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My family believes the only reason a fruitcake should be in our house is if it is on the way to another location. Calvin Trillin has.... A Fruitcake Theory This was the year I was going to be nice about fruitcake. “Just try to be nice,” my wife said.

Quote of the week . . . Dear Santa, This year I would like a big fat bank account and a slim body. Please don’t get them confused like you did last year. —CC— Our favorite Christmas shopping story of the year. Missing Person—Husband to Officer Husband: My wife is missing.

Quote of the week . . . Dear Santa, This year I would like a big fat bank account and a slim body. Please don’t get them confused like you did last year. Our favorite Christmas shopping story of the year. Missing Person—Husband to Officer Husband: My wife is missing.

Thanksgiving Time As friends and families gather at this time of Thanksgiving, we should remember the blessings that God has bestowed on us and our nation. Sometime, between the carving of the turkey and the last football game, we should pause and truly give thanks to our Lord.

Born in the 1930s and early 1940s, we exist as a very special age cohort. We are the “last ones.” We are the last, climbing out of the depression, who can remember the winds of war and the war itself with fathers and uncles going off.

Sometimes being a little senile pays off . . . An elderly couple was celebrating their sixtieth anniversary. The couple had married as childhood sweethearts and had moved back to their old neighborhood after they retired. Holding hands, they walked back to their old school.

13 Things That May Soon Disappear Forever The times….they are changing…. Fifteen years ago, thousands of Blockbuster Video stores all over the country, renting DVDs and selling popcorn. Today, there’s only one (it’s in Bend, Ore). The company’s shares once traded for nearly $30.

Banning the Redskins Just the beginning? For now, the Washington Redskins are just the Washington Something or Others, a team with no name. After holding out for years against the inertial forces of political correctness, the Washington football team caved.

Like so many other things, college has changed so much the past few years . . . and not for the better. Student “demands” are disgusting enough but even worse are the spineless overpaid college presidents who cave to the student grievances.

Quote of the Week…“Children brought up in Sunday School are seldom brought up in court.” —CC— The 16th National Day of the American Cowboy will be celebrated on July 25th .