Five Ways Miscommunication Led To Disaster
He said that she said that the other guy said…and so on. You know how it goes. By the time a story is retold over and over again, it isn’t even the same story. Well, that’s miscommunication. It has caused some serious problems throughout history, as noted in the five stories below. A lot of people have given up there lives over a simple misunderstanding. Here are five of the worst! Full Story »
Five College Football Storylines To Follow
Posted by Jesse Stiver in Sports on September 1st, 2010
We are on the eve of the college football season…The long drought from January ends tomorrow night as college teams take the gridiron to compete for football history. There was a few this season. Here are five major storylines that will be going into this kickoff weekend. Full Story »
Five More Origins Of Snack Foods
Posted by Jimm in Home and Living on September 1st, 2010
We got a lot of compliments on yesterday’s snack food list, so I thought I’d bring you the sweeter side of life with these tasty treats. Each of these yummy snacks has its own interesting story. Today, we take them for granted, since they’ve all been around for as long as we can remember. But, here is the interesting origin of five of our favorite snacks. Full Story »
The Origins Of Five Of Your Favorite Snack Foods
Posted by Jimm in Home and Living on August 31st, 2010
Who doesn’t like snack foods? They have an entire aisle and countless end caps dedicated to them at the grocery store, so they must be making money! Who can blame people, really? These salty and sweet snacks just taste too good. Most of what we eat today, when cracking open a plastic bag, has been around for a long time, even though it wasn’t necessarily in the form that we would consider it today. Here is a look at five of our favorite snack foods. Full Story »
Five Things To Do With The Kids For Labor Day Weekend
Posted by Jimm in Home and Living on August 30th, 2010
Summer is traditionally coming to a close next weekend with the advent of Labor Day. Even if your kids are already back in class, they get this one last celebration of a long weekend to look forward to as they say goodbye to being lazy and swimming in the afternoon and prepare for the shorter and colder nights of winter. Why let it just slip by? We often get caught up in doing stuff around the house on the weekend, but why not plan events with the kids? Here are five things you can do with your family this holiday weekend and sum up the summer with a blast! Full Story »
5 Best Football Movies Of All Time Based On Real Life
Posted by Jimm in Entertainment, Sports on August 30th, 2010
With football season just beginning, there are a lot of movies out right now celebrating this great sport. These movies typically show the ability to overcome weaknesses and endure, no matter what the odds. Like baseball movies, they generally are well-loved by their fans and watched over and over again. As for me, I can never get enough of them. The remote control always stops on one of these all-time favorites. Here are five of my best choices. Note: I only chose serious football movies. Comedy football movies are a whole other topic. These are just the ones that create a source of accomplishment and good feeling. Let’s hear about some of your own. Full Story »
Five Things You Didn’t Know About John Wayne
Posted by Jimm in Entertainment on August 29th, 2010
Few have ever commanded a movie screen the way John Wayne did. Over the course of his fifty-plus-year career, the six foot-two, 220lb. tough guy made over 170 films, appeared on television and radio, and wore a cowboy hat like nobody’s business. Most would agree that the Western genre itself wouldn’t exist without him. Here are five things you might not have known about this iconic actor. Full Story »
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Sherlock Holmes
Posted by Jimm in Entertainment on August 28th, 2010
With the popularity of the latest Sherlock Holmes story, featuring Robert Downey, Jr. as the famous detective, people have found new interest in these nineteenth century stories. Sherlock Holmes has come down in our culture to mean a detective with amazing deductive skills, genius intelligence, and fantastic reason. Most people today, however, know nothing of this character, beyond what we see in the movies. Here are five things you probably never knew about this super sleuth. Full Story »
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Batman
Posted by Jimm in Entertainment on August 28th, 2010
The Dark Knight is a part of our culture. From the comic books to the Christopher Nolan movies, Batman is a favorite of children and adults alike. He is a masked vigilante that does the things we might fantasize about, but wouldn’t consider because of the consequences. I think one of the biggest draws about Batman is that he is just a normal guy. He didn’t come from outer space, he isn’t a mad scientist with futuristic weaponry, and he isn’t a mutant that can transform into something otherworldly. He’s a guy. A rich guy, yes, albeit, he could be you or me. Searching the information banks, I’ve come up with five things you might not know about this caped crusader. He’s a pretty complex guy and so were the people who created him. Full Story »
Islamaphobia: What Is It Good For?
