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Another Geek Joke
An int, a char and a string walk into a bar. After a while, the int and char start hitting on the waitress making her very uncomfortable. The string walks up to the waitress and says “You’ll have to forgive them, they’re primitive types.”
Humor
Friendship
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. -- Khalil Gibran
Philosophy
Faith
You cannot be President of the United States if you don't have faith. Remember Lincoln, going to his knees in times of trial in the Civil War and all that stuff. -- George H. W. Bush
Humor
Polack's Brother
A Polack comes home early one day from work and hears weird sounds coming from his bedroom. When he gets to his room, he finds his wife naked on the bed sweating bullets. ' 'What the hell is going on?'' he says. ''I'm having a heart attack!!'' So he ...
Humor
February 8th, 1982
On the day in 1982, baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's, breaking up the sport's longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey).
Sports Facts
Inversion of Control
Isaiah 10:15 Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
Bible
Painful Effort
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Philosophy
Duh Bears
One day mama bear and papa bear were getting a divorce. The judge decided that baby bear was going to live with mama bear. Baby bear started to cry . "Whats wrong?" the judge asked baby bear. "I don't want to live with mama bear, she abuses me!" said ...
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February 7th, 1975
On this day in 1975, the NBA's New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak.
Sports Facts
Nothing New
Ecclesiastes 1:9 What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.
Bible
Resolutions
January is always a good month for behavioral economics: Few things illustrate self-control as vividly as New Year's resolutions. February is even better, though, because it lets us study why so many of those resolutions are broken. -- Sendhil Mullainathan ...
Philosophy
Keep it Simple
I'm just trying to keep things simple, and just be a little more offhand and not get so deep into things. Enjoy what you got right now, because who knows what's going to happen tomorrow. -- Bob Seger
Humor
Hope on Vietnam
Bob Hope had this to say to the troops about the war in Vietnam: "The country is behind you, 50 percent." "As we flew in, they gave us a 21-gun salute. Three of them were ours."
Humor
February 6th, 1990
On this day in 1990, Brett Hull becomes the 1st son of a NHL 50 goal scorer - proud dad Bobby Hull - to score 50 himself.
Sports Facts
One People
Genesis 11:6 The Lord said, “Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is only the beginning of what they will do. And nothing that they propose to do will now be impossible for them.
Bible
Politics
In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. -- George Orwell
Philosophy
Two Dogs
A man and his son come upon two dogs humping. The son asks, "Dad, what are those dogs doing?" His father replies, "Well, the dog on top must have hurt his two front paws, and that dog on the bottom is helping him home." The son says, "It figures -- every ...
Humor
February 5th, 2006
On this day in 2006, Super Bowl XL was won by the Pittsburgh Steelers who beat the Seattle Seahawks, 21-10 at the Ford Field. Hines Ward, Pittsburgh WR, was the MVP.
Sports Facts
David's Psalm
Psalm 108:1-13 My heart is steadfast, O God! I will sing and make melody with all my being! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awake the dawn! I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to you among the nations. For your steadfast ...
Bible
Good or Ill
Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. -- John F. Kennedy
Philosophy
No Back Seat
A blonde goes on a hot date and ends up making out with the guy in his car. The guy asks if she would like to go in the backseat. "No!" yells the blonde. Things get even hotter, and the guy asks again. "For the last time, no!" says the blonde. Frustrated, ...
Humor
February 4th, 1962
In a move nearly as ridiculous as Vlad Putin's espousal of democracy, on this day in 1962, the Russian newspaper Izvestia reported that baseball was an old Russian game.
Sports Facts
Good to All
Psalm 145:9-10 The Lord is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made. All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you!
Bible
Getting Old
You know you're getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. -- Bob Hope
Philosophy
Red Eye
Defense attorney: Tell the jury, in your own words, what happened before the traffic officer assaulted you with his nightstick. Plaintiff: He pulled me over and I rolled down my window he said, "Your eyes are red - have you been smoking weed?" Attorney: ...
Humor