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| Keep the Change
It's time to get real, folks. Hope and change ain't working. Hope and change is not a solution. Hope and change is not a job.
-- Herman Cain
| Philosophy |
| October 28th, 2009
On this day in 2009, Chase Utley, en route to a record-tying five World Series homers, becomes the first left-handed batter in 81-years to hit two round-trippers off a southpaw in a Fall Classic game. The Philadelphia second baseman, who also set a postseason ...
| Sports Facts |
| If God is For Us...
Romans 8:31
What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us?
| Bible |
| Lesbian Flooring
Q. Why aren't there any nails in a lesbian's floor?
A. They're all laid with tongue and groove.
| Humor |
| Striving
I have tried to keep on with my striving because this is the only hope I have of ever achieving anything worthwhile and lasting.
-- Arthur Ashe
| Philosophy |
| Golf Balls Were Originally Made of Wood
Some of the first golf balls were made entirely of hardwood, such as beech and box trees. These balls appeared during the 14th century and remained in use until the 17th century. Of course, a typical wooden golf ball would only last for a few games before ...
| Sports Facts |
| Do You Not Know?
Isaiah 40:28
Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
| Bible |
| The Laundromat
Q: Why is a laundromat a really bad place to pick up women?
A: Because a woman who can't afford her own washing machine won't be able to support you.
| Humor |
| The Trouble with People
The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.
-- Will Durant
| Philosophy |
| God's Plans
Jeremiah 29:11
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
| Bible |
| French Open Factoids
The French Open happens to be named after the stadium where it takes place. The stadium is named after Roland Garros who was a World War I pilot.
The Open era of lawn tennis started in 1968 and the French Open was the first Grand Slam even to be open to ...
| Sports Facts |
| Because it is Good
Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something ...
| Philosophy |
| Time Well Spent
During a regular NFL game you are likely to watch the following: 11 minutes of actual playing time, 3 seconds of cheerleaders, 17 minutes of replays and 67 minutes of players just standing there. That must mean there are 90 minutes of TV commercials...
| Sports Facts |
| Unsatisfied
Ecclesiastes 6:3
If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not satisfied with life's good things, and he also has no burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
| Bible |
| The Army
Q: What did the buffalo say to his son as he left for the Army?
A: Bison
| Humor |
| Maintaining Hope
Even if the hopes you started out with are dashed, hope has to be maintained.
-- Seamus Heaney
| Philosophy |
| October 23rd, 1993
On this day in 1993, Joe Carter's dramatic ninth inning three-run homer helps the Blue Jays beat the Phillies 8-6 to win their second consecutive World Championship. The Toronto outfielder becomes just the second player to end the World Series with a home ...
| Sports Facts |
| Older Days
Ecclesiastes 7:10
Say not, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this.
| Bible |
| History Class
Q: What's the worst thing about ancient history class?
A: The teachers tend to Babylon.
| Humor |
| Taking It
In this world you've just got to hope for the best and prepare for the worst and take whatever God sends.
-- Lucy Maud Montgomery
| Philosophy |
| Superstar
Only one NFL player has ever received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - Steelers' quarterback Terry Bradshaw
| Sports Facts |
| Remember Your Creator
Ecclesiastes 12:1
Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”
| Bible |
| Luggage
Q: What kind of luggage does a vulture take on a plane?
A: Carrion.
| Humor |
| Hopelessness
Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity.
-- Vaclav Havel
| Philosophy |
| First Golf Course
America’s first 18-hole golf course constructed on a sheep farm in Downer’s Grove, Illinois in 1892. Businessman and golf lover Charles Blair McDonald moved to this quaint town and began constructing the course with his colleagues. The Downer’s Grove Golf ...
| Sports Facts |