March 12, 2013 It’s just so random and that’s probably what was wrong with it. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been campaigning long and hard for his controversial soda law that would ban people from buying sugary soft drinks in cups larger than 16 ounces. If you wanted more than that you could buy two. Huh?
March 11, 2013 New York City has seen some bad weather recently, but nothing close to this. New York ground to a near halt in the face of huge snow drifts and strong winds. It was back when one in every four Americans lived in the area between Washington D.C. and Maine.
The day before, temperatures were in the 50’s, clear and sunny, but then a cold front moved in and temperatures plunged.
March 8, 2013 I’ve been struggling thru a cold this week and a friend e-mailed me an article on the virtues of honey and its amazing healing power. And it was suggested a combination of honey and cinnamon does wonders to get rid of a cold. The recommendation is take one tablespoon of lukewarm honey with ¼ tablespoon of cinnamon powder for three days. It’ll cure chronic cough, get rid of the dold and clear the sinuses.
Sounds ok, but there’s more.
March 7, 2013 Alexander Graham Bell – a name that’s synonymous with the telephone. What you may not know is that Bell's mother was deaf and he as an adult he worked with his father in London on a system for teaching the deaf to speak. When the Bell family moved to Boston, Alexander went to work as a teacher at a school for the deaf and ended up marrying one of his students.
March 6, 2013 Your final will and testament sometimes says a lot about you and how you felt about some people in your life – especially family members. When businesswoman and hotel owner Leona Helmsley – known as the Queen of Mean died in 2007 she left $12-million to her dog. She completely cut off two of her grandchildren and they have no idea why.
March 5, 2013 Today is the day that the Boston Massacre took place in 1770. Some people think the Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre are the same thing. They both were the result of the British taxing the colonies, but they’re completely separate events.
March 4, 2013 Now that Pope Benedict has resigned, the 115 cardinals under the age of 80 will meet to vote on a new Pope. Once they’re all in Rome, they can’t leave until the final decision is made and they can’t talk to anyone outside of the conclave. And that includes social media. A ruling by Pope John Paul II in 1996 called for the Sistine Chapel to be checked for any hidden cameras or microphones before balloting begins.
March 1, 2013 Would you carry around a second phone? Nokia is hoping just that. Why would you want to do that? The phone you have does everything you want it to do. Conversation, text, internet – it’s got everything except a lot of power. How often does your phone die on you?
February 28, 2013 Would you want to go to Mars? Financial tycoon Dennis Tito, who himself took a ride in space on the International Space Station, has unveiled a trip to Mars for husband and wife astronauts to launch within five years. They wouldn’t land on the planet, but come to within 100 miles of the surface of Mars then return. The whole trip would take 16 months in a space capsule half the size of an RV.
February 27, 2013 A hot air balloon tragedy in Egypt claimed the lives of 19 tourists when the sightseeing balloon they were aboard exploded and crashed to the ground. But there have been many fatalities over the years since the very first balloon flight in 1783.
February 26, 2013 Something I’ll never get arrested for – whistling too loud. I can’t whistle in the first place. I can make a couple of whistling sounds but they’re never very loud.
February 25, 2013 The 85th Annual Academy Awards were presented last night (February 24) in Hollywood, recognizing the best in filmmaking over the past year.
