News You Can Abuse - Oh God

Anybody watching the Bachelorette?  You can tell who the winner will be - Watch to see what guys come down with horrific colds!  Then you will know who got close LOL   
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A 62 foot tall Statue of Jesus (nicknamed The Touchdown Jesus) was struck and destroyed by lightning in Ohio yesterday!

I find this a little disconcerting when Jesus is struck down by lighting.
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In other news State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Nebraska is suing God.  Chambers said God has "made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents in Omaha, inspired fear and caused "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants".

The court told Chambers last week that his lawsuit may be dismissed because he had failed to serve notice on God. Chambers acknowledged that failure in court last Tuesday while sitting a few feet away from an empty table reserved for God and God's attorney. 

There has been no word from the God camp on this subject.  However if I were Chambers I would be worried about the next thunderstorm.
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In St Austell, Cornwall (wherever that is) Sheila and Richard Woolhouse were stunned when they were taking off wallpaper in their house and THE BABY JESUS wrapped in linen appeared!! 

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OK - nuff of that - DJ had a brilliant idea. She has this huge purse that she really likes but it's sort of a black hole.  Things get lost and one time our dog Blake was missing and he ended up in her purse.

So I said she should make compartments for the purse, but, she said they have that already.  SO, why not make a purse that you can PUT IN YOUR BIG PURSE.

I can hear the advertising already!  WE WILL PUT A NEW PURSE INTO YOUR OLD PURSE!!  Then all you have to do is take the inside purse out and put it in your other BIG purse!!   BRILLIANT!!
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 Tonight for sky watchers there will be an event worth looking at at sunset . . . .IF there are no clouds!   Venus and the slender crescent Moon gather for a beautiful twilight conjunction - get your cameras out!
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On this date in 1832 General Winfield Scott was ordered to assume command in the Black Hawk War in Wisconsin. He took over command from General Henry Atkinson (name sake for my home town of Fort Atkinson) who was unable to kill Indians fast enough!

General Scott moved quickly to recruit more Indian killers and had an extra 800 recruited in New York. One small problem, the troops were exposed to an Asiatic cholera. The first case appeared near Buffalo. By the time the troop ship reached Chicago only 150 solders were left due to disease and desertion.

This gave Henry more time and a reprieve. So I suppose my home town is called Fort Atkinson because of Asiatic choler. Otherwise it would be Fort Scott.

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1895 8th Grade Exam.

This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina , Kansas , USA .. It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina , and reprinted by the Salina Journal..

There are five parts

Grammar (Time, one hour)
Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
Orthography (Time, one hour)
Geography (Time, one hour)

Since many of you take GREAT joy in correcting my words I will start you with Grammar, remember - you have one hour.

1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.

2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications

3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph.

4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of 'lie,' 'play,' and 'run'.

5. Define case; illustrate each case.

6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.

7 - 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

There ya go - should be pretty easy!

Have a great day
Rod