It’s just not fair! They teach you to do it faster and you get the hang of it and then someone comes along and changes the routine. Whether it is a chore at work or a new technique in how you live at home, this new style is just down-right frustrating. No foolin’! One of […]
The lucky numbers on this week back in 1958 were 53310761. No, these are not a lottery pick. Nor are they a combination to any lock. It is the serial number given to Elvis Presley when he enlisted in the Army. If you go back to the old newspapers and magazines that week, the press
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He “popped” on television screens across the nation for the first time on this week back in 1961. Life would not be the same today without the Poppin Fresh Dough Boy to help pitch the Pillsbury bread commercials. Who can’t just love that short, pudgy guy all dressed up in white and happy to giggle
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If you knew me growing up, I was an avid Cincinnati Reds fan. You see, Johnny Bench, their outstanding catcher and hitter, grew up just a few miles from my home town. It didn’t hurt that they would seem to be playing baseball every Saturday in the Game of Week on NBC. These were in
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The 2014 Winter Olympics are in the books now. March Madness is almost upon on us! I don’t think that Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, saw it coming. The talk of basketball will dominate our lives for weeks to come. But what an interesting week this was back in 1987 for professional basketball!
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Little David had hoped that this week would not come in 1984. David was a special child that was born with no immune system. Therefore, he had to spend his entire life in a plastic bubble away from anyone with germs. Any little micro-organism would be deadly. In order to love him, his parents and
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Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks! The “Legion of Boom” put on a show of how to play football! Their accomplishments on the field were amazing! Now that the confetti has stopped flying and all the winning players trips to Disney World have been planned, the Denver Broncos have to come to terms with what happened.
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The Pro Bowl is done and the big day of the Super Bowl is coming! If you are like, I am looking forward to seeing as many commercials as I do good plays on the field this Sunday. There is just something about all the hype of the game. We seem to not get enough
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This week in 1905 at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered during a routine inspection by the mine’s superintendent. Weighing 1.33 pounds, and christened the “Cullinan,” it was the largest diamond ever found. Frederick Wells was 18 feet below the earth’s surface when he spotted a flash of starlight
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A few years ago I had knee surgery. The recovery went well. There were still a few tender spots but I came around. In order for me to make progress, I had to be sure that my good leg was leading the way for the damaged one. It’s not that the sore leg didn’t want
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