The Farmer

The farmer leads no EZ life.
The CD sows will rot;
And when at EV rests from strife,
His bones will AK lot.

In DD has to struggle hard
To EK living out;
If IC frosts do not retard
His crops, there’ll BA drought.

The hired LP has to pay
Are awful AZ too;
They CK rest when he’s away,
Nor NE work will do.

Both NZ cannot make to meet,
And then for AD takes
Some boarders, who so RT eat,
And E no money makes.

Of little UC finds his life;
Sick in old AG lies;
The debts he OZ leaves his wife,
And then in PC dies.

Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor...in Bach's own handwriting

The Elements

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300 million?

Projected U.S. Population

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia

Definition: A fear of long words.

Pronunciation

North Korea may have nuclear weapons but not much electricity

Xanga

I broke down and got a Xanga account. One of the reasons is that I can now comment on other Xanga sites. Another would be that you can put background music on fairly easily. It can be found here.

Ancient Empires

Imperial History

104 years and still going

Waldo McBurney was just been honored as America's oldest worker. The 104-year-old man works a bee-keeper, at one point tending as many as 100 colonies. Waldo graduated in 1927 from what is now K-Sate; he now lives in Quinter, Kansas. At 80, he set the Kansas state record for the ten-mile run in his age group. When asked if he was considering retiring he replied, "I can't find it in my Bible." By the way, Waldo is the father of our previous pastor.

Books of the Bible

Someone showed me this story and remarked that there are twenty books of the Bible hidden here. He challenged me to find them. Sure enough they're all here. Still this thing's a lulu, kept me looking so hard for the longest time. Some of you will get bogged down with facts, others are hit by them like they were some kind of revelation or something. You may get in a jam, especially since the names are not capitalized and often leap the spaces between words. This makes it a real job to find them, but it'll provide a most fascinating few minutes for you. Yes, there are some really easy ones to spot, but don't get the big head because truthfully you'll soon figure that it would take the federal judges and preachers numbers of hours to find them all. I will admit that it usually takes a minister to find one of them and that is not uncommon; for there are to be loud lamentations when it is pointed out.

One lady says that when she is confronted with puzzles like this she brews a cup of tea to help her concentrate better, but then this gal's a real pro! Verbs, nouns, and all that stuff are her thing. See how well you can compete. Relax. There really are twenty names of the Bible books in this story. If you fail to find them, there's a penalty. You'll have to go fly a kite, sit on a banana, hum the Battle Hymn of the Republic, or hose a dog (a mean one.) Get to it!

English Jokes

An English professor was telling his students about double negatives. "Two negatives cancel each other out to make a positive," he said, "but it is impossible for two positives to cancel each other out to make a negative."

"Yeah, right," muttered one of the students.

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What is the difference between a cat and a comma?

A cat has claws at the end of its paws but a comma has its pause at the end of its clause.