About New Year – January 1
This was originally posted last year on New Year’s Eve. Have a Happy New Year.
1) The celebration of the New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed in ancient Babylon 4000 years ago. The Babylonian New Year began with the first New Moon after the first day of spring. [...]
To Have in Preparation of a Winter Storm
1) Have a flashlight, battery powered radio and clock. Make sure you also have plenty of fresh batteries to support these devices for a couple of days.
2) Have a telephone that does not need electric to operate. Many people only have a cordless telephone and those do [...]
Books for Small Business
1. The Small Business Bible: Everything You Need To Know To Succeed In Your Small Business by Steven D. Strauss. From Amazon – Book Description – Whether you’re a novice entrepreneur or a seasoned pro, The Small Business Bible is a comprehensive, easy-to-read, A-to-Z library of everything you might need to know. [...]
About the Islamic Religion
1) Islam is a one deity religion based upon the teachings the 7th century Arab religious and political leader Muhammad. It is the second-largest religion in the world with an estimated 1.4 billion followers. The followers are known as Muslims. Only about 20% reside in the Arab countries. 69% of the [...]
Jeanne Carmen
1) Jeanne Laverne Carmen was born on August 4, 1930 in Paragould, Arkansas. She died on December 20, 2007.
2) She has often been called the “little country girl” who ran away from home when she was 13 to pursue stardom in New York.
3) Her start on Broadway came in 1948 as part of [...]
Good Four Letter Words
1) Love – a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.
2) Life – the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms, being manifested by growth through metabolism, reproduction, and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.
3) Work – exertion or effort directed to produce or [...]
Musical Artist of the Decade
1) 1930’s – Bing Crosby with the 1940’s – Frank Sinatra. Many could be of the opinion that Bing Crosby could be the artist of the 30’s and 40’s with Sinatra reaching the top in the later 40’s and into the early 50’s
2) 1950’s – Elvis Presley. He’s not called the King for nothing
3) [...]
Be An Expert
1) An expert is someone that is recognized as being a reliable source of knowledge.
2) Everyone is an expert on something. You are the expert at doing your job. If nothing else you are the expert on you.
3) The best way to become an expert is to have experience. Something is learned [...]
Holiday Shopping Safety Tips
These are tips that Police Departments are publishing:
1) Lock your doors even after you get in the car.
2) When traveling with young children, everyone should enter on one side of the vehicle.
3) Park in a well-lit area.
4) Remember where you park.
5) Secure valuables and shopping bags inside your trunk.
6) Never carry a lot of cash, [...]
Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
1) A Christmas Carol by English novelist Charles Dickens was first published on December 19, 1843. It had illustrations by John Leech.
2) The story is divided into Staves and not chapters. A stave, which is similar to a stanza, is found in music as a recurring pattern of meter and rhyme. [...]
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