactions to the call to the bathtub.     Our Own Experience with Dogs We used to have a […]