This is just really cool. This polar bear in an Argentinian zoo, had a case of dermatitis, and the medication given to him to treat it turned his pigmentation PURPLE! Quite an amazing sight. A nice result for the zoo, is that it has raised the traffic by 50%.
Well another Christmas has come and gone. Over all rating? Not bad. Kelsy and I felt bad about not deciding not to give something to each other this year. But we were able to get the girls what we wanted to get them. We had everyone come to our house this year for Christmas lunch. We also had her parents and her brother's family over on Christmas Eve. As usual, we asked her mother to refrain from over doing the gifts for the girls, and guess what. She didn't. The girls were LOADED up ...
When considering the story of the birth of Jesus, my mind turned to the account of the Magi. After rereading the account of the birth of Jesus, I decided to dig a little deeper and find out more about these Magi. Tradition tells us that there were three Magi who came to find the baby Jesus, but the Bible doesn’t specifically state how many there were. It could have been any number of men. Some scholars feel that it could have even been up to 200 people that were apart of this group of travel...
Someone posted this story on a message board I frequent, and I just recent found the author of the story. I have linked to the author's page where it was originally posted. I will refrain from reposting the story here, but I will leave you with a little teaser of what is inside. I warn you in advance. I cried, because of laughing so hard. I cried laughing, just listening to my co-workers read the story. It's just that funny. Here is the teaser... Inches before impact, the squirrel fli...
This is another one of those information items I heard on the radio, and it amazed me at the numbers involved. For instance, this piece from the article. Wal-Mart is not just the world's largest retailer. It's the world's largest company--bigger than ExxonMobil, General Motors, and General Electric. Wal-Mart sold $244.5 billion worth of goods last year. It sells in three months what number-two retailer Home Depot sells in a year. That's just an incredible number! And talk about in...
I heard this on the radio this morning on my way in. Norad is getting into the Christmas spirit by hosting their Norad Tracks Santa website.