by Morning Reflections | Oct 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
How much is a trillion? A trillion is the number one followed by 12 zeroes. Mathematically, it represents a million millions or a thousand billions. If you stack a trillion one-dollar bills on top of each other, the stack would be 68,000...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
@ 1991 Columbia Pictures City Slickers is a film about three Manhattan men, lifelong friends, who are wrestling with the harrowing approach of middle age. Together they head out West in the hope of finding adventure (and maybe even themselves) by participating in...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
When Dick and Judy Hoyt became parents on January 10, 1962, it quickly became evident that something had gone terribly wrong.The umbilical cord was wrapped around their son’s neck. Because of oxygen deprivation to his brain, little Rick had cerebral palsy. ...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
There’s a Hall of Fame for almost everything. Seriously. Almost everything.The Polka Hall of Fame is in Cleveland. In New York City you can visit the Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame. The Barbed Wire Museum and Hall of Fame is found in...
by Morning Reflections | Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Benjamin Franklin was savagely denounced by a fellow member of the Pennsylvania legislature in the mid-1700’s. His antagonist, who apparently enjoyed talking about him, had never even bothered to talk to him. Franklin promptly initiated a...