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WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR TWO WORDS TO BE PARONYMOUS?
Words that contain the same root, such as the words "wise"
and "wisdom," are said to be paronymous.
GUM AND BASEBALL
The Chicago Tribune purchased the Chicago Cubs baseball team
from the P.K. Wrigley Chewing Gum Company for $20.5 million
in 1981. The sale ended the longest continuous ownership of
a team that stayed in its original city, which had been 60 years.
For the 2000 Super Bowl, about a third of the TV commercial
spots were purchased by dot-com companies. The following
year, the numbers dropped to just 10 percent bought by 'Net
companies.
Three hundred and fourteen acres of trees are used to make
the newsprint for the average Sunday edition of the New York
Times. There are nearly 63,000 trees in the 314 acres.
Changes to the appearance of the White House in Washington
D.C., have occurred over the years. For instance, President
William Taft converted the White House stables into a garage
for four cars in 1909. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, an
avid golfer, had a putting green installed on the White
House lawn. He also banished squirrels from the grounds
because they were ruining the green. President Richard Nixon
disliked the press, so it was odd that he ordered the
filling in of the White House's swimming pool, thus giving
reporters more room when covering White House events. Soon
after Nixon resigned in 1974, the new President, Gerald Ford,
had another pool dug on the White House lawn.
1949 - The salary of the President of the United States
was increased from $75,000 to $100,000 with an additional
$50,000 expense allowance added for each year in office.
Today, the President makes $200,000 a year.
1985 - "The New York Times" announced that Lee Iacocca's book,
"Iacocca", was 1984's best selling hard cover book. Not until
the the 1990s when Rush Limbaugh's first novel arrived was it
topped in sales.
DID YOU KNOW...
The term "happy-go-lucky" has been in existence since 1665.
After being forced to state in public by the Catholic Church
that the earth does not rotate, Galileo is said to have muttered
under his breath, "But it does move."
Rennet, a common substance used to curdle milk and make
cheese, is taken from the inner lining of the fourth stomach
of a calf.
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A young man went to visit his 90-year-old grandfather in a very secluded,
rural area of the state he lived in. After spending the night, his
grandfather prepared breakfast for him consisting of eggs and bacon. He
noticed a film-like substance on his plate and he questioned Grandpa, "Are
these plates clean?"
Grandpa replied, "Those plates are as clean as Palmolive can get them, so
go on and finish your meal."
That afternoon, while eating the hamburgers his grandfather made for lunch,
he noticed tiny specks around the edge of his plate, and a substance that
looked like dried egg yokes. So he asked again, "Are you sure these plates
are clean?"
Without looking up from his hamburger, the grandfather huffed, "I told you
before, those dishes are as clean as Palmolive can get them, now stop
being so picky!"
Later that afternoon, he was on his way out to get dinner in a nearby
restaurant. As he was leaving, Grandpa's dog started to growl and wouldn't
let him pass. He yelled back, "Grandpa, your dog won't let me out!"
So Grandpa shouted, "PALMOLIVE, GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
*************************
PAGAN CHIC
by Roberto Rivera y Carlo
Paganism's not just on Buffy and Charmed; it's spreading on campus.
Understanding its appeal is the key to confronting it.
http://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/features/a0000712.html
KAUFMAN ON CAMPUS
EMBARRASSED BELIEVERS?
by Matt Kaufman
Some Christian schools are sticking to their convictions. Others are fleeing
from them.
http://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/regulars/kaufman/a0000713.html
ASK THEOPHILUS
GIRLS AND SEX
by J. Budziszewski
They've gone too far with guys; now they need to back away. How do they do
it? It's simple--not to say easy.
http://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/departments/theophilus/a0000714.html
{Not amalgamated with 'Thought & Humor'}
*************************
Omnipresence -does that big theological term mean anything to you? Working
it into a conversation might make you sound smart, but does it have any
real import in your life?
Webster defines omnipresence as something or someone present everywhere at
all times . Stuffy definitions don't usually capture such powerful
notions -so consider a contrast to flesh this term out.
Neither you nor I are omnipresent. (Certainly, this is not news to you.)
We are quite the opposite. We are spatially and temporally located. I am
always in one place at one time. Spatially, I am always here or there.
Temporally, I am always located at right now. Yes, I can think back to
yesterday or ahead to tomorrow, but I do so from the vantage of right now.
Consider how our locatedness determines how we can relate and know others.
