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| Experience
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
-- Thomas Jefferson
| Philosophy |
| Snack
Q: What did one lab rat say to the other?
A: I've got my scientist so well trained that every time I push the buzzer, he brings me a snack.
| Humor |
| Loving Others
Romans 13:8
Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
| Bible |
| January 20th, 1991
On this day in 1991, Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives the NY Giant a 15-13 victory over the defending champs, the San Francisco 49ers, to win the NFC title.
| Sports Facts |
| Human Nature
If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For those who are often flattered or feared, the horse can be a welcome mirror of the best in human nature.
-- Clare Balding
| Philosophy |
| Professor Dirty Joke
There was an old professor who started every class with a vulgar joke. After one particularly nasty example, the women in the class decided to walk out the next time he started.
The professor got wind of this plot, so the next morning he walked in and ...
| Humor |
| Welcoming Others
Romans 14:1,4
As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. ... Who are you to pass judgment on the servant of another? It is before his own master that he stands or falls.
| Bible |
| January 19th, 1903
On this day in 1903, a new bicycle race called the Tour de France was announced.
| Sports Facts |
| Private Enterprise
Some people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.
-- Winston Churchill
| Philosophy |
| Tug-of-War
Q: What do you get when you play Tug-of-War with a pig?
A: Pulled Pork!
| Humor |
| Walking in the Light
1 John 2:9-10
Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in himthere is no cause for stumbling.
| Bible |
| January 18th, 1951
On this day in 1951, the NFL created modern football when it ruled that tackles, guards, and centers ineligible for forward passes.
| Sports Facts |
| Autumnal Sunshine
I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.
-- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks
| Philosophy |
| Extra-large Condoms
A woman asks the pharmacist if he sells extra-large condoms. The pharmacist replies, "Yes, would you like to buy some?"
The woman says, "No, but do you mind if I stand here and wait to see if anyone buys a box?"
| Humor |
| Knowing Him
1 John 2:4-5
Whoever says “I know him” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him, but whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him
| Bible |
| January 17th, 1997
On this day in 1997, the NBA suspended Chicago Bulls forward Dennis Rodman indefinitely for kicking a cameraman.
| Sports Facts |
| Human Sunshine
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
-- Joseph Addison
| Philosophy |
| Eight Dollar Bill
A crook mistakenly made a counterfeit $8 bill instead of a $10 bill. He decided to try it out anyway, so he went to the bank and asked for change.
The teller looked at the $8 bill and gave the crook two $4 bills as change.
| Humor |
| Our Advocate
1 John 2:1-2
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for ...
| Bible |
| January 16th, 1993
On this day in 1993, Da Bulls' Michael Jordan scores 64 points, but loses to Orlando, 128-124. Shaq had 29 points and 24 rebounds that day.
| Sports Facts |
| Visionaries
Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision. Their goals differed, but they all had this in common: that the step was first, the road new, the vision unborrowed, and the response they ...
| Philosophy |
| Afghan Genie
Strangely, a Taliban soldier and a U.S. Marine are walking together one day. They come across a lantern and a Genie pops out of it. "I will give each of you one wish" says the Genie.
The Talibani said: "I want a wall around Afghanistan, so that no infidels, ...
| Humor |
| Those Who Need Not Fear
Isaiah 33:15-17
He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands, lest they hold a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes from looking on evil, he will dwell on the ...
| Bible |
| January 15th, 1996
Washington's Brent Price began a NBA record streak of hitting on 13 straight three-point field goal attempts over three games. Terry Mills of the Detroit Pistons tied the record by hitting 13 straight in December of 1996.
| Sports Facts |
| Competence
It's so hard to stand on one's own record. You can fake virtue for an audience. You can't fake it in your own eyes. Your ego is your strictest judge. They run from it. They spend their lives running. It's easier to donate a few thousand to charity and think ...
| Philosophy |