December 2011

What the Flock? The Miracle Of Murmuration

December 30, 2011

A show-stopping viral video illustrates how nature can turn on us — and on itself – in a nanosecond. We must be ready. There’s a name for this phenomenon—MURMURATION. It’s simply a massive moving flock of starlings. Technically it’s a collective noun – much like a gaggle of geese or a school of fish. The [...]

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The Art of Living: My Friend Bill Hall

December 24, 2011

He never touched paintbrush to canvas, or molded a lump of clay in his hands. He never tried to bend and mold steel to his will, but just because of the way he lived his life, and did his work, Bill Hall was an artist. Hall, who died yesterday, was the longtime weatherman at WSMV-TV [...]

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Bad Lip Reading: The Art of Digital Dissing (Part Deux)

December 15, 2011

Just for laughs. If the The International Congress of Humor is right — “laughter is down 66 – 82% worldwide compared to what it was in the 1950s.” Experts say back then people laughed on the average 18 minutes a day — and today, we are lucky if we average between 4-6 minutes. So I [...]

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