I’m writing this on Presidents’ Day, so I figured I’d dole out some presidential trivia. Abraham Lincoln was an extraordinary leader. Okay people know that. But he was also a great wrestler. Seriously. John Tyler was a pretty unpopular president. When your entire Cabinet quits, you have to admit, it’s not them, it’s you. But […]
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Okay time for 3 totally unrelated things. One: A children’s sermon gone slightly awry. I was the guest speaker in a church recently, and I was asked to do the children’s message. I wanted to talk about Saul’s conversion in Acts chapter 9. To illustrate my point (and keep the kids’ attention) I brought in
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Some semi-random thoughts… What if Romney wins in November 2012 then Obama comes back and wins in 2016? It’s happened before (Grove Cleveland–Benjamin Harrison–Grover Cleveland). #youhearditherefirst #butseriouslyitwillnnothappenthistime Tim Downs has a great set of books known as The Bug Man Series. Actually, in the interests of full disclosure, I haven’t read the whole set, but the
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Lance Armstrong has been stripped of all of his bicycling titles because of allegations of doping. For years other bikers have been ratting him out, and for years the anti-doping authorities have had him take tests that never proved him guilty. So did he, or didn’t he? I don’t know. There’s no scientific evidence, just
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What do two homeschooling mothers, a professor of education, and a college student who wants to be a teacher all have in common? Each one has told me that my book Hey, its Presidential Trivia! is a great resource for teachers. They’ve talked about how useful it is for playing games and sharing interesting facts.
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