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Politically Correct Santa

December 9, 2011 | Tags: live it, love it Tags: — | by j@revive

‘Twas the night before Christmas and Santa’s a wreck…

How to live in a world that’s politically correct?
His workers no longer would answer to “Elves”,
“Vertically Challenged” they were calling themselves.
Four reindeer had vanished, without much propriety,
Released to the wilds by the Humane Society. (read more…)

Hallelujah!

December 1, 2011 | Tags: live it, love it Tags: , — | by j@revive
Hallelujah Chorus

Just in time for the Christmas season… the Hallelujah chorus done like you’ve never seen before! This video from the small Yupiq Eskimo Village of Quinhagak, Alaska. Much to the villagers’ shock, over a half million people have viewed it. (read more…)

It’ll be alright Albert

April 13, 2011 | Tags: live it, love it Tags: — | by j@revive

A man was in a shopping centre, minding a toddler who was screaming up a storm. Little arms were flailing, amidst angry, shrieking sobs. People were staring.

“It’s alright, Albert. Settle down, Albert. It’ll be OK, Albert,” the man said calmly.

A passing woman stopped to compliment him. “I’m impressed!” she said admiringly. “You seem so composed.”

“You shouldn’t be too impressed,” the man admitted. “I’m Albert.”

Wrong email address

March 9, 2011 | Tags: live it, love it Tags: — | by j@revive

A couple from Minnesota decided to vacation to Florida during the winter. They planned to stay at the very same hotel where they spent their honeymoon 20 years earlier. Because of hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their travel schedules. So, the husband left Minnesota and flew to Florida on Thursday. His wife would fly down the following day. (read more…)

The bagpiper plays Amazing Grace

January 10, 2011 | Tags: live it, love it Tags: — | by j@revive
bagpipes

As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a grave side service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery in the back-country.

As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost; and being a typical man I didn’t stop for directions. I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight. (read more…)

Christmas Joke …

December 15, 2010 | Tags: live it, love it Tags: — | by j@revive

A man in Scotland calls his son in London the day before Christmas Eve and says, “I hate to ruin your day but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing; forty-five years of misery is enough”. (read more…)