In Today's Issue
Cybersalt News
Hey look, it's me! Yes, after a super busy summer I'm trying to get into the swing of sending out mailings again. I have so many things to catch up on.
First of all, when I do make new pages on the Cybersalt Site (or find great links to share) I put them out on social media. If you care to do so, you can follow Cybersalt on these channels:
Twitter - @cybersalt
Facebook - www.facebook.com/cybersaltsite
Google+ - Cybersalt on Google Plus
Secondly, while Grandma Cybersalt and I were walking around Victoria BC's inner harbour on our 28th anniversary, I found a guy making really cool wooden pendants out of old postage stamps. I was so impressed with them I told him I was going to tell you about them. Head on over to check them out at:
www.etsy.com/ca/shop/woodbeedesign
Speaking of Grandma Cybersalt, she and I have a second grandchild - our first granddaughter! Eleanor Susanna was born to our son and daughter-in-law, Clayton and Rebecca, on June 23rd. Neither of us is desperate to actually look as old as all this makes us sound.
Also speaking of Grandma Cybersalt - she did the ALS Icebucket Challenge the other day. You may get a kick out of hearing her screaming in this video:
youtu.be/GNXU_cdEe6M
Finally, even though school is not back in my province of British Columbia (due to an ongoing bitter and protracted labour dispute) it is back in most places - and not too soon as you can see in this funny picture on the Cybersalt site:
www.cybersalt.org/993
That's all the news for now. Enjoy the rest of today's mailing.
Today's CleanLaugh
Came the first day, he eagerly went off and came back home with a lot of glowing reports about school. Next morning when she woke him up, he asked "What for?" She told him it was time to get ready for school. "What? Again?" he asked.Beginning School
Tommy had reached school age. His mother managed with a blast of propaganda to make him enthusiastic about the idea. She bought him lots of new clothes, told him of the new friends he'd meet and so on.
Today's One-liner
One-liner #0957
If you have to tell me what the rules are, at least use proper grammar....Thems the rules.
Today's Clean Pun
Ego
There is no "i" in "ego."
Today's Quote
Quote #1405
"If they are wrong they need your prayers all the more; and if they are your enemies, then you are under orders to pray for them."
- C. S. Lewis
Today's Illustration
You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning. And I'm supposed to instil a sense of pride in their ethnicity, modify their disruptive behavior, observe them for signs of abuse and even censor their T-shirt messages and dress habits. You want me to wage a war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for weapons of mass destruction, and raise their self-esteem. [gbwl]You want me to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship, fair play, how to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, and how to apply for a job. I am to check their heads for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of anti-social behavior, make sure all students pass the mandatory state exams, even those who don't come to school regularly or complete any of their assignments. Plus, I am to make sure that all of the students with handicaps get an equal education regardless of the extent of their mental or physical handicap. And I am to communicate regularly with the parents by letter, telephone, newsletter and report card. All of this I am to do with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, a big smile AND on a starting salary that qualifies my family for food stamps! You want me to do all of this and yet, you expect me..... NOT TO PRAY?"Prayer In School
Being interviewed by the school administration, the eager teaching prospect said: "Let me see if I've got this right.
Featured Illustrations are items well suited for illustrating or inspiring a point in a sermon, speech, or devotional. Funny, moving, or perhaps even graphic, the point of them is the point you make with them.
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