The Greatest Food in the World?

Episode 14:  Mr. Collin Gunn shares the results of his search for the "greatest food in the world" at the Reformation of Food and Family Conference!! This is a really fun video!!

~ Andy Griffith ~

 Actor Andy Griffith, who played Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry, died this morning at the age of 86 at his home on Roanoke Island.

"His death is not only a milestone in American culture, but a reminder to all of the fleeting nature of life and the fact that "values" whether they are conservative or liberal, are insufficient to reconcile us for our offenses against the living God. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. And to sin against an infinite and holy God requires an infinite and holy sacrifice to make atonement. Jesus the Christ was that atonement. He declares that if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us." - Doug Phillips


This show was conservative, but is not to be confused with his real life politics i.e. the advertisement for Obamacare that he participated in.
"May we learn from his life that only a heart that is self-consciously and deliberately built on the foundation of the Word of God has a sure basis not only for salvation but also for morality, family harmony, justice, and law." - Joel McDurmon

In honor of Andy Griffith, here is an episode of The Andy Griffith Show!  

Did you know there were words to that famous theme tune? :)

In Which We Are Amused

I saw these advertisements/package directions on a friend's blog and thought they were quite funny...  Enjoy!

Auto repair service.  Free pick up and delivery.  Try us once.  You'll never go anywhere again.  

Stock up and save.  Limit: one.

"Keep away from children." On a bottle of baby lotion.

"Do not use while sleeping." On a hairdryer.

"Do not take if allergic to aspirin."  On a bottle of aspirin.

"Do not light in face.  Do not expose to flame."  On a lighter.

"Some assembly required."  On a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle.

"May be harmful if swallowed."  On a shipment of hammers.

"Instructions: Put on food." On a bottle of ketchup.

"Do not attempt to stop the blade with your hand."  In the manual for a chainsaw.

"These earplugs are non-toxic but may interfere with breathing if caught in windpipe."  On a package of earplugs.

"Warning: may contain nuts."  On a package of peanuts.

"Warning: may cause drowsiness."  On a bottle of sleeping pills.

"This product may cause harm if eaten."  On an aluminum chair.

"Do not turn upside down."  On the bottom of a dessert package.

"Do not iron clothes on body."  On packaging for an iron.

"Contents may catch fire."  On a book of matches.

Roy Rogers & Dale Evans on" What's My Line?"

A fun clip from an old TV show! 

This episode originally aired in 1954.

Wireless

A Pepper with Personality

We made salsa last week and when I cut one of the peppers in half it looked like a face!

These are some the captions friends came up with:

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"Don't eat me! Don't eat me!!!!" - J.R.

‎"Baby RUTH..." - T.H.

‎"Whoa! I can't see, I can't SEE!" - P.P.

Do you have an idea for a fun caption? :)

How to Write Good

{Photo from Pintrest}

.....A fun list of what NOT to do.....

Avoid Alliteration. Always.

Prepositions are not words to end sentences with.

Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.)

Employ the vernacular.

Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.

Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.

It is wrong to ever split an infinitive.

Contractions aren’t necessary.

Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.

One should never generalize.

Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”

Comparisons are as bad as cliches.

Don’t be redundant; don’t use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous.

Be more or less specific.

Understatement is always best.

Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

One word sentences? Eliminate.

Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.

The passive voice is to be avoided.

Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.

Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.

Who needs rhetorical questions?

Parenthetical words however must be enclosed in commas.

It behooves you to avoid archaic expressions.

Avoid archaeic spellings too.

Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.

Don't use commas, that, are not, necessary.

Do not use hyperbole; not one in a million can do it effectively.

Never use a big word when a diminutive alternative would suffice.

Eschew obfuscation.

No sentence fragments.

Don't indulge in sesquipedalian lexicological constructions.

A writer must not shift your point of view.

Don't overuse exclamation marks!!

Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to their antecedents.

Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.

If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.

Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.

Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.

Always pick on the correct idiom.

The adverb always follows the verb.

Subject and verb always has to agree.

Placing a comma between subject and predicate, is not correct.

Use youre spell chekker to avoid mispeling and to catch typograhpical errers.

Don't repeat yourself, or say again what you have said before.

Use the apostrophe in it's proper place and omit it when its not needed.

Don't never use no double negatives.

Poofread carefully to see if you any words out.

Hopefully, you will use words correctly, irregardless of how others use them.

Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.

If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be by rereading and editing.

And always be sure to finish what

~Written by Frank L. Visco and William Safire

...Front Doors Big Enough...

"It all comes," said Pooh crossly, "of not having front doors big enough."

"It all comes," said Rabbit sternly, "of eating too much.  
I thought a the time," said Rabbit, "only I didn't like to say anything," said Rabbit, "that one of us was eating too much," said Rabbit, "and I knew it wasn't me, " he said.

Charlie bit my finger - again !