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Happy Magic Day!
Ehrich Weiss, better known by his stage name Harry Houdini, died in a Detroit hospital on this day in 1926. A student asked Houdini if it was true that he could accept blows to the stomach without harm. Houdini said yes, and the student punched him in...
Remembering Sir Thomas Browne
On 19 October 1605, Sir Thomas Browne was born in London (coincidentally, he died on his 77th birthday on 19 October 1682). Trained as a physician, he was drawn to writing as much as he was to medicine. While he wrote a number of books, he is best known...
Heroes
The birthday list today includes three actors that suggested today's theme. Michael Douglas, son of another heroic figure, was born at New Brunswick, New Jersey on this day in 1944. Mark Hamill, Jedi knight Luke Skywalker, was born at Oakland, California...
Happy Birthday to Bill Cosby
William Henry Cosby, Jr was born at Germantown, Pennsylvania on this day in 1937. How much introduction does Cos need? Bill dropped out of school in tenth grade to join the Navy, later got his high school diploma by correspondence and received his B.A...
Remembering Helen Keller
Helen Adams Keller was born at Tuscumbia, Alabama on this day in 1880. She was a bright and attractive child until she fell sick at 19 months with "brain fever," now believed to have been meningitis. She wasn't expected to live, after recovering...
The Fountain of Youth in a Pill? – You decide…
For those who can’t see the video above, you can view it on Youtube, here .
Posted: 06-17-2009 15:08 by jim® | with 1 comment(s)
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DeLeesa is Home!
Greetings All ~ I wanted to let you all know that DeLeesa is home from the hospital, her prognosis is good, and although she will be on antibiotics for the next two weeks, and she still has one more surgery left, it feels great to have her home! Can you...
Posted: 06-12-2009 22:43 by jim® | with 8 comment(s)
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Aspirin Mailings
I don’t normally use my blog for PSA’s; however considering the heightened levels of security around the world due to the threat of terrorism, I thought I should post this: This notice has been confirmed as real and was sent to elected officials in Washington...
Posted: 05-29-2009 9:45 by jim® | with 10 comment(s)
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One Word Brings Soldier Back to Life!
There is a story making its rounds on the Internet about a fellow Currahee 2LT Brian Brennan of the 101st Airborne who was wounded in Afghanistan a year ago.  The reason for all the hoopla is that the soldier woke from a coma a year later, after...
Happy Birthday to Sigmund Freud
Sigismund Schlomo Freud was born at Freiburg, now part of the Czech Republic, on this day in 1856. Sigmund's mother was twenty years younger than his father, younger than his step-brother, and Sigmund was an uncle on the day he was born. After the...
Posted: 05-06-2009 1:23 by jim® | with 1 comment(s)
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