Suppose you were stranded in a blizzard and were forced to cannibalize your friends. This short survey will tell you how likely you would be to eat your buddies.
This quiz works best if you pick a few of your closest friends and answer the questions with them in mind.
My results:
48%
ODESSA — A local church has given $145,000 to the Odessa Police Department for the money to distributed among “underpaid” officers, a church leader said.
The Rev. Don Caywood of Odessa Christian Faith Center handed the money over to police Chief Chris Pipes at a Sunday service. The department will distribute $1,000 checks to 145 employees.
“It became obvious our men and women in blue are underpaid,” Caywood told the congregation during the service.
Caywood said the church, which has a weekly attendance of about 1,600, raised most of the money since late October. Caywood said he was inspired after hearing of officers battling for better pay and benefits.
The donation also reflected the community’s respect for police in the aftermath of the September deaths of three officers who were gunned down in the line of duty.
The original scribes of the Bible might have been inspired by God. Their modern-day successors? They find inspiration in vacuum cleaners, polka-dot bedspreads and a slick, hot-pink Juicy Couture purse.This might sound a bit irreverent. But consider it from the Bible publisher’s point of view: How do you sell a really old book that 91 percent of households already have?
You can’t update the content, or get the author on “Oprah.”
But you can make the look sizzle. If pink and shiny sells a purse, why not a psalm?
In the conference room they call the Bible Bunker, executives of Bible publisher Zondervan pore over fabric swatches. They watch PowerPoints on the latest in appliances and accessories, noting color trends. They caress bold new patterns in embossed faux leather.
“People ask, ‘How do you get excited working on one darn book?’ ” said Scott Bolinder, an executive vice president. “Yet there’s probably no place you can be more imaginative – and more strategic.”