Headphones were invented in 1910 by a man named Nathaniel Baldwin. The reason he invented them was because he couldn’t hear the talks in a General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Like any inventor, he made a number of varieties before he started to develop a durable, working product. …
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Mysteries of Suburban Life
No matter when or where you have lived in the suburbs, if you have lived in the suburbs, you will have experienced the strange happenings, seen the odd houses, or been concerned about some of the other people who live there. Listed are the top ten mysteries of suburban life: As a quick rubric, suburb …
Rainy Day Love
It isn’t the petrichor alone which gives rainy days their charm. It isn’t only the smell and the change of smells which help us all to love the downpour. Some of us love to get wet. Others of us love to try not to get wet. It is the fun of watching things wash down …
So You Think You’re in the Olympics
This is the time of year when a fistful of knuckleheads will end up at the local fitness center and throw the weights on the floor. Why do they do that? Because they saw it in the Olympic Games. Never mind that the floor of the local fitness center is made of cement rather than …
The Noble Tree
The noble tree. What do we get from the tree? On a hot day, we get shade. That’s a beautiful thing. We might take trees for granted until a hot day, and then the shade is so ultimately necessary. On a hot day the tree gets the appreciation it deserves. Sitting under a tree on …
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