Random Thoughts I - 2010

Let's see if I can scrape up a baker's dozen of my random thoughts. First batch of the year.

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RANDOM ACTS of THINKING, 2010
Part the First

Video games have ruined my life. It's a good thing I built up a stash of eight extra ones.

The problem with foreign cookbooks is that we can't always get the parts we need for the meals.

God heals. Doctors bill.

How come, when you open a can of evaporated milk, it's still there?

A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.

Don't judge a book by its movie.

Overheard at the airport: "Mr. Maniac, Mr. Klepto Maniac. Please return the white courtesy phone."

Facebook is getting ridiculous. It's now suggesting I "friend" people who sat three stalls down from me in my high school restroom.

Some people have a way with words. Others not have way.

People who say that onions are the only food that makes you cry have clearly never been hit with a watermelon.

Why do the signs that say "Slow Children" have a picture of a running child?

Boy, if I had a dollar for every time I spent a dollar....

I will *not* trust my money to those people at Fifth Third Bank. If they knew anything about math, they'd be One-and-Two-Thirds Bank.

[Syman Says, Facebook's Status King Application, Mikey's Funnies, and the mind of Mark Raymond]

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Some folk from my band are singing at our church this weekend for an event we call "Beat the Winter Blahs," which is a catered dinner and silent auction to raise money for our local missions team. Pray for good results all around.

And I'll see you on Monday.

Mark

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WORDS for YOUR WEEKEND: "It is good to obey all the rules when you're young, so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old." (Mark Twain)