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70's ROCK MUSIC TRIVIA QUIZ by Danny McDonald

THE FOLLOWING ARE LYRICS FROM ROCK SONGS IN THE 70’s ERA.  GIVE THE NAME OF THE SONG AND THE ARTIST.  

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1. “And if I claim to be a wise man, well, it surely means that I don’t know.”

 

2. “There’s so much that we need to share, so send a smile and show you care.”

 

3. “Woke up this morning with a wine glass in my hand.”

 

4. “I’ve got to be free, free to face the life that’s ahead of me.”

 

5. “It’s time I had a good time.  Ain’t got time to wait.”

 

6. “Ha, Ha woman it’s a crying shame, but you ain’t got nobody else to blame.”

 

7. “Shake it down, shake it down, shake it down now.”

 

8. “When we are together, the moments I cherish with every beat of my heart.”

 

9. “I’m just moving along.   You’ll forget about me after I’ve been gone.”

 

10. “Love doesn’t come in a minute.   Sometimes it doesn’t come at all.”

 

11. “She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain.  I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again.”

 

12. “And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know………”

 

13. “Gimme the beat, boys and free my soul.   I wanna get lost in your rock and roll…”

 

14. “All the downtown ladies call him ‘Treetop Lover’.  All the men just call him ‘Sir’.”

 

15. “All over the country I’ve seen it the same.   Nobody’s winning at this kind of game.”

 

16. “Well, John at the bar is a friend of mine.   He gets me my drinks for free.”

 

17. “I live in hotels, tear out the walls.   I have accountants pay for it all.”

 

18. “Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers, and they’ve been known to pick a song or two.”

 

19. “Relax, said the night man.   We are programmed to receive.”

 

20. “There was voodoo in the vibes, but I could not catch your eyes.”

 

21. “Why in the world would anybody put chains on me?   I paid my dues to make it.”

 

22. “I’m gonna find me a hole in the wall.   Gonna crawl inside and die.”

 

23. “Sitting cross-legged on the floor.”

 

24. “I want to sleep with you in the desert tonight with a million stars all around.”

 

25. “Billy Mack is a detective down in Texas.   You know he knows just exactly what the facts is.”

 

26. “So won’t you smile for the camera?  I know I’ll love you better.”

 

27. “I guess you didn’t know it, but I’m a fiddle player, too.”

 

28. “There is no other to compare to you.  You’ve got me blindly, blindly, blindly giving all I have to you.”

 

29. “But every morning I wake up and worry what’s gonna happen today.”

 

30. “Just give me a kiss!”

 

31. “I’m gonna be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender.”

 

32. “Brother, what a night it really was!   Brother, what a fight it really was!   Glory be!”

 

33. “I’ll take you on a trip beside the ocean, and drop the top at Chesapeake Bay.”

 

34. “Fly me away to the bright side of the moon, and meet me on the other side.”

 

35. “Yeah they were dancing, and singing, and moving to the groovin’ ”.

 

36. “A kiss for luck and we’re on our way.”

 

37. “Tonight’s the night.  I’m gonna push it to the limit.   I’ll live all of my years in a single minute.”

 

38. “He came on a summer’s day, bringing gifts from far away.”

 

39. “And if your train’s on time, you can get to work by nine.”

 

40. “You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet."

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I wonder who will be the first to name the titles of all the songs and the artists?

 

Casual Christianity? No Such Thing.

There's no way to follow Jesus and not have Him flat-out interfere with your life. Looking for casual Christianity? It doesn't exist. Casual church-going? It's everywhere. Casual obedience? Rampant. Casual serving? Stand in line.

Here's my main thought for this morning: Salvation is free, but if you really want to be a follower of Jesus, be prepared to pay a huge price. Not much...... just everything.

Most people don't mind following Jesus as long as He comes in and makes some minor changes here and there. Problem is, Jesus doesn't make minor adjustments. His goal is to turn our lives every way but loose.

