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A couple of the more interesting stories I ran across this past week . . .
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One of my grandsons got an archery set for Christmas and loves it. Around the same time my friend Kevin fisher shared the following story . . .
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It has been a long time since I worried about exercising. Tim Jones has decided to follow m y example. He writes . . .
Read moreOne of my all time favorite Christmas movies is “It’s A Wonderful Life.” Dayna and I watch it every December. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is when Clarence says “one man’s life touches so many others, when he’s not there it leaves an awfully big hole.”
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*God is like Bayer Aspirin. He works miracles.
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It was December 25, 1776, and destiny was in the making. We were at war for our freedom from the British. The cities were in the hands of the British . . . only the woods, the snow, and cold were ours.
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In 1944, Congress again considered canceling the game. Then the idea came up to use it as a fundraiser for the war effort. Scheduled to return to Thompson Field, the game was moved instead to the much larger Memorial Stadium in Baltimore. To purchase tickets, a buyer had to buy a war bond. The game pulled in some 100,000 spectators and $58 million. Scalpers got up to $1,000 for some tickets, and 15 private boxes on the 50-yard line rented for $1 million each.
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