Tag: stories
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December 01, 2008 09:35 AM EST --
Winners of the 2008 Bards and Sages Writing Contest
The theme of this year's contest was Blood, Fangs, and Fire:
Tales of Vampires and Dragons.
FIRST PLACE . . .
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September 27, 2007 12:52 PM EDT --
I have always called my children "My 5 Good Eggs". Today is a very special day!
Good Egg # 5...my youngest chickie is Celebrating her 24th birthday!
September 27th witnessed the birth . . .
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September 24, 2007 12:05 AM EDT --
What is in a word?
Memory.
Feeling.
Texture.
Emotion.
Senses.
Identification.
Identify.
Self.
You.
Me.
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September 23, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
Note: The moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th Day of the lunar calendar and is supposed to be the brightest.
15th day moon,
brightest and fairest -
a maiden's mirror,
a child's . . .
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January 17, 2008 10:06 AM EST --
Johnny Depp has shown his appreciation to the staff at London 's Great Ormond Street Hospital with a hefty donation and several added bonuses. After his daughter was treated for a life-threatening . . .
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April 06, 2008 08:51 AM EDT --
There's this old priest who got sick of all the people in his parish who kept confessing to adultery. One Sunday, in the pulpit, he said, "If I hear one more person confess to adultery, I'll . . .
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November 13, 2008 02:24 AM EST --
In my younger days I fiddled in an old-time band. We played for square and contra dances, mostly in Michigan (now my main emphasis is Scandinavian dance music, in Washington state). Because dancers . . .
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March 25, 2008 02:10 AM EDT --
A middle-aged woman has a heart attack and is taken to the hospital. While on the operating table she has a near-death experience. During that experience she sees God and asks if this is it. God says no . . .
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April 04, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
A woman went to her doctor. The doctor, after an examination, sighed and
said, 'I've some bad news.
You have cancer, and you'd best put your affairs in order.'
The woman was shocked, . . .
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April 12, 2008 07:53 PM EDT --
An elderly man 82, just returned from the doctors only to find he didn't have long to live. So he summons the three most important people in his life to tell.
1. His Doctor
2. His Priest
3. . . .
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April 13, 2008 10:12 AM EDT --
A Sunday school teacher asked her students to draw a picture of Jesus' family. After collecting the drawings, she noticed that one little boy's drawing depicted an airplane with four heads sticking . . .
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March 27, 2008 08:49 PM EDT --
After hearing the story of Jonah at Sunday School, a little girl repeated the story at school on Monday.
Her teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because, even . . .
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March 27, 2008 09:31 PM EDT --
After a long illness, a woman died and arrived at the Gates of Heaven.
While she was waiting for Saint Peter to greet her, she peeked through the gates. She saw a beautiful banquet table. Sitting . . .
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April 07, 2008 05:41 PM EDT --
A lady approaches a priest and tells him, "Father, l have a problem. I have these two talking female parrots, but they only know how to say one thing."
"What do they say?" the . . .
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April 09, 2008 10:54 PM EDT --
A rabbi, a minister, and a priest were having a discussion about how they split the offering money between the church and God.
The rabbi said, "I take a piece of string, make a circle on my desk . . .
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April 10, 2008 02:56 PM EDT --
A golfer was having a tough day and in his frustration he blurted out, "I would give anything for a birdie on this hole."
A nearby stranger walked out of the woods beside the hole and whispered, . . .
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April 18, 2008 10:17 PM EDT --
An engineer, a physicist and a lawyer were being interviewed for a position as chief executive officer of a large corporation. The engineer was interviewed first and was asked a long list of questions . . .
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April 30, 2008 10:34 PM EDT --
A married man goes to confessional and says to the priest, "Father, I had an affair with a woman... almost."
"What do you mean almost?" question the priest.
"Well, we . . .
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May 01, 2008 11:41 PM EDT --
A man flops down on a subway seat next to a priest. The man's tie is stained, his face is smeared with red lipstick, and a half-empty bottle of gin is sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opens . . .
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May 04, 2008 12:46 AM EDT --
Once there was an old rich man who was afraid of dying and leaving all his wealth behind on earth. So, he took up the matter with God. He pleaded day and night to be able to take all his earthly possessions . . .
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