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Time-lapse video: Watch a powerful lightning storm develop in just 78 seconds

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I happen to be a huge fan of time-lapse video, the technological marvel that allows us to watch events develop and play out much faster than they do in real time.

I’m also fascinated by the incredible energy, power and eerie beauty of lightning flashes and thunderstorms.

The intriguing time-lapse video featured below condenses several hours of thunderstorm creation magic down to a mere 78 seconds.  [Read more…]

“Waiting for ships that don’t come in…”

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“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
-–Benjamin Franklin

Have you ever known someone who always seemed to be longing for happiness, but they never quite seemed to find it?

That seems to be a common thread among a large percentage of the world’s population.

But it doesn’t have to be that way…

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“For the love of the game…”

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“The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game.

He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off.

Gosh, I was proud.”
     -–Bob Uecker


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Why you should memorize the phone numbers of your emergency contacts

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If you’re like me you probably know few, if any of the actual phone numbers of the people on your phone’s Contacts List.

When all you have to do is tap on someone’s name to place a call it’s very easy to forget their actual phone number over time.

Unfortunately, this could cause major problems at some point in the future.

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Video: “High Sierra” by The Petersens

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Well, the requests for more music by The Petersen Family Bluegrass Band just keep rolling in.

I had no idea when I first featured them on here just how popular they would turn out to be.

In today’s video, Ellen and her incredibly talented siblings give a masterful performance of the Linda Ronstadt classic “High Sierra”.

And I must say, they more than do it justice.  [Read more…]