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| Going for 2
After being adopted by the NFL in 1994, the first successful NFL two-pointer was made by Cleveland Browns punter/placekick holder Tom Tupa against Cincinnati Bengals in the season opener. In fairness, Tupa was also a backup quarterback.
| Sports Facts |
| The Blonde and the Acronyms
Blonde: "What does IDK stand for?"
Brunette: "I don’t know."
Blonde: "OMG, nobody does!"
| Humor |
| The Home's Influence
When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.
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| Philosophy |
| Helper to the Afflicted
Psalm 10:13-14
13 Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, “He won’t call me to account”?
14 But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you ...
| Bible |
| Welcome, Ladies
It seems that marathon running is no longer an all-boys club: Women made up approximately 41 percent of finishers in 2010, four times as many as in 1980.
| Sports Facts |
| White Guys
Q: What do you call a few sad-looking white guys sitting on a bench?
A: The NBA!
| Humor |
| Making Faces
Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprimand the child.
Smiling sweetly, the school teacher said, "Johnny, when I was a little girl, I was told if that I made ugly faces, it would freeze and ...
| Humor |
| Life in Our Image
I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
-- Stephen Hawking
| Philosophy |
| The Helpless
Psalm 10:12
Arise, Lord! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
| Bible |
| World Cup Fun
In the 1938 World Cup semifinal, Italian Guiseppe Meazza's shorts fell down as he was taking a penalty shot. He held his shorts up and calmly scored past Brazil's Valter Zenga.
1950 India withdrew form the World Cup because FIFA refused to let their team ...
| Sports Facts |
| Gardening
Q: What have Gardening tools and People got in common?
A: The Hoes are always with the Spades.
| Humor |
| Honest as Policy
The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
-- Robert E. Lee
| Philosophy |
| Good Sense and the Rod
Proverbs 10:13
If you have good sense, it will show when you speak. But if you are stupid, you will be beaten with a stick.
| Bible |
| Priceless...
The winning team in the Super Bowl receives permanent possession of the Vince Lombardi Trophy, a sterling silver icon. The trophy stands 20.75 inches tall, weighs 107.3 ounces, and is valued in excess of $25,000.
| Sports Facts |
| Obeying the Police
An American tourist was in the West End of London: stately residences and squares full of locked private gardens. But no REST ROOMS. He was bursting to go and found an alleyway where he thought he was out of sight. Just as he was unzipping a hand tapped him ...
| Humor |
| New Jobs
Most new jobs won't come from our biggest employers. They will come from our smallest. We've got to do everything we can to make entrepreneurial dreams a reality.
-- Ross Perot
| Philosophy |
| Hatred and Love
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up trouble; love overlooks the wrongs that others do.
| Bible |
| A Cave Painting is Worth 1000 Conjectures
According to one source, cross-country skiing is 22,000 years old. In a cave drawing in central France there is evidence that the Paleolithic Cro-Magnon man hunted reindeer on snowshoe and ski.
| Sports Facts |
| Never Felt Better
This conversation is reported to have taken place in court in an old farming community:
Lawyer: 'At the scene of the accident, Mr O'Brien, did you tell the officer that you had never felt better in your life?'
O'Brien the old farmer: 'That's right, sir.'
Lawyer: ...
| Humor |
| Arms Preserve Order
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
-- Thomas Paine
| Philosophy |
| Abraham's Plea for Ishmael
Genesis 17:18, 20
18 Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live under your blessing!”
20 God, "As for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase his numbers. He will be the father of twelve ...
| Bible |
| Finally, Some Sense
In contrast to the whiners in Washington D.C., Chief Osceola, the Florida State mascot who rides out and plants a flaming spear at midfield before each home game, has been approved by Florida’s Seminole Indian Tribe.
| Sports Facts |
| The Blonde and the Genie
A blonde, a redhead, and a brunette were all lost in the desert. They found a lamp and rubbed it. A genie popped out and granted them each one wish. The redhead wished to be back home. Poof! She was back home. The brunette wished to be at home with her family. ...
| Humor |
| Enriching the World
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and
you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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| Philosophy |
| Announcement of Isaac
Genesis 17:17, 19, 21
17 Abraham fell face down, laughed, and said to himself, “Will a son be born to a man a hundred years old? Will Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?”
19 Then God said, “Yes, but your wife Sarah will bear you a son, and you ...
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