Readers Digest; Jack Kolb; Vocabulary; Humor; Exercises; Quotations; End Times

Another chilly Spring day... but nice in the sun with the wind blowing fresh air hard against your skin.  Good day to go hiking, if I could.  I'm still trying to get up enough strength to start a walking program.

The Reader's Digest

I've loved the RD for many, many years.  When I was in a rush to "make it big" .. I didn't have time to spend on long articles and books.. so,  RD let me think about lots of things and only took up a small part of my time. 

Over the years, I noticed that one of the submitters of humorous pieces and quotes, was a person named Jack Kolb.  When I moved to Carroll Lutheran Village, I became friends with a gentleman with that name.  As it turned out, he was the same person.  Whenever he needed a few fast dollars, he would submit something to the RD and earn a bit of money.  Smart man.   I learned a lot from him.  May he rest in peace.

Vocabulary

RD has a nice little test called "It pays to increase  your Word Power."  I always learn a new word or two when I take the test.  For instance, in the November 2015 test I found out that I really did not know what these words meant.. I do now.

o  traduce:  to shame using lies  (you know, like our current crop of Presidential candidates practice.)

o  beguile:  to deceive.  (Bewitched, bothered and bewildered... beguiled again... etc)

o  felicity:  happiness (also, the name of one of our Pilgrim relatives, I think)

Humor

RD also has a section called "Laughter, the best Medicine" which publishes humorous submissions, an example of which is:

From: gcfi.net:  A list of exercises outlined to a critical diet doctor:

o  Jumping to conclusions

o  Climbing the walls

o   Dragging my heels

o   Pushing my luck

o   Making mountains out of molehills

o   Bending over backward

o   Running around in circles

o    Going over the edge

o    Beating around the bush

Quotes

RD also has a section called "Laugh Lines, What's in a Name?"  that lists humorous quotes from famous people,  for example:

Paula Poundstone sez:  "We need a 12-step group for compulsive talkers.  They could call it 'On Anon Anon.'"

Stewart Francis sez:  "So what if I can't spell Armageddon?  It's not the end of the world."

(By the way... Elaine sez that she thinks Donald Trump is really the "Anti Christ.")


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