Cost of Complacency On April 11, 2017, Marty Dale Whitmire of Greenville, South Carolina, died from a “freak accident,” as labeled by the company. The “accident” occurred when a live powerline was clipped and fell on Whitmire while he was […]
Cost of Complacency On April 11, 2017, Marty Dale Whitmire of Greenville, South Carolina, died from a “freak accident,” as labeled by the company. The “accident” occurred when a live powerline was clipped and fell on Whitmire while he was […]
Train Up To Reduce Risk For some reason, lately, death and motorcycles have been a reoccurring theme in my life. Not in terms of death due to motorcycles but as separate incidences. For example, my neighbor recently lost his mother […]
Road to Recovery Recently I felt a prompting to follow up with a fellow brother to catch up and reconnect after not hearing from him for a while. So I sent him a text asking when he would be back […]
Buddy Tape As my sons explored the woods, they came upon a creek. Not surprisingly, one of them decided to stone hop across the stream to get to the other side. Sure enough, one followed after the other. Then, as […]
Don’t be a caveman. On the evening of December 18, 2004, in the southwest of France, Jean-Luc Josuat-Vergès wandered underground caves of an abandoned mushroom farm and got lost. Josuat-Vergès arrived at the abandoned mushroom farm when he got depressed and […]
Football players spend years training, playing, and sacrificing for the opportunity to one day hoist the coveted Lombardi trophy. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is awarded to the NFL’s Superbowl champion each year for those unfamiliar with the trophy’s name. The […]
There’s a story of how Menenius Agrippa, a famous Roman consul and general, once recounted a fable in an attempt to appease an insurrection of the Roman commoners. The issue was that people were growing agitated and angry at the […]
Today, there’s a lot of talk on immigration and how we need to limit those coming into the country. The reality is that many forgot that the United States was not always the superpower it was and how foreigners played […]
In 1844, Alexandre Dumas published Les Trois Mousquetaires or, as we know it, The Three Musketeers. Ironically, The Three Musketeers is a historical and adventure novel about four swashbuckling heroes who lived during the 17th and early 18th centuries. The story begins when D’Artagnan […]
As he finished loading up the rented moving truck and his Jeep unto the trailer, he received the call from his new employer. J.C’s new boss stated he needed a specific paramedic certification before starting his new job. Somewhat disappointed, […]
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