Who knew?

I used a Venn Diagram in the second hour yesterday to illustrate Paul's point in 1 Tim. 5:17. "Elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching." I drew a circle to represent the elders, and then a smaller circle within that to represent those elders who preach and teach.
Thing is, I didn't know it was a Venn Diagram until I came across this one today. It illustrates the relationship between Great Britain, the United Kingdom and the British Isles. (And you thought the United Kingdom was the reigns of Saul, David and Solomon.)
No wonder they need a monarchy and a Parliament. Just keeping track of all those overlapping circles is boggling.

It's Magic
I can't get this to show up on the video bar to the right, but it's too good to pass up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGoOhZN_PR8
Some very talented people out there!

Sherry doesn't think or talk much about the weather (http://mauriandsherry.com/) but that's because where she lives it does one of two things: rain or get ready to rain. (It is beautiful in NW Oregon, and rain is the price they pay for all that green.)
Here we don't really have weather, at least 360 days a year. But every once in awhile a storm passes through that warrants the excitement the weather reporters pull out anytime a cloud appears on the horizon. This was one of those days. At least here in Sun City we got a real downpour, lighting and hail. The drainage ditches are running high & fast, and several streets around our house are flooded. One hundred miles north of here, where the elevation is 5,000' and above, they got feet of snow. That will be a big help in mitigating the effects of years of drought.

I sent my doctor an email this morning. When was the last time you heard about a doctor giving his email address to a patient? And then to respond with a phone call!!

If you watched any ESPN today you know that yesterday's football game has been analyzed from every conceivable angle. My favorite piece of footage is a clip I didn't see last night - Peyton's private conversation with his kid brother in the Giants' locker room after the game. We couldn't hear what was said but we didn't need to. Excellent.

A man walks into a bar with a dog. The bartender says, "Hey buddy, can't you read that sign? It says, 'No dogs allowed.' Get that mutt out of here!" The man replies, "No, I can't read the sign - I'm blind and this is my seeing eye dog." The bartender is embarrassed and gives the man a beer on the house. Later that day the guy is telling his friend about it: "I told him I was blind and I got a free beer!" The friend then takes his dog into the bar and sits down, and the bartender says, "The sign says, 'No dogs allowed.' You'll have to leave!" The friend says, "Sorry, I can't see the sign because I'm blind, and this is my seeing eye dog." The bartender replies, "Since when do they give out Chihuahuas as seeing eye dogs?" The man says, "They gave me a Chihuahua??"