Did You Hear About The Time I Had Pneumonia--Again?

Ninth grader Archie Brown felt fine when he left for school that Thursday morning. It was the day before the beginning of the Easter weekend holiday. At third period he began to feel a little heaviness to his breathing. After lunch he went to Physical Education. When doing calisthenics, Archie felt weak in the knees, and was hardly able to function during the activities of the class.

Then in his last period class, he was feeling so feeble that he laid his head on the desk. His teacher chastised him, but when she saw how pale he was she came by to feel his forehead. He had a fever. She knew his family and that he only lived a few block from the school. It was only about ten minutes before dismissal, so she sent him home.

Archie started home, walking across the school grounds. But he was so weak he sat down under a tree. When his sister, Cathy, came by on her way home a little while later, Archie asked to go get his mother and tell he was sick. Cathy ran home and soon his mom came up in the family car to get Archie. She rushed him to the doctor’s office. Archie had pneumonia and spent his whole holiday in the hospital. Archie was glad for the treatment, but he hated that he missed another holiday because of sickness.

Did You Hear About The Game Mumbly Peg?

Archie and his neighbor buddies, Wayne and Barry, were always looking for ways to have a good time. One of the things they got into was Mumbly Peg. They had each gotten pocket knives for Christmas. The game of Mumbly Peg was a series of stunts you did with their knives. When you succeeded in one trick, you progressed to the next. If you missed on the first attempt you could try again, but if you failed the second time, you had to begin at the beginning again. The first one to accomplish the full set of tricks was allowed to drive a peg or twig into the ground as far as he could with three raps with his knife handle. The loser of the game then had to pull the peg out of the ground, with his teeth!

Did You Hear About The Brothers Who Liked Different Things?

Archie and his little brother Max enjoyed different things. Archie enjoyed baseball and movies. Max liked cars and martial arts. Archie acheived some noteriety in their little community as good ball player. He was frequently an all star and his teams were always very tough to beat. His high school team won the state championship.

Max was always tinkering on a car, until he enrolled in tae kwon do. Max rapidly progressed through the the levels till he was a black belt. Eventually Max opened his own school and was a local legend for his skills.

Two different boys, both successful in their own way!

Did You Hear About The Time I Got A Snack Surprise?

Archie Brown always came home from school hungry. And his mom, Betty Lou, was good about having something ready for her ravenous son. Some days it would be a peanut butter sandwich or a piece of fruit. But Archie’s favorite was pudding. He loved all flavors; chocolate, vanilla, tapioca, and butterscotch.

One of the most memorable days was when Arch came in and found his mom was in the bedroom changing the diaper of Archie’s little brother, Max. But that was okay, because there was a bowl of chocolate pudding on the dining room table. Archie was shocked when the first spoonful turned out to be baby food Spinach.

Archie spent the next few minutes scrubbing the wall where he spewed the spinach surprise.

Did You Hear About The Neighborly Game of Marbles?

Another game the neighbor boys, Wayne, Barry, and Archie loved to play when they were little was marbles. They often would draw a ring about two feet in diameter and each get five or six of their own marbles and drop them into the ring from shoulder height above the center point. Wherever the marbles landed is where they were played. The idea was to use your shooter to knock as many marbles out of the ring as possible. Each time you they knocked on out, they got another shot. The winner was the one who knocked the most out of the ring. The neighborhood rule was that at the end of the game, each boy got his marbles back. They were not allowed to play for KEEPS.

That ruled probably saved a lot of fights!

Did You Hear About My Poetry Challenge--31?

Archie Brown entered this in a poetry challenge, in which the rhyming words were provided by other participants:


Poetry Challenge Entry
Submitted by familyfunandfaith on Mon, 2006-09-18 14:39

His entry into the real world was pointed,
It was that for which he was The Anointed.
His delivery through a virgin was quite slick,
but for the Creator, it took only a flick.
His offer of redemption ought make us opine
as to if in His rest we will safely recline.
I'd advise that you allow the Christ's advent
to remove your sins and make your heart content!

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Did You Hear About My Poetry Challenge--30?

