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Read More: She lost her purse — but strangers stepped in to save the dayThis story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. Recently, Lavonne Schaafsma was in downtown Chicago, visiting from Michigan. She spent a few hours in Millennium Park, people-watching. On the way back to her car,…
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Read More: Never trust a congressman.Sometime in 1985* – Fall I was living with a friend of a friend in Mesa Arizona. I had landed there after covering most of the states on my motorcycle. The deal was that I would live there, take care of the 3 kids, cook and clean for room and board with a stipend. I…
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Read More: Smile. When’s the last time you heard this song?Convoy. Enjoy a 4:02 long grin on me. -Scott
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Read More: RebellionI don’t need much. I need to work to earn my living, which should be enough to keep a modest roof over my family’s heads, dogs included. I need to be able to pay my and my family’s doctor’s bills and health insurance. I don’t need to eat steak every day, but once a week…
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Read More: Ode To Troy Livingston, Part 4My father always had a rule about SCUBA diving; never go diving with people he didn’t know well. Well, one Saturday afternoon down in the Keys, he broke that rule. He and two guys that he’d just met went out about 10 miles from the coast to dive. It was a beautiful day and all…
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Read More: Ode to Troy Livingston, Part 3Back sometime in 1976, in the Fall (Like we have seasons in Florida), we were travelling East on Alligator Alley, heading home from Sanibel Island back to Miami. It was about 11:00 at night, as we’d gotten a really late start after closing up my grandparent’s house for the year. Now, Alligator Alley is a…
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Read More: World’s longest-married couple reveals key to a lasting relationship: ‘We love each other’Eleanor Gittens, 107, and Lyle Gittens, 108, of Miami met at a basketball game in 1941 and have been married for 83 years A Miami husband and wife who recently attained the title of world’s longest-married couple say they managed that feat just by loving one another. “We love each other,” Eleanor Gittens, 107, said…
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Read More: Alice CooperI just won 3rd place in an international writing competition for this piece. Alice Cooper It’s late October, 1973 at about 1:30 in the morning, and Alice Cooper is winding up a set on the Midnight Special. Wolfman Jack is singing their praises and the studio audience is going wild with adoration. There’s my…
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Read More: October 2025 Food DriveThank you to everyone that donated to the food drive fund. We raised almost $1000. This is what about $500 worth of food and looks like. This was just from Wal Mart. We then went to Aldi for another hundred worth and the Dollar Store for another hundred worth of the personal hygiene items that…
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Read More: TattooIn 1942 during the Battle of Britain, the RAF pilots had an uphill battle against the German Luftwaffe. The British bomber pilots had about a 45% chance of returning from their missions. Their lives were a mixture of waiting around to be sent out, and if they returned, nights at the pub drinking hard, coming…
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