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| December 8th, 1987
On this day in 1987, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers became the first NHL goalie ever to score a goal.
| Sports Facts |
| Duty
Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best; it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence ...
| Philosophy |
| Winter Vampire
Q: What happened when the vampire bit Frosty the Snowman?
A: He got frostbite!
| Humor |
| Later Days
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”;
| Bible |
| December 7th, 1991
On this day in 1991, American skier A.J. Kitt won the first men’s downhill of the 1991-92 World Cup season in France and broke a seven-year U.S. drought in men’s World Cup downhill skiing.
| Sports Facts |
| Humor the Antidote
Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment.
-- Grenville Kleiser
| Philosophy |
| The Difference
Q: What’s the difference between Tiger Woods and Santa Claus?
A: Santa stopped at 3 Ho’s!
| Humor |
| Being Saved
Romans 10:9
Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
| Bible |
| December 6th, 1998
On this day in 1998, on a play that helped encourage the future use of replay reviews by officials, Vinny Testaverde of the Jets was awarded a game-winning touchdown on a quarterback sneak even though he never crossed the goal line. New York beat the Seattle ...
| Sports Facts |
| Kind Humor
Most comedy is based on getting a laugh at somebody else's expense. And I find that that's just a form of bullying in a major way. So I want to be an example that you can be funny and be kind, and make people laugh without hurting somebody else's feelings.
-- ...
| Philosophy |
| Marriage 2
Overheard at the pub: Getting married is like playing cards - all you need to get started is 2 hearts and a diamond. But by the end, all you want is a club and a spade.
| Humor |
| Forgetting Poverty
Proverbs 31:6-7
Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress; let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
| Bible |
| December 5th, 1942
On this day in 1942, Willie Mosconi won his second consecutive world pocket billiard championship by winning eight of nine matches in Detroit.
| Sports Facts |
| Storing Value
In the absence of the gold standard, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value.
-- Alan Greenspan
| Philosophy |
| Marriage 1
Overheard at work: Marriage is a fine institution - if you like living in institutions...
| Humor |
| Rejoice Young Man
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10
Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. Remove vexation ...
| Bible |
| December 4th, 1960
On this day in 1960, Paul Hornung of the Green Bay Packers scored 23 points in a 41-13 win over the Chicago Bears at Wrigley Field. With two games left to play, Hornung had 152 points, breaking the NFL season record of 138 set by the Packers’ Don Hutson in ...
| Sports Facts |
| Beauty as Currency
Beauty is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined by politics, and in the modern age in the West is is the last, best belief system that keeps male dominance intact.
-- Naomi Wolf
| Philosophy |
| Christmas Suit
Q: Why is Christmas just like a day at the office?
A: You do all the work and the fat guy with the suit gets all the credit.
| Humor |
| Father of Lights
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
| Bible |
| December 3rd, 1994
On this day in 1994, three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond retired from cycling at age 33 because of a condition resulting from lead still lodged in his chest from a 1987 hunting accident.
| Sports Facts |
| Barren Winter
The winter solstice has always been special to me as a barren darkness that gives birth to a verdant future beyond imagination, a time of pain and withdrawal that produces something joyfully inconceivable, like a monarch butterfly masterfully extracting itself ...
| Philosophy |
| Singing Elf
Q: What do you call an elf who sings?
A: A Wrapper!
| Humor |
| Give Thanks
Psalm 7:17
I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.
| Bible |
| December 2nd, 1985
On this day in 1985, Dan Marino and the Miami Dolphins beat the previously undefeated Chicago Bears, 38-24, at the Orange Bowl. It would be the only loss the eventual Super Bowl-winning - and Super Bowl shuffling - Bears would suffer that season.
| Sports Facts |