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| Sloth
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
| Bible |
| November 1st, 1938
On this day in 1938, Seabiscuit beat reigning Triple Crown winner War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
| Sports Facts |
| Happy Halloween!
Q. What do goblins and ghosts drink when they're hot and thirsty on Halloween?
A. Ghoul-aid!!!
Q. What is a Mummy's favorite type of music?
A. Wrap!!!!!
Q. Why do demons and ghouls hang out together?
A. Because demons are a ghouls best friend!
Q. ...
| Humor |
| Strange Business
Money is a strange business. People who haven't got it aim for it strongly. People who have are full of troubles.
-- Ayrton Senna
| Philosophy |
| Creation
Genesis 1:27
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
| Bible |
| October 31st, 2001
On this day in 2001, Tino Martinez of the New York Yankees hit a two-out home run off Arizona Diamondbacks’ closer Byung-Hyun Kim to tie the score at 3-3, and teammate Derek Jeter hit a solo home run in the 10th to win Game 4 of the World Series
| Sports Facts |
| Twinkle Twinkle
Q: How do you put a twinkle in a blonde girl's eye?
A: Shine a flashlight in her ear!
| Humor |
| Choices
We have a choice about how we take what happens to us in our life and whether or not we allow it to turn us. We can become consumed by hate and darkness, or we're able to regain our humanity somehow, or come to terms with things and learn something about ourselves.
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| Philosophy |
| Dust to Dust
Genesis 3:19
"By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return"
| Bible |
| October 30th, 1974
On this day in 1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of their fight in Zaire - called "The Rumble in the Jungle" - and became the second fighter in history to regain the heavyweight title.
| Sports Facts |
| Broke Moon
Q: What did the moon say during its bankruptcy trial?
A: I'm down to my last quarter!
| Humor |
| Tolerance
What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.
-- Voltaire
| Philosophy |
| The Living and the Dead
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6
For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share ...
| Bible |
| October 29th, 1908
On this day in 1908, Ulrich Salchow of Sweden, who invented the spinning jump that still bears his name, won the first gold medal in figure skating at the Summer Olympics in London.
| Sports Facts |
| Ice Cream Jokes
Q: What happens after you eat an entire gallon of ice cream?
A: You get Breyer's remorse!
Q: How do astronauts eat their ice creams?
A: In floats!
| Humor |
| Surprises
Each day holds a surprise. But only if we expect it can we see, hear, or feel it when it comes to us. Let's not be afraid to receive each day's surprise, whether it comes to us as sorrow or as joy It will open a new place in our hearts, a place where we can ...
| Philosophy |
| Salt of the Earth
Matthew 5:13
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
| Bible |
| October 28th, 1981
On this day in 1981, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees, 9-2, in Game 6 and won the World Series by coming back from a two-games-to-none deficit.
| Sports Facts |
| Obama Can't Dance
Q: Why can't President Barack Obama dance?
A: Because he has two leftist feet.
| Humor |
| State Troubles
There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same ...
| Philosophy |
| According to One's Works
Romans 2:5-7
Because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God's righteous judgment will be revealed. He will render to each one according to his works: to those who by patience in well-doing seek ...
| Bible |
| October 27th, 2002
On this day in 2002, Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys broke the NFL career rushing record held by Walter Payton of the Chicago Bears.
| Sports Facts |
| First Day of School
Little Johnny came home from his first day of school looking glum. His mom asked, "What did you learn today, Johnny?"
Johnny replied, "Not enough, I guess. I have to go back tomorrow."
| Humor |
| Words
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, ...
| Philosophy |
| Take Hold
1 Timothy 6:12-16
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
| Bible |