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| Search Results | Category |
|---|---|
| New Years Resolutions
New Years Resolutions You Have No Chance At Keeping
- Resolve to work with neglected children - your own.
- Lose 20 pounds by going to the gym!
- Spend less than five hours a day on the Internet.
- Read the manual, right after you find it.
- Spend ...
| Humor |
| Instruction
Proverbs 13:13
The one who has contempt for instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded.
| Bible |
| December 31, 1967
On this day in 1967, the Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 in NFL championship game known as the Ice Bowl. The temperature was recorded at -13°F.
| Sports Facts |
| Unrequited Love
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.
-- Charles M. Schulz
| Philosophy |
| New Years Eve
Q: What happened to the Irish man who thought about the evils of drinking in the New Year?
A: He gave up thinking.
Q: What's the problem with jogging on New Years Eve?
A: The ice falls out of your drinks!
| Humor |
| The Diligent
Proverbs 12:24
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
| Bible |
| December 30, 1973
On this day in 1973, the Minnesota Vikings beat Dallas Cowboys 27-10 in NFC championship game. The Vikings would lose to the Miami Dolphins in the Super Bowl, 1 of their big game 4 losses.
| Sports Facts |
| Construction vs. Creation
The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
-- Charles Dickens
| Philosophy |
| Dark Continent Gambling
Q: Why is gambling such a risky proposition in Africa?
A: Because there are so many cheetahs there!
| Humor |
| John the Baptist Beheaded
Matthew 14:9-12
9 Herod the Tetrarch was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded the Baptist's head be given.
10/11 He sent and had John beheaded in the prison, and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she ...
| Bible |
| December 29, 1969
On this day in 1969, the NY Times reported that Curt Flood would sue baseball & challenge the reserve clause, ultimately creating free agency as we know it.
| Sports Facts |
| Modern Communications
Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.
-- Charles Dickens
| Philosophy |
| Blonde Snowman
Q: Why does it take longer to build a blonde snowman than a regular one?
A: You have to hollow out the head!
| Humor |
| Herodias Calls for John's Head
Matthew 14:5-8
5 Although Herod wanted to put John the Baptist to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet.
6/7 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod, so that he ...
| Bible |
| December 28, 2008
On this day in 2008, the Detroit Lions finished the season 0-16 with a 31-21 lost to the Green Bay Packers The first time in National Football League history that a team went winless in a 16-game season.
| Sports Facts |
| Success
As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?
-- Charlie Sheen
| Philosophy |
| Aussie Sounds
A couple of verbal gags to try. First, say "Raise up lights" out loud. Now, say it again and listen with an ear for an Australian accent.
"Razor blades"!
Next, try the same thing with the nonsense phrase, "Well oil beef hooked"...
| Humor |
| John the Baptist Imprisoned
Luke 3:19-20
Herod the Tetrarch, who had been reproved by the Baptist for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things that Herod had done, added this to them all, that he locked up John in prison.
| Bible |
| December 27, 1953
On this day in 1953, the Detroit Lions defeated the Cleveland Browns by a score of 17-16 in the NFL Championship game Dec. 27, 1953. On the game-winning drive, quarterback Jim Doran hit Bobby Layne for two crucial pass completions, the last a 33-yard touchdown ...
| Sports Facts |
| December 27, 1908
On this day in 1908, Texas boxer "Galveston Jack" Johnson knocked out Tommy Burns in Sydney, Australia, to become the first black boxer to win the world heavyweight title.
| Sports Facts |
| Right or Wrong
That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
-- Charlie Sheen
| Philosophy |
| Frosty's Wife
Q: Why did Frosty the snowman want a divorce?
A: Because he thought his wife was a flake!
| Humor |
| Well Pleased
Luke 3:21-22
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son, ...
| Bible |
| 12 Days After Christmas
The first day after Christmas
My true love and I had a fight
And so I chopped the pear tree down
And burnt it, just for spite
Then with a single cartridge
I shot that blasted partridge
My true love, my true love, my true love gave to me.
The ...
| Humor |
| Hope on the Horizon
Twas the day AFTER Christmas - the spirit of joy had disappeared; the only hope on the horizon was twelve bowl games the first day of the new year.
-- Chuck Swindoll
| Philosophy |