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| Happy Father's Day!
Ephesians 6:1-4
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
2/3 “Honor your father and mother”- which is the first commandment with a promise - “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
4 Fathers, ...
| Bible |
| Rich Man's Wife
Bob, an extremely wealthy 60-year-old, arrives at a country club with a beautiful and charming 25-year-old blonde.
His buddies at the club are all aghast. They corner him and ask, "Bob, how'd you get the trophy girlfriend?"
Bob exclaims, "Girlfriend? ...
| Humor |
| Rational Policy-Making
My policies are based not on some economics theory, but on things I and millions like me were brought up with: an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay; live within your means; put by a nest egg for a rainy day; pay your bills on time; support the police.
-- ...
| Philosophy |
| God’s Covenant with Abram
Genesis 15:1-6
15 After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”
2 But Abram said, “O Lord God, what will you give me, for I continue childless, and the ...
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| Dog's 10 Commandments
1. I will not eat the cats' food before they eat it or after they throw it up.
2. I will not roll on dead seagulls, fish, crabs, etc. just because I like the way they smell.
3. The litter box is not a cookie jar.
4. The sofa is not a ”face towel.” ...
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| Whatever works...
Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox ate only chicken the day of a game and drew a "Chai" (Hebrew symbol for life) in the dirt before every at-bat
| Sports Facts |
| Appearance
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
-- Sun Tzu
| Philosophy |
| God's Gift to Abram
Genesis 13:14- 18
14 The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Raise your eyes now, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
15 for all the land that you see I will give to you and to ...
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| Farmer With 3 Daughters
There was this farmer that was really protective of his three daughters. In fact, he always met their boyfriends at the door with a shotgun.
At 5:30 Friday night, there was a knock at the door. The farmer answered it with his gun. The guy at the door said, ...
| Humor |
| Those were the days
Before 1859, umpires sat in a padded rocking chair behind the catcher
| Sports Facts |
| Changing the World
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.
-- Jessica Mitford
| Philosophy |
| Adam and Eve's Nationality
At the height of the Cold War, a Brit, a Frenchman, and a Russian are in a museum staring at a portrait of Adam and Eve.
"Look at their calm, their reserve" says the Briton. "Surely they must be British!"
"Nonsense!" replies the Frenchman. "They are ...
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| Coincedence? Maybe, maybe not...
The first known combination of the words "super" and "bowl" dates to a third-century Chinese writer who was named Lom-Ba-Di
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| Abram Leaves Egypt and Separates from Lot
Genesis 13:1-2, 5-6, 8-9
1 So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, with his wife and everything he had, and Lot went with him.
2 Abram had become very wealthy in livestock and in silver and gold.
5 Now Lot, who was moving about with Abram, also ...
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| Getting Things Done
“If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman.”
-- Margaret Thatcher
| Philosophy |
| Overweight Nerd
Q: Why was the mathematics professor so big and round?
A: Too much pi.
| Humor |
| Offseason blues
Australian rules football was originally designed to give cricketers something to play during the offseason
| Sports Facts |
| Desolation
Psalm 46:8-11
8 Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what desolations he has brought on the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.
10 “Be still, and know ...
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| Knowledge vs. Application
Today, because knowledge is available on every Internet-connected device, what you know matters far less than what you can do with what you know. The capacity to innovate - the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life - and skills ...
| Philosophy |
| Blondes in the Basement
Q: What do you call a basement full of blondes?
A: A whine cellar.
| Humor |
| Pocket Change
Billiards great Henry Lewis once sank 46 balls in a row
| Sports Facts |
| The Baptism of Jesus
Luke 3:21-22
Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my Son, the Beloved; ...
| Bible |
| True Revolutionaries
True revolutionaries do not flaunt their radicalism. They cut their hair, put on their suits, and infiltrate the system from within.
-- Saul Alinsky
| Philosophy |
| Muslims in Space
Q: It hasn't made the newspapers yet, but did you hear about the Iranian's plan to land men on the Sun?
A: They are going to go at night.
| Humor |
| They had their priorities
Golf was banned in England in 1457 because it was considered a distraction from the serious pursuit of archery
| Sports Facts |