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Publisher: Mary Wilkey
Volume 4 - Issue 19 - May 11, 2004
Published every Tuesday
Greetings, all . . . tonight I have to tell you that, if you have tried to contact me via email in the last few weeks and have not received a reply, there is a good reason for that. Earthlink has chosen to censor all my email, arbitrarily, even though I have turned off the SpamBlocker function. I have been going back and forth with them to try to get this situation resolved, and I think I finally have . . . but if you need to send me email, whether it's to subscribe, unsubscribe, to enter the ad contest, to advertise, or just to send me some comments, please send a copy of your email to me to my alternate address, doriself@yahoo.com.
We are in the process of getting ready to move and will probably do that by the end of June, so I don't wish to change I.S.P.'s just yet. But where we're moving doesn't have cable service, so I'll have to go back to dial-up (ugh!), and I'll be changing I.S.P.'s at that time . . . I'll keep you advised.
At this point, I'd also like to announce an ad special that will run for a limit time: Order two solo ads, and you will pay just $40 total . . . they're regularly $25 each.
And finally, I need someone to submit a short bio for inclusion in the Subscriber in the Spotlight section. It need not be long or elaborate, and it cannot be like an ad. Lots of personal, human interest stuff to introduce you and your family and a blurb about what you do to our readers.
In
Remembrance of
September 11, 2001
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Contents:
Sponsor Ad
Ad Contest
Subscriber in the Spotlight
Feature Article
Classifieds
Today’s Chuckle
Today's English lesson
Internet Tips & Hints
Guest Article
Inspiration
Etcetera
Results of last issue's ad contest, when the question was:
What is the most endangered land mammal in North America? The answer: bats. Source: http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/know.html. Unfortunately, no one sent in the correct answer.
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It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand
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Subscriber in the Spotlight
The first subscriber to submit his or her personal profile sharing with the rest of us all about who he/she is, background, family, location, interests, hobbies, goals, dreams, etc., will be spotlighted right here next issue—and yes, an email and/or URL may be included!
This week's Subscriber in the Spotlight is no one again. That's all right. Saves space . . . even though someone has missed the chance for some free publicity.
"Nothing is worth reading that does not require an alert mind." —Charles Dudley Warner
Feature Article
Your Groovy Brain
Do you realize that you can engrave a groove in your brain?
Well, you can . . . by repeating positive statements over and over again.
Eventually, what you say will sink down into your subconscious and become a part of you.
You can use this process to build your faith for whatever you are believing for.
It works on your behalf if you only T-H-I-N-K positive statements. Unfortunately, it also works against you if you just T-H-I-N-K negative statements as well.
While everyone has negative thoughts that creep in, the key is not to D-W-E-L-L on them. Chase them out with the positive (overcome evil with good).
Remember where, in the Bible, we are told: "Whatever things are true . . . honest . . . just . . . pure . . . lovely . . . of good report . . . virtuous . . . praiseworthy . . . think on these things." Philippians 4:8
This is why we always should pray positively—accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative—as the old song goes. A positive prayer would be: "Lord, your word says, 'Ask and ye shall receive.' Today I'm asking you to heal my body and bless me with good health, free from any disease or infirmity, and I claim my healing, because I know that, with your stripes, I have already been healed. I'm trusting you by faith until I receive the full manifestation of my healing, and I thank you, Lord."
Conversely, a negative prayer would be: "Lord, I feel so bad, I need you to touch my body and take away this cancer (by naming it, you're giving it credence and accepting it) that I've been suffering with for so long, and I don't know how much longer I can take it. Please, it's killing me, Lord, and I really need You to heal me."
Remember, we are to call things that are not as if they were. We are N-O-T to call things that are as if they are not. There is no place in the Bible that we are told to do that. But, from the creation, God S-P-O-K-E things into existence. Notice, He didn't T-H-I-N-K them into existence. There is something about the spoken word that energizes things, because speech generates vibrations.
Naturally, then, it follows that if we verbalize our thoughts and S-P-E-A-K positive statements, in addition to just thinking them, we will be engraving even deeper grooves into our brains. So whenever we can, besides thinking positive thoughts, we should speak them out loud to energize them and receive our manifestation much quicker.
Finally, if the thoughts that you think and the words that you say are backed with passionate emotions, they will manifest even quicker! It's true! If you feel passionately about an issue, and you keep on "grooving," whatever it is will come into fruition much sooner. James 5:16 says that . . . "The effectual F-E-R-V-E-N-T prayer of a righteous man avails much." I looked up the word, "fervent," and it says: "To boil, glow; hot; warm in feeling; ardent; impassioned; burning; zealous; eager; enthusiastic." (By the way, did you know that enthusiastic comes from the Greek, meaning to be possessed or inspired by God?!)
Words are very powerful, people. That's also why, I believe, that Jesus Himself said that we shall account for every idle word we speak. Matthew 12:36-37.
So whatever you do today—and every day—guard your thoughts . . . guard your words!
Feel free to reprint the above article with this info intact: Article penned by Mary Wilkey, publisher of 'elf Expressions Ezine: http://elfexpressionsezine.com
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Today's Chuckle
A Few Idiot Stories
What was Plan B???
An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and
forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines, wherein
the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts.
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Are We Communicating??
A man spoke frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and the
contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" the
doctor asked. "No!" the man shouted, "This is her husband!"
