Glade® PlugIns® Fire Hazard (please see official company response below) Received from a friend who is in the property insurance business. It is well worth reading. This is one of those e-mails that if you don’t send it, rest assured someone on your list will suffer for not reading it. The original message was written … Read more
In the beginning, there was only the Sun and Earth. There was a woman who lived on the Earth, who rode a white horse named N’Tuki, meaning ‘spirited one’; and her rider was named Fa’Rashi, meaning ‘spirited rider’. This particular horse was special; for when it was to die, it would be cast into the … Read more
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost a child while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on … Read more
On a rainy and foggy night, a man named Joe Baldwin was working on the train rails along the Wilmington and Manchester railroad. He discovered the car was separated as a train was coming. He knew another train was approaching, so he dashed to the platform. He signaled the train with his lantern. Baldwin was … Read more
“A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way … Read more
In 1919 when the flu killed 40 million people there was this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flu… Many of the farmers and their families had contracted it and many died. The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very … Read more
Pepita, a poor Mexican girl who had no gift to present the Christ Child at Christmas Eve services. As Pepita walked sorrowfully to church, her cousin Pedro tried to console her. “Pepita,” he said, “I am certain that even the most humble gift, given in love, will be acceptable in His eyes.” Pepita gathered a … Read more
“Ashlynn! Time to go!” Cried Ashlynn’s mother. Ashlynn sighed and trudged out of her bedroom, unwilling to go to this “sleepover birthday party”. She climbed into the 1967 Ford Mustang her father owned and watched her mother walk out the door to the car. She climbed into the front seat and sat, waiting for her … Read more
During the summer of 2003, events in the northeastern United States involving a strange, humanlike creature sparked brief local media interest before an apparent blackout was enacted. Little or no information was left intact, as most online and written accounts of the creature were mysteriously destroyed. Primarily focused in rural New York state and once … Read more
Tonight we found this praying mantis stuck between the storm windows of my son’s room. He’s still in there, trying to get out, but we aren’t sure the best way to free him. My 7 year old boy was very upset. Not because he was practically bunking down with a praying mantis for the night, … Read more