Daydreams are a great way to escape your everyday worries, but there's more going on there than idle fancy. "Studies show that what you imagine when you're wide-awake and dreaming directly relates to your deepest hopes and desires," says psychotherapist John Jeffries. "And once you understand the meaning of your daydreams, you can begin to work toward the goals that will make you happy."

Romance -- Your inner voice is clamoring for you to start a self-improvement program. Think about what steps you can take to make yourself a better, happier person. Whether you want to lose weight, find a new job or sign up for a night class, now is the time to jump right in and get started.

Problems -- If thoughts of trouble are invading your daydreams, you are feeling a need to prepare yourself for the future. Make an effort to double-check your plans before you leave for a trip and immerse yourself in all the information available before starting a new project at work. Having all your ducks in a row will put you at ease.

Nature scenes -- You're a high achiever who craves success. You're willing to do whatever it takes to reach your goals, and your single-minded focus on the main chance makes it a sure bet you'll be a winner. Make an effort to gain the good will of your co-workers and you're even more likely to make it to the top.
Solitude -- Daydreaming about being all by your lonesome? The experts say this fantasy indicates you need to express your creative side. Maybe art lessons are just what you need to satisfy your deepest desire. Don't suppress it. Find a way to indulge your fanciful impulses and open the door to happiness.

Trophy -- Musings about winning awards suggest that you're too busy doing for others to think about yourself. Instead of feeling neglected, make a concerted effort to pamper yourself with a day at the spa or a shopping spree at the mall. Remember that the first step in truly loving others is to love yourself.

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See if you can figure out what these seven words all have in common?

1. Banana
2. Dresser
3. Grammar
4. Potato
5. Revive
6. Uneven
7. Assess

Look at each word carefully.  No, it is not that they all have at least 2 double letters.

Answer:  In all of the words listed, if you take the first letter, place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word.
 
 
 
 
 

National Trivia Day -- So here's some totally useless information:

• Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the U.S. Treasury.
• Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
• Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
• There's a 50% chance that an American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up.
• Hong Kong is the city with the most Rolls Royce's.
• Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.
• 28% of Africa that is wilderness. 38% of North America is wilderness.
• 44% of American adults who go on diet each year.
• The average West German goes without washing his underwear for 7 days.
• Hallmark makes cards for 105 different family relationships.
• It costs about $6400 to raise a medium-size dog to the age of eleven.
• The average number of people airborne over the U.S. any given hour is 61,000.
• 70% of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World.
• The average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.
• One third of potatoes sold are french fried.
• 7% of Americans eat at McDonald's every day.
• James Buchanon was the only U.S. president to remain a bachelor.
• Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes.
• The pig is the only animal besides human that can get sunburned.
• Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water.
• Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
• The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
• Mark Twain didn't complete elementary school.
• Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.
• Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.
• Hot water is heavier than cold.
• Cream does not weigh as much as milk.
• Iceland consumes more Coca-cola per capita than any other nation.
• Heinz catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year.
• It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
• Men get hiccups more often than women.

He's got the moves!

Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV's or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars.  They were told to 'go sip some Ale and listen to people's conversations and political concerns. Many assistants were dispatched at different times. 'You go sip here' and 'You go sip there.' The two words 'go sip' were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term 'gossip.'

 The stranger-than-life story of our most requested Christmas song at KBMR, A Christmas Wish, began about fifty-nine years ago in Arkansas.
 
 Two brothers from Marked Tree, Arkansas, Stan and Ron Brooks, took different roads in life.  Ron became an Arkansas State Patrolman, while Stan got into trouble with the law.

 Stan Brooks was convicted of burglary and grand larceny in 1969, and spent two years in the Arkansas State Penitentiary.  In 1971, Stan was sent to a federal prison in Joliet, Illinois to serve four years for an armed robbery and kidnapping conviction in Chicago.

 After arrests in Texas and Oklahoma, Stan arrived in South Dakota in 1982, and checked himself in to the state hospital in Yankton.  Stan forgot one small thing – a sawed-off shotgun that hospital officials found in his car!  Although Stan claimed it was a “family heirloom,” possession of a firearm by a convicted felon put Stan in the South Dakota State Penitentiary from May 1982 until September 1988.

 Meanwhile, back in Arkansas, Houston Lloyd, a law enforcement officer and friend of trooper Ron Brooks, had written a poem, entitled, Little Boys Christmas Prayer.

 In the early 1970’s Ron Brooks recorded Little Boys Christmas Prayer at a radio station in Forrest City, Arkansas.  After hearing it on the radio, Charlie Adamson, who owned a recording studio, had Brooks record the recitation again in his studio.

 This version was released on Twin Records and received radio air-play around the country.

 Stan learned Little Boys Christmas Prayer from brother Ron’s recording and changed the name to A Christmas Wish.

 One night in 1984, South Dakota Penitentiary Warden Herman Solem heard Stan reciting the poem in his cell, and called KXRB’s news director, Jerry Dahmen, about Stan’s Christmas recitation.

 A meeting was arranged with Stan and Jerry in Warden Solem’s office, where Stan played his guitar and did his recitation of A Christmas Wish.

 Jerry was so impressed, that he made arrangements with Warden Solem to have Stan record the Christmas poem at Bill Prines’ Creative Communications studio in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

 It was one of the strangest recording sessions in history!  Stan strummed his guitar and recorded A Christmas Wish in one “take,” as two armed guards stood beside him the studio.  Later, Prines added the other musical instruments on the recording.

 Houston Lloyd, the writer of Little Boy’s Christmas Prayer, has since passed away.

 Little Boy’s Christmas Prayer was the last recording by Arkansas Highway Patrolman Ron Brooks.  He was shot and instantly killed by an escaped prisoner after a car chase, as Brooks wrestled the gun-carrying escapee to the ground.  The story of the escape was featured on the nationally syndicated TV show, “Stories Of The Highway Patrol.”

 Warden Solem is now retired.  Jerry Dahmen became news director at WSM radio in Nashville, the home of the Grand Ole Opry, and has since received every top journalism award in the country, including the prestigious Peabody Award.  Today, Dahmen is news director at KXRB radio in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

 Stan Brooks, was paroled in September, 1988, completed his parole, and neither the penitentiary nor the parole office now has any record of Stan’s whereabouts.

 Thanks to Dave Schiefen of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, The South Dakota Parole Office, Charlie Adamson of Twin Records, the clerk of the Arkansas Supreme Court, Jerry Dahmen and Duane Kuntz of KXRB radio for contributing to this article.

In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back; while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are 'limbs,' therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the expression, 'Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg.'