In his book 40 Days, Alton Gansky relates this story: “Harry Houdini made a name for himself by escaping from every imaginable confinement — from straightjackets to multiple pairs of handcuffs clamped to his arms. He boasted that no jail cell could hold him. Time and again, he would be locked in a cell only to reappear minutes later. It …
With his request approved, the CNN News cameraman quickly used his cell phone to call the local airport to charter a flight. He was told a twin-engine plane would be waiting for him at the airport. Arriving at the airfield, he spotted a plane warming up outside a hanger. He jumped in with his bag, slammed the door shut, and …
A few days after Christmas last year, a six-year-old boy approached his mother and said, “Mom, is there a Santa Claus?” “Well, what do you think?” she asked him. He replied, “Well, my Playstation that I got from you and Dad and my gift from Santa were wrapped in the same kind of wrapping paper.” Then he paused, thought for …
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a condition that causes people to feel depressed from lack of sunlight. During the long winter months, for example, moods may turn blue for reasons related to brain chemistry, especially a lack of serotonin. Doctors have found several ways to treat SAD. One is negative ionization therapy, that is, a device emits negatively-charged oxygen particles. …
An industrious turkey farmer was always experimenting with breeding to perfect a better turkey. His family was fond of the leg portion for dinner and there were never enough legs for everyone. After many frustrating attempts, the farmer was relating the results of his efforts to his friends at the general store get together. “Well, I finally did it! I …
It was the day after Thanksgiving, and a wife caught her husband weighing himself on the scale. As he stood on the scale, he was sucking in his stomach. “That won’t help you, Mike,” said his wife. “You know that, don’t you?” “Oh it helps a lot,” said Mike. “It’s the only way I can see the numbers!”
Taking a Risk for a Lost Life In Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft, Thor Heyerdahl tells how he and a crew of five crossed the Pacific Ocean from South America to the South Pacific Islands on a crude raft of balsa logs bound together with hemp rope. During the three-month journey in 1947, they had little control of the …
In a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, Calvin steps up to his mother’s bed and says, “Hey, Mom! Wake up. I made you a Mother’s Day card.” His mother starts to read it aloud: “I was going to buy a card with hearts of pink and red. But then I thought I’d rather spend the money instead. It’s awfully hard …
David Jeremiah tells the story of Dr. P.P. Job, who spoke at a Christian rally in New Delhi, India, in 1998. After the rally, he received threats against his family. At the time, his son Michael was training at the university to be a medical missionary. One evening, a white Fiat with Delhi plates, traveling at a high speed, changed …
In 1981, a Minnesota radio station reported a story about a stolen car in California. Police were staging an intense search for the vehicle and the driver, even to the point of placing announcements on local radio stations to contact the thief. On the front seat of the stolen car sat a box of crackers that, unknown to the thief, …
