"WONDER WHY?"

Something to think about... or just enjoy.




Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Why don't you ever see the headline "Physic Wins Lottery"?

Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

Why is a boxing ring square?

Why is it called lipstick if you can still move your lips?

Why is it the Doctors call what they do "practice"?

Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?

Why is it that when you re driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dish washing liquid is made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests your money called a "broker"?

How come we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?

Why isn't there mouse flavored cat food?

How come sheep don't shrink when it rains but a wool sweater does when you wash it?

Why is the time of the day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why is it we say we "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?

Why are you "IN" a movie, but you re "ON" TV?

How come we just choose from two people for President and fifty for Miss America?

Why do Doctors leave the room while you change? They re going to see you naked anyway..

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet soup?

If a Deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

What disease did cured ham actually have?

Why do they call them "Free Gifts"? Aren't all gifts free?

What ever happened to Preparation A through G?

If a cow laughed hard enough, would it squirt milk from her nose?

Why isn't the number 11 pronounced onety-one?

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

If were here to help other people, what are other people here for?

Why is it called "after dark" when it is really "after light"?

Does the reverse side always have a reverse?

Have you ever seen a toad on a toadstool?

How did a fool and his money get together in the first place?

Why don't women put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans?

If man really evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

Why do they call it the "Department of Interior" when they are responsible for everything outdoors?

Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?

What happens if you get "scared half to death twice"?

Why do psychics have to ask for your name?

Is it OK to use the AM radio after noon?

What do chickens think we taste like?

What do you call a male ladybug?

What color of hair do they put on the driver's license of a bald man?

If you were to choke Papa Smurf, what color would he turn?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do we press harder on a remote control, when we know the battery is dead?

If they squeeze olives to get olive oil, what do they squeeze to get baby oil?

How do "Keep off the Grass" signs get where they are?

Why does your nose run and your feet smell?

Why does an alarm clock go off when it begins ringing?

Why are they called "Apartments" when they are stuck together?

Why isn't there a shorter word for monosyllabic?

Why are they called "stands" when they're made for sitting?

If people from Poland are called "Poles", why aren't people from Holland called "Holes"?

Was it a cruel joke to put the letter "s" in the word lisp?

Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?

Can fat people go skinny dipping?

How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work?

Why is it that when you transport something by car its called "shipment", but when you transport it by ship its called "cargo"?

Whats the difference between null and void?

Whats another word for Thesaurus?

Whats another word for synonym?

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is this a hostage situation?

Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?

What do batteries run on?

Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

What do you do if you find an endangered animal that eats only an endangered plant?

Is it possible to be totally partial?

When companies ship Styrofoam, what do they pack it in?

Why do they sterilize the needles for lethal injections?

Why did kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Why do they call it a TV set, when you only get one?

What is the speed of dark?

How come we never hear about Gruntled employees?

Last but not least,

What was the best thing before sliced bread?


Hope you enjoyed...

Confused yet?

Until next time,
Chip

"MEET JESSICA COX"

Many of us are born on third base. We have and never know the feeling of going without. We go through life living between third base and home with all the comforts imaginable. We never go hungry, go without air in the summer or heat in the winter. We drive everywhere we go in a car that provides us with entertainment and shelter from the weather. We live in nice homes.

Even with all of that, we, or at least I, can have a tendency to complain. The food at the restaurant wasn't very good. The waiter couldn't seem to get it together. We had to wait in line for 45 minutes. The coffee wasn't up to par. No matter what it is, at some point in our life I am pretty sure we have all done it, this man included. In fact, shamefully, I do it way too much.

But for some, it is just the opposite. They were born in between home and first base and spend there entire lives amazing those around them with a WILL POWER that rivals Superman in strength. A will to improve, enhance and inspire not only there lives, but the lives of those around them.

Meet Jessica Cox.

As you can see, Jessica was born without arms. But from a very young age there was something special about Jessica. The only thing it stopped Jessica from is using the word "Can't."

At age 25, she became the nations first and only person to be given a Sport Pilot certificate to fly using only her feet. With one foot manning the controls and the other delicately guiding the steering column, Cox soared. Her certificate qualifies her to fly a light sport aircraft to altitudes of 10,000 feet. "She's a good pilot. She's rock solid," said Parrish Traweek, the flying instructor at San Manuel's Ray Blair Airport.

Parish runs PC Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Services and has trained many pilots, some of whom didn't come close to Cox's ability.

"When she came up here driving a car'" Traweek recalled, "I knew she'd have no problem flying a plane."

Doctors never learned why she was born without arms, but she figured out early that she didn't want to use prosthetic devices.

Jessica, 25, earned her license to fly on October 10, 2008. She also has two black belts in Tae Kwan-Do, a college degree in Psychology, and a thriving career as a motivational speaker.

What doesn't Jessica have? Arms. A bilateral congenital limb deficiency doesn't stop her from achieving and surpassing her goals. From birth on, her feet became her hands. She can drive a car, type 25 words per minute, and fly an airplane using her feet, without any special adaptations.

"I highly encourage people with disabilities to consider flying," Cox said. "It helps reverse the stereotype that people with disabilities are powerless into the belief that they are powerful and capable of setting high goals and achieving them."

