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It bothers me when people say that they want to wait until their kids are older before they take them to Disneyland. I usually bite my tongue and let it pass. If you know me, you know I do a fairly good Jimmy Stewart impersonation. I have a favorite scene, from “It’s A Wonderful Life,” where … Read more
Following is an actual letter I sent to my local dry cleaners. It happened a couple years ago, but I ran across this saved file on my hard drive and thought it was a good “customer service” story to retell. I’ve wondered since then, what ever happened to it? Did some employee receive it, read … Read more
An item in the news (click for the link) explains that Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Tweety Bird were called to be witnesses in court-of-law. I was just imagining how part of that trial might go… … Judge: “We first call ‘Donald’ to the stand” Donald: “Baaa Baa Baa Baaaaa Baaaa” Judge: “We … Read more
Disney Character Warehouse and The Disney Store Two separate topics today – first, the Disney Character Warehouse A company by the name of AMS Liquidation runs some outlet stores under the name Disney Character Warehouse. I’ve mentioned them in the Beardall’s Guide to the Disneyland Resort (see pages link), but not in great detail. The … Read more
As the three people who follow this site regularly know, this site went down for a couple weeks. It is back and strong now, hosted by Landon’s new web serving company. There had been some behind-the-scenes issues, but those should be resolved by this move. Get your web site hosted here too: Now, I hope … Read more
Ken Jennings, the guy we all cheered for on Jeopardy! in 2004, then promptly stopped watching the show after he lost, has written an editorial piece about the Mormon church being in the news so much. It’s a pretty good piece. Click here for a link to it.
I’ve just had a flashback. My darling daughter, who is just about to turn four years old, asked for a cup of “cold water” – which means it needs to be from the refrigerator, not the tap. I filled her cup halfway, and stood aside and observed her drink some, them pour the rest into … Read more
A man is praying to God. “Lord,” he prays, “is it true that to you, a million years is but a second?” “Yes,” the Lord says, “that is true.” “Well, then, what is a million dollars to you?” “A million dollars to me is but a penny.” “Ah, then, Lord,” says the man. “May I … Read more
So as I understand the story, Promenade Pictures Movie Studios apparently made an animated movie about Moses. They plan to follow up with another movie about Noah and a third about Gideon, as they take on the noble purpose of promoting Biblical figures (and thereby promoting faith, scripture, God’s dealings with man, etc). That is … Read more
Ryan’s Note: Glorajean entered a little contest over at www.cricut.com where you put your scrapbooking and Cricut machine cutting skills to the test and make unique projects. Once a week, they pick a winner and award a prize – a Cricut cartridge. Astonishingly, her entry lost to this, uh, “winner” – http://www.cricut.com/newsletters/volume.aspx?ID=90 Though I am … Read more