Year: 2002

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PromoGuy’s Monday Mission 2.43
1. Ever do anything over and over just to make someone else happy but discover you actually hate it? Probably. Don’t know what it would have been, though. I have a pretty tough time doing things I don’t like.
2. What kinds of obligations do you enjoy? Me? Enjoy obligations? Only if you consider that severe urge to write an obligation.
3. What are your feelings about celebrating Halloween? I like Halloween. I love to dress up. I realize it’s a pagan holiday, and this is even more ironic having just come from a church retreat where the YMCA lodge was decorated for Halloween. But I think it’s moved so far from the original meaning of the holiday that it’s just a day to dress up and have fun.
4. Are there any stories of bodily functions you would prefer people not share with you in conversation? I really don’t care to hear about farting, thanks. Although, most bodily functions don’t interest me unless I’m looking at them in a scientific fashion.
5. What do you think is the most important aspect of personal hygiene that bothers you when people overlook it? Egad, brush your teeth. Or at least chew gum. Halitosis is bad.
6. Ponder the thought of being forever young, living on endlessly, being immortal. What would that life be like for you? I would get to do all the things I wanted to do, before I looked eighty. And the movie companies would have to let me be in my own movie. Hahah!
7. What’s the last thing you felt was “worth fighting for? The ’02 outdoor conference title. Although we didn’t have to fight all that hard for it. I don’t know. I’m not all that into causes.
BONUS: Sooner or later, they all will be gone…why don’t they stay young? I wish I knew.

Not to knock the nice ladies who write the bulletins each week, but…

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These are actual bloopers from church bulletins… from Joke-of-the-Day email:
Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10. All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.
The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday morning.
The pastor will preach his farewell message, after which the choir will sing, “Break Forth Into Joy.”
Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community.
The eighth graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the church basement Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
Thursday night Potluck Supper. Prayer and medication to follow.
A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.
Weight Watchers will meet at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
Tuesday at 4 PM there will be an ice cream social. All ladies giving milk will please come early.
The Lutheran Men’s group will meet at 6 PM. Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, bread and dessert will be served for a nominal feel.
Don’t let worry kill you, let the church help.
This being Easter Sunday, we will ask Mrs. Lewis to come forward and lay an egg on the altar.
Thursday at 5:00 pm there will be a meeting of the Little Mothers Club. All wishing to become little mothers, please see the minister in his study.
Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa will be speaking tonight at Calvary Memorial Church in Racine. Come tonight and hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.
The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind and they may be seen in the church basement Friday.
Announcement in the church bulletin for a National PRAYER & FASTING Conference: “The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer conference includes meals.”
Miss Charlene Mason sang “I will not pass this way again” giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.
Next Sunday is the family hay ride and bonfire at the Fowlers’. Bring your own hot dogs and guns. Friends are welcome! Everyone come for a fun time.
During the absence of our Pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon when J.F. Stubbs supplied our pulpit.
The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility.
This evening at 7 P.M. there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
“Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale. It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Don’t forget your husbands.”

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Friday Five (.org)
1. What is your favorite scary movie? I don’t really have one. I don’t like horror movies, as a general rule. Now, suspense…that’s different. But not what the question asked.
2. What is your favorite Halloween treat? Umm. All of it? Peanut butter cups, mini candy bars. Popcorn balls, although it’s been so long since I’ve had one of those.
3. Do you dress up for Halloween? If so, describe your best Halloween costume. I do, because it’s fun. My best costumes had to be when I was little and my mom put so much effort into it. It was probably when I was in first grade and I was Rainbow Brite. My mom actually made the costume for the school play, and man was it elaborate. I had the little outfit, the boots, and even a yarn wig that looked surprisingly realistic. Had little wire curls and everything. Gotta love little girls in metallic lamé. I think my best costume will be when I finish my Legolas costume, cause I will have made it by myself.
4. Do you enjoy going to haunted houses or other spooky events? Sometimes. I think I might enjoy it more now. But once on a Girl Scout trip we got caught in this room with many other people and many doors and a guy with a chainsaw. I don’t know if it was real or not, but he was swinging it at everybody and my dad and I were sort of crushed against the wall. People were trying to find the unlocked doors, and squishing us even more. It was not a happy thing. And one haunted house I spent most of it hiding behind my ex’s shoulder. Not pleasant either.
5. Will you dress up for Halloween this year? I’d like to. I might go as Sydney Bristow from Alias, or I might just wear my outfit from the Renaissance Festival. If I could find it, I could just wear my sexy witch costume. All this fuss for a little party 🙂
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Wrong for Wednesday

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but you’ll just have to deal. I couldn’t do this yesterday.
Two for Tuesday
1. Tell us about your first time you ever kissed someone. Now please, you don’t have to limit yourself, we wanna hear allllll about it. You know you want to tell everyone. To be honest, I don’t really remember my first kiss. I guess it must have been with Scotty, and I think it was in my house, by the stairs. My frosh year of hs. We both had braces, I think. But he is and Aries and I’m a Virgo, so there was no way that was going to work out. I remember making out with Mark in the short fling, and that was cool…but a bit scary, considering he was muuuuuyyyy different than Scotty. Alt-rock vs. easy listening. And I remember kissing Chris in the park. Or maybe we didn’t kiss…we just cuddled. But it still looked compromising when the nun walked by!
2. This one was sort of a toss up. So we’ll leave it to your first job. (I’ll leave the scandalous questions for later) We have all had those first jobs that we’re not proud of, so it’s time for everyone to fess up! The first real job must have been at Grone Cafeteria. Not Grone’s, although Mr. Grone was my boss, just Grone. Wonderful biscuits and half-price for me. I worked the beverage counter, learned to make coffee and clean filters, for all the good it did me. Never made coffee again in my life. Occasionally worked the hot foods section, rarely the dessert/salad. Wasn’t cool enough or math-minded enough to be cashier. Bussed tables once, but did get a tip. Never broke a cup or plate. Spilled plenty of hot coffee on the table, though. I don’t have an exciting life. Which is why I write and read.

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DVD: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Special Extended Edition A funny outtake is talked about after the Fellowship hides from the crows. In one take, Gandalf popped out from behind the rock and said “Spies of Star Wars!”

I’m sorry, but I found this hilarious. I guess you just have to be a geek.