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Thursday, September 18th, 2008Joe’s Bar, located at 940 W. Weed St., Chicago, IL, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008, at 7:30pm, will host Heidi Newfield.
Heidi, the former front woman of Trick Pony, has taken her career solo. Join them for the debut CD release for this incredibly talented artist. $10 includes Heidi’s debut CD “What Am I Waiting For” [...]
Two Choices
Friday, September 12th, 2008This one will bring a tear to your eye….thanks Dave for sending it to me.
What would you do?…you make the choice. Don’t look for a punch line, there isn’t one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice?
At a fund raising dinner for a school that serves children with learning [...]
A Quilt of Holes
Monday, September 8th, 2008As I faced my Maker at the last judgment, I knelt before the Lord along with
all the other souls
Before each of us, our life was laid out like the squares of a quilt in many piles;
an angel sat before each of us sewing our quilt squares together into a
tapestry that was our life.
But as my [...]
This Will Give You Chills
Saturday, September 6th, 2008AFTER A FEW OF THE USUAL SUNDAY EVENING HYMNS,
THE CHURCH’S PASTOR SLOWLY STOOD UP,
WALKED OVER TO THE PULPIT AND,
BEFORE HE GAVE HIS SERMON FOR THE EVENING,
HE BRIEFLY INTRODUCED A GUEST MINISTER
WHO WAS IN THE SERVICE THAT EVENING.
IN THE INTRODUCTION, THE PASTOR TOLD THE
CONGREGATION THAT THE GUEST MINISTER WAS
ONE OF HIS DEAREST CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND
THAT HE [...]
My Second Award-BFF Award
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008I seem to be truly blessed this week with the honor of a second award. My blog is still considered a newbie, having been created in June of this year. Through a lot of sweat and tears developing it and nurturing it, I can finally say it’s almost where I want it. I vented a [...]
My First Blog Award….
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008I am so truly honored. This is Blogging Us’s first award.
This award comes from La at Coastal Commentaries. Thanks so much, La. Visit her blog for some wonderful stories on living in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Check out the awesome photographs, too.
Now then, here comes the difficult part, passing it along. Of course, there are “rules.”
1. [...]
Today’s Country Magazine Hosts Chance to Win Free Music
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008Posted By:
Todays Country Magazine
Hosted By::
Today’s Country Magazine
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When:
Tuesday Sep 02, 2008
at 7:00 AM
Where:
todayscountrymag.com
Chicago, Illinois|14 60133
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Hey Y’all,
Today’s Country Magazine is offering their readers a chance to win some great new music from two of the artists that won Kenny Chesney’s Next Big Star in their respective cities.
Just head over to www. todayscountrymag. com, click [...]
NBC Poll
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Do you believe that the word God should stay in American culture?
NBC had a poll on this question. They had the highest Number of responses that they have ever had for one of their polls, and the percentage was the same as this: 86% to keep the words, IN God We Trust and God [...]
Blogging Us is now a Member of DMOZ
Thursday, August 21st, 2008Blogging Us is proud to announce it’s recent addition to DMOZ. Thank you, DMOZ.
For those of you who don’t know what DMOZ is, here’s a brief description and some links should you want to submit your blog.
The Open Directory Project (ODP), also known as dmoz (from directory.mozilla.org, its original domain name), is a multilingual open [...]
Mayonnaise and Beer
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 by Anonymous
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours
in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar…and the beer.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in
front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very
large and empty mayonnaise jar and [...]
