The AP carried a very sad Spring break story. One person died and several others got sick after a tequila-drinking competition in Santo Domingo. The man who died was the winner of the contest. Ricardo Ivan Garcia drank more than 50 shots of tequila to win the prize worth $330. Was...

The news recently carried the story from Florida of a baby cat born with two faces. It is not certain how long the cat will live, although it had begun taking nourishment which was a good sign. Several experts said they had never seen such an abnormality before. The owners named the cat...

According to a fairly reliable anecdote, W. C. Fields, who had been a life-long agnostic was still concerned as his health deteriorated and death approached. He was concerned about not making it into heaven, if indeed there was one. Thomas Mitchell, a fellow actor discovered Fields...

Recently, USA Today carried an article by Greg Toppo that told of the National Anthem Project. What is the purpose? Teaching people the words and meaning of the Star Spangled Banner. According to creators of the project six out of ten people claim to know the words, but fewer than...

According to Aesop, a miser sold all his possessions and bought a lump of gold, which he then buried in a hole beside an old wall. Every day he went to visit it. One of his friends took note of his frequent visits and decided to watch more closely. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden...

In his autobiography the late Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's, tells of his difficult childhood. Dave had been adopted, but did not learn of it until he was thirteen. His adoptive mother died when he was quite young. His adoptive father ran through several wives and he and Dave had a...

The Associated Press recently released a story about a pair of sisters in Tokyo, Japan that became concerned that something was wrong with their father. They reported him missing. The police found the man and something was definitely wrong. The man was dead-his body lying on a...

A hard working man heard an interesting conversation his two year old daughter had with his wife. They were discussing geography and the mother asked." Where does mommy live?" "Minneapolis," answered the child. "Where does grandma live?" "Baltimore," said the little girl." "Where...

Ninety percent of all the flowers in the world have an unpleasant odor or no odor at all. Yet, we remember the flowers because of the ten percent that are pleasantly fragrant! Ten percent that is given is remembered long after we have forgotten how we spent the ninety percent. The ten...

In Shakespeare's The Tempest Gonzalo is sailing through a stormy sea that threatens to capsize his vessel. He reminds the boatswain that the king of Naples is a passenger, crying, "Remember whom thou hast aboard!" The boatswain replies, "None that I more love than myself." There are...