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A Meme for Sunday

A Meme for Sunday

Things I’ve done are in bold.
Things I am indifferent towards or actively would like to avoid are crossed out.
Things in normal type face are things I’d like to do.

I got this version from Quod She.

  • Start my own blog
  • Sleep under the stars
  • Play in a band
  • Own a cell phone
  • Visit Hawaii
  • Watch a meteor shower
  • Give more than I can afford to charity
  • Visit Disneyland / Disneyworld
  • Climb a mountain
  • Sing a solo
  • Bungee jump
  • Participate in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony
  • Teach myself an art from scratch
  • Adopt a child
  • Purchase real estate
  • Had food poisoning
  • Visit Parliament / Capital Hill
  • Grow my own vegetables
  • See the Mona Lisa in France
  • Sleep on an overnight train
  • Have a pillow fight
  • Hitchhike
  • Take a sick day when you’re not ill
  • Build a snow fort
  • Hold a lamb
  • Go skinny dipping
  • Run a Marathon
  • Been on television
  • Ride in a gondola in Venice
  • See a total eclipse
  • Watch a sunrise or sunset
  • Hit a home run
  • Go on a cruise
  • See Niagara Falls in person
  • Visit the birthplace of my ancestors
  • See an Amish community (nope, only Shakers)
  • Teach myself a new language
  • Have enough money to be truly satisfied
  • See the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
  • Go rock climbing
  • See Michelangelo’s David
  • Sing karaoke
  • See Old Faithful erupt
  • Buy a stranger a meal at a restaurant
  • Visit Africa
  • Walk on a beach by moonlight
  • Be transported in an ambulance
  • Have my portrait painted
  • Be arrested
  • Go deep sea fishing
  • See the Sistine Chapel in person
  • Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
  • Go scuba diving or snorkeling
  • Kiss in the rain
  • Play in the mud
  • Go to a drive-in theatre
  • Be in a movie
  • Visit the Great Wall of China
  • Start a business
  • Take a martial arts class
  • Visit Russia
  • Serve at a soup kitchen
  • Sell Girl Scout Cookies
  • Go whale watching
  • Get flowers for no reason
  • Donate blood, platelets or plasma
  • Go sky diving
  • Visit a Nazi Concentration Camp
  • Bounce a check
  • Fly in a helicopter
  • Save a favorite childhood toy
  • Visit Quebec City
  • Eat Caviar
  • Piece a quilt
  • Stand in Times Square
  • Tour the Everglades
  • Been fired from a job
  • See the Changing of the Guards in London
  • Been on a speeding motorcycle
  • See the Grand Canyon in person
  • Published a book
  • Visit the Vatican
  • Buy a brand new car
  • Walk in Jerusalem
  • Have my picture in the newspaper
  • Read the entire Bible
  • Visit the White House
  • Kill and prepare an animal for eating
  • Had chickenpox
  • Save someone’s life
  • Sit on a jury
  • Meet someone famous
  • Join a book club
  • Lose a loved one
  • Have a baby
  • See the Alamo in person (I might have when I was five, not sure)
  • Swim in the Great Salt Lake
  • Been involved in a law suit
  • Been stung by a bee
  • Ride an elephant

Totals:
Did: 51
No Thanks: 9
Would Like: 40

About Iraq / No One Died When Clinton Lied

About Iraq / No One Died When Clinton Lied

(Thanks to my Aunt Elaine for passing these on!)

Some interesting biblical things about Iraq:

The name Iraq means country with deep roots.

What we now call Iraq is referred to as Babylon, Land of Shinar, and Mesopotamia.

The word Mesopotamia means between the two rivers, more exactly between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

The Garden of Eden was in Iraq.

Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization!

Noah built the ark in Iraq.

The Tower of Babel was in Iraq.

Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq!

Isaac’s wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq.

Jacob met Rachel in Iraq.

Jonah preached in Nineveh – which is in Iraq.

Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel.

Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem.

Daniel was in the lion’s den in Iraq!

Belshazzar, the King of Babylon saw the "writing on the wall" in Iraq.

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, carried the Jews captive into Iraq.

Ezekiel preached in Iraq.

The wise men were from Iraq.

Peter preached in Iraq.

The "Empire of Man" described in Revelation is called Babylon, which was
a city in Iraq!

No one died when Clinton lied

This is a composite of some of the american soliders who have died in the current Iraq war. Thanks to my Aunt Elaine for passing it on.

Click on the image to see the full picture. If anyone knows its creator, please comments so that I can credit it.