FReeper Canteen ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ October 26, 2005

Guest Chef Spotsybelle

[Spotsy]

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Welcome Troops, Veterans, Military Families, Allies and FRiends!
We have quite a birthday section today. Be sure to visit the links. We have links -- lots of them!

Born on this Day
1879 Leon Trotsky
Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist; founder and commander of the Soviet Red Army; following a power struggle with Joseph Stalin in the 1920s, Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party, deported from the Soviet Union, and ultimately assassinated by a Soviet agent in Mexico in 1940

1917 Felix the Cat
silent film and comic strip star; the first image ever broadcast by a television transmitter; like many silent film stars, Felix couldn't compete with the "talkies"

1916 Francois Mitterrand
late President of France (1981-95); the first socialist President of the Fifth Republic, and his government was the first left-wing government in 23 years; follow the link and read "The Famous Last Meal"

Happy Birthday
1946 Pat Sajak
Chicago native best known as host of Wheel of Fortune

1947 Jaclyn Smith
Texas native best known for television series Charlie's Angels

1947 NY Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
born in Park Ridge, IL
Spotsy graduated from the same high school as the former first lady

Word of the Day
diablerie \dee-OB-luh-ree; -AB-\, noun:
1. Sorcery; black magic; witchcraft.
2. Representation of devils or demons in words or pictures.
3. Mischievous conduct; deviltry.

She invariably had every child in the establishment at her heels, open-mouthed with admiration and wonder,--not excepting Miss Eva, who appeared to be fascinated by her wild diablerie, as a dove is sometimes charmed by a glittering serpent.
--Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin

On this Day in History
1825 The Erie Canal opened, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean via the Hudson River. Governor DeWitt Clinton of New York, the driving force behind the project, led the opening ceremonies and rode the canal boat Seneca Chief from Buffalo to New York City.

On this Day in History
1881 After years of feuding and mounting tensions, the “law and order” Earps and the “cowboy” Clanton-McLaurys engaged in their world-famous shoot-out at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona, leaving three men dead and three more wounded.

visit desertusa.com to learn more

Don't forget the syrup! Pancakes Wednesday with the Troops --
definitely!

[Spotsy]

God Bless our Troops and Veterans
and their loved ones

[The Mayor]

October 26, 2005

Sweet Tooth

Read:
Psalm 119:97-104

How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! —Psalm 119:103

Bible In One Year: Mark 11-13

The woman must have had a major chocolate craving! She stopped at a Woolworth's store in London and asked for every Mars bar in stock. She paid cash for 10,656 candy bars. Nobody bothered to ask why she wanted so many, but one person jokingly said, "Perhaps she has a sweet tooth."

The psalmist had a "sweet tooth" too—for something far more healthy than chocolate. He loved the Word of God and found it "sweeter than honey" to his taste (Psalm 119:103).

How can we develop our spiritual tastebuds so that we have a strong craving for the sweetness of God's Word?

Read the Word. It may seem obvious, but you have to read the Word if you're going to learn to love it as the psalmist did. Set aside a few minutes each day and read a passage. Think about the words, their meaning and context.

Reflect on the Word. Jot down a verse and carry it with you. Look at it often during the day. Follow the psalmist's example and make it your "meditation all the day" (v.97).

Apply the Word. Ask God what He wants you to understand and how to apply it to your life that day.

God's Word will give you a "sweet tooth" and always satisfy it. —Anne Cetas

Upon Thy Word I rest, so strong, so sure;
So full of comfort blest, so sweet, so pure,
Thy Word that changest not, that faileth never!
My King, I rest upon Thy Word forever. —Havergal

A well-read Bible is a sign of a well-fed soul.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
How Can I Know God Through His Book?

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Hi spotsy!!!

[AZamericonnie]

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[herewego]

Thanks!!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Hello Blackie! Happy Birthday! HUGS! Goin riding today?

[Spotsy]

Good evening Ma!
I have to go hunt down a status report on all of our FReeper friends in hurricane country. Is everyone accounted for?

[Diva Betsy Ross]

Hey there!

[Soaring Feather]

[herewego]

Hello Diva- how are you??

[trussell]

Blackie

[EsmeraldaA]

I am sooo late!!

[Diva Betsy Ross]

I am find thank you.. and you? Whatchu doin?:]

[Spotsy]

Betsy! ((HUGS))

So good to hear from you. How are things in your neck of the woods?

[herewego]

Just kicking back, about ready to crash.
It has been a full week already- I hope all is good with you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I've been following the live thread, but I haven't been able to look today. As of last night, not all usually on the thread had checked in.

Thanks for my boysenberry syrup. ((HUGS)) And will you be experiencing any of Wilma's turmoil?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[AZamericonnie]

Happy 75th Birthday Blackie! Many happy returns of the day!!

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, they're fighting for our Freedom.

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Is that 2, Mayor?