She was a girl going on thirteen as I was, with a mouth that turned up at the corners. If we ever spoke to each other about anything of consequence, I have long since forgotten it. I have forgotten the color of her eyes. I have forgotten the sound of […]
I don’t know what you do up here in Northern Indiana. Where I came from, on Friday nights, we used to get in our Dads’ trucks cause they used to build those trucks so that you could run over anything and it wouldn’t hurt them. You know, the old gravel […]
I recently saw this on the blog of a guy named Brad Ruggles. It is a quote from a book titled “The Holy Wild” by Mark Buchanon. I thought it was worth reposting here. Here is the quote: “Oh, brothers and sisters, I love Jesus so much,” she said. “Tell […]
I have one thing to say to those non-believers: Don’t ever underestimate the heart of a champion. – Rudy Tomjanovich
As the evening sky faded from a salmon color to a sort of a flint gray, I thought back to the salmon I had caught that morining, and how gray he was, and how I named him Flint. – Jack Handey
When I was a kid, our favorite relative was Uncle Caveman. After school we’d all go play in his cave, and every once in a while, he’d eat one of us. It wasn’t until later that we found out that Uncle Caveman was a bear. – Jack Handey
I bet one legend that keeps returning throughout history, in every culture, is the story of Popeye. – Jack Handey
Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: “Mankind.” Basically it’s made of two seperate words – “mank” and “ind.” What do these words mean? It’s a mystery, and that’s why so is mankind. – Jack Handey
One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. “Oh no,” I said, “Disneyland burned down.” He cried, and cried, but I think deep down, he thought it was […]
