The Sheep and the Goats

Matthew 25: 31-46

31"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

34"Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. 35For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.'

37"Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?'

40"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'

41"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.'

44"They also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'

45"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.'

46"Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life."

Charlie bit my finger...

An early letter to Santa Claus

A letter to the editor of the Wisconsin State Journal on Monday, December 24, 2007.

Santa, I know it's a long year away, but I want to get my letter to you now. What I want for Christmas is a new president.
I'd like this one to care about the average guy and his job, home and health, not just the really rich, and the oil and drug companies.
I'd like him or her to be smart and able to speak intelligently and not rush to judgment concerning war, medical research and our well-being in emergencies, like Hurricane Katrina. I'd like him or her to care for the environment. Santa, there are a lot of families that won't have a merry Christmas this year because of war, bad health, or the economy. The president is broken and we need one that works for us, all of us. Thanks Santa.

-Your pal, Jimmy Kostohrys, Mineral Point

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Yes, Virgina, there is a Santa Claus

Dear beloved readers, I am sorry I have not blogged in nearly 20 days, however, you know how life is. I have been super busy, but I took the time to read an article. Printed below is the answer to a letter to the editor asking if Santa Claus really existed. I can say, that after reading this article, I again believe in Santa Claus.



"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.
"Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
"Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

"VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
"115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET."

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

YouTube

YouTube, what a wonderful website. Here are some of my favorite YouTube videos in no particular order.

Amateur - Lasse Gjertsen

Charlie the Unicorn

World's Strongest Dad

John West Salmon

Daft Hands

Road Rage

Evolution of Dance

Will Ferrell as Bush #1

Will Ferrell as Bush #2

Frank Caliendo - Impressions

Enjoy!

Fact:

"Fact: Bears eat beets. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica."

But in all seriousness, the fact that I did want to show you is below. I will thank my Fact or Crap calendar for this one.

Yahoo! is an acronym for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle."

Yahoo! got its start in a trailer on the Stanford University campus. Founders David Filo and Jerry Yang were studying electrical engineering in 1994 when they devised a method of cataloging sites and information on the Internet. Though the site was first called Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web, the name was eventually changed to Yahoo! The founders incorporated their business in 1995, finding ample funding in California's Internet-happy Silicon Valley and eventually making their headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Yahoo! now has offices not only in the United States but also in Canada, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Latin America.

Thanks Fact or Crap.

Happy Turkey Day

Things to get you in the mood for Thanksgiving:

Q: Why can't you take a turkey to church?
A: Because they use such fowl language!

Q: What kind of music did the Pilgrims like?
A: Plymouth Rock

"Thanks, for a country where nobody is allowed to mind his own business. Thanks, for a nation of finks."
- William S. Burroughs, "A Thanksgiving Prayer"

"Thanksgiving is America's national chow-down feast - the one occasion each year when gluttony becomes a patriotic duty."
-Michael Dresser, Baltimore Sun

Compiled from www.theholidayspot.com.