If I want to see my friend I must go to him. To be with him I must share
the same space with him. And so space separates my friend and me until we
arrive at the same space at the same time. Temporally, I am also
constrained. I cannot snap my fingers and automatically have a ten-year
relationship with someone. I must spend ten years, or travel through ten
years, with them to obtain that. Nor can I just immediately get to my
meeting tomorrow. I must wait until tomorrow for that.
Now an omnipresent entity would not face these limitations. It would be
everywhere for all times. It would not have to travel to meet someone.
It would not have to wait for an appointment. It would already and always
be there.
Is there such a thing in the universe? No, but there is such a Person.
Our word for Him is God, and He is everywhere we ever are. This can be
either a terrifying or comforting truth. For with all others you have the
choice to be with them or leave them, spend time with them or depart, but
with the omnipresent Person you have no such luxury. He is always with
You, there, attentive to your thoughts, your emotions, and your actions.
David, the poet-King, puts it this way, "Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?" This is terrifying if you do not
trust Him, or know that He loves you. Christ tells us that God loves us,
and Christ shows us that God is trustworthy. If you don't believe me,
simply ask Him; He is there with you now.
Does anyone hear our thoughts? When you are in the office meeting and you
think that terrible thing about your boss, are you the only one listening?
When that errant thought about your friend flies across your mind, is the
internal blush only seen by you?
The way we answer these questions, no doubt, will be indicative of the
times in which we live, and a hallmark of our time is the gross
over-emphasis upon the individual. Part and parcel of this over-emphasis
is the manner in which we prize and misconceive the interior life: that
which transpires inside the individual, that which no other human knows
about except when we show it to them through words or actions. We
conceive of our interior life as being wholly our own because we think
that we are the only ones ultimately a party to it. "No one else is in my
thoughts," we think, "therefore they are mine exclusively." And certainly
this can seem to be very true. For instance, I cannot communicate to my
best friend through my thoughts. At dinner with him, if I think, "Pass
the salt," he will not hear me and pass the salt. He might read my body
language, or know my eating habits, and pass the salt. But no matter how
well he knows me, he will never read my thoughts; they will always be
communicated to him through some other medium such as my words or actions.
Thus it is easy to see why we construe our interior life to be a solitary
monologue -for no other human can hear it.
But if we are to take seriously the notion of the omnipresence of God, and
I think that most if not all intuitively know that notion to be true, then
we must explode this conception of the solitary monologue. Your internal
ears are not the only pair attuned to your interior life. The Divine ears,
and eyes for that matter, are attentively fixed on you and your life, both
external and internal. We cannot hide from Him in some corner of our
mind. And just because we might forget that He is there, does not mean
that He forgets that we are there and leaves off to go do something else.
This is terrifying if you do not trust Him, or know that He loves you.
Yet Christ tells us that God loves us, and Christ shows us that God is
trustworthy. If you don't believe me, simply ask God, He is listening to
your thoughts. (Keith Cox)
.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}
rural area of the state he lived in. After spending the night, his
grandfather prepared breakfast for him consisting of eggs and bacon. He
noticed a film-like substance on his plate and he questioned Grandpa, "Are
these plates clean?"
Grandpa replied, "Those plates are as clean as Palmolive can get them, so
go on and finish your meal."
That afternoon, while eating the hamburgers his grandfather made for lunch,
he noticed tiny specks around the edge of his plate, and a substance that
looked like dried egg yokes. So he asked again, "Are you sure these plates
are clean?"
Without looking up from his hamburger, the grandfather huffed, "I told you
before, those dishes are as clean as Palmolive can get them, now stop
being so picky!"
Later that afternoon, he was on his way out to get dinner in a nearby
restaurant. As he was leaving, Grandpa's dog started to growl and wouldn't
let him pass. He yelled back, "Grandpa, your dog won't let me out!"
So Grandpa shouted, "PALMOLIVE, GET OUT OF THE WAY!"
*************************
PAGAN CHIC
by Roberto Rivera y Carlo
Paganism's not just on Buffy and Charmed; it's spreading on campus.
Understanding its appeal is the key to confronting it.
http://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/features/a0000712.html
KAUFMAN ON CAMPUS
EMBARRASSED BELIEVERS?
by Matt Kaufman
Some Christian schools are sticking to their convictions. Others are fleeing
from them.
http://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/regulars/kaufman/a0000713.html
ASK THEOPHILUS
GIRLS AND SEX
by J. Budziszewski
They've gone too far with guys; now they need to back away. How do they do
it? It's simple--not to say easy.
http://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/departments/theophilus/a0000714.html
{Not amalgamated with 'Thought & Humor'}
*************************
Omnipresence -does that big theological term mean anything to you? Working
it into a conversation might make you sound smart, but does it have any
real import in your life?
