stupid riddles

What can be caught and heard but never seen?  a remark

What can be measured but has no length, width or thickness?  the temperature

What is harder to catch the faster you run?  your breath

A frog fell into a well 12 feet deep.  He could jump 3 feet, but every time he jumped 3 feet, he fell back 2 feet.  How many times did he have to jump to get out of the well?  to get this answer you'll have to e-mail me!

What has 6 legs, but walks with only 4?  a horse with a rider.

When is your mind like a rumpled bed?  when it isn't made up yet

What nationality is Santa Claus?  North Polish

What travels around the world but stays in a corner?  a stamp

What occurs one in every minute twice in every moment, but not once in a thousand years?  sorry you'll have to e-mail me for the answer to this one also!

Rudolph on the sun?

Dear Santa,

What is going on?  Has Rudolph ran away?  

Can you tell me how he got to the sun? 

Is this where he recharges that red nose?

Sincerely,

    Just wondering.

 

                                                     

Across Nevada: 5 A.M.

Chandeliers

of cold stars illuminate

the night, where a train whistle

moans hollowly.

Quietness settles across the mesa

and barren land, horizons

withdrawing under a scattering

of lesser stars.

Cheap Christmas Present Ideas

First,no, I'm not kidding, some of us must look for the least expensive way to give presents.  For these ideas you need to think of family or close friends that understand about not being able to spend alot of money at Christmas.  Here are a few of my ideas, for a few more check out  maf74dance's journal.

1.)Dollar stores.  Know someone that likes candles/candle holders?  Trust me, they will never know the difference between a candle that cost $1 over one that costs $5 or up.  Teen girls like fragrant hand lotions.  You can find them there also.  Little kids?  No problem, Dollar stores have tons of coloring books (though I would skip on the $1 crayons, hate those, try to spring for Crayola brand or go for colored pencils), and reading and puzzel books for younger kids.  Know someone that likes to work puzzels?  They got those to!  You may be surprised at what you can find at the Dollar stores that really don't appear to be "cheap."

  2.) Next, do you know someone that LOVES to read?  Find a used book store and get them a gift certificate!  (If the store says we don't have those, we only give credit on trade in's ask if you can just give them the money and they give you a "credit slip" for that amount.  I am sure they will.)  Before you dismiss this idea, know that people who love to read know that books cost a small fortune these days.  Ten dollars at a used bookstore will get you 3 or 4 books, at a "real" bookstore you will be lucky to get one.  And, after they finish the books they can trade them back in for more books!  I don't know a book lover that would not go for this. 

Cheap Christmas Present Ideas

 

3.) Movies.  We all love them, and like books they ain't cheap.  Now you may feel self consious about this one, so save it for close family if you do.  Go to any place that sells used movies,(Blockbuster is good for this, they have sales from time to time where you can buy 2 get 1 free) and get a few.  For the price of a new movie you probably can get at least 2 used ones maybe more depending on prices and any sales going on.  Or, you could get a gift certificate and suggest to your "givee" use it to get some used movies  -- more bang for the buck!

4.)Food.  Amost everyone loves to eat out.  Forget certificates to high price places, go for the fast food places. At some point most everyone will hit a McDonalds or Burger King, during a lunch hour or while out shopping.   Five or ten bucks here can go a long way (depending on what they buy.)  Got some teens on your list?  Get gift certificates to fast food places in the mall.  When they go to the mall to spend their Christmas money, they won't have to use it to buy that burger!  You will have it covered for them! 

 

 

I Shall Not Pass This Way Again

Through this toilsome world, alas!

Once and only once I pass;

If a kindness I may show,

If a good deed I may do

To a suffering fellow man,

Let me do it while I can.

No delay, for it is plain

I shall not pass this way again.

Happiness

Happiness is like a crystal,

Fair and exquisite and clear,

Broken in a million pieces,

Shattered, scattered far and near.

Now and then along life's pathway,

Lo! some shining fragments fall;

but there are so many pieces

No one ever finds them all.

 

 You may find a bit of beauty,

Or an honest share of wealth,

While another just beside you

Gathers honor, love or health.

Vain to choose or grasp unduly,

Broken is the perfect ball;

And there are so many pieces

No one ever finds them all.

 

 Yet the wise as on they journey

Treasure every fragment clear,

Fit them as they may together,

Imaging the shattered sphere,

Learning ever to be thankful,

Though their share of it is small;

For it has so many pieces

No one ever finds them all.