Welcome to BlackShards.net, the place for daily content on a variety of subjects.
Check out our new Daily Humor application for your iPhone or iPod Touch in the Apple App Store.
We're currently offering a free version of the app with ads and a paid version without ads.
Needless to say, if you're away from your phone/mobile device for any reason, you can also access
our daily content from this web site.
Stay tuned for more developments at BlackShards.net. In 2013, we're planning to roll out
new iOS applications in several different content categories, including the Daily Bible Verse,
Daily Philosopher, Daily Politics, and more.
| Search Results | Category |
|---|---|
| Unbound
2 Timothy 2:8-9
Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!
| Bible |
| The Political Principle
From a political point of view, there is but one principle, the sovereignty of man over himself. This sovereignty of myself over myself is called Liberty.
-- Victor Hugo
| Philosophy |
| Most Devout
A Jew, a Christian and a Muslim were having a discussion about who was the most religious.
"I was riding my camel in the middle of the Sahara," exclaimed the Muslim. "Suddenly a fierce sandstorm appeared from nowhere. I truly thought my end had come as ...
| Humor |
| Trophy Sailers
The oldest continuous trophy in sports is the America’s Cup. It started in 1851 with Americans winning for 132 consecutive years until Australia took the Cup in 1983
| Sports Facts |
| A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus
2 Timothy 2:1-7
1/2 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
3 Share in suffering as a ...
| Bible |
| Being Hated or Loved
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.
-- Andrea Gide
| Philosophy |
| Inquiring Dogs Want to Know
If a dog barks his head off in the forest and no human hears him, is he still a bad dog?
| Humor |
| Superbowl Hunger
The number of chickens used to meet the nationwide demand for hot wings during the game is roughly equivalent to the population of New York City
| Sports Facts |
| Reverence vs. Wrongdoing
Psalm 5:5-7
5/6 You hate all who do wrong; you destroy those who tell lies. The bloodthirsty and deceitful you, Lord, detest.
7 But I, by your great love, can come into your house; in reverence I bow down toward your holy temple.
| Bible |
| Respecting the Law
The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable. When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law.
-- Frederic Bastiat
| Philosophy |
| Mexican Tank
Q: How do you stop a Mexican tank?
A: Shoot the guy pushing it.
| Humor |
| Who Knew?
Between two and three jockeys are killed each year. That's about how many baseball players have died in its entire professional history.
| Sports Facts |
| Diligence versus Disgrace
Proverbs 10:4-5 - Solomon's Proverbs
4 Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth.
5 He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
| Bible |
| Work vs. Theft
There are two fundamentally opposed means whereby man, requiring sustenance, is impelled to obtain the necessary means for satisfying his desires. These are work and robbery, one’s own labor and the forcible appropriation of the labor of others.
-- Franz ...
| Philosophy |
| What Would Jesus Drive?
Q: Did they have automobiles in Jesus’ time?
A: Yes, they must have - the Bible says that the disciples were all of one Accord.
| Humor |
| Oy vey
Bulgaria was the only soccer team in the 1994 World Cup in which all 11 players' last names ended with the letters "OV"
| Sports Facts |
| A Wise Son
Proverbs 10:1 - Solomon's Proverbs
A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
| Bible |
| Demographic Breach
The most profound breach in this country is not between the rich and the poor, but between the people and the intellectuals. In their view of life, the American people are predominantly...reality-oriented, common sense-oriented, technology-oriented. The intellectuals ...
| Philosophy |
| An End-of-School-Year Poem
Instead of drinking water,
They gave me thinking water,
Now I’m really smart.
And instead of ice cream,
They gave me nice cream,
Now I’ve got a big heart.
Instead of hot sauce,
They gave me snot sauce,
Now my tongue is gooey when I talk.
And ...
| Humor |
| Only Two
Since 1896, the beginning of the modern Olympics, only Greece and Australia have participated in every Games
| Sports Facts |
| Predictions of Jesus' Days
Acts 3:24-26
24 Peter: “Indeed, beginning with Samuel, all the prophets who have spoken have foretold these days.
25 And you are heirs of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers. He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all peoples ...
| Bible |
| Taking Responsibility
Today people aren't encouraged to take responsibility. It's easy to obey because you can blame a wrong decision on the person who told you to do this or do that. From the moment you accept that you're the master of your destiny you have to accept responsibility ...
| Philosophy |
| Peanuts
An old man and a young man worked in office next to each other. The young man had noticed that the older man always seemed to have a jar of peanuts on his desk. He loved peanuts and one day while the older man was away from his desk the young man couldn't ...
| Humor |
| I'd hate to see THIS closet
Racehorses have been known to wear out new shoes in one race
| Sports Facts |
| Jesus Will Restore Everything
Acts 3:21-23
21 Peter: "Heaven must be home to Jesus until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets.
22/23 For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your ...
| Bible |