Category: Fun Facts
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Rationalize the Crazy
I firmly believe every person exhibits odd or eccentric behavior that departs from the norm. What is “the norm”? Who gets to define normal? A characteristic or act which may be, or is, defined as normal by one person may seem odd or eccentric to others. I like to reference this individual level of crazy…
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Early Bird and Night Owl
I don’t know exactly when I first heard the phrase “early bird” or “night owl.” But I do know they are commonly used to characterize a person that gets up early or stays up late, respectfully. I also know that each of us readily identify as one or the other. Although studies indicate that during…
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The Art of Letter Writing
It takes practice to be a good writer. To be a great writer is a gift. However, writing isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition because there are so many forms of writing. For example, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, script or screenplay, grant or speech writing just to name a few. But of all the ways in which we…
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Debunked
I am certain at one point or another each and every person has heard the saying: there’s no such thing as a stupid question. In fact, you may even have said it yourself a time or two. Well it’s poppycock. Some questions are really, really stupid. Questions that waste the time and energy of everyone…
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A Pennies Worth of Thought
I emptied out a roll of pennies recently and realized that they felt different… lighter than I remembered. That got me to thinking, how much does a penny weigh? So, me-being-me, I started researching… just to satisfy my curiosity. Well it turns out I was correct… they are lighter… but let’s start at the beginning.…
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Turning Back Time
We can’t actually turn back time. At least not in a way that materially changes anything. However, every year we adjust our clocks in accordance with a law enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Although there have been several modifications, the law remains in effect today. So, every year we spring forward one hour beginning…
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Sometimes I Need a Reality Check
Growing up I wanted to be a superhero… or, at the very least, a total boss. I felt destined for greatness. Try as I might, I did not become a superhero and I missed the mark on becoming a total boss. The reality is this: I don’t have one-of-a-kind ideas; I am not special; and,…
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Monkey Bars, Tenacity, Challenge and Redirection
Allow me to share a story with you. The story of a little girl who wouldn’t quit trying to cross the monkey bars on the school playground until she successfully made it from one end to the other without falling. Every time she slipped, she got back up, dusted herself off, and started from the…
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Fluorescent Lighting… Good or bad? You Decide
Fluorescence is the emission of light by a substance which absorbed electromagnetic radiation (simplified definition). Florescence, a form of luminescence, had been observed long before it was understood with the first documented explanation written in 1852 by an Irish scientist named Sir George Stokes. Although experimental testing continued under the supervision of some brilliant scientists,…
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Popularity Contest
Looking for a job feels more like entering into a popularity contest which, quite honestly, does not bode well for me. Probably because I generally fall somewhere in the middle. I know, without a doubt, that I am an incredible hire but I often overcompensate during the initial meeting coming across as either too enthusiastic…