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| Older Women
Titus 2:3
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good
| Bible |
| Nuts
Q: What's the difference between beer nuts and deer nuts?
A: Beer nuts cost about $0.49 and deer nuts are just under a buck.
| Humor |
| Spoiling the Present
Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.
-- Epicurus
| Philosophy |
| October 21st, 1975
On this day in 1975, in the bottom of the 12th inning of Game Six at Fenway Park, Red Sox backstop Carlton Fisk hits one of the most dramatic home runs in major league history, forcing a seventh game with the Reds, which the Sox lost.
| Sports Facts |
| Older Men
Titus 2:2
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness.
| Bible |
| Santa's Little Helper
Q: Why was Santa's little helper feeling depressed?
A: Because he had low Elf esteem!
| Humor |
| More Luck
Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.
-- Ed Bradley
| Philosophy |
| Long Shot
English-American pro golfer and kinesiology expert Michael Hoke Austin is credited with making the longest drive. While playing in the U.S. National Seniors Tournament in 1974, Hoke drove the ball a mind-boggling 515 yards. PGA champion Chandler Harper, Hoke’s ...
| Sports Facts |
| Old Age
Psalm 71:9
Do not cast me off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent.
| Bible |
| Orange Rhyme
Q: What's orange and sounds like a parrot?
A: A carrot!
| Humor |
| Worst Evil
Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
| Philosophy |
| Wimbledon Winner
Boris Becker was the first unseeded player ever to win the Wimbledon in 1985. He was only 17 years old at the time. He also became the first German and the youngest player to win the title.
| Sports Facts |
| The Aged
Job 12:12
Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
| Bible |
| Addiction
Patient: Doctor, you've got to help me! I'm addicted to Twitter.
Doctor: I don't follow you.
| Humor |
| The Powerful
An alliance with a powerful person is never safe.
-- Phaedrus
| Philosophy |
| Tennis Origins
Tennis originated in Great Britain and, traditionally, women wore full length dresses while playing for the Wimbledon tournament.
| Sports Facts |
| Rain in Season
Deuteronomy 11:14
He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil.
| Bible |
| Lost Carro
Did you hear about the Mexican who lost his car?
His name is Carlos.
| Humor |
| Over Time
There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.
-- Sophie Swetchine
| Philosophy |
| The Shovel
Did you know that the shovel was a ground-breaking invention?
| Humor |
| God is With You
1 Chronicles 28:20
Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the Lord God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of ...
| Bible |
| Shaken Up
In 1950, Chicago Cardinals Quarterback Jim Hardy was slightly injured in a car accident on the way to a game versus the Philadelphia Eagles and went on to throw an NFL record eight interceptions that day.
| Sports Facts |
| What Power Is
Power is not an institution, and not a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society.
-- Michel Foucault
| Philosophy |
| Fakes
Q: What do you call a fake noodle?
A: An Impasta
| Humor |
| Be Strong
1 Corinthians 16:13
Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
| Bible |