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| True Wisdom
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
-Socrates
| Philosophy |
| Mowing the Lawn
The man passed out in a dead faint as he came out of his front door onto the porch. Someone dialed 911. When the paramedics arrived, they helped him regain consciousness and asked if he knew what caused him to faint.
"It was enough to make anybody faint," ...
| Humor |
| Wisdom of Solomon
Ecclesiastes 7:14
Enjoy prosperity while you can, but when hard times strike, realize that both come from God. Remember that nothing is certain in this life.
| Bible |
| Failure of Leadership
Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
Colin Powell ...
| Philosophy |
| Reruns
June 27, 1979: Heavyweight Muhammad Ali confirms that his 3rd retirement is final, it wasn't!
| Sports Facts |
| Selflessness
James 3:15-17
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
| Bible |
| Buddy's Buddies
An out-of-towner drove his car into a ditch in a desolated area. Luckily, a local farmer came to help with his big strong horse named Buddy.
He hitched Buddy up to the car and yelled, "Pull, Nellie, pull!" Buddy didn't move.
Then the farmer hollered, ...
| Humor |
| Who's on First?
June 26, 1916 - The Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians each played a game with numbers on their sleeves. This was the first time that players were identified by numbers that corresponded to the scoreboard.
| Sports Facts |
| Just Listen
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
Doug Larson
| Philosophy |
| Food for Thought
A blonde walks into a library and says to the librarian, "Can I have a burger and fries?"
"Sorry, this is a library."
So the blonde whispers, "Oh, sorry. May I have a burger and fries?"
| Humor |
| Love
1 Corinthians 13: 4-8
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but ...
| Bible |
| Take it or leave it
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
| Philosophy |
| High Numbers
June 25, 1988 the great Cal Ripken Jr played in his 1,000th consecutive game!
In 1994 though the 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina.
| Sports Facts |
| Taxes
Nothing makes a person more modest about their income than to fill out a tax form.
The attitude of Congress toward hidden taxes is not to do away with them, but to hide them better.
Golf is a lot like taxes. You drive hard to get to the green and then ...
| Humor |
| Humility
Philippians 2:3
Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves;
| Bible |
| Ancient Attitudes
"One legislator accused me of having a nineteenth-century attitude on law and order. That is a totally false charge. I have an eighteenth-century attitude. That is when the Founding Fathers made it clear that the safety of law-abiding citizens should be one ...
| Philosophy |
| Damn Yankees
This day in 1908 the Yankees replaced Clark Griffith with Kid Elberfeld as manager. He was destined to have the worse win/lose percentage of any Yankee mgr 27-71 (.276).
Happy Birthday to Jack Dempsey, "Manassa Mauler", Heavyweight boxing champion (1919-26) ...
| Sports Facts |
| The Cross-eyed Cow
One day, a farmer was tending to his livestock when he noticed that one of his cows was completely cross-eyed. He called up a veterinarian friend of his who told him to bring in his cow. The vet took one look at the cow, stuck a tube up the cow's butt, and ...
| Humor |
| Think of such things
Philippians 4:8
8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
| Bible |
| June 23 1996
1996 - Michael Johnson broke the world record for the men's 200 meter race. He ran it in 19.66 seconds.
| Sports Facts |
| Death
While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.
-Leonardo da Vinci
| Philosophy |
| Brain Transplant
The Brain Surgeon was about to perform a brain transplant.”You have your choice of two brains,” he told the patient, “For $1000 you can have the brain of a psychologist, or for $10,000 you can have the brain of a politician.”
The patient was amazed at the ...
| Humor |
| Victory in Christ
Romans 8:37
37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
| Bible |
| June 22 1984
1994 - US beats Colombia 2-1 in 1994 soccer world cup, first win since 1950.
| Sports Facts |
| Patience and Peace
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
-Victor Hugo
| Philosophy |