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 How do you download? Right click on the  title of the music on the right hand side of the circular file logo, and SaveTarget As ( on IE ) or Save Link As  ( On Firefox ).

Can you solve this riddle? Each line contains a clue to the letter that comes next in the word. (Hint: It's the name of a creature).

My first letter is in spell, but never in book,
My second letter is in fright and also in shook,
My third letter is in cauldron, but never in pot,
My fourth letter is in net and also in knot,
My fifth letter is in bat, but never in vampire,
My sixth letter is in coal, but not found in fire
My seventh letter is in moon, but not in night,
Complete I will give you a spooky fright!

To: God.com

Dear Lord,
Every single evening
As I'm lying here in bed,
This tiny little Prayer
Keeps running through my head:
God bless all my family
Wherever they may be,
Keep them warm
And safe from harm
For they're so close to me.

And God, there is one more thing
I wish that you could do;
Hope you don't mind me asking,
Please bless my computer too.

Now I know that it's unusual
To Bless a motherboard,
But listen just a second
While I explain it to you, Lord.

You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds and ends;
Inside those small compartments
Rest so many of my friends.

I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give,
And this little scraps of metal
Takes me in to where they live.

By faith is how I know them
Much the same as you.
We share in what life brings us
And from that our friendships grew.

Please take an extra minute
From your duties up above,
To bless those in my address book
That's filled with so much love.

Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,
Bless each e-mail inbox
And each person who hits 'send'.

When you update your Heavenly list
On your own Great CD-ROM,
Bless everyone who says this prayer
Sent up to God.com
Amen

Maple Leaves, Canada.

Whether you are a Billy Joel fan or not, you probably remember his great song, 'We Didn't Start the Fire.'

Here it is, set to pictures... It's a neat flashback through the past half century.  I never did know the words. Turn up the volume, sit back and enjoy a review of 50 years of history in  less than 3 minutes!  Thanks to Billy Joel and some guy from the University of Chicago with a lot of spare  time and Google.

Top left gives you full screen. Top right lets you pause.  Bottom left shows the year.   The  older you are, the more pictures you will recognize.  Anyone over age 60 should remember over 90% of what they see.  But it's great at any age.

We Didn't Start The Fire 

Are you fed up with looking daily at your boring garage door?  

Just stick a new decal on your door!

You should see the looks on the face of your neighbors!

http://www.coolestone.com/media/1505/Coolest-Alarm-Clock-Ever/

Click here: Possibly the most talented slingshot marksman of all time. [VIDEO]

630-Year-Old Wells Cathedral Tradition Ended

Since the 1380's, the Wells Cathedral Clock has been wound by hand.  The world's oldest continually-working mechanical clock is powered by three 700 pound weights, winched up on a pulley system.  The historic clock is wound three times a week and takes about an hour to wind.  It is a ceremony that has continued uninterrupted since the 14th century.  Since 1919, five generations of the Fisher family have done the honor and the chore of winding the 24-hour astronomical clock in the cathedral transept.  With the recent retirement of longtime winder Paul Fisher, however, the mechanism has sadly been replaced with an electric motor.

The idea of applying biblical principles is often misunderstood. It is not so simple as hear, believe, apply—as if one were putting on a new doctrine like a borrowed overcoat. Two steps are missing between believe and apply: explore and discover.

To explore a biblical principle means studying Scripture to understand 1) what the surrounding context is, 2) what the principle means for you, and 3) what it reveals about God. Furthermore, we must consider how this lone principle relates to rest of the Bible. Digging in the Word softens hearts and minds so that the new doctrine gets planted deep.

As we plow further into Scripture to explore, the new concept rises off the page and becomes real to us. We discover how the principle works and the way to apply it properly in our life. In this way, the rich truth becomes our own. It isn’t simply tacked onto our actions as an external influence; rather, we take the truth into our hearts and minds so that it impacts us from the inside out.

Making God’s principles an integral part of our lives is a delightful experience. Instead of feeling a passing fancy for a new concept, people who make an idea their own rejoice in it. And they dig back into the Word to learn more of the Lord’s statutes.

A believer who has little to say about God’s work in his life is probably not applying Scripture. Simply hearing and believing doesn’t make a concept yours. A principle is yours when you explore the truth, discover its place in your life, and apply the concept so that God can make it work.

Charles Stanley

I was in a no-win situation, so I'm glad that I won rather than lost.
~ A Professional Boxer ~

A phantom.

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