"What's that, Jesus? A little touch-up work?"
"No", He replies. "I was thinking more about demolition and a complete rebuild."

"Jesus, my life isn't running quite right. I need a tune-up."
But the Master Mechanic says, "Nope. Major overhaul."

Some people think just slapping on a little makeup will smooth out the wrinkles and make everything look better. Jesus wants to do an extreme makeover.

We just had the crew from Extreme Home Makeover come to Fayetteville several weeks ago and film a show. You've seen the show, I'm sure. Ty and all his gang come in, find a family that's in bad need of a new home, send them to Walt Disney World for a week while they demolish their small dwelling and build a mansion in its place.

So, if you think Jesus will be content with simply repairing your life, you might want to re-think that. Jesus is thinking about demolition and rebuilding. However, unlike Ty and his crew, we don't get a free trip to Disney World during the process, and it will certainly take a lot longer than one week before He can "move that bus".

If you want Jesus to inspire you, He can. But He's not content with that. Jesus' main goal for you is to get smack dab in the middle of your life and interrupt it.

You can make a decision to be a believer, but that's not the same as being a fully devoted follower of Jesus. Jesus doesn't accept relationships where we "just believe" and that's it. "Just believing" is only the beginning. After we believe, He expects us to follow after Him with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength.

So if you're looking for a Jesus who will wait patiently in the corner until you're ready to serve Him, don't waste your time searching. He won't be there.

Jesus doesn't want "a place" in your life. He wants your life.

Period.

Selah.

TIMELESS TRUTHS FOR TODAYS TEENAGERS

 
TRUTH #1:
Life isn't fair.  Get used to it.

TRUTH #2:
The real world won't care about your self-esteem as much as you think it does.   The real world will actually expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

TRUTH #3:
You will NOT be making $90,000 a year right out of high school.   You will not be a CEO with a Lexus or a Hummer until you earn both.

TRUTH #4:
If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss.   He doesn't have tenure.

TRUTH #5:
Flipping burgers isn't "beneath your dignity".   Your grandparents had a word for "burger-flipping".   They used to call it "opportunity".

TRUTH #6:
If you screw up, it's not your parent's fault.  So stop whining about your mistakes and learn from them.

TRUTH #7:
Before you were born, your parents weren't nearly as boring as they are now.   They got that way paying your bills, cleaning your room, and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are.  So, before you tackle "cleaning up the planet" , first try cleaning your room.

TRUTH #8:
Your school system may have done away with "winners" and "losers", but life hasn't.   Some schools have actually abolished failing grades altogether.   They'll give you as many tries as you want in order for you to finally get the right answer.   This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in the real world.

TRUTH #9:
Life isn't divided into semesters.   You don't get summers off.   Also, very few employers are interested in helping you "find yourself".   You'll have to do that on your own time.

TRUTH #10:
Television is not real life.   "Reality TV"?...... far from it.   In real life, people actually have to leave the house and go to their jobs.

TRUTH #11:
Be nice to nerds.   Odds are you'll end up working for one.

TRUTH #12:
Smoking does not make you look cool.   It makes you look moronic.   It will also take the very life and breath from your body.   Read the label.

TRUTH #13:
Living fast and dying young is "romantic" only until you see one of your friends horizontal at room temperature.

TRUTH #14:
Get back up when you fall down.    Any dead fish can float downstream.

 

Selah.

THREE NEW NAVY SHIPS

 
USS REAGAN 
Seeing it next to the Arizona Memorial really puts its size into perspective.... ENORMOUS!


When the Bridge pipes ' Man the Rail' there is a lot of rail to man on this monster: shoulder to shoulder, around 4..5 acres.  Her displacement is about 100,000 tons with full complement.   