Archie Brown entered this in a poetry challenge, in which the rhyming words were provided by other participants:

Poetry Challenge
Submitted by familyfunandfaith on Sun, 2006-09-03 03:20

Our party should be a big high,
I'm a bit nervous as I put on my tie.
Together we have taken on the whole world,
and through 40 years we've joyfully twirled.
Our relationship is really top drawer,
and we're not ready to leave the dance floor.
It's been many years since the first kiss was stolen,
But I thank God that our romance has kept rollin'!

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Did You Hear About My Poetry Challenge--29?

Archie Brown entered this in a poetry challenge, in which the rhyming words were provided by other participants:

I picked up a used book
Submitted by familyfunandfaith on Mon, 2006-08-28 03:36

I picked up a used book
and gave it a a quick look.
The title character was a Heller,
who cherished his own space.
A gal he met wore tights, no lace.
The hero was uneducated as a speller,
but he could make bad guys wince,
& for their crimes he would rinse
away any thought of their gain.
When bullied he would roust
his avowed enemies to joust
or hightail it all the way to Spain.

(there is a Louis L'Amour novel called Heller with a Gun, that was made into a movie, with Anthony Quinn, called Heller in Pink Tights)

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Did You Hear About My Poetry Challenge--28?

Archie Brown entered this in a poetry challenge, in which the rhyming words were provided by other participants:

Rhyming Challenge
Submitted by familyfunandfaith on Wed, 2006-08-23 21:35

Romantics who are lonely,
are not they only
who can wrtie fairly
and pen a word squarely.
I submit my rhymes yearly
thinking I must be nearly
published, though in truth partly
I just want to be smartly!

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Did You Hear About The Buddha Tooth Temple?

Archie Brown's friends just returned from a trip to Singapore. The told Archie and his wife, Ronda, about the recently opened Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum. The temple is a magnificent structure that takes up an entire block in the very busy part of the city. It is five stories high, with the shrine to the Buddha tooth on the fourth floor and a beautiful garden on the fifth floor.

Archie heard that there is quite a bit of debate in the city as to whether the tooth really belonged to Buddha, but a lot of people believe it did. They have donated a lot of money to build and maintain the temple.

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Did You Hear About Mike Flynt?

Archie Brown read about Mike Flynt in the sports page this morning. Flynt was a college linebacker. He got in a fight before his senior season and was dismissed from the team. Now he is making a comeback to take advantage of the one year of elegibility he has remaining. The story today indicates that he has made the team and will play this year. He is 59!

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Did You Hear About Morgan Ensberg in San Diego?

Archie Brown has been wanting a change at third base for the Houston Astros for several seasons. Morgan Ensberg has been so aggrivationg that Archie has called him Morgan Stinkin' Ensberg since before he was the goat in the World Series in 2005. His tendency to take called strikes was the source of the irritation. He was supposed to be a run producer. He got traded to San Diego this week and made his debut for the Padres today. He went 4 for 5 with 2 homeruns and 4 RBI.

That is a run producer!

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Did You Hear About How Dry It Is In Abilene?

Archie Brown had grown up in a part of Texas that had woods and a bit of swamp and lots of vegetation. When he went to college in Abilene, he found himself in a whole other world. He had chosen to go there because a lot of his friends were going, and it was far enough from home that he would be on his own, away form constant oversight by his parents.

There were lots of things to like about the school and the experience. But when he had been there only a couple of weeks, he told his dad over the phone, “If you want under a tree out here, you have to crawl under it!”

Did You Hear About the New Book?

Archie Brown is an avid reader and an active Christian. Today at work he heard about a new book called the Way of the Christian Samurai. The conversation was about the books attempt to draw advice for the modern Christian from the ancient writings of the Samurai. Archie had never read much of the philosophies of the Samurai, so he was interested in investigating and trying to Find out more about 'The Way of the Christian Samurai'. He pledged to get on the computer and check out the information to determine if he wants to buy and read the book.



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Did You Hear About The Dickens Amusement Park?

