Good Question

A little boy was standing in the church looking at plaques with names on them.

The priest came along and asked him what he was looking at.

The boy said he was wondering who all these names were.

The priest said that they were all people who had died in the service.

The boy was concerned and asked whether it was the 10:30 or noon service.

--- idea from Randy Travis

First of the Season

Not an awful lot of it but the color is right.

Daylight Savings Info

This is a good explanation. Make sure you watch it all:

Had 2 Bags But Needed Much More

As an afterthought on my way home I bought two packages of miniature Snickers bars. I thought that would take care of the few stray Trick-or-Treaters who might come along.

Boy, was I wrong!

The crowd was just building when I ran out.

I actually turned the lights out and went into Scrooge mode.

The number of kids goes up and down from year to year and this was really an up year.

It is really fun.

Science in Action

This was too good to pass up. Hope you enjoy it.

Frustration

I do some surveys online because I find some of them to be thought provoking or just generally interesting.

There is very little money involved but the little bit I do get is nice too.

Today and yesterday are examples of the feeling of rejection involved at times though. I have been saving the count of survey email invitations and completions.

For yesterday and today the count so far is 38 received and the count that  I have qualified for and completed is 2. Yes, just two. Not exactly a great income producer.

Oh well. It is Sunday morning so there is plenty of time for improvement.

Holiday Weekend

Columbus Day (Monday) will come at just a good time for me. I think having a day off is just the thing for me.

I have not noticed any criticisms of Columbus this year. It seems to bring all the rights pushers out of the woodwork when tributes to Columbus are planned but they are not as obvious so far.

So the Vikings were here before him and maybe even some Chinese from way, way back. It was with Columbus and the other explorers of his era who are responsible for the settlement of this hemisphere.