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| Once In A Blue Moon
In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.
| Sports Facts |
| State Mottos
Arkansas: Literacy Ain't Everything
California: By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda
Kentucky: Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
North Carolina: Tobacco Is A Vegetable
Oregon: Spotted Owl... It's What's For Dinner
| Humor |
| Encroaching Government
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
-- James Madison
| Philosophy |
| God Gives Wisdom to Believers
James 1:5-7
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.
6 But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown ...
| Bible |
| What to do...what to do?
The only two days of the year in which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL) are the day before and the day after the Major League all-star Game.
| Sports Facts |
| High Cost of Education
A math professor was administering the final exam to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait. Once the test was over the students all handed the tests back in. The professor noticed that one of the students had attached ...
| Humor |
| Virtues of Common Drinks
In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.
-- Benjamin Franklin
| Philosophy |
| Laziness will Rob a Person
Proverbs 6:9-11
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed ...
| Bible |
| Parkour Anyone?
Parkour originates in France and has its roots in military training and physical education.
Parkour is not a sport in the traditional sense. In fact, competitive Parkour has been campaigned against by leading figures in the Parkour arena as it goes against ...
| Sports Facts |
| All Idiots Must Stand
"If there are any idiots in the room, will they please stand up" said the sarcastic teacher. After a long silence, one student rose to her feet. "Now then young lady, why do you consider yourself an idiot?" inquired the teacher with a sneer. "Well, actually ...
| Humor |
| Humane Treatment of American Indians
It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our Government ...
| Philosophy |
| Better to be Humble
Proverbs 12:9
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
| Bible |
| Olympic Yachting
The first Olympic Yachting Regatta in Paris 1900 was only announced a matter of months before it was due to start and 42 boats competed. France swept the board, winning all three medals in the ½ tonne class.
| Sports Facts |
| Beer Joke
So a guy walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under arm and says to the bartender, "I’ll take a beer, and one for the road."
| Humor |
| Exploring Genius
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
-- Abraham Lincoln
| Philosophy |
| Stephen Opposed
Acts 6:8-10
8 Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.
9 Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen - Jews of Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of ...
| Bible |
| Aye Chihuahua!
A man goes into a bar with his dog. He goes up to the bar and asks for a drink.
The bartender says "You can't bring that dog in here!" The guy, without missing a beat, says "This is my seeing-eye dog."
"Oh man,” the bartender says, "I'm sorry, here, the ...
| Humor |
| Life is Action
Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting.
-- Woodrow Wilson
| Philosophy |
| Centennial World Record
At 101, Larry Lewis ran the 100 yard dash in 17.8 seconds setting a new world record for runners 100 years old or older.
| Sports Facts |
| Preparing for the Future
Proverbs 6:6-8
6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!
7/8 It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.
| Bible |
| Curiosity Revealed
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
Voltaire
| Philosophy |
| Double Thieves
A man woke up in a hospital bed and called for his doctor. He asked "Give it to me straight, doc. How long have I got?" The physician replied that he doubted that his patient would survive the night. The man then said "Call for my lawyer."
When his lawyer ...
| Humor |
| Exterminators Not Allowed
At the Story Bridge Hotel in Kangaroo Point Queensland Australia, they hold a cockroach racing competition. The race starts with a bucket of roaches emptied into the middle of a race ring, and the first to reach the edge of the ring wins.
| Sports Facts |
| Mutual Encouragement
Romans 1:11-13
11/12 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong - that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith.
13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I planned ...
| Bible |
| Moderation
If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.
Epictetus
| Philosophy |