Ever since Archie Brown's grandson played an orphan in a community production of "Oliver", the whole family has been drwan to any references to Charles Dickens and his influence in liturature and in society. Now there is a new amusement park dedicated to Dickens opening in the UK. Check the video for more info.

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Did You Hear About When I Was Tagged by Pinhole?

About the only place Archie Brown would consider putting a picture of himself is in the garden, to keep the birds away from his produce. But because of a challenge by Pinhole, he is going against his better judgmet and posting a few pictures that are representations of his current look.

Here is the interview that goes with the challenge:

Blog Title: Spinayarn's Blog
Blog Description: stories form the life of a boy

Country: USA
Occupation: preacher
Email: 2
Birthday: August 18
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Drink: I like Dr. Pepper best, but mostly I drink ice water.
Favorite Fruit: fresh peahes, closely followed by bananas
Favorite Dessert: Peach cobbler, banana pudding
Blogs with my pics: Just this one

Rules for those that follow: Post a short article and include your photo. If you already have a pic online somewhere, get creative with a new one. Next, include a link to the others who have displayed their pic, or include their pic in your post, adding a reference to it.

Here are all those who've already revealed themselves:

Gayla at Mom Gadget Char at Essential Keystrokes Paul at Reflections Rob at 2Dolphins Zep at The In-Sect Ingo at Stixster Stevie at Lost In Cyberspace The Paper Bull at (oddly enough) The Paper Bull Lisa Sabin-Wilson at Just A Girl In The World Dawud Miracle at dmiracle.com Wendy Piersall at eMoms at Home Dennis Bjorn Petersen at The Beta News Randa Clay at Randa Clay Design Drew McLellan at The Marketing Minute Becky McCray at Small Biz Survival Phil Gerbyshak at Make it Great! Steve Woodruff at StickyFigure Dave Olson at Live the GREAT life that you desire Greg at Become a Remote Control SEO Ariane Benefit at Neat Living Blog Genesis at the At Home Mom Blog Armen at iFFECT.NET Mihaela Lica at Online Public Relations Tara at Graphic Design Blog Doris Chua at Home Office Women Edward Mills at Evolving Times Tony D. Clark at Success from the Nest Jonathan-C Phillips at SmartWealthyRich Karen at A Deaf Mom Shares Her World Lisa Gates at intrinsic life design Rammel Firdaus at rammelfirdaus.com Carol at Pentimento Adam Kayce at Monk at Work Thomas at Technical Blogger Tammy Lenski at I Can?t Say That! Chris Brown at Branding & Marketing Rory Sullivan at Hamelife Derek Wong at Going The Wong Way Embuck at embuck.com Ms. Q at QMusings Shelly Tucker at This Eclectic Life Steve at Ramblings from the Marginalized Troy Worman at on!blog Lilith at Lilith’s Owl Nest Revov at REVO-OVER Karin at Stop/Start Jamy at Seay’s Kopitam this is a miracle Anything Goes! My Life Starts at Forty-Two Seiche Gazing Into the Abyss, Did You Know,

The final step is that if you do link back to me, let me know and I’ll show you some link love as well. Everybody loves link love.

There are not many that I know of who don't have their pict on their blog. I will tag Jellen, and two more to be named later!

Did You Hear About My Mile Run Progress?

Archie Brown has been challenged by his six year old grandson to run a mile with him. Archie has not run a mile in more than 30 years, but he wants to encourage his grandson to keep running, so he accepted the challenge. In about two weeks Archie has extended his distance from a couple of hundred yards to about three quarters of a mile. The race is scheduled for about a week from now, so Archie thinks at least he will be able to complete the mile. That will make him a winner even if the boy finishes ahead of him!

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Did You Hear About The Bridge Collapse in Minnesota?

Archie Brown and his wife, Ronda, were saddened as they watched the news last night of the collapse of the bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. It was a such a busy time of day with traffic leaving the business district heading home, as well as the fans of the Twins heading into town for the game. Archie was surprised that the game went on, until he heard the reasoning of the DOT people, thinking that it was best to keep the fans off the roads at the moment till the emergency had settled a little and the best routes out of the city could be determined.

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