Capability
Top speed exceeds 30 knots, powered by two nuclear reactors that can operate for more than 20 years without refueling

1. Expected to operate in the fleet for about 50 years 

2. Carries over 80 combat aircraft  

3. Three arresting cables can stop a 28-ton aircraft going 150 miles per hour in less than 400 feet 

Size
1. Towers 20 stories above the waterline

2. 1092 feet long; nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall 

3.  Flight deck covers 4..5 acres

4.  4 bronze propellers, each 21 feet across, weighing 66,200  pounds

5.  2 rudders, each 29 by 22 feet and weighing 50 tons

6.  4 high speed aircraft elevators, each over 4,000 square feet   

Capacity 
1. Home to about 6,000 Navy personnel  

2. Carries enough food and supplies to operate for 90 days

3.  18,150 meals served daily

4.  Distillation plants provide 400,000 gallons of fresh water from sea water daily, enough for 2,000 homes

5.  Nearly 30,000 light fixtures and 1,325 miles of cable and wiring 1,400 telephones 

6.  14,000 pillowcases and 28,000 sheets

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  USS BILL CLINTON 
The USS William Jefferson Clinton ( CVS 1) set sail today from its home port of Vancouver , BC   

The ship is the first of its kind in the Navy and is a standing legacy to President Bill Clinton 'for his foresight in military budget cuts' and his conduct while holding the (formerly dignified) office of President. 

The ship is constructed nearly entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with a top speed of 5 knots.  It boasts an arsenal comprised of one (unarmed) F14 Tomcat or one (unarmed) F18 Hornet aircraft which, although they cannot be launched on the 100 foot flight deck, form a very menacing presence. 

As a standing order there are no firearms allowed on board.

This crew, like the crew aboard the USS Jimmy Carter, is specially trained to avoid conflicts and appease any and all enemies of the United States at all costs. 

An onboard Type One DNC Universal Translator can send out messages of apology in any language to anyone who may find America offensive.  The number of apologies are limitless and though some may seem hollow and disingenuous, the Navy advises all apologies will sound very sincere.   

In times of conflict, the USS Clinton has orders to seek refuge in Canada. 
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USS  BARACK OBAMA 
This ship will be used to ferry illegals across the Rio Grande to pick up their welfare checks as advance payments for their democratic votes.

Details are as vague as his past, his economic policies and his credentials to lead. 

But don't you worry......he has a plan!

START LEARNING CHINESE

Seems like America is getting deeper and deeper into debt to other countries around the world.   We're already in debt to China up to our eyeballs.   One bad thing about being in debt up to your eyeballs......it's not too much further until you go under!

If America continues her present course, we could all end up speaking Chinese one day.    So I figured why not go ahead and give everyone a crash course in Chinese 101.    Start learning these phrases right away.    There will be a test!

 

"That's not right" - - - - - Sum Ting Wong

"Are you harboring a fugitive?" - - - - - Hu Yu Hai Ding

"See me ASAP" - - - - - Kum Hia

"Small Horse" - - - - - Tai Ni Po Ni

"I think you need a facelift" - - - - - Chin Tu Fat

"It's very dark in here" - - - - - Wai So Dim

"I thought you were on a diet" - - - - - - Wai Yu Mun Ching

"This is a tow away zone" - - - - - No Pah King

"Our meeting is next week" - - - - - Wai Yu Kum Nao

"Staying out of sight" - - - - - Lei Ying Lo

"He's cleaning his automobile" - - - - - - Wa Shing Ka

"You body odor is offensive" - - - - - - Yu Stin Ki Pu

 

上

帝

保

祐

美

國

 

Selah.

 

DO YOU EVER WONDER?....

　

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?

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

Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

Why do they have Braille on the "drive-thru" ATM machine buttons?

Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

Why is it that to stop Windows Vista, you have to click on "Start"?

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

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

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

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

SELAH.

CHRISTMAS ONE-LINERS

I know by now you've seen just about every "Christmas Quiz" out there in cyber world, so I decided to come up with a new one.

