Chances of a Left-Handed Person Being Killed
Crazy Fact Series #4 - There is a one in 4,400,000 chance of a left-handed person being killed using right-handed equipment. It's not...
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Shannon M
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Blinkist - Big Ideas in Small Packages
Product Review: Where to find thousands of book summaries in 15 minutes or less I came across Blinkist.com online as I was researching...
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Shannon M
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Who is Tattoodfool?
Number 4 The year is 1998, I am young, rebellious and obsessed with tattoos. Before joining the military, I became enthralled with Tarot...
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Crucial Conversations - Framework
Mastering important discussions is about mastering the ability to keep an open productive dialogue. Each conversation has a certain...
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Shannon M
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Why Does Food Taste Different on a Plane?
Crazy Facts Series #3 - You lose up to 30% of your taste buds during flight. This might explain why airplane food gets such a bad...
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Shannon M
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What is a Crucial Conversation?
Are you avoiding one? I am... Most of us are likely avoiding having an important talk with a partner, boss, child, or friend. This is...
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Shannon M
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Bouncing Pickles Only
Crazy Facts Series #2 - It is illegal to sell a "bounceless" pickle in Connecticut. This law put Connecticut Librarians in quite the...
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Introducing Crucial Conversations
How I Got to This Post Before we get there, let me fill you in on the fiasco I experienced just to get to this post. Some months ago,...
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Vision and Mission
My intended audience is EVERYONE, both sides of the aisle. We are all good people (that's how I'm looking at it anyway), and we should be...
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Crazy Facts Series
#1 - Copper doorknobs are self-disinfecting Copper and its alloys, such as brass, have long been popular materials for manufacturing...
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Shannon M
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NAVAL REACTORS ANNUAL REPORTS
Known in the “Program” as the “Rainbow Books” I want to share with you the little bit that I can from the work that I do. I work in the...
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FROM RADIUM TO NUCLEAR PROPULSION
How did we get from the discovery of Radium to the atomic bomb to nuclear power reactors in such a short amount of time? Radium Radium...
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THE RADIUM GIRLS: THE DARK STORY OF AMERICA'S SHINNING WOMEN
By Kate Moore This book really opened my eyes to the beginnings of the atomic era and the naval nuclear program. After reading Radium...
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A DANGEROUS COMBINATION
The misinformation effect combined with the confirmation bias is dangerous. The Misinformation Effect The misinformation effect was first...
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I WISH I HAD...MY WAY
I would make the world a better place for everyone I whish I was a little bit taller. I wish I was a baller. I wish I had a girl who...
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SAILORS MAKE THEIR OWN TATTOO TRENDS
The nautical roots of tattoo culture can be traced back to the Tahitian voyages of Royal Navy Captain James Cook beginning in 1768....
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HOW TO DIFFERENTIATE A GOOD SOURCE FROM A BAD SOURCE
Fact-check articles, make sure writers are using reliable sources. I am not only writing myself, but I recommend that you fact check...
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ONE IN THE SAME
We Are All HUMAN Although today people across the globe look different on the outside, it wasn’t always this way. When we – Homo sapiens...
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LIVING WITH MIGRAINES
You are not alone. I deal with headaches nearly every day. I get a migraine about one to four times a month. A migraine usually lasts for...
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HOODWINKED IN THE INFORMATION AGE
Misinformation from social platforms and news sites is guiding many of our lives and not in a good way. Many of you may not even realize...
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A POSITIVE OUTLOOK
There is so much doom and gloom in our everyday lives that it easy to fall in a rut of negativity. It doesn’t have to be this way! We can...
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