3 ancient laws to increase our wealth

  March 1, 2018

By Brian Maynor   Everyone wants to be wealthy. And that doesn’t just mean financial wealth.  Being wealthy is really about having abundance, whether it’s an abundance of friends, time,…

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Granddad’s Cow-Charming ’65 Chevy

  March 1, 2018

By Tom Poland   Granddad Poland farmed but never drove a pickup, not that I recall. In a battered old car, he’d bump through pastures festooned with yellow bitter weeds,…

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Top Grossing Movies – February 26

  February 26, 2018

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 02/23/2018 to 03/01/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Black Panther PG13 Disney 2 4,020  $111,658,835  $403,613,257 2…

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Top Grossing Movies – February 26

  February 26, 2018

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 02/23/2018 to 03/01/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Black Panther PG13 Disney 2 4,020  $111,658,835  $403,613,257 2…

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Glory Beneath The Lights

  February 23, 2018

By Tom Poland   From a box in my late parent’s dusty attic come memories. Old football programs and yellow brittle newspapers. A naked bulb gives me light to read…

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Glory Beneath The Lights

  February 23, 2018

By Tom Poland   From a box in my late parent’s dusty attic come memories. Old football programs and yellow brittle newspapers. A naked bulb gives me light to read…

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Wordless News

  February 23, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: Trump doubles down on arming some teachers to prevent school shootings         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…

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Wordless News

  February 23, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: Trump doubles down on arming some teachers to prevent school shootings         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…

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Top Grossing Movies – February 21

  February 21, 2018

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 02/16/2018 to 02/22/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Black Panther PG13 Disney 1 4,020  $202,003,951  $242,155,680 2…

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Top Grossing Movies – February 21

  February 21, 2018

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 02/16/2018 to 02/22/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Black Panther PG13 Disney 1 4,020  $202,003,951  $242,155,680 2…

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Wordless News

  February 16, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: Europeans had school shootings, too. Then they did something about it.         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…

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Wordless News

  February 16, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: Europeans had school shootings, too. Then they did something about it.         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…

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A Longing For Pine Pollen

  February 15, 2018

By Tom Poland   Cold weather? Stay up North. My dash says it’s 48 degrees as I drive by a swamp, yet singing frogs drown out my heater fan. They…

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Top Grossing Movies – February 12

  February 12, 2018

Week of 02/09/2018 to 02/15/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Fifty Shades Freed R Universal 1 3,768  $38,560,195  $38,560,195 2 Peter Rabbit PG Sony…

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Top Grossing Movies – February 12

  February 12, 2018

Week of 02/09/2018 to 02/15/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Fifty Shades Freed R Universal 1 3,768  $38,560,195  $38,560,195 2 Peter Rabbit PG Sony…

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Wordless News

  February 9, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: Eagles topple mighty Patriots to win first Super Bowl         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…

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Wordless News

  February 9, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: Eagles topple mighty Patriots to win first Super Bowl         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…

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Quitting Time

  February 9, 2018

By Tom Poland   No guts, no glory they say, and it is true. If you’ve ever taken a job and realized right off it was a mistake but stayed…

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Quitting Time

  February 9, 2018

By Tom Poland   No guts, no glory they say, and it is true. If you’ve ever taken a job and realized right off it was a mistake but stayed…

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Top Grossing Movies – February 5

  February 5, 2018

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 02/02/2018 to 02/08/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle PG13 Sony 7 3,352…

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Wordless News

  February 2, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: Researchers Discover ‘Anxiety Cells’ In The Brain         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…

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Wordless News

  February 2, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: Researchers Discover ‘Anxiety Cells’ In The Brain         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News is…

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Across The Savannah

  February 1, 2018

By Tom Poland   The Hard Life That Was Sawmilling I have an antique oak dresser and a heartpine table. The wood is beautiful as you can see. Thanks to…

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Across The Savannah

  February 1, 2018

By Tom Poland   The Hard Life That Was Sawmilling I have an antique oak dresser and a heartpine table. The wood is beautiful as you can see. Thanks to…

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Are you up to the sticky note challenge?

