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| What They Don't Say
Jeremiah 5:24
They do not say in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the Lord our God, who gives the rain in its season, the autumn rain and the spring rain, and keeps for us the weeks appointed for the harvest.’
| Bible |
| November 7th, 1991
On this day in 1991, point guard Magic Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers announced he was retiring from basketball because he was infected with the AIDS virus.
| Sports Facts |
| Health Bar
An infectious disease walks into a bar and the bartender says, "We don't serve your kind in here."
The disease huffed, "Well, you're not a very good host!"
| Humor |
| Now He Gets It
The message from voters is clear: they want us to work together.
-- U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D), hours after his party suffered a crushing defeat in the 2014 mid-term elections
| Philosophy |
| God Commands All
Job 37:11-13
11 God loads the thick cloud with moisture; the clouds scatter his lightning.
12 They turn around and around by his guidance, to accomplish all that he commands them on the face of the habitable world.
13 Whether for correction or for ...
| Bible |
| November 6th, 1993
On this day in 1993, despite the intrusion of ‘Fan Man,’ a trespassing parachutist who glided into the ring in the seventh round, Evander Holyfield decisioned Riddick Bowe in 12 rounds in Las Vegas to win the heavyweight boxing title.
| Sports Facts |
| Fat Lady Sings
A broad lady showed up at the theater just before the performance was to start and handed the usher two tickets.
"Where's the other party?" Asked the usher.
"Well," said the large lady, blushing, "one seat is a little small for me and rather uncomfortable. ...
| Humor |
| Daily Work
Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
-- Barbara Kingsolver
| Philosophy |
| Rain and Yield
Leviticus 26:3-4
“If you walk in my statutes and observe my commandments and do them, Then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit."
| Bible |
| November 5th, 1971
On this day in 1971, the Los Angeles Lakers started a record 33-game winning streak by beating the Baltimore Bullets, 110-106, at the Forum.
| Sports Facts |
| Cheating Blonde
Q: How did the teacher know the blonde girl copied from the guy next to her?
A: Fred's paper said, "I don't know" and her answer was, "Me, neither!"
| Humor |
| Practical Democracy
Democracy is a revelation, but it's complicated. There are elections to hold, politics to create, rights to assert, grievances to settle and institutions to build. To many, it's exhilarating. For others, it can be disappointing when it turns out that democracy ...
| Philosophy |
| Signs of the Times
Matthew 16:2-3
Jesus answered them, “When it is evening, you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.’ And in the morning, ‘It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but ...
| Bible |
| November 4th, 1996
On this day in 1996, future superstar shortstop Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees was unanimously elected the American League Rookie of the Year.
| Sports Facts |
| Sounds Fishy
Q: How does a blonde kill a fish?
A: By drowning it.
| Humor |
| November 3rd, 1962
On this day in 1962, Wilt Chamberlain of the San Francisco Warriors scored 72 points against the Los Angeles Lakers in a 127-115 loss in Los Angeles.
| Sports Facts |
| Wise versus Foolish
Fools take a knife and stab people in the back. The wise take a knife, cut the cord, and set themselves free from the fools.
-- Unknown
| Philosophy |
| Nucleus Bar
A neutron walked into a bar and asked the bartender how much it was for a drink. The bartender looked it over and said, "For you, no charge!"
| Humor |
| Slothful Ways
Proverbs 15:19
The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
| Bible |
| Yo Mama's So Fat 3
Yo mamma is so fat...
...she was diagnosed with flesh eating bacteria and the doctor gave her 87 years to live!
...she doesn’t need to use the Internet; she’s already world wide!
| Humor |
| Cool Judgment
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
-- Woodrow Wilson
| Philosophy |
| The Slothful
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
| Bible |
| November 2nd, 1986
On this day in 1986, Norweigan runner Grete Waitz won her fifth consecutive New York City Marathon - and her eighth overall.
| Sports Facts |
| Knock Knock King
Boy: Knock, knock.
Girl: Who’s there?
Boy: King Tut.
Girl: King Tut who?
Boy! King Tut-key fried chicken!
| Humor |
| Mirrors
I'm a mirror. If you're cool with me, I'm cool with you, and the exchange starts. What you see is what you reflect. If you don't like what you see, then you've done something. If I'm standoffish, that's because you are.
-- Jay-Z
| Philosophy |