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| Men of Courage
1 Corinthians 16: 13-14
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith, be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.
| Bible |
| Slow Your Jets
Did you hear the new penalty for speeding in New York?
On the first offense they give you Jets tickets, and on the second offense, they make you use them.
| Humor |
| Hard Headed
The NHL started requiring players wear headgear during the 1979-80 season. The rule allowed anyone who began playing before without a helmet to continue if they so desired.
Craig MacTavish used his own hard head until he retired from the St. Louis Blues ...
| Sports Facts |
| NFL Factories
USC and Miami are tied for the most active NFL players today. Currently tied with 41 players each.
| Sports Facts |
| Aggie Kidnapper
There was an Aggie that was down on his luck. In order to raise some money he decided to kidnap a kid and hold him for ransom. He went to the playground, grabbed a kid, took him behind a tree and told him, "I've kidnapped you."
The Aggie wrote a note saying ...
| Humor |
| Happiness Is
Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
-- Benjamin Franklin
| Philosophy |
| I Trust in Your Love
Psalm 13:5-6
5 But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.
| Bible |
| Tim Duncan and Jaws
It’s common knowledge that San Antonio Spurs forward, Tim Duncan was once an excellent swimmer. It’s also fairly well known that he made the transition to basketball after Hurricane Hugo destroyed his local pool. What few know, however, is that Tim quit after ...
| Sports Facts |
| Blue Suit Funeral
An old woman is upset at her husband’s funeral. "You have him in a brown suit and I wanted him in a blue suit" The mortician says "We’ll take care of it, ma’am" and yells back, "Ed, switch the heads on two and four!"
| Humor |
| Educating the Ignorant
Teach the ignorant as much as you can; society is culpable in not providing a free education for all and it must answer for the night which it produces. If the soul is left in darkness sins will be committed. The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but ...
| Philosophy |
| How Long, Lord?
Psalm 13:1-2
1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?
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| MLB Player Traded for Himself
Harry Chiti, a catcher who played in the major leagues from 1950-62. In 1962 he was traded from the Indians to the New York Mets, who were an expansion club that year. Chiti was acquired for a "player to be named later." After putting up abysmal numbers in ...
| Sports Facts |
| Life Insurance
My wife and I took out life insurance policies on each other -- so now it's just a waiting game.
| Humor |
| Imprisoning Drug Users
Every friend of freedom must be as revolted as I am by the prospect of turning the United States into an armed camp, by the vision of jails filled with casual drug users and of an army of enforcers empowered to invade the liberty of citizens on slight evidence.
-- ...
| Philosophy |
| Understanding Hearts
Proverbs 15:14
Those who have understanding hearts hunger after knowledge, but those with no understanding feast on foolishness.
| Bible |
| Men's and Women's Bicycle Crossbars
It would seem that having a slanted crossbar like on women's bikes would make much more sense for men's bikes, decreasing the chance of racking the guy if he slips off the pedals or the like. However, there is actually a really good reason to have a horizontal ...
| Sports Facts |
| Celebrity Viruses
Ellen Degeneres virus... Your IBM suddenly claims it's a MAC
Monica Lewinsky virus... Sucks all the memory out of your computer
Mike Tyson virus... Quits after one byte
Lorena Bobbit virus... Turns your hard disk into a 3.5-inch floppy
Tonya Harding ...
| Humor |
| Of Popes and Emperors
For, from the time that the Bishop of Rome had gotten to be acknowledged for bishop universal, by pretence of succession to St. Peter, their whole hierarchy, or kingdom of darkness, may be compared not unfitly to the kingdom of fairies; that is, to the old ...
| Philosophy |
| The Apostles Persecuted
Acts 5:17-18
17 Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.
18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
| Bible |
| Human Cheetah
From a complete stop, a human is capable of outrunning a Formula One Racecar for about 30 feet!
| Sports Facts |
| You're a Teacher If...
You believe the staff room should be equipped with a Valium salt lick.
You believe "Shallow gene pool" should have its own box in the report card.
Meeting a child's parent instantly answers the question "Why is this kid like this?"
| Humor |
| Waking Up
Failure is really a matter of conceit. People don't work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they'll succeed without ever making an effort. Most people believe that they'll wake up some day and find themselves rich. Actually, they've got it half right, ...
| Philosophy |
| The Apostles' Work Continues
Acts 5:12-15
12 The apostles performed many signs and wonders among the people. And all the believers used to meet together in Solomon’s Colonnade.
13 No one else dared join them, even though they were highly regarded by the people.
14 Nevertheless, ...
| Bible |
| Hot Is the New Cool
So that's how they cheat - a microwaved baseball will fly farther than a frozen baseball.
| Sports Facts |
| Signs You're Broke
American Express calls and says: "Leave home without it!"
Your bologna has no first name.
Long distance companies don't call you to switch anymore.
On Thanksgiving your dad would bring home a picture of a Thanksgiving meal.
| Humor |