  February 1, 2018

By Brian Maynor   Are you living the life you want or at least making progress towards it? Most of us have a vision of what we want our lives…

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Are you up to the sticky note challenge?

  February 1, 2018

By Brian Maynor   Are you living the life you want or at least making progress towards it? Most of us have a vision of what we want our lives…

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Top Grossing Movies – January 29

  January 29, 2018

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 01/26/2018 to 02/01/2018 Rank Title Rating Dist Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Maze Runner: The Death Cure PG13 20th Century Fox…

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Nothing Good Happens In A Strip Club

  January 26, 2018

By Tom Poland   Or Does It?   Orlando 1982. Garry and I are sipping beers. “Where’s a good place to get shot,” he asks. “Shots?” “No, you know, shot,…

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Wordless News

  January 26, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: 12 camels disqualified from Saudi Arabia beauty pageant for using Botox         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria…

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4 ways to rebound from being sick

  January 24, 2018

By Brian Maynor   “Experts are predicting the worst flu season in history,” according to CNBC, and it’s easy to see why when 46 states report widespread breakouts. That being…

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Top Grossing Movies – January 22

  January 22, 2018

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 01/19/2018 to 01/25/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle PG13 Sony 5 3704…

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Whispered Prayer From Stall No. 1

  January 19, 2018

By Tom Poland   Life experiences fuel writing, which is a mysterious thing. Something happens and it sends your mind to places long forgotten. Writing’s beautiful. You startle yourself with…

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The key to sounding powerful without sounding aggressive

  January 19, 2018

By Brian Maynor   Words are powerful. They convey how we feel, our emotions and provide context, whether we’re speaking or writing, so it is important to choose them with…

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Top Grossing Movies – January 15

  January 17, 2018

Week of 01/12/2018 to 01/18/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle PG13 Sony 4 3,849  $28,101,972  $291,312,604 2 The Post…

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Wordless News

  January 12, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: More Female Sea Turtles Born as Temperatures Rise         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless News…

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Johnny Jennings, The Good Samaritan

  January 12, 2018

By Tom Poland   Perhaps you’ve heard of Johnny Jennings. I had not but thanks to Beverley Laliberte I have now. She told me about the man that’s the last…

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4 common behaviors that hijack conversations

  January 12, 2018

By Brian Maynor   Have you ever started a conversation that ended in an argument? Of course you have; it happens to all of us.  Having a conversation isn’t always…

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Top Grossing Movies – January 8, 2018

  January 8, 2018

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 01/05/2018 to 01/11/2018 Rank Title Rating Dist Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle PG13 Sony 3 3,801…

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Wordless News

  January 5, 2018

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: A Voracious Starfish Is Destroying the Great Barrier Reef         Wordless News is a project by illustrator + designer Maria Fabrizio. Wordless…

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Top Grossing Movies – January 2, 2018

  January 2, 2018

Week of 12/29/2017 to 01/04/2018 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Star Wars: The Last Jedi PG13 Disney 3 4,232  $52,520,140  $531,511,829 2 Jumanji: Welcome…

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Top Grossing Movies – December 27

  December 29, 2017

Theatrical grosses from comScore   Week of 12/22/2017 to 12/28/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Star Wars: The Last Jedi PG13 Disney 2 4,232…

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Jingle Bells, Shotgun Shells

  December 21, 2017

By Tom Poland   Bah Humbug You’ve heard this perverted version of “Jungle Bells.” Variants of the song exist but all demean Christmas, as does something else. TV ads. Just…

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Wordless News

  December 21, 2017

By Maria Fabrizio   The story here: Feel In Danger On A Date? These Apps Could Help You Stay Safe         Wordless News is a project by illustrator…

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