In closing, a quick quote from Jessica. "Never let your fears get in the way of your opportunities," Jessica Cox.

Jessica Cox, proof of the Human Spirit.

You can check out her web Page by clicking on JESSICA COX. See her incredible video below.

Until next time,
Chip

"SEE YOU, ME AND JULIO DOWN BY THE FEEDER"

Meet Julio. Your everyday run of the mill bird. There's nothing fancy about Julio. In fact most people would call Julio just "Another bird." No bright and fancy colors. No fancy tricks while in flight. A bill that's just, well normal. Two basic bird feet. Absolutely NOTHING exciting about Julio.

But I beg to differ. I believe Julio is special. "Whats so special about Julio", you ask. Well let me tell you. Over the last couple of weeks, I've taped several hours of time at the bird feeder with the video recorder. And during that period I have captured many birds on tape chowing down of the seed given to them.

But Julio is the First, the very First, to be filmed up close and personal from inside the feeder... Yep, we placed the camera inside the feeder to try and get a different perspective on a birds life.

So for the next three minutes, I invite you to hang out with "Me and Julio down by the feeder." Be sure and listen for Julio throwing in his mix with the music...

With his world premier, here's "Julio" the bird. Enjoy!!!

Until next time,
Chip

WILL STARVE FOR FOOD

Daily I come home to a house filled with plenty. Plenty of food, family drinks, running water, heat, air conditioning, personal entertainment devices... the list goes on and on.

In the majority of the world, most people live on less then $2.00 per day. Millions of kids in Africa alone, have been orphaned over the last few years. They estimate there will be 20,000,000 million kids orphaned by the year 2012.

Help me make a difference in the life of one child. Together we can and will make a difference.

We have one life. Let's do something with it!!

Join me in raising awareness and funds for hungry and impoverished people, mainly kids, around the world.

In April of 2009, I am going to actively participate in an event called 30 HOUR FAMINE...

For 30 hours, I am committed to:

1. Fasting. No food or liquid of any kind for 30 straight hours.
2. Living in a cardboard box outdoors, no matter the weather. As if I were homeless.
3. Bringing awareness to the current hunger problem within the world.

I am committed because:

1. 1 child dies every 3 seconds. Most of them from preventable causes like: Hunger, Disease or Poverty. That's more then 26,000 children EVERYDAY.
2. In the time it takes you to read this story, 40 children will die.
3. More than 840 million people in the world don't get enough to eat. That's one of every seven people on the planet.
4. 143 million children under age 5 in the developing world are underweight because of poor nutrition. That's about one in three children in developing countries.
5. In the last 50 years, 400 million people worldwide have died from hunger and poor sanitation. That's three times the number of people killed in all wars fought in the entire 20Th century.
6. Moderately underweight children are more than four times more likely to die from infectious disease than are well-nourished children. And under-nutrition contributes to 53 percent of deaths among children under 5 globally.
7. Countries in which a large portion of the population battles hunger daily are usually poor and often lack the social safety nets we enjoy, such as soup kitchens, food stamps, and job training programs. When a family that lives in a poor country cannot grow enough food or earn enough money to buy food, there is nowhere to turn for help.
8. Of the 6.6 billion people in today's world, 2.1 billion live on less than $2 per day.
9. One in ten households in the United States experience hunger or the risk of hunger.

To accomplish this, I need your help.

I ask that you pray for the situation and the event.
I ask that you give what you can of your resources:

HELP FEED HUNGRY BY HELPING ME RAISE $4,000.

For every $1.00 raised, 1 child is fed for 1 day.

Suggested Levels:
$15.00: Paired with one other donor, together you feed a child for one month.
$30.00: Feeds one child for one month.
$90.00: Feeds one child for three months.
$180.00: Feeds one child for six months.
$360.00: Feeds one child for an entire year.
Any amount at all. Whatever you can give is appreciated and helps fight the worldwide issue of hunger. NO gift is too small.

You can contribute directly on my page by clicking on the following link:

http://www.30hourfamine.org/portal/onlinegiving/donate/44966300-001

Visit the WORLD VISION site at:

HTTP://WWW.WORLDVISION.ORG












Please take the time to join the event on facebook called 30 HOUR FAMINE. If you haven't, you will get an invitation. Please take the time to pass this story on to all of your friends and to invite your friends to join the 30 HOUR FAMINE event in an attempt to raise the awareness and to help me raise the necessary funds. With your help, we can reach and exceed the overall goal.

Thanks in advance for your help...

Until next time,
Chip

THE MEANING OF LOVE

On this Valentine's Day, it seems appropriate to remember what True Love really is.

Happy Valentine's Day from us at The Daily Dose. Enjoy:

If I have the gift of prophecy
and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge,
and if I have a faith that can move mountains,
but have not love, I am nothing.
If I give all I posses to the poor
and surrender my body to the flames,
but have not love, I gain nothing.

Love is patient, love is kind,
It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud, it is not rude,
it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.

Love never fails

I CORINTHIANS 13: 2-8a

May the grace of God be with you this day.

Until next time,
Chip