Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? It could be anything, really. A fender bender. Or stubbing your toe. Missing the bus. Whatever it may be, we all would rather do without the “wrong place at the wrong time” scenarios. This was definitely the case for Elizabeth Hodges on this […]
The rock. That drops. Wrong place, maybe. Read More »
One thing leads to the next, as they say.In this case, it is true. I’m sure I’ve probably made note of this event over the course of these nearly 13 years of bloginess. But here it is again, for anyone watching. It was on this day, November 29, 1972, that the first commercially successful video
Oh. We bounce around the little white ball. We do. Read More »
People believe in all sorts of things. We have to. We are wee tiny humans living in the endless expanse of the multitudes, a far-reaching Universe, to time and spaces unimaginable by our teensy human brains. And so we try to imagine the unimaginable. And with that comes beliefs. ` Sometimes, other people “teach” us
Believing in the things we do. And don’t. Read More »
People don’t seem to like other people.I know it sounds cynical. Negative. But it is true. History has given proof of this time and again. Long. Ago, we humans started drawing lines in the dirt. That’s the reason. These lines were not like artistic lines, or pictures of smiley faces, or happy unicorns. Nope. The
The lines we draw. We just don’t learn. Read More »
Margaret Fuller once said: “If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.” So pull out your candles, everybody. It is time for some fast facts. __________ How things unwind. • If you stretch a standard Slinky out flat, it measures 87 feet long. I had a Slinky when I was a kid. I’m
The knowledge of the dripping candle. Read More »
I don’t know if I believe this fact or not. It is said that the Ancient Romans used to drop a piece of toast into their wine goblets for good health. And that is where we got the phrase, “raise a toast.” Yet. I don’t think there were a lot of electric toasters back in
A toast to all of us. The bread kind. Read More »
I know, I know. It is supposed to be Thanksgiving and not Halloween. But this story came around today. It is about a woman named Helen Ackley and her family. Purportedly, they lived with ghosts for years in their home in upstate New York. The place was an old Victorian house built in the late
Buying a house. Ghosts are included, free of charge. Read More »
Some people are more intelligent than others. We see it every day. There are smarties. And. Not-so-smarties. In general, over the years, this has been measured by our IQ — our intelligence quotient. Here are the highest IQ populations in the world. Japan – 106.49Taiwan – 106.47Singapore – 105.89Hong Kong (China) – 105.37China – 104.10South
How smart we are. Or are we not? Read More »