The Jeweled PageEver wonder where the phrase “Catch-22″ came from? For example: You can’t get a job without experience, but you can’t get experience without a job” That type of exasperating situation is often referred to as a “Catch-22″. The phrase dates back to 1961 when it was used as the title of a Joseph Heller novel. [...]
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In 1968, the Beatles released their famous “White Album“. That title is actually an exercise in redundancy. The word “album” means, literally, “a blank slate” (from the Latin “albus“, “white.” In time the meaning came to include a blank bound book in which photographs or other materials could be kept; and eventually its meaning was [...]
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I preface this post with my apologies to those involved in the medical field who are conscientious, diligent and dedicated to serving their clients. They do exist and I am very grateful whenever I find them. Today, I discovered what I believe may be one of the hidden causes of high medical care costs. It [...]
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We returned home after church yesterday and as I sat on the sofa, working on getting jewelry ready for listing on our e-Bay store “The Jeweled Page“, Linda transformed herself into the Christmas Elf and made our living room into a Christmas Oasis as she pulled item after item out of the storage bins we [...]
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Thanksgiving Day traditions are part of the warp and woof of our society and of every family in our nation. Sitting in the doctor’s office the other day I heard a couple of elderly matrons excoriating a young man who had the courage to admit that he and his wife were not going to have [...]
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Billy Graham Interview, The Virgin Birth and a letter to Clarence the Angel: all in todays potpourri post. Must We Believe in the Virgin Birth? – Al Mohler takes a look at this important question. In the course of his examination he addresses the question, “Must one believe in the Virgin birth to be saved?” [...]
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