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| October 26th, 1980
On this day in 1980, Alberto Salazar won the first of his three consecutive New York City marathons in a time of 2 hours 9 minutes 41 seconds.
| Sports Facts |
| Soccer Baby
Q: What were the soccer star's first words as a baby?
A: Look Ma, no hands!
| Humor |
| Brotherhood
Above all things let us never forget that mankind constitutes one great brotherhood; all born to encounter suffering and sorrow, and therefore bound to sympathize with each other.
-- Albert Pike
| Philosophy |
| Peter on Paul
2 Peter 3:16-17
16 ... There are some things in Paul's writings that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. 17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that ...
| Bible |
| October 25th, 1999
On this day in 1999, just a few months after winning his second U.S. Open golf tournament, Payne Stewart - and five other passengers in his Learjet - were killed when it crashed in South Dakota.
| Sports Facts |
| Blonde's Dogs
Q: What did the blonde name her watch dogs?
A: Timex and Rolex.
| Humor |
| Unarmed Truth
I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final ...
| Philosophy |
| Christ Suffered Once
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit
| Bible |
| October 24th, 1998
On this day in 1998, Ricky Williams of the University of Texas arrived at 428 career points to become the leading scorer in NCAA Division I-A history after his two touchdowns helped the Longhorns beat Baylor, 30-20.
| Sports Facts |
| Photon Vacation
A photon checked into a hotel and the bellhop asked, "Can I help you with your luggage?"
The photon said, "I don't have any. I'm traveling light."
| Humor |
| Real Bravery
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political cunning, and the fiercest courage. These universal and instinctive tendencies of the human mind reveal much.
-- Lydia ...
| Philosophy |
| Test Spirits
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
| Bible |
| October 23rd, 1994
On this day in 1994, NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt won his seventh Winston Cup season championship, tying the record held by Richard Petty.
| Sports Facts |
| She Ain't
The farmer Johnson mortgaged his ranch to give his daughter a college education. After her graduation, he met her at the train station to drive her home. Naturally, Johnson was greatly disturbed when his daughter announced, "I have a confession to make, Paw ...
| Humor |
| Defeating Fear
You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense.
-- John Cassavetes
| Philosophy |
| The People
Isaiah 3:12
My people - infants are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, your guides mislead you and they have swallowed up the course of your paths.
| Bible |
| October 22nd, 1972
On this day in 1972, the Oakland Athletics defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 3-2, in Game 7 of the World Series at Riverfront Stadium to win their first of three consecutive world championships.
| Sports Facts |
| Knock Knock Dozen
Girl: Knock, knock.
Boy: Who’s there?
Girl: Dozen.
Boy: Dozen who?
Girl: Dozen anybody want to let me in?
| Humor |
| No Brave Men
If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.
-- George S. Patton
| Philosophy |
| Two Masters
Luke 16:13
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money
| Bible |
| October 21st, 1973
On this day in 1973, Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams scored two safeties in the same game.
| Sports Facts |
| Big Light Bulb
Q: How many theoretical physicists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: Two. One to hold the bulb and one to rotate the model of the Universe.
| Humor |
| Thought Quality
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.
-- Marcus Aurelius
| Philosophy |
| Stand Firm
Ephesians 6:12-13
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
13 Therefore take ...
| Bible |
| October 20th, 1976
On this day in 1976, the New York Nets sold the contractual rights of Julius “Dr. J” Erving to the Philadelphia 76ers.
| Sports Facts |