In 2023, approximately 75.8 million Americans spent nearly 5 billion hours volunteering. The value of those efforts comes to a whopping $167 billion dollars, not counting the change, comfort, or compassion volunteers bring to our communities and beyond. Volunteers change the lives of those around them. Being a volunteer
Imagine this happening to you… You wake up one morning to discover that you are dead. Well, not actually dead. Yet, your local newspaper reports your death and runs your obituary. You are reading your own obituary! Weird… Actually, this is not as rare as you may think. This has
Fingerprints… they prove who you are. And more. They are the identification you cannot lose. Formed before you were even born. Did you know? * No two are alike. This is true even for identical twins! * Fingerprints are oil based, so some materials don't retain our prints. Mirrors do
Hockey defenseman, Carl Gunnarsson renewed his contract with St. Louis. Remarkably, the contract was for less than they paid him for his last contract. How much less? Almost $3.5 million less. And he did this without even considering signing elsewhere. What caused Gunnarsson to stay in St. Louis? He
Many third world countries live in relative darkness. Fixing this would entail building homes with windows and getting electricity to these remote areas. The problems with such ideas are endless, from heavy costs to lack of proper infrastructure needed for electricity. Rather than looking at the problem from the traditional
In 2009, BBC Magazine produced an article answering what they considered to be the Greatest 101 Questions of all time. A few of the questions included were: What is “OK” short for? The most popular theory is that OK comes from “oll korrect,” a deliberately misspelled writing of ‘all correct.
Would you say the following statement is true or false? “If it’s online, it must be true…” How about this statement? “If it’s on TV, it must be true?” “In a magazine?” “Radio?” As you know, the answer is the same. Those statements are FALSE. Why is that?
Do-it-yourself (DIY) has become very popular. It also has its dangers. The problem is, the first time you try to do something it takes four times as long. Worse, you make tons of mistakes. In fact, you know this. Think about your profession. It takes at least a decade or
You may be thinking you’ll never be sued. That’s what Great Aunt Helen thought. She wished someone would have told her how vulnerable she was, according to a story from the book, Asset Protection by Robert Mintz, Esq. Great Aunt Ellen made it 92 years without being sued.
You love to read? Reading is a favorite pastime among many Americans. However, few tackle the really long books. Here is a list of the longest books in the English language: 4. Clarissa by Samuel Richardson at 969,000 words. 3. Sironia, Texas by Madison Cooper at 1.1 million
American Top 40 was one of my favorite shows. You? It was created by Casey Kasem. He would always say, "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars." Kemal Amen "Casey" Kasem was an American disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, voice
What if the biggest financial shock of your retirement isn’t market volatility… but your tax bill? Most people assume their taxes will go down when they stop working. The opposite is increasingly true — and it’s catching even the most prepared retirees off guard. Because here’s the hidden