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WITandWISDOM(tm) - July 19, 2005 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: “My mama taught me that anything worth doing in life should be a little scary.” – Terry McMillan, author, who took her first book’s publicity into her own hands by writing thousands of letters asking bookstores to promote it. ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: Vanity Flair Volkswagen Beetle owners in my community seem to be competing for the most creative vanity plates. Here are some tags seen around town on the diminutive cars: Black - RLY POLY Green - KIWEE Orange - LTNGBUG Yellow - BEEHAPY - Contributed by Cindy Weaver License tags on a Saab: BOOHOO - Contributed by J. George Plate seen on a minivan: CMOMGO - Contributed by Marie Schoettle License on a Humvee: 18ASUV - Contributed by Nanette Kenyon Source: Copyright © March 2002, The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved., http://www.readersdigest.com/ ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: Some years ago an Englishman on a plane to Australia was handed one of these immigration / visitation cards to fill out. After the standard questions, like name, nationality, passport number, etc., he got to a question that asked, "Have you ever been imprisoned?" He pondered it for a minute, then wrote down, "I didn't realize this was still a requirement." Source: Pulpit Supply, mailto:pulpit-supply-subscribe@strategicnetwork.org ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: A Californian man who fled his wrecked home with nothing but a £50 picture has found it's a £300,000 masterpiece. Albert Trevino, 74, would have been left with nothing as insurers refused to pay up after a landslide wrecked his home in Bluebird Canyon. He was given 15 minutes to gather his belongings before his house slipped 40ft down a hillside, reports the Mirror. All Albert could salvage was his passport, some documents and his mother's favourite picture - a painting he bought from a garage sale for £50 more than 25 years ago. Called Evening Shadows it shows the mission of San Juan Capistrano and was painted in 1923 by Joseph Kleitsch, a key member of the California Impressionism movement Its identity was only revealed after Albert's artist friend Pam Hagen saw a signature on the work. Now a gallery has agreed to sell it for Albert and wife Dolores, 69, commission-free. He said: "When the emergency services came they would not let us back in our homes without supervision. I got the painting because it was in the room it was safest to go into." Art expert Ray Redfern said: "A Kleitsch sold recently for more than £200,000. This one will go for more." Source: Ananova http://www.ananova.com