Anthem Veterans Memorial, Anthem, Arizona At precisely 11:11 a.m. each Veterans Day (Nov. 11), the sun’s rays pass through the ellipses of the five Armed Services pillars to form a perfect solar spotlight over a mosaic of The Great Seal of the United States. The Anthem Veterans Memorial, located in …
Read More »Ragged Old Flag
— Written by Johnny Cash I walked through a county courthouse square, On a park bench an old man was sitting there. I said, Your old courthouse is kinda run down. He said, Naw, it’ll do for our little town. I said, Your flagpole has leaned a little bit, And …
Read More »Bombshell
BET YOU DIDN’T KNOW THIS. It all started with a skin flick. In 1933, a beautiful, young Austrian woman took off her clothes for a movie director. She ran through the woods, naked. She swam in a lake, naked. Pushing well beyond the social norms of the period, the movie …
Read More »Things You Learn in the South
There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 of them live in the South, plus a couple no one’s seen before. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 of them live in the South. A possum is a flat animal that sleeps in the middle of the road. If it …
Read More »7″ Yorkie Saved 250 U.S. Soldiers
Feb 15, 2018 Nikola Budanovic Dogs have been a part of warfare since the beginning of history. What people usually envisage is a German Shepherd or some other trusty and above all sizeable canine companion – probably not a 4 pound (1.8 kg) female Yorkshire terrier! The terrier, Smoky, indeed proved …
Read More »Cops & Teachers
These are actual comments made on students’ report cards by teachers in the New York City public school system. All teachers were reprimanded (but, boy, are these funny!) 1. Since my last report, your child has reached rock bottom and has started to dig. 2. I would not allow this student to breed. 3. Your …
Read More »A Tribute to Charles M. Schulz (1922 – 2000)
Creator of the “Peanuts” Gang The late Earle Nightingale, writer and publisher of inspirational and motivational newsletters, once told a story about a boy named Sparky. For Sparky, school was all but impossible. He failed every subject in the eighth grade. He flunked physics in high school, getting a grade of zero. Sparky …
Read More »Wal-Mart Senior Greeter
You just have to appreciate this one. Young people forget that we old people had a career before we retired ~~ Charley, a new retiree-greeter at Wal-Mart, just couldn’t seem to get to work on time. Every day he was 5, 10, 15 minutes late. But he was a good worker, …
Read More »When you decide to retire
An enlightening article provided by Nation.com. When you decide to retire, there are a lot of factors to consider when deciding where to make your home. For some people, retirement is their only opportunity to enjoy their home town after years of long hours on the job. For others, their …
Read More »RVs for MDs
RV owners are donating their mobile homes to healthcare workers who need them RVs 4 MDs is connecting “frontline healthcare workers” with RV and camper owners across the country, and now globally, to give nurses, doctors, and hospital staff members a safe place to isolate away from their families while …
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