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| Life Change
I'm at the age where food has taken the place of sex in my life. In fact, I've just had a mirror put over my kitchen table.
-- Rodney Dangerfield
| Humor |
| NHL Begins
On this day in 1917, the National Hockey League started play in its first official season. Contrary to what many think, the teams we now know as the Original Six were not the teams that started in the NHL in 1917. Only the Montreal Canadiens were in the league ...
| Sports Facts |
| Danger of Dictators
1) In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
2) It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste.
-- Idi Amin
| Philosophy |
| Name That Christmas Carol 2
Clues:
1. Loyal Followers Advance
2. Far Off in a Feeder
3. Array the Corridor
4. Bantam Male Percussionist
5. Monarchial Triad
Answers:
1. O Come, All Ye Faithful
2. Away in a Manger
3. Deck the Hall
4. Little Drummer Boy
5. We Three ...
| Humor |
| In His Father's House
Luke 2:47-50
47 And all those who heard Jesus were astounded at His understanding and His answers. 48 When His parents saw Him, they were astonished, and His mother said to Him, “Son, why have You treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously ...
| Bible |
| Unofficial Super Bowl
At the end of the 1932 NFL season, the Chicago Bears and Portsmouth Spartans finished tied atop the standings. The Bears were 6-1-6, the Spartans were 6-1-4. To resolve the tie and crown an NFL champion, a playoff game was staged in Chicago Dec. 18, 1932. ...
| Sports Facts |
| Being True
If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure
-- Bob Dylan
| Philosophy |
| Name That Christmas Carol 1
Clues:
1. Bleached Yule
2. Castaneous-colored Seed Vesicated in a Conflagration
3. Singular Yearning for the Twin Anterior Incisors
4. Righteous Darkness
5. Arrival Time 2400 hrs - Weather Cloudless
Answers:
1. White Christmas
2. Chestnuts ...
| Humor |
| In the Temple
Luke 2:44-46
44 Assuming He was in the traveling party, they went a day’s journey. Then they began looking for Him among their relatives and friends. 45 When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem to search for Him. 46 After three days, they ...
| Bible |
| 20 Catches
On this day in 2000, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Terrell Owens made a remarkable 20 catches in one game. The reception total set a new league record. Owens 20 catches went for 283 yards in the game. He had one touchdown catch as the 49ers defeated the ...
| Sports Facts |
| Omnipotent Power
Our contemporaries are constantly wracked by two warring passions: they feel the need to be led and the desire to remain free. Unable to destroy either of these contrary instincts, they seek to satisfy both at once. They imagine a single, omnipotent, tutelary ...
| Philosophy |
| Strange Room
Q: What room has no doors, no walls, no floor and no ceiling?
A: A mushroom.
| Humor |
| The Lost Boy
Luke 2:41-43
41 Every year Jesus' parents traveled to Jerusalem for the Passover Festival. 42 When He was 12 years old, they went up according to the custom of the festival. 43 After those days were over, as they were returning, the boy Jesus stayed behind ...
| Bible |
| Peanuts Logic
"What shape would the world be in today if everyone settled for being average?" --Lucy van Pelt (Peanuts)
| Philosophy |
| Too Punny
A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was ticketed for littering.
The butcher backed into the meat grinder and got a little behind in his work.
A pessimist's blood type is b-negative.
| Humor |
| Shooting the Moon
Warren Moon of the Houston Oilers went bonkers with a passing game of 527 yards against the Kansas City Chiefs Dec. 16, 1990. Moon's final stat line for the game was 27-for-45 and 527 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions.
| Sports Facts |
| Nature Speaks the Truth
Job 12:7-10
7 “But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds in the sky, and they will tell you;
8 or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish in the sea inform you.
9 Which of all these does not know
that ...
| Bible |
| Research for the Cure
In my opinion, we don't devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.
Calvin and Hobbes
| Philosophy |
| You Might Be a Grinch If...
You enclose a shoddy and inferior gift from Target, Walmart, or K-Mart in a Macy's bag or other prestige box to impress your friends.
You put out last year's stale candy canes for children.
You reuse last year's Christmas cards and send them out under ...
| Humor |
| Playing Low Ball
The Tennessee Volunteers hosted the Temple Owls in a basketball game Dec. 15, 1973. It was the championship game of the Volunteer Classic won by Tennessee by a score of just 11-6.
| Sports Facts |
| Good and Perfect Gifts
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
| Bible |
| 700 Club
On this day in 1997, Mike Gartner made history by becoming just the fifth NHL player to score 700 goals. Gartner was playing with the Phoenix Coyotes at the time and scored his milestone goal against the Detroit Red Wings. He joined Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, ...
| Sports Facts |
| Happy Birthday
Some employees bought their boss a gift for his birthday. Before opening the gift, the boss shook it slightly, and noticed that it was wet in the corner.
Touching his finger to the wet spot and tasting it, he asked, "A bottle of wine?"
His employees ...
| Humor |
| A Voice in the Wilderness
Isaiah 40:3-5:
3 A voice of one calling: “In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the ...
| Bible |
| Non-Violent Resistance
Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored."
~ Martin Luther ...
| Philosophy |