You won’t have to visit a hobby shop to start this hobby called Scripophily. Scripophily got started in the mid-1970s and is the hobby of collecting old canceled stocks and bonds. The term comes from the word “scrip” which means and ownership right and the word “philos” which means to love. Currently, […]

How did the Jack O’ Lantern come to be? Here is my retelling of the Irish fable that got it all started:
A very long time ago there lived an Irish man named Jack. Now Jack was a very stingy man, but cunning as well. Stingy Jack, as he was known in the […]

I was watching the movie with Harrison Ford the other day - Firewall. The movie is ok, a little flimsy on the plot, but what caught my attention is the car. The car was a Chrysler 300 all decked out with Chrysler 300 accessory grill. The car is a nice looking ride. […]

When I was little we used to go fishing with my Grandpa and Grandma all the time. They were both big anglers. I wish now that I would have save some of their old fishing tackle. It seems that there is quite the antique market for old fishing supplies! They had […]

Long before a Penn State football game was ever played, Walter Camp invented football. It really was a combination of soccer and rugby. Walter Camp was a player and coach at Yale University in the 1870s. Walter Camp’s influence came from William Ebb Ellis a Rugby and Soccer player. In 1823, […]

If you want to do an Orlando vacation rental, you can now check out satellite photos almost anywhere! I found an interesting one of Joey Fatone’s home (you know one of the guy’s from ‘N Sync) near Orlando, Florida. If you are longing to meet a celebrity, I guess you could always see […]

I guess there is a new book on the market called “Skinny Bitch“. According to the book jacket it is “A no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous!”
Victoria Beckham (aka Posh Spice) loves the diet - but does she really need diet advice? […]

I recently posted about celebrity homes, but do you know that you can also buy used celebrity cars? It reminds me of the episode from Seinfeld, when George thinks he has bought a car owned by Jon Voight. There is even a pencil in the car that George thinks was bitten by Jon […]

My daughter’s school recently celebrated Flag Day on June 14th. Every year they have a big production with the mayor, songs and stories. How did Flag Day get started?
On June 14, 1777, the second Continental Congress adopted the use of a flag, designed by Betsey Ross, for the newly formed United State of […]

I was at the doctor the other day for a check-up and notice that she was using a littman stethoscope. That got me to wondering - when were stethoscopes first invented.
The stethoscope was invented in 1816 by a Frenchman named René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec. It had a wooden tube and looked like an ear trumpet. […]