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There are three kinds of people — those who are good at math and those who aren’t.
 
If you’ve failed to detect a mathematical error in the previous sentence, perhaps you should read no further.
 
When I enrolled in college […]

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There are two annoying creatures that invade my little corner of the world during the summer months – tourists and chiggers.
 
According to the dictionary, a chigger is a 6-legged mite larva that sucks the blood of vertebrates and causes intense irritation.
 
This also describes my ex-wife, except she only has two legs.
 
A harvest mite is […]

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 There is a principle in economics called the law of diminishing returns. Basically, events have an apex point where more of a good thing is no longer beneficial. 
 
The law of diminishing returns holds for almost every aspect of life.
 
For example, little or no food is bad for your health and too much food is also bad […]

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China is hosting the 2008 Olympic Games in August. In an effort not to offend civilized human beings arriving in China for the event, 112 designated Olympic restaurants have been ordered to remove dog meat from restaurant menus until after the civilized human beings have returned to their civilized countries.
 
The Beijing Catering Trade Association will […]

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 In 1971, Dr. Edgar Mitchell (PhD from M.I.T.) was the lunar module pilot for the Apollo 14 moon mission. He, along with fellow astronaut Alan Shepard, holds the record for the longest moon walk ever.
 
On July 4, 2008, Dr. Mitchell appeared on the "Larry King Live" program on CNN and claimed that high ranking officials, […]

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On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 took off from Kennedy Airport in New York, with 230 people aboard, heading for Paris, France. Ten minutes into the flight, the Boeing 747 was climbing at about 400 miles per hour, 8 miles off the coast of Long Island.
 
At 13,800 feet, the airplane exploded in midair. […]

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A prominent New York psychiatrist once declared that there were three basic human fears — change, rejection and failure.
 
Having spent a life of change, rejection and failure, I tend to disagree. In fact, I’m probably an expert in these three areas.
 
Change isn’t exactly frightening, but it sure is irritating.
 
I’ve had 52 different addresses, […]

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On a clear night, depending on your location and ability to scan freely from horizon to horizon in all directions, the average person is able to view approximately 3,000 stars with the naked eye.
 
On July 26, 2002, CNN News reported that several witnesses in the Washington DC area saw bright orange and blue lights […]

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On a clear night, depending on your location and ability to scan freely from horizon to horizon in all directions, the average person is able to view approximately 3,000 stars with the naked eye.
 
On July 26, 2002, CNN News reported that several witnesses in the Washington DC area saw bright orange and blue lights […]

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 THE WOLVES ARE SILENT, ONLY THE MOON HOWLS
 
Philosophy is the pursuit of wisdom by a means of speculation and beliefs. Most philosophers have a knack for getting right to the point in very few words.
 
Plato – “Philosophy begins in wonder.”
 
Socrates – “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
 
Aristotle – “All men by nature desire to […]

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