Webster defines omnipresence as something or someone present everywhere at
all times . Stuffy definitions don't usually capture such powerful
notions -so consider a contrast to flesh this term out.
Neither you nor I are omnipresent. (Certainly, this is not news to you.)
We are quite the opposite. We are spatially and temporally located. I am
always in one place at one time. Spatially, I am always here or there.
Temporally, I am always located at right now. Yes, I can think back to
yesterday or ahead to tomorrow, but I do so from the vantage of right now.
Consider how our locatedness determines how we can relate and know others.
If I want to see my friend I must go to him. To be with him I must share
the same space with him. And so space separates my friend and me until we
arrive at the same space at the same time. Temporally, I am also
constrained. I cannot snap my fingers and automatically have a ten-year
relationship with someone. I must spend ten years, or travel through ten
years, with them to obtain that. Nor can I just immediately get to my
meeting tomorrow. I must wait until tomorrow for that.
Now an omnipresent entity would not face these limitations. It would be
everywhere for all times. It would not have to travel to meet someone.
It would not have to wait for an appointment. It would already and always
be there.
Is there such a thing in the universe? No, but there is such a Person.
Our word for Him is God, and He is everywhere we ever are. This can be
either a terrifying or comforting truth. For with all others you have the
choice to be with them or leave them, spend time with them or depart, but
with the omnipresent Person you have no such luxury. He is always with
You, there, attentive to your thoughts, your emotions, and your actions.
David, the poet-King, puts it this way, "Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?" This is terrifying if you do not
trust Him, or know that He loves you. Christ tells us that God loves us,
and Christ shows us that God is trustworthy. If you don't believe me,
simply ask Him; He is there with you now.
Does anyone hear our thoughts? When you are in the office meeting and you
think that terrible thing about your boss, are you the only one listening?
When that errant thought about your friend flies across your mind, is the
internal blush only seen by you?
The way we answer these questions, no doubt, will be indicative of the
times in which we live, and a hallmark of our time is the gross
over-emphasis upon the individual. Part and parcel of this over-emphasis
is the manner in which we prize and misconceive the interior life: that
which transpires inside the individual, that which no other human knows
about except when we show it to them through words or actions. We
conceive of our interior life as being wholly our own because we think
that we are the only ones ultimately a party to it. "No one else is in my
thoughts," we think, "therefore they are mine exclusively." And certainly
this can seem to be very true. For instance, I cannot communicate to my
best friend through my thoughts. At dinner with him, if I think, "Pass
the salt," he will not hear me and pass the salt. He might read my body
language, or know my eating habits, and pass the salt. But no matter how
well he knows me, he will never read my thoughts; they will always be
communicated to him through some other medium such as my words or actions.
Thus it is easy to see why we construe our interior life to be a solitary
monologue -for no other human can hear it.
But if we are to take seriously the notion of the omnipresence of God, and
I think that most if not all intuitively know that notion to be true, then
we must explode this conception of the solitary monologue. Your internal
ears are not the only pair attuned to your interior life. The Divine ears,
and eyes for that matter, are attentively fixed on you and your life, both
external and internal. We cannot hide from Him in some corner of our
mind. And just because we might forget that He is there, does not mean
that He forgets that we are there and leaves off to go do something else.
This is terrifying if you do not trust Him, or know that He loves you.
Yet Christ tells us that God loves us, and Christ shows us that God is
trustworthy. If you don't believe me, simply ask God, He is listening to
your thoughts. (Keith Cox)
.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}
KIDS' SITE: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED GAMES FOR KIDS
http://www.sikids.com/games/
Play cool games just like a big leaguer - basketball, baseball, auto
racing and more! There are also extreme games, like skateboarding.
THAT'S JUST GRANDPA
A new way of looking at those super-spiritual types in our lives.
http://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/departments/head_and_heart/a0000711.html
{Not amalgamated with 'Thought & Humor'}
*************************
"As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects
the person." Proverbs 27
*************************
Howdy says: FORWARD TO FRIENDS & YOUR MAMA
First Published In Last Century - July 26,1997
Thought For The OPEN Mind - Humor From American Culture
*************************
Two UNC grads on a cliff with their arms outstretched.
One has some budgies lined up on each arm, the other has
parrots lined up on his arms.
After a couple of minutes, they both leap off the cliff and
fall to the ground.
Laying next to each other in intensive care at the hospital,
one says to the other, "I don't think much of this budgie jumping."
The other grad replies, "Yeah, I'm not too keen on this
paragliding either."
