Trix cereal
The plight of the Trix Rabbit has drawn comparisons to Sisyphus, a Greek figure who was doomed to endlessly repeat a futile task.
Chicago Tribune, 1899
“I must confess that I am not an advocate of the use of the bicycle among women, when viewed from a morality phase.”
WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THAT A NATIONAL TRAGEDY WAS SOMEHOW GOD’S PUNISHMENT
If a parishioner says it:
If another pastor says it:
awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:
James Brown, Brian Jones, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger
awesomepeoplehangingouttogether:
Muhammad Ali and Sam Cooke
~ UK WWI Recruitment Campaign poster, 1914-1916
via Imperial War Museum
This is how the UK got young men to sign up for military service during World War I. I guess single guys were off the hook.
~ Cass City Chronicle, November 1, 1912
via Vintage Ads LiveJournal
“Who Can’t Vote! Children, Insane, Idiots, Aliens, Criminals and Women.”
John Wesley (and I) get you ready for Election Day
My latest article at Ministry Matters puts this quote by John Wesley in a 21st-century-USA context:
I met those of our society who had votes in the ensuing election, and advised them, 1. To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy: 2. To speak no evil of the person they voted against: And, 3. To take care their spirits were not sharpened against those that voted on the other side.
Click here to read the whole thing (and to find out who won the 1774 British Parliamentary elections to which Wesley was referring).
MAINLINE DENOMINATION STEREOTYPES: UNITED METHODISTS
During Wesley hymns:
During conferences:
Nuevo, California
Nuevo is in an unincorporated area and falls under the jurisdiction of Riverside County. Paul Muehter is NOT the Mayor, he just likes for people to think he is.
