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| Balancing Act
Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.
-- Dr. Seuss
| Philosophy |
| Exalting God
Psalm 30:1-12
I will exalt you, O Lord, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me. O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me. O Lord, you brought me up from the grave; you spared me from going down into ...
| Bible |
| Knock Knock Annie
Boy: Knock, knock.
Girl: Who’s there?
Boy: Annie.
Girl: Annie who?
Boy: Annie one you like!
| Humor |
| Hat Tricks
On November 15th. 1983, Mike Bossy scored his 75th hat trick, the most in NY Islander history.
| Sports Facts |
| Earn It
The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.
-- Ginger Rogers
| Philosophy |
| Give Thanks
Psalm 136:1
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever.
| Bible |
| Real Activism
Proverbs 31:8-9
Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute. Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy.
| Bible |
| Fight for It
It is not my place to offer pep talks, aphorisms, or dictums. But if I had to give one piece of practical advice it would be this: Find something that you love that they're fucking with and then fight for it. If everyone did that--imagine the difference.
-- ...
| Philosophy |
| Cowboys in a Car
Q: If you have a car containing a Cowboys wide receiver, a Cowboys linebacker, and a Dallas Cowboys defensive lineman, who is driving the car?
A: The cop.
| Humor |
| Wunderkind
At the age of 4, American world cup soccer star Abby Wambach, during her first youth soccer league was transferred from the girls’ team to the boys’ team after she scored 27 seven goals in just three games
| Sports Facts |
| Football Players
Q: Did you guys hear about the NFL player who hits women?
A: No the other one. No, the other one. No...the other one.
| Humor |
| Boring Adults
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your ...
| Philosophy |
| Home Field Advantage
In 1998, during a soccer match in Congo, a lightning bolt struck the pitch and killed all 11 members of one team. The other team was left unscathed.
| Sports Facts |
| Human Philosophy
Colossians 2:8
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
| Bible |
| Knock Knock Who
Boy: Knock, knock.
GIrl: Who’s there?
Boy: Who!
Girl: Who who?
Boy: That’s what an owl says!
| Humor |
| Teaching
Proverbs 9:9
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.
| Bible |
| True Education
The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change.
-- Carl Rogers
| Philosophy |
| November 11th, 2006
On this day in 2006, Michael Redd scores 57 points to break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s franchise record of 55, but Matt Harpring makes a layup with 1.8 seconds left to give the Utah Jazz a 113-111 win over Milwaukee.
| Sports Facts |
| No Go
Q: Why can't Tony Romo or Dez Bryant get into their own driveways?
A: Someone painted an end zone on them!
| Humor |
| A Fish
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
-- Maimonides
| Philosophy |
| Packer Pie
Q: Did you here about the Packer fan that died at a pie eating contest?
A: The cow kicked him in the head!
| Sports Facts |
| Wisdom's Protection
Ecclesiastes 7:12
For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.
| Bible |
| Consumption
We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw them away.
M.T. Anderson
| Philosophy |
| Knock Knock Pencil
Boy: Knock, knock.
Girl: Who’s there?
Boy: A broken pencil.
Girl: A broken pencil who?
Boy: Oh never mind, it’s pointless.
| Humor |
| Happy Huns
Hosting the 2006 World Cup caused Germany to experience baby boom. Nine months after the football competition, birthrate in Germany was up to 30% higher compared to the same period in the year before that.
| Sports Facts |