Why Is There So Much His In History?

They say lightening doesn’t strike twice, but no one would have said that to Virginia Park Ranger, Roy Sullivan. Between the years 1942 and 1977 he was struck by lightening seven times - once each in his ankle, his leg, his chest and his shoulder and three times in his head. Ranger Sullivan died in 1983 - but not because he broke his own record for lightening strikes. He died from a broken heart. Perhaps the woman of his dreams didn’t think marrying the “Human Lightening Rod”... Read more »

Should Dieting Be Called “Liveting”?

I understand the principles of dieting - use up more calories than you take in or take in fewer calories. No seconds, don’t finish everything on your plate, chew every mouthful sixteen times - I know the rules. I just don’t follow them all the time. That’s why I’m thankful there aren’t calories in my words - I might have to eat them. Most nutritionists say to eat whatever you want, just eat in moderation. A dish of ice cream, a slice of cake, a few cookies - moderation... Read more »

Is It Murphy’s Law Or Me?

I admit it. I’m mechanically challenged. What I know about cars is you start them with a key and stop them with breaks. One of the first cars I drove was my mother’s Thunderbird. Today’s cars have mechanized voices that tell you what to do. My mother’s Thunderbird had dashboard lights that were meant to tell me what to do. It was a much simpler system, but a much more expensive one. It cost over $5,000 to change a burnt-out, oil light. Of course, that included the cost of... Read more »

Do You Force The Forces Of Motivation

Motivation comes in different shapes and sizes. Before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he lost seven elections for public office. Thomas Edison tried over 2,000 experiments before he got his light bulb to work. Col. Sanders was rejected by over 1,000 restaurants before he found one interested in his secret recipe. Obviously, to be successful you not only need motivation, you need plan B. In 1950 Mother Teresa founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India and spread her missionary... Read more »

So Whats So Funny?

Its a simple question to ask, ‘Whats so funny?’ but if you sit down and think about it, it’s not so easy to answer. In some respects it’s an eternal question with no one correct answer. Ask a comedian who is successful about what is it that makes the audience laugh? Why are you so funny? The reply you will probably get, is a litany of stories about the years that they spent ‘doing the circuit’, rooms full of drunks and the nights they died on stage and never got... Read more »

My Life Story On The Big Screen!

When the final chapter in my life’s story has been written and work on the screenplay for the movie begins, someone will be faced with the difficult assignment of deciding who will play me on the big screen. It won’t be an easy task because it will take an actor of the first water to capture the true essence of me. My life has had the same assortments of successes and failures, tears, both of joy and of sorrow, grand excitement and heart-rending disappointments as everyone else in this... Read more »

Do You Have Any Saving Graces?

Think savings - think bank. I remember being given lollipops at the bank when I was a little girl. That’s when banks gave toasters for opening new accounts and gave calendars for Christmas. Banks have changed. Now some give free checking accounts, some give free use of ATM’s and some give free safety deposit boxes. Some banks have high-yield money market accounts and others have super-high-yield accounts. Getting everything you want in one place isn’t something you can bank on anymore.... Read more »

Do Advertisers Put The Ad In Ad Nauseam?

Advertisers buy time on television shows based on demographics - statistical data showing the age, sex, income, etc of viewers. More men watch sports. More women watch daytime talk shows. More children watch cartoons. By knowing who’s watching what when, advertisers can spend promotion dollars with an ad-vantage. The Ab Rocket ads appeal to men and women. For $99.99 and five minutes a day, the Ab Rocket promises to turn flab into fab - that’s why the ad works. The reason the Ab Rocket... Read more »

How To Change An Ink Cartridge

The complicated process of changing an ink cartridge is something that has baffled scientists for many years. Despite developments of so-called ‘easy change’ ink cartridges, removal and replacement still leave even the most dextrous of us dumbfounded. It also leaves us covered in ink. Not just a smudge of something that adds colour to your boring office attire and could look pass for a brooch if splashed in the right place but a great big, monstrous indelible ink stain that could pass... Read more »

Are All Ideas Created Equal?

In 1891 William White invented a coffin that’s equipped with an emergency, signaling device in case you are buried alive. The coffin also comes with a convenient air hole for immediate resuscitation. This coffin would be the perfect gift for sound sleepers and for people who say they have everything. Literally, it’s a gift to die for. In 1924 a patent was issued for the Lip Clip. Today women want big, Angelina-Jolie-type lips; but back then women wanted to emphasize the cupid’s-bow... Read more »