Are you shocked by some of the things that have been going on around this country in regards to Muslims? It’s not on all of the news, but there are some terrible things being said on the news, on message boards, and in the newspapers. This is downright hatred and is no better than any group that hates others. Sadly, the truth of the matter is is that it has nothing to do with a mosque or community center going up in New York City. The news of that came up over a year ago. Where was the outrage, then? Well, it wasn’t an election year. That’s why you didn’t hear about it. Now, mere months before the mid-term elections, it’s a big deal. What makes this worse, here are five acts of hatred against Muslims going on around our country. Not since 9/11 – this is in the past two weeks! Full Story »
Five Things You Didn’t Know About The Titanic
Oh no! Not more Titanic news! With the newly discovered images coming at any time now on the Titanic, it is time to do a trivia list on the famous ship. When the 1997 James Cameron movie came out, there were trivia bits going around everywhere and every person you met had all the facts on this ship wreck, but here are five new ones that might have gone unnoticed. Full Story »
The History Of Schools In The United States
With the kids going back to school again, I thought I’d write about the history of public schools in the United States. We all went to school, but was there any rhyme or reason to why they are set up the way they are? Why do we go from grades first through twelve? How did the schools come about to be in the first place? Have you ever even considered the reasons or did you blindly take your children to kindergarten when they were five just because it was the thing to do? Here are some answers to these reading, writing, and arithmetic questions. Full Story »
Five Things You Might Not Know About Apples
Posted by Jimm in Health and Exercise, Home and Living on August 25th, 2010
As autumn approaches, it’s time for apples! The apple has been around forever and is one of the most loved fruits from around the world. The apple is a member of the rose family and originated in western Asia (what is now Turkey) where a wild variety of the founding fruit can still be found today. Here is a trivia post on apples to clue you in on a few things that you might not have known about this delicious fruit. Full Story »
Five Lies About America You Thought Were True
If you live in the United States, you should know this information. However, they don’t really teach this stuff in school, so you might have had to stop playing Farmville for ten minutes to find this out. This all came about as I was reading the comments by people on a discussion board and realized “Hey, nobody gets this stuff!“ So here it is. Five lies we’ve been told about America that have no basis for fact. It’s bunk. Lies, literally, told to children because it fits into the mold that makes everything neat and tidy. Enjoy! Full Story »
Debunking Islam: Taking the Veil Off Of Propaganda
I was just reading some message boards going over the controversy on the “Ground Zero Mosque”. It’s quite obvious that there are a lot of people who are for the community center being built on the site of the old Burlington Coat Factory building, but there is also a lot of hatred for the proposal, as well. Some of the things I read made me shake my head in disbelief. Are we really that close-minded of a people that we can hate an entire religion based on the actions of a few? What are your thoughts on the Cordoba Community Center going up? Before you answer that question, here are five things you might not have known about the Islamic religion. You might be surprised by what you “thought” you knew. Full Story »
Five Best John Wayne Films
Posted by Jimm in Entertainment on August 23rd, 2010
John Wayne was one of the most beloved actors in American cinema. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne 13th among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. John Wayne was born with a very non-tough guy name (Marion Robert Morrison), but he often went by his nickname, The Duke, which he earned by walking his Airedale Terrier dog with the same name. He started acting in 1926, where he played an extra in various football movies. They weren’t so good, but here are five of the really good films Wayne made. Full Story »
Five Best Tips for Camping with Horses
Posted by Jimm in Pets and Animals, Reader Submitted on August 23rd, 2010
Reader Submitted: Kathy C.
www.horsedrivensite.net
If you’ve followed my blogs you know that I refer to myself as the Marriott camper. I like comfort and short of spending $25,000.00 on a trailer with living quarters, I must come up with the best strategies that I can to tolerate camping. The horses have minimal requirements. I’m the high maintenance one here. Full Story »
Five Odd Actors Who Played Billy The Kid
Posted by Jimm in Entertainment on August 22nd, 2010
Sometimes movies and television don’t pick the wisest choices in movie actors to fulfill the roles. Take Billy the Kid for instance. The real Billy the Kid was (possibly) named William Bonney. At least that’s the name most people credited him with having, but no one knows for sure. He’s known to have killed anywhere from 4-21 men before he was gunned down by Pat Garrett at the age of 21. So when you think of an actor playing him, you probably think he should be a young…I don’t know….”kid”? Well, it isn’t always the case. Here are five strange choices for Billy the Kid that the casting directors might have screwed up. Incidentally, none of these actors listed are Emilio Estevez, who played Billy the Kid in the Young Guns movies. That’s another odd choice all together. Full Story »
Americans Ostracized By Politics
As a moderate person who votes for whomever I think is right for the job, I’d like to say that our politicians are doing a smashing job! Keep it up! With rhetoric and quoting from fear mongers, we are bound to have almost half of the country left out in the cold! That should bring in the votes! Am I being too harsh, you say? Let’s take a look at the numbers of people that have been made to look like outsiders and see why people are having a hard time siding with a political party. Full Story »
Debunking History: The Real Doc Holliday
I was watching the movie “Tombstone” last night and I have to admit, while completely historically inaccurate, Val Kilmer plays a very likable Doc Holliday. Who was this famous gunslinger? He looked deadly with a weapon, had tuberculosis, and always seemed drunk. In the movies, people feared him because he didn’t fear death. But was this the true Doc Holliday? The blonde, geeky, little guy to the left doesn’t appear to be a tough gunfighter. Here are five things you might not have known about this very scary dentist. Full Story »
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