Below are the FIRST LINES of familiar Christmas songs, each letter representing the first LETTER of each WORD in the first line.    For example:   WWYAMC = We Wish You A Merry Christmas.    (Got it)?

Now.....take off your Santa hat, put on your thinking cap, and see if you can figure these out.

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1. IDOAWC
2. SNHNAICAIB
3. ICUAMC
4. ISMKSC
5. HTHASGTTNK
6. SRAYLITLSIG
7. DTTSIAOHOS
8. DTHWBOHFLLLLLLLL
9. HCSCHCSCRDSCL
10. OCAYFJAT
11. WTKOOABGWTA
12. CSBSDIHSITATAFOC
13. RTRNRHAVSN
14. WCITWLTROMLIS?
15. OHNTSABSIITNOODSB
16. AIAMNCFAB
17. GRYMGLNYDRCOSWBOCD
18. OCTOCTHLATB
19. GTIOTMOTHAE
20. AIWFCIMTFT
21. IBHFCYCCOM
22. OLTOBHSWSTL
23. AWHHOHSSOTP
24. JTTWTLICLERHK
25. EEHNICE

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If you get stumped on any of them, contact me on Facebook or Twitter.....(there are links on my blog homepage).   Or, you can write to me at: heartofworship@nc.rr.com or dmcdonalds@nc.rr.com and I'll send you an answer sheet.

I pray that each of you are having a very Merry Christmas celebration!    Remember to keep Jesus at the center of it all. 

I leave you for now with this quote from Benjamin Franklin:  "How many observe Christ's birthday!  How few His precepts"!

Selah.

I'M STILL KICKIN'

I want to apologize for not being more dilligent in posting on a more frequent basis.    Between a mission trip to Ukraine, the passing of Dawn's mother, and now having to stay off my feet due to a possible ruptured disk in my back, things have been rather hectic.

Suddenly I am finding myself with a little more "spare time" on my hands, as all I am allowed to do for the time is sit on the couch (or lie down)....my choice!  :)      I will try to collect my thoughts over the next few days and condense them into some sort of rational thought.    Right not I'm on my pain medication (as if you couldn''t already tell), so I'll be brief for now.

 I ask my friends who read this blog to add me to their daily prayer lists and lift me up to the Father.   I know that although He may not necessarily "cause" these things to happpen, He most certainly "allows" them to happen.   God is trying to teach me something in the events of the past month, and I want to learn the lessons and hear from Him so I can graduate to the next grade.   Pray that I will learn to wait on Him and learn, as did the Apostle Paul,... "whatever state I am in, therewith to be content."

That's all for now.

Selah time.

LETTER FROM CAMP

With summer camps in full swing, I thought you might like to read one of the many "letters" written home during these "summer experiences".    This one's a hoot-nanny!

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Dear Mom & Dad,

 

Our Scoutmaster told us to write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and are worried.   We are okay.   Only one of our tents and two sleeping bags got washed away.   Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up on the mountain looking for Chad when it happened.

 

Oh yeah.   Please call Chad's mother and tell her he is okay.   He can't write because of the cast.   I got to ride in one of the search and rescue jeeps.   It was neat.   We never would have found Chad in the dark if it hadn't been lightning.

 

Scoutmaster Don got mad at Chad for going on a hike alone without telling anyone.   Chad said he DID tell him, but it was during the fire, so he probably didn't hear him.    Did you know that if you put gas on a fire, the gas will blow up?   Cool!    The wet wood didn't burn, but one of the tents did and also some of our clothes.   David is going to look weird until his hair grows back.

 

We will be home on Saturday if Scoutmaster Don can get the car fixed.   It wasn't his fault about the wreck.   The brakes worked okay when we left.   Scoutmaster Don said that with a car that old you have to expect something to break down.   That's probably why he can't get insurance.   We think it's the coolest car.    He doesn't care if we get it dirty, and if it's hot, sometimes he lets us ride on the fenders.   It gets pretty hot with 10 people in the car.   He let us take turns riding in the trailer until the highway patrolman stopped and talked to us.

