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| Twice a Hall-of-Famer
Cal Hubbard is the only person credited in both baseball and football hall of fame. He played football for the Giants and Packers in the early days of the NFL before becoming an outstanding MLB umpire.
| Sports Facts |
| Work vs. Chores
Smith goes to see his supervisor in the front office. “Boss,” he says, “we’re doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow, and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff.”
“We’re short-handed, Smith” the boss replies. ...
| Humor |
| Abram's Travels
Genesis 12:4-7
4 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran.
5 He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had ...
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| Women's Clothing
Your clothes should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to show you're a lady.
-- Marilyn Monroe
| Philosophy |
| May 27, 1873
The first Preakness Stakes was won by Survivor. Incidentally, The race has been termed "The Run for the Black-Eyed Susans" because a blanket of yellow flowers altered to resemble the Maryland State flower is placed around the winner's circle.
| Sports Facts |
| Number Sense
A guy is walking past a big wooden fence at the insane asylum and he hears all the residents inside chanting, "Thirteen! Thirteen! Thirteen!
Quite curious about this, he finds a hole in the fence, and looks in. Someone inside pokes him in the eye. Then ...
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| The Call of Abram
Genesis 11:31, 12:1-3
11:31 Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Harran, they settled ...
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| Drugs and Character
Happy, self-confident men do not seek to get stoned. Drug addiction is the attempt to obliterate one's consciousness, the quest for a deliberately-induced insanity. As such, it is so obscene and evil that any doubt about the moral character of its practitioners ...
| Philosophy |
| My Dad Makes Big Money
Three boys are in the school yard bragging about their fathers. The first boy says, ‘My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him $50.’
The second boy says, ‘That’s nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on piece of ...
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| Peter and John Heal
Acts 3:1-3, 6-7
1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.
2 Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those ...
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| A calm before the calm
The only two days of the year on which there are no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL or NFL) are the day before and the day after the MLB All-Star Game
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| Private vs. Collective Crime
How does something immoral, when done privately, become moral when it is done collectively? Furthermore, does legality establish morality? Slavery was legal; apartheid is legal; Stalinist, Nazi, and Maoist purges were legal. Clearly, the fact of legality does ...
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| Laughing Cow
If a cow laughed really hard, would milk come out of her nose, too?
| Humor |
| Trust, Don't Sin
Psalm 4:4-5
4 Tremble and do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.
5 Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the Lord.
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| And he chose to break heads instead
Wrestler Kevin Nash was once the second most recruited player out of Michigan, behind none other than Magic Johnson
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| Reality and Faith
The more in harmony with yourself you are, the more joyful you are, and the more faithful you are. Faith is not to disconnect you from reality, it connects you to reality.
-- Paulo Coelho
| Philosophy |
| City Slickers and Watermelon
Two farmers were having a great day at the local farmers' market. Farm trucks were loaded down with fresh, local produce and customers were in a buying mood.
But the mood changed when one farmer turned to his neighboring vendor with a disgusted look on ...
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| Beginning of Wisdom
Proverbs 9:10-11
10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
11 For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
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| And who says chef's are non-athletic?
The very first Olympic race, held in 776 BC, was won by Corubus, a chef
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| Taxation, a Habit
When men get in the habit of helping themselves to the property of others, they cannot be easily cured of it.
-- 1909 New York Times Editorial
(How they've changed their tune over the years!)
| Philosophy |
| Blonde's Drivers License
A police officer stops a blonde for speeding and asks her very nicely if he could see her license.
The blonde replied in a huff, "I wish you guys could get your act together. Just yesterday you take away my license and then today you expect me to show ...
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| Jesus Calms the Storm
Mark 4:35-39
35 Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side (of the sea).”
36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him.
37 A furious squall came up, and the ...
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| And you thought watching submarine races was false
In 1898, one of the first programs to be broadcast on radio was a yacht race that took place in British waters
| Sports Facts |
| Socialism and Force
Socialism undertakes to save the world from all its sorrows by a greatly extended use of force, a use of force far exceeding the force which even emperors and despotic governments employ.
-- Auberon Herbert
| Philosophy |
| Who to Teach
Proverbs 9:9
Teach the wise, and they will become wiser. Instruct those who live right, and they will gain more knowledge.
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