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Tell The Truth
There is a name for a new behavior called “Kittenfishing.” This is a term used with people on dating apps who fudge on telling the truth so they will appear better. Kittenfishing makes you feel like it’s okay to add an inch or two to your heigh...
Little Mistakes, Big Consequences
Simple mistakes can be costly. Be careful. A market in Scotland’s Orkney Islands intended to request 750 pounds of bananas. Instead, ordered 380 boxes containing 100 bananas each. That’s 38,000 more bananas than ordered, and because of strong w...
Timekeeping
Almost everybody carries either a watch or a phone so they can check the time. Time is important in almost every aspect of our culture. It was just announced that a new nuclear timepiece is the most accurate timekeeper in the world. It is adver...
The Most Important Certainty
We desire certainty, but we are constantly confronted with uncertainty. Being certain about something appears to give a stronger, positive sense of moving in that direction. Uncertainty easily raises a level of stress. Watching the stock market...
Sin Challenges
How do you combat something that you feel is bad for society? We dream up a lot of ways to do that, and sometimes it works better than it was ever intended. Officials in Anchorage, Alaska started levying a 5% tax on cannabis products. Officials...
Positive Affect Treatment
A lot of things in life focus on minimizing a number of negative things. Some of those are very good. Recently, there has been a lot being written about a new kind of therapy that deals with depression that focuses on positive paths to joy. It ...
Blueberry and Meadow
At a Maryland animal rescue, French bulldog mix puppy Blueberry and a 9-month-old black cat Meadow came to the Last Chance Animal Rescue separately. Each had severe injuries, but they became inseparable during their recovery. Each had lost a li...
Outstanding Plays
There are always some outstanding plays in sports that capture our attention. One such action is when an outfielder is able to leap high above the wall and rob someone of a home run. Recently, Joe Adell, an outfielder for the Los Angeles Angels...
New World
Ben O’Reilly is a 7-year-old boy at Compton Elementary School in Compton, NH, who is deaf and can only use sign language. He had difficulty relating to his classmates and even the teachers. He only could communicate with his aide, Cheryl. One o...
A Short Craze
It’s interesting to me how different foods all of a sudden become popular. Now they are saying that pumpkin spice is being replaced by pickles. That’s right pickles. Pickles were once just associated with burgers but today you can get pickled f...
World Cup
Police in Lima, Peru, used the popularity of the World Cup matchup between Mexico and South Africa to capture a highly sought after drug king, Carlos Cabera. They found out that he was a big fan of football, or as we call it soccer. They dresse...
Ray Svejnoha
Eighty-two years ago, Ray Svejnoha was attending high school in Illinois. World War II came and he had a choice to make, join the armed forces, or enjoy senior prom. He chose to serve his country. Now he is 100 years old and some students at th...
Freedom Isn't Free
Freedom isn’t free. It cost a lot to those who signed the Declaration of Independence. Of the 56 signers, 17 lost their fortunes, 12 had their homes destroyed, 5 became prisoners of war, one had two sons imprisoned on the British Starving Ship ...
Mountain Lions
I played basketball at Young Harris College in North Georgia. We were the “Mountain Lions.” We were told it was the most dangerous animal you could face. Recently, in an upscale San Francisco neighborhood, a mountain lion appeared on the porch ...
Gentle Giant
Growth is an interesting phenomenon to observe. Sometimes it’s really unusual. Ask Amy Sharp and her family as they bought an Alaskan Malamute puppy. It has grown to be the size of a Shetland pony. The 5-year-old dog today weighs 182 pounds, wh...
God's Promises
There is a picture of President Trump walking across the tarmac with a beautiful, blonde Army soldier. She has become a dream girl for many of the troops. Her name is Jessica Foster, even though she is not a real person. Her picture has been AI...
A World of Deception
We read a lot today about how adults have created the world where deception is practiced in so many different ways. How did this happen. Some British researchers wanted to answer that question and discovered that about 25% of babies grasp the c...
Persistence
When the going gets tough, the tough get going. They persist. President Calvin Coolidge once said, “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will ...
Museum of Accomplishments
Is it best to put on display your failures or your accomplishments? A Vancouver resident Evvan Collin decided to cope with a personal heartbreak by creating an exhibit in a shopping mall that is entitled “The Museum of Personal Failure.” He inv...
God's DNA
Recently, researchers announced that there is a possibility to determine the authenticity of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Holy Child” chalk drawing. They have discovered fragments of DNA that they think belong to the artist and that DNA from about 1510...
Going the Extra Mile
Joe Sass is a school crossing guard in Chicago. One day after a huge rain, he noticed a 7th grader who arrived at the crosswalk that was submerged in deep icy water. Sass asked him if he would mind if he put him over his shoulder and carried hi...
Boosted Standings
There is a debate right now because New York magazine has recorded that Representative Nancy Mace had ordered a staff member of hers to go on Reddit forums and figure out how to boost her standings in the rankings of “the hottest women in Congr...
Stranded
In a time of desperate need, people can go beyond what is expected. They are people who go the extra mile. Austin Applebee is thirteen years old. His mother, Joanne, and his two younger siblings were stranded in shark infested waters off the co...