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| Going Mudding
For every MLB game, umpires and clubhouse attendants prepare approximately six dozen baseballs by rubbing them in mud. And it’s not just any old mud. The mud is produced by an unknown source and is specifically designed to take the slick shine off new baseballs. ...
| Sports Facts |
| Little Johnny's Future
A teacher was teaching her second grade class about the government, so for homework that one day, she told her her students to ask their parents what the government is.
When Little Johnny got home that day, he went up to his dad and ask his what the government ...
| Humor |
| Friends and Trust
The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
-- Ulysses S. Grant
| Philosophy |
| Sarai Blessed As Well
Genesis 17:15-16
15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah.
16 I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; ...
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| Coming Off the Bench is Hard
New York Yankees legend Babe Ruth was an outstanding hitter with a career batting average of .344, but during his career, Ruth was a paltry .167 hitter as a pinch-hitter, with just 13 hits in 67 at-bats.
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| Knock Knock Amos
Knock, knock
Who's there?
Amos
Amos who?
Amos quito just bit me!
| Humor |
| Dark Places
The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.
-- Dante Alighieri
| Philosophy |
| More Promises to Abraham
Genesis 17:6-8
6 "I will make you very fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.
7 I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be ...
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| Train or Die?
The triathlon challenges athletes to swim, bike and run, in that order, without stopping. It's rising in popularity, with nearly two million participants a year. Yet, between 2006 and 2008, 14 people died in the U.S. while competing. Interestingly, despite ...
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| Old Streakers
Two old men were sitting on a park bench outside the local town hall when a flower show was in progress. One leaned over to the other and said, "Cripes, life is boring, we never have any fun these days. For .00 I'd take my clothes off and streak through the ...
| Humor |
| Exceeding Grace
O the exceeding grace
of highest God, that loves his creatures so,
and all his works with mercy doth embrace,
that blessed angels, he sends to and fro,
to serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
-- Edmund Spenser
| Philosophy |
| Abram's New Identity
Genesis 17:3-5
3/4 Abram fell facedown, and God said to him, “As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
5 No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations." ...
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| World's Greatest Athletes
Decathletes are actually competing against a scoring table and the athlete with the highest total score wins. A good decathlete must score well in each event rather than just dominating a few. A perfect score in the decathlon is 1,000 points in each event ...
| Sports Facts |
| The Tree Hugger Meets Her Match
A woman from Los Angeles who was a notorious liberal tree-hugger purchased a piece of timberland in Washington.
There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract. She wanted a good view of the natural splendor of her land so she started to ...
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| Greater Futures and Failure
If we go back centuries, we see that every generation of Americans has been able to give to the next generation a brighter future, greater prosperity, greater opportunity. We are on the verge of being the first generation of Americans not to do so. If we want ...
| Philosophy |
| Abram's Covenant
Genesis 17:1-2
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully and be blameless. Then I will make my covenant between me and you and will greatly increase your numbers.”
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| Secret Ski Practice
In the late 1800′s in Norway, skiing was considered “unwomanly” and skating became it’s “lady-like” replacement. That didn’t stop those rebellious Norwegian girls who would practice skiing in secret and eventually establish the world's first all-woman ski ...
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| Organic Vegetables
A woman called her husband during the day and asked him to pick up some organic vegetables for that night’s dinner on his way home. The husband arrived at the store and began to search all over for organic vegetables before finally asking the produce guy where ...
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| Why, Indeed?
Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot ...
| Philosophy |
| Zechariah's Son John
Luke 1:12-16
12 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear.
13 But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
14/15 ...
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| 50-50
St. Louis Cardinals superstar Stan Musial retired in 1963 with 3,630 hits, the second-most in baseball history at the time, behind only Ty Cobb.
Interestingly, of Musial’s 3,630 total hits, 1,815 of them were hit at home, and 1,815 on the road.
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| Jay Leno on Congress
"President Obama wants Congress to increase the minimum wage. Believe me, when it comes to doing the minimum for their wage, Congress knows what it's talking about."
"A top geneticist at Stanford says human intelligence is declining. You know what that ...
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| Leadership Is...
Leadership is getting someone to do what they don't want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.
-- Tom Landry
| Philosophy |
| Zechariah’s Vision
Luke 1:8-11
8/9 Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
10 And when the time for the burning ...
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| Walk-off Single?
The baseball phrase “walk-off home run” didn’t apply before the 1920 season.
If a player hit a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning or in the bottom of an extra inning before 1920, the home run was actually only credited as a single, double or triple, ...
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