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“Experience has been a stern but excellent teacher.” —Og Mandino
A formal education is a wonderful tool for helping one prepare for a successful life, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle that must be put together in order to achieve success.
And truth be told, it isn’t even the most important piece. [Read more…]
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It’s no secret that I love music. I always have.
While acoustic guitar is my personal favorite, I actually enjoy all kinds of acoustic music, including piano covers of iconic tunes.
Well, in my humble opinion no song is more iconic that “My Heart Will Go On” from the movie “Titanic”. My guess is no one who has ever watched that movie can hear this song and not have images from the movie instantly pop into their head. [Read more…]
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A while back I wrote this post about how the hit song “I will always love you” went to #1 on the charts on three different occasions.
In a nutshell, that post explained how Dolly wrote that song about her mentor and duet partner Porter Wagoner to let him know how much she cared about him after she made the decision to leave Porter’s TV show.
In the short video below, Dolly gives a more detailed description of how all of that played out at the time, in her own words. After she finishes speaking she sings the song again for our listening pleasure. [Read more…]
A few days ago I shared this short video about the lives of Wilbur and Orville Wright, the famous Ohio brothers who designed, built and flew the very first successful heavier-than-air aircraft.
Although they were the first to achieve success, the Wright Brothers were far from the first people to attempt to create a flying machine. There were actually many before them, and to be honest, some of their designs were pretty interesting.
Today’s video shows several early aircraft prototypes that probably seemed like good ideas at the time, but ultimately ended in failure – some of which just might bring a smile to your face. [Read more…]
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Few things in life are more frustrating than a jar lid that simply refuses to open. There are several things you can use to help break the seal and remove a stubborn lid, but I just found the best of the lot.
It’s called a JarKey and that name is actually quite fitting given the purpose it serves. [Read more…]