 

Scoutmaster Don is a great guy.   Don't worry.  He's a good driver.    In fact, he's teaching Terry how to drive on the mountain roads where there isn't any traffic.   All we ever see up there are logging trucks.

 

This morning all of the guys were diving off the rocks and swimming out in the lake.    Scoutmaster Don wouldn't let me because I can't swim, and Chad was afraid he would sink because of his cast.   So, he let us take the canoe across the lake.    It was great!    You can still see some of the trees under the water from the flood.

 

Scoutmaster Don isn't crabby like some scoutmasters.   He didn't even get mad about me and Chad forgetting to put the life jackets in the canoe when we went out in it.   He has to spend a lot of time working under the car, so we're trying not to cause him any trouble.

 

Guess what?   We have all passed our first aid merit badges!    When Dave dived into the lake and cut his arm, we got to see how a tourniquet works.    Wade and I threw up, but Scoutmaster Don said it probably was just food poisoning from the leftover chicken.    He said they got sick they way with food they ate in prison.   I'm so glad he got out and became our Scoutmaster.    He said he sure figured out how to get things done better while he was doing his time.   By the way, what is a pedal-file?

 

I have to go now.  We are going to town to mail our letters and buy some more beer.   Don't worry about anything.   We're doing just fine.

 

Your loving son,

 

Timmy.

EVER THINK ABOUT.......?

 I didn't drive this year on SWAT Tour nearly as much as I did last year.   I had a lot of time to think while riding on the bus.    When my mind kicks into gear, some pretty bizarre things bounce around in there.   Sometimes they even come out!    Here are some random meanderings from last week.

Saw a sign in Fernandina Beach, Florida that said "Eat more Natural Foods".   Something's wrong with that picture.   Last time I checked, there are a lot of people who die from "natural causes".   Excuse me, but I think I'll skip the natural foods, if you don't mind.

While trying to cross a busy crosswalk intersection in downtown Inverness, Florida, I learned that there are only two types of pedestrians..... the quick and the dead.

Our musical was called "THE BASICS OF LIFE".   One thing about life that we didn't add into the script, but it makes sense to me:   Life is sexually transmitted.

It was awesome watching Tinkerbell fly out of the castle at DisneyWorld.   She looked like a big green UFO.    Speaking of UFO's, have you noticed that almost everyone has a camcorder or a cell phone with a camcorder these days?   So, how come no one talks anymore about seeing all these "UFO"'s like we used to hear about?

We did a LOT of walking while on SWAT Tour.   I can tell I'm getting older and my body is writing checks I can't cash like I could when I was in my 20's or 30's.    Every now and then I'd start feeling a little blue..... then I'd start breathing again.

We seriously thought about adding an "E" to our name, changing it from "SWAT" to "SWEAT."   It was forevermore HOT this past week!    Still, no one seemed to complain.   Even if they did, what good would it do?   We could all learn a lesson from the weather.    It pays absolutely NO ATTENTION to it's critics!

Saw some strange people walking around Disney.   Why is it that back in the 60's people were taking acid to make the world look weird.   Now the world IS weird, and people are taking Prozac now to try to make it seem normal.   Go figure.

Figure this one out.   Why is it that one careless match can start a forest fire.   But, whenever I go camping, it takes several books of matches to get my campfire started!   So much for that old song we used to sing back in the 70's.... "It only takes a spark to get a fire going..."!

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why did some idiot write a song about him?

I turned 50 in June, so I have my first appointment for a colonoscopy.    I really don't like going to the doctor now that I'm older.    When you walk into an examination room and you see a garden hose and an air compressor in the corner, you know you're not going to have a good time.    Another thing about doctors.... why do they leave the room while you're getting undressed?   They're going to see you undressed anyway!

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, where do they get baby oil from?

Any thoughts or answers to some of these random meanderings?   My comment page is open!