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another Cute Overload find.

I wonder if she takes orders? :)

the christmas snail explained
Photo and snail cozy by Flickr user: knitalatte11

see http://www.resurrectionfern.typepad.com/

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Resolved,

... never to give over, nor in the least to slacken my fight with my corruptions, however unsuccessful I may be.

#56 of J. Edwards Resolutions

Listening to today's sermon, I felt like I had been away from church for months, when it had only been one week.

I *feel* like I've been gone on a vacation for a long while.

I used to look forward to the new year with its promise of new beginnings. I look back at previous years, hot faced, remembering pages of carefully written resolutions and late-night commitments for a better tomorrow.

Why do the best intentions come on the pillow or strangely, in the shower? I suppose it's easy to commit to things when there's absolutely no chance that you'll be called to actually DO those things at the present moment.

Death plies its scythe, and the grave yawns each moment, and an eternity of bliss or of woe is gathering at every stroke of the pendulum, deathless beings to its bosom! Shall we not, then, be active and earnest in a world like this?

Winslow, "The Sensitiveness of Christ to Suffering"

In Jesus of Nazareth was seen the mighty God. In the son of the carpenter was seen the Creator of heaven and earth… He who died was the Prince of life… the Redeemer of His Israel, the Deliverer of man; divine, yet human, heavenly yet earthly, clothed with divine majesty, yet wearing the raiment of our poor humanity… divine wisdom, in its perfection, speaking through the lips of a child of dust; divine majesty seated on a human brow; divine benignity beaming from human eyes, and put forth in the touch of a human hand… and divine grief finding vent to itself in human tears. Horatius Bonar

Due to a slow economy...

...some changes have been made to the Holiday Management. St. Slick, the new CEO, refused to comment on the recent rumors of expected delays this season. The replacement of Claus has caused quite a sensation among those in the industry, leaving many to wonder if this will cause a trend toward the replacement of other high dollar CEOs with eco-friendly gastropods, which operate on a lot less green. Many believe that further drastic measures are still ahead, especially after the latest headlines on the spa retreat taken by Comet and Claus' other transportation specialists. The Stock Market reacted optimistically to the news of Slick's take-over despite the threat of delay, lost revenues and slime, because everyone loves snails. Meanwhile, kids across America are anticipating putting out lettuce leaves and calcium for Jolly ol' St. Slick's visit.

For related stories see Claus' Golden Parachute; Rudolph denies having $400 hay bail meal; and Geraldo's expose: Yes, Virginia, Santa Claus was really greedy.

Photo Credits: Photo by sg; Mr. Slick's wardrobe provided by pikipimp.com/; Set design by M.Hadding. Special appearance by Oswald Hadding.

The prime purpose of eloquence is to keep other people from talking.
- Louis Vermeil



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If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
- Robert X. Cringely


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