French naval officer Félix du Temple de la Croix.  Russian naval officer Alexander Fyodorovich Mozhayskiy.  French inventor Clément Ader.  American-turned-English citizen Sir Hiram Maxim.  American Augustus Moore Herring.  German immigrant Gustave Whitehead.  Karl Jatho of Hanover, Germany. Richard Pearse of Waitohi, New Zealand.1 My guess is that none of these names are recognizable.  Yet, each… Read More »

I’m going to start your day with a sweet devotional.  And, as an added bonus, it will be shorter than yesterday.  However, the power isn’t in the length of the devotional but in the message.  This is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day.  It doesn’t get any simpler or better than that. “Some people think that… Read More »

As an American, do you know your Bill of Rights?  This would be a perfect day to get acquainted with them since the Bill was ratified 233 years ago on this day in 1791.  The devotional will be a bit lengthier, but I want us to take a moment and really read and understand one… Read More »

Today is Simian Saturday, otherwise known as National Monkey Day.  It was a day created by Michigan State University art student Casey Sorrow in 2000.  The day started as a joke.  Casey wrote “Monkey Day” on a friend’s calendar.  When the friend saw it, they got a good laugh but then, an idea formed to… Read More »

My grandmother was a full-blooded German.  Her maiden name was Krauss.  Owing to her ethnicity, grandma enjoyed some cultural foods that would repulse most Americans.  One of those was limburger cheese. This was a favorite Christmas gift we got grandma every year with the stipulation that she wait until we were gone to get into… Read More »

What does an astronomical tax bill, Leonardo da Vinci, and an American oil tycoon have in common?  The story unfolds on this day in 1980. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) wore many hats.  He is probably best known as a painter with his most famous works being The Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.  Da Vinci,… Read More »

Good morning!  Rise and shine!  Let’s start our morning calisthenics.  Stretch those muscles and get everything limbered up and loose.  Quads, biceps, triceps, hamstrings, shoulders, backs, and calves need our help after a long night of sleep.  There’s a big day ahead. Maybe that was a bit more ambitious than you intended for this Wednesday… Read More »

When Alfred was born in Stockholm in 1833, nobody looking in his bassinet could have imagined that he was going to impact history.  He did, though, in a dramatic way. Moving to Russian when Alfred was four, his dad ran a factory in St. Petersburg that created mines and other explosives for the military.  Once… Read More »

If you enjoy watching football, we are currently in week 14 of an 18-week regular season.  The playoffs will be followed by Super Bowl LIX to be played on Feb. 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Some of you are already groaning because you couldn’t care less about football.  You’ve already written off… Read More »

Who is the strongest person in the world?  Did you look in the mirror this morning, flex a little bit, and pretend that you were a ripped muscular beast?  If you’re really wanting to know who the strongest man is, you might want to attend one of the World’s Strongest Man competitions. The last competition… Read More »