After Easter Message

For all you non church-goers the gospel message was, "As the Father sent Me, I send you." Our priest walked down the stairs from the altar, and with outstretched arms he said, "And I send you." I think he was looking at me. So here is my problem. I have written a manuscript titled, "I Married an Angel,and I Gave God a Saint." I sent this to a publisher 10 days ago, which happened to be Good Friday, and I am waiting for a response. They have 90 days in which to reply. Now I need some prayerful help during this period for a YES answer. I will keep you advised.

Dr. Ray

The Banana Story

This is a medical story.
This gentleman is going to the doctor. He tells the doctor that it has been a long time since I had a physical exam, so I want you to tell me the truth. No matter what it is, I want to know the truth. The doctor says that he could do that. After the exam is finished, the doctor returns to the room. The man reminds the doctor that he wants the whole truth no matter what it is. The doctor pondering and thinking and finally said,"If I were you, I wouldn't buy any green bananas."

Dr.Ray

Caribbean Cruise

Dorothy, I, and another couple decided to take a Caribbean Cruise in January many years ago. We scheduled a flight to arrive in Miami 2 hours before the departure of the ship. I thought that was enough time to get from the airport to the dock. Our flight was on time, leaving Chicago until we got over Orlando. Then the captain announced that there thunderstorms over Miami, and that we would be circling over Orlando for the time being. We asked the stewardess if they could call the dock to wait for us. She thought that they could do that for us. When we finally landed in Miami, we called the dock, and they said the ship just left. However the owner of the cruise line was there, and he wanted to talk to us. We told him that there were 4 in our party, and we had 2 cabins reserved. He said to stay where we were, and he would pay for all expenses in Miami. Then the next day we would be picked up, and we would fly to Kingston, Jamaica. Then we will be driven by limousine to Port Antonio which is the first stop for the ship. We will then board the ship.


Well everyone thought we were special friends of the president, and we got royal treatment. The hotel in Port Antonio had a red carpet leading to the entrance. The next day we were escorted to the ship with men carrying our luggage all the way to our cabins. At our dinner that night, there was a large bouquet of gladiolas in the middle of our table. We were the only people that had flowers on the table.

Now at the end of the cruise, there was scheduled a formal dinner with the captain of the ship. We all needed formal clothing to attend, and we were prepared. An invitation was extended to us to join the captain at his table. After everyone was seated, we walked in with the captain as his party, and we were seated at his long table.

The oddity of the zero

I was in bed thinking this morning, and I suddenly remembered Charles Osgood, who was a radio personality in the days before TV. Some of the older readers might remember him. I recalled one particularly clever topic of his.

I’ll try to tell it now.

The odd part about zero is that it represents nothing. If you look at a ruler, the first number is one, but all the marks for numbers less than one are present, but there is no zero printed there.

It would look funny to have a half of a circle on the ruler, and the other half off in thin air.

Zero is a number, but if you put 6 zeros down in a row, you still have nothing. If you put a one in front of the zeros, you suddenly have a million of nothing. Zero means nothing, but we cannot live without it.

God bless Charles Osgood, wherever he his.

This is Dr. Ray, signing off until later.