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Not The Sharpest Tool In The Shed!
In Modesto, California, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to
hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and
a finger to simulate a gun, but unfortunately, he failed to keep his
hand in his pocket. (hellllllooooooo!)
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The Grand Finale
Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour
east of Bakersfield, California, some folks, new to boating, were having
a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get their brand
new 22-foot Bayliner to perform. It wouldn't get on a plane at all, and
it was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power
was applied.
After about an hour of trying to make it go, they putted to
a nearby marina, thinking someone there could tell them what was wrong.
A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working
condition. The engine ran fine, the outdrive went up and down, the prop
was the correct size and pitch.
So one of the marina guys jumped in the water to look underneath. He
came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard.
Now, remember, this is true . . . under the boat, still strapped securely in
place, was the trailer.
A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes
people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.
—Rosalynn Carter
Today's English Lesson
Seeing the same elementary mistakes over and over again has prompted this publisher to write an English lesson each issue. Look for some of these lessons to be repeated, because the mistakes are!
Let's have a vocabulary lesson this week . . . you know, those words you've seen from time to time but never quite could define . . .
How about "culpable"? It means deserving of blame or censure.
To remember it, let's create a memorable sentence: My ex-husband certainly could be considered culpable . . . and what's more, he even admits it! 'nuf said! :-)
You may have heard in the news that a couple of post offices in Texas have been forced to take down small posters that say "In God We Trust."
The law, they say, is being violated. It is something silly about electioneering posters (is God running for office?).
Now someone has proposed that we all write "In God We Trust" on the back of all our mail. After all, that is our national motto, and it's on all the money we use to buy those stamps.
Great idea, agree?
We must take back our nation from all the people who think that anything that offends them should be removed.
If you like this idea, please pass it on and do it. The idea of writing or stamping "In God We Trust" on our envelopes sounds good to me. Have your stamp made today!
It has been reported that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, it's hard to understand why there is such hoopla about having "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in our pledge of Allegiance.
Could it be that we just need to take action and tell the 14% to sit down and shut up?
Guest Article
How to Drop a Google Bomb by Val Halla
Go to Google and type in the words "miserable failure."
What is the first site that comes up? Well, it's the official
biography of George W. Bush . . .
This isn't an accident. It's the result of a very well
coordinated assault on Google to manipulate its search results.
Think it's not possible?
Well, type in "great president" and see what comes up . . .
Dub-ya again.
Some people didn't take too kindly to poking fun at G.W., so they
launched a counter-offensive.
How is this done? It's called a "Google Bomb," and I'll show you
exactly how to pull it off.
Side Note: I'm not going to attempt to address the ethical
implications of this tactic. There is a fine line between
legitimate search engine optimization and search engine spam.
I'll let you explore that on your own and trust you to make
decisions based on your own ethical footing.
The "miserable failure" plot started on an anonymous blog from
someone calling himself "Old Fashioned Patriot."
It was really simple. He linked the words "miserable failure"
to the official G.W. Bush bio on the White House website.
Other "bloggers" picked this up, and it began to spread. Over
time, there were enough listings to affect Google's ranking for
the phrase.
This is an outright manipulation of part of Google's ranking
algorithm. Apparently, if people are pointing to a site and
certain words are in the link, that site will get a bit of a
boost in ranking when people are looking for those words.
I'll let your imagination run with ways you can use this in your
marketing . . .
For which phrases would you like your site to come up first?
How could you get people to link to your site with those words?
Val Halla is a web marketing consultant specializing in
traffic generation and conversion analysis. She may be
reached at: webgoddessvalhalla@yahoo.com
Inspiration
To all the mothers of the world and their children:
The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is this the long way?"
she asked. And the guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning."
But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything
could be better than these years. So she played with her children, and
gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed them in the clear
streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young mother cried, "Nothing
will ever be lovelier than this."
Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and the children
shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them close and covered them
with her mantle, and the children said, "Mother, we are not afraid, for you
are near, and no harm can come."
And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed
and grew weary, and the mother was weary. But at all times she said to the
children, "A little patience, and we are there." So the children climbed,
and when they reached the top they said, "Mother, we would not have done it
without you." And the mother, when she lay down at night, looked up at the
stars and said, "This is a better day than the last, for my children have
learned fortitude in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage.
Today I have given them strength."
And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth, clouds of
war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the mother
said, "Look up. Lift your eyes to the light." And the children looked and
saw above the clouds an everlasting glory, and it guided them beyond the
darkness. And that night the mother said, "This is the best day of all, for
I have shown my children God."
And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and the
mother grew old, and she was little and bent. But her children were tall and
strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted
her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill,
and beyond they could see a shining road and golden gates flung wide. And the
mother said: "I have reached the end of my journey. And now I know the end
is better than the beginning, for my children can walk alone, and their
children after them."
And the children said, "You will always walk with us, mother, even when
you have gone through the gates." And they stood and watched her as she
went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said, "We cannot
see her, but she is with us still. A mother like ours is more than a
memory. She is a living presence."
Your mother is always with you. She's the whisper of the leaves as you walk
down the street, she's the smell of bleach in your freshly laundered socks,
she's the cool hand on your brow when you're not well. Your mother lives
inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every teardrop. She's the
place you came from, your first home, and she's the map you follow with
every step you take. She's your first love and your first heartbreak, and
nothing on earth can separate you . . . not time, not space . . . not even death!
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