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Onemorning,threeSouthernersandthreeYankeeswereinaticketcounterlineatatrainstation.ThethreeNorthernerseachboughtaticketandwatchedasthethreeSouthernersboughtjustoneticket."Howarethethreeofyougoingtotravelononlyoneticket?"askedoneoftheYankees."Watchandlearn,"answeredoneoftheboysfromtheSouth.
AllsixboardedthetrainwherethethreeYankeessatdown,butthethreeSouthernerscrammedintoatoilettogetherandclosed...[阅读全文]
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Onedollarandeighty-sevencents.Thatwasall.Andsixtycentsofitwasinpennies.Penniessavedoneandtwoatatimebybulldozingthegrocerandthevegetablemanandthebutcheruntilone'scheeksburnedwiththesilentimputationofparsimonythatsuchclosedealingimplied.ThreetimesDellacountedit.Onedollarandeighty-sevencents.AndthenextdaywouldbeChristmas.Therewasclearlynothingtodobutflopdownontheshabbylittlecouchandhowl.SoDelladidit....[阅读全文]
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(2008-12-21 08:11:28)
Asearlyas2,500yearsago,aroundtheSpringandAutumnPeriod(770-476BC),Chinesepeopledeterminedthewintersolsticebyobservingmovementsofthesunwithsundials.ItfallsonDecember22or23.IntheChineseideaofYinandYang,Yinsymbolizesfeminine,negativeanddarkqualitiesoftheuniverse,andyangmasculine,positiveandfieryqualities,andwhensomethinggoestooneextremeitthengoestotheopposite.Wintersolsticeinthenorthernhemisphereisthe...[阅读全文]
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(2008-12-19 01:34:57)
PleaseprayformybrotherRobbieandhiswifeDebbieandtheirfamily.TheyarebothinthehospitalatSt.Johns.DebbiehadsurgeryonMondayandphysicallysheiswellbutnotemotionallybecauseRobbieisneardeathandDebbieisunabletoseehim.
Sunday,December28,2008
ItiswithgreatsadnessthatIsharethenewswithyouofmybrotherRobbie'sdeath.Robbiewasalwaysfondoffastandexcitingridesandrollercoastersweresomeofhisfavorites.Andthatisex...[阅读全文]
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