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| Greatness isn't Easy
If things came easy, then everybody would be great at what they did, let's face it.
-- Mike Ditka
| Philosophy |
| Longest TD Pass
Washington quarterback Frank Filchock set an unbreakable record when he connected with Andy Farkas for a 99-yard TD pass on Oct.15, 1939 against Pittsburgh. The record has been matched 12 times since; most recently by Eli Manning and Victor Cruz of the New ...
| Sports Facts |
| A Voice in the Darkness
The Seven Dwarfs were marching through the forest one day they fell in a deep, dark ravine. Snow White, who was following along, peered over the edge of the steep chasm and called out to the fallen dwarfs. There was no answer, so she called again.
Finally, ...
| Humor |
| After the Flood
Genesis 9:1-2
Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth."
2 "The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that ...
| Bible |
| Moderation in Some Things
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
-- Thomas Paine
| Philosophy |
| Most TD Passes in a Game
Five players share the National Football League record of 7 touchdown passes in a game. Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Sid Luckman set the record against the New York Giants on Nov. 14, 1943. Adrian Burk (1954), George Blanda (1961), Y.A. Tittle (1961), and Joe ...
| Sports Facts |
| Tech Support Tales, 2
Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop."
Customer: "Ok."
Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No."
Tech Support: "Ok. Right-click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
Customer: "No."
Tech Support: "Ok, ...
| Humor |
| Wisdom and Understanding
Proverbs 10: 13 - Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, but a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding.
| Bible |
| Majority Rule
Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.
-- Robert Bork
| Philosophy |
| September 3, 1989
On this day in 1989, America's tennis sweetheart Chris Evert defeated 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st & last US Tennis Open singles victory. Seles would go on to a great career until attacked by a crazed German fan.
| Sports Facts |
| Hungry Monkey
A guy walks into a bar with his pet monkey. He orders a drink and while he's drinking it the monkey jumps around all over the place.
The monkey grabs some olives off the bar and eats them, then grabs some sliced limes and eats them, then jumps up on the ...
| Humor |
| Delighting in Holy People
Psalm 1:2-4
2 I (David) say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.”
3 I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4 Those who run after other gods will suffer more ...
| Bible |
| Opportunity = Work
I believe that opportunity looks a lot like hard work. I've never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job I had was a steppingstone to my next job, and I never quit my job until I had my next job. ...
| Philosophy |
| A Good Communist
Igor Netto, a footballer from the Soviet Union, was evidently a person of exceptional honesty. The most famous episode proving that took place during 1962 World Cup match against Uruguay team. The score was 1 to 1 and Igor Chislenko hit the goal, but the ball ...
| Sports Facts |
| Back to School 2
Girl: What’s the king of all school supplies?
Boy: I don’t know. What?
Girl: The ruler.
| Humor |
| Faith is the Beginning and the End
Romans 1:16-17
16 For I am not the least bit embarrassed about the gospel. I won’t shy away from it, because it is God’s power to save every person who believes: first the Jew, and then the non-Jew.
17 You see, in the good news, God’s restorative justice ...
| Bible |
| Role of the Press
Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.
-- Walter Cronkite on the proper role of the press
| Philosophy |
| Ancient History
Boy: Why was school easier for cave people?
Girl: Why?
Boy: Because there was no history to study!
| Humor |
| God Rescued Joseph
Acts 7:8-10
8 ...Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob fathered the twelve patriarchs.
9 The patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, so they sold him as a slave into Egypt. Even so, God was with him;
10 and time after time, God rescued Joseph ...
| Bible |
| Fried Cheese Anyone?
Green Bay Packers backup quarterback, Matt Hasselbeck, has been struck by lightning twice in his life.
| Sports Facts |
| Defining Character
The most futile thing in this world is any attempt, perhaps, at exact definition of character. All individuals are a bundle of contradictions—none more so than the most capable.
-- Theodore Dreiser
| Philosophy |
| Lost Tail
Q: Where did the monkey go when he lost his tail?
A: To a retail store!
| Humor |
| Stephen Invokes Abraham
Acts 7:1-2,
1 High Priest: What do you have to say for yourself? Are these accusations accurate?
2 Stephen: Brothers, fathers, please listen to me. Our glorious God revealed Himself to our common ancestor Abraham, when he lived far away in Mesopotamia ...
| Bible |
| All You Can Eat Buffets Live in Fear
To bulk up, Sumo wrestlers eat huge portions of protein-rich stews called chankonabe, packed with fish or meat and vegetables, plus vast quantities of less healthful foods, including fast food. They often force themselves to eat when they are full, and they ...
| Sports Facts |
| Destroying America
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
-- Theodore Roosevelt
| Philosophy |