The Moment Here’s the photo from photographer Yongqing Bao that won the honor of Wildlife Photographer of the Year several years ago. The image is aptly titled “The Moment” and captures a fight between a Tibetan fox and a marmot on China’s Tibetan Plateau. The “extraordinary” image captures the moment of the female Tibetan fox […]
A Hippie Hits The Jackpot My wife and I are big fans of PBS’s Antique Road Show. A few years ago, this episode was aired that took our breath away. Paul Newman was mentioned several times while the Rolex watch was being shown, which hit home because I had the pleasure of meeting him once
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Montparnasse Derailment On October 22, 1895, on a day almost like any other day, the Grandville to Paris express train No. 721 met with misfortune trying to make up time. The train entered the original Gare Montparnasse station going at a speed of 25 to 37 miles per hour which does not seem like much,
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I’m Afraid Dave This is one of my favorite scenes from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 A Space Odyssey RECENT POSTS TAGS
That Extra Shoelace Hole Have you ever wondered why there is an extra shoelace hole at the top of your shoe? Many running and hiking shoes have an extra hole and most people don’t ever use it. Instead, they skip threading the lace through the last top hole and tie them as usual. After watching
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