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“…For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.“
-–James 4:14
Have you ever walked through a local cemetery and looked at the headstones of the folks who passed on a century or more ago?
If so, you probably saw at least a few that bore your own last name, especially if the cemetery was located in the community where you and your ancestors were from.
Now, think about this… [Read more…]
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello were the most popular and most highly paid comedians of their era (the 1940s and early 1950s).
Like many other comedians of that time they specialized in taking ordinary everyday situations and turning them into masterpieces of comedy.
And absolutely no-one did it better.
Living (and loving) Life
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Have you ever driven past an auto accident and wondered if the people involved were seriously injured, perhaps even fatally?
If so, chances are seeing that “wreck” prompted you to start driving a little slower than usual (at least for a while) due to the fear of being caught up in a crash yourself.
Well here’s something to consider…
Wingsuit flying is a variation of skydiving in which the divers uses specially constructed suits that essentially convert the human body into its own parachute.
Although a standard parachute is typically used for the final decent back to Earth, most of the flight is experienced using nothing but the wingsuit.
This video shows a pair of apparently fearless wingsuiters gliding from above the very peak of France’s Mont Blanc virtually all the way to the floor of the valley below, closely (and dangerously) skirting the side of the mountain as they descend. [Read more…]
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Can you imagine what your life would be like if you had the ability to remember virtually every little detail that ever happened on every day of your life?
Well, truth be told, there are actually people among us that have such incredibly powerful memories.
This ability to remember virtually everything (and be able to forget virtually nothing) is called Hyperthymesia, but due to the nature of the condition it’s often called Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory or Total Recall Memory.