*************************
"It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to
own their dependence upon the overruling power of God and
to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures
and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed
whose God is the Lord." --Abraham Lincoln
*************************
If you stop believing what your PROFESSOR told you had
to be true and if you start thinking for yourself you may come
to some conclusions you hadn't expected. You may find the
Bible makes more sense than you thought or were told to think.
Allow yourself to be ruined, ruined with regard to what you
always thought could be true. Can you believe what you don't
understand?You and I believe everyday what we don't understand
unless it comes to the issue to salvation. Dr. Woodrow Kroll
.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}
http://www.sikids.com/games/
Play cool games just like a big leaguer - basketball, baseball, auto
racing and more! There are also extreme games, like skateboarding.
THAT'S JUST GRANDPA
A new way of looking at those super-spiritual types in our lives.
http://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/departments/head_and_heart/a0000711.html
{Not amalgamated with 'Thought & Humor'}
*************************
"As a face is reflected in water, so the heart reflects
the person." Proverbs 27
*************************
Howdy says: FORWARD TO FRIENDS & YOUR MAMA
First Published In Last Century - July 26,1997
Thought For The OPEN Mind - Humor From American Culture
*************************
Two UNC grads on a cliff with their arms outstretched.
One has some budgies lined up on each arm, the other has
parrots lined up on his arms.
After a couple of minutes, they both leap off the cliff and
fall to the ground.
Laying next to each other in intensive care at the hospital,
one says to the other, "I don't think much of this budgie jumping."
The other grad replies, "Yeah, I'm not too keen on this
paragliding either."
*************************
"It is the duty of nations, as well as of men, to
own their dependence upon the overruling power of God and
to recognize the sublime truth announced in the Holy Scriptures
and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed
whose God is the Lord." --Abraham Lincoln
*************************
If you stop believing what your PROFESSOR told you had
to be true and if you start thinking for yourself you may come
to some conclusions you hadn't expected. You may find the
Bible makes more sense than you thought or were told to think.
Allow yourself to be ruined, ruined with regard to what you
always thought could be true. Can you believe what you don't
understand?You and I believe everyday what we don't understand
unless it comes to the issue to salvation. Dr. Woodrow Kroll
.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}
"How to Be Sure You're a REAL Christian"
1-888-NEED-HIM (24/7 - free call)
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Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best of minds.
Men and women live on the brink of mysteries and harmonies
into which they never enter and with their hand on the door
latch they die outside. GK Chesterton
*************************
Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment;
trust in money and you may have it taken from you; but
trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time
or eternity. - D.L. Moody
*************************
Oxymorons from Howdy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Act naturally
Found missing
Resident alien
Advanced BASIC
Genuine imitation
Airline Food
Good grief
Same difference
Almost exactly
Government organization
Sanitary landfill
Alone together
Legally drunk
Living dead
Small crowd
Business ethics
Soft rock
Software documentation
New York culture
New classic
Sweet sorrow
Childproof
"Now, then ..."
Synthetic natural gas
Passive aggression
Taped live
Clearly misunderstood
Peace force
Extinct Life
Temporary tax increase
Computer jock
Plastic glasses
Terribly pleased
Computer security
Political science
Tight slacks
Definite maybe
Pretty ugly
Twelve-ounce pound cake
Diet ice cream
Working vacation
Exact estimate
*************************
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is liking what you get.
.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}
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1-888-NEED-HIM (24/7 - free call)
*************************
Faith and love are apt to be spasmodic in the best of minds.
Men and women live on the brink of mysteries and harmonies
into which they never enter and with their hand on the door
latch they die outside. GK Chesterton
*************************
Trust in yourself and you are doomed to disappointment;
trust in money and you may have it taken from you; but
trust in God, and you are never to be confounded in time
or eternity. - D.L. Moody
*************************
Oxymorons from Howdy
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Act naturally
Found missing
Resident alien
Advanced BASIC
Genuine imitation
Airline Food
Good grief
Same difference
Almost exactly
Government organization
Sanitary landfill
Alone together
Legally drunk
Living dead
Small crowd
Business ethics
Soft rock
Software documentation
New York culture
New classic
Sweet sorrow
Childproof
"Now, then ..."
Synthetic natural gas
Passive aggression
Taped live
Clearly misunderstood
Peace force
Extinct Life
Temporary tax increase
Computer jock
Plastic glasses
Terribly pleased
Computer security
Political science
Tight slacks
Definite maybe
Pretty ugly
Twelve-ounce pound cake
Diet ice cream
Working vacation
Exact estimate
*************************
Success is getting what you want.
Happiness is liking what you get.
.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}
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