Via Obit of the Day: Edouard Beaupré, known as “The Willow Bunch Giant,” died on July 3, 1904 of complications from tuberculosis while in St. Louis, Missouri for the World’s Fair. Having reached a height of eight feet, three inches Mr. Beaupré was one of the great sideshow attractions in the United States and Canada and was hoping to […]

For those of us who are tired of Hallmark … 1.  Well, This Blows 2. Thinking of You 3.  It’s okay to punch today in the face. 4.  Sorry, Sorry, Sorry … 5.  It’s Okay to be Sad   6.  Sumo Sorry   7.  Sorry You Day Was So Crappy 8.  Game of Thrones Hodor […]

This from The Huffington Post  | By Priscilla Frank “It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.” This wisdom, originally attributed to Hippocrates who lived until 377 BC, rings true in the photography of Andrew George, whose project “Right Before I Die” is a […]

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The Memorial to Heroic Self Sacrifice is a public monument in Postman’s Park in the City of London, commemorating ordinary people who died saving the lives of others and who might otherwise have been forgotten.[1] — Wikipedia    Take special note of the ages of those on the memorial.