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The Perfect, But Not So Perfect Crime

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Caryn

On January 17, 1950, eleven men conspired to steal over $2 million, which is equivalent to 29 million today, from the Brink’s Armored Car depot in Boston, Massachusetts. It was nearly the perfect crime, because the culprits were not apprehended until January 1956, Continue reading →

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The Burden of Knowledge Was Just Too Much

Posted on December 29, 2022 by Caryn

They say that genius can be the closest thing to crazy, but I don’t really know how true that is. Sometimes I think that when a person is a genius, people drive them crazy. It’s the novelty of the thing, I suppose. People find out that the genius has a super high IQ, Continue reading →

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Cut-Up Playing Cards

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Caryn

In the late 1600s, Britain and France both owned property in North America, and they were prone to periodic attacks on the colonies belonging to the other. On December 10, 1690, when the Massachusetts Bay Colony launched an ill-fated attack on Quebec, Continue reading →

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Random Acts Of Kindness

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Caryn

I think most of us try to be nice people. We try to do nice things for our friends and loved ones, but what about random acts of kindness for people Continue reading →

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A Righteous Gentile

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Caryn

We have all heard of the atrocities that took place in Nazi Germany regarding the Jewish people. And many people might have seen the movie called Schindler’s List. When the movie came out, I did not have a real interest … Continue reading →

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It’s The Love That Matters

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Caryn

Whether you consider Valentine’s Day to be a highly commercialized day, geared toward getting the consumer to spend a bunch of money on silliness, or you see it as a day set aside to celebrate love, everyone who has loved … Continue reading →

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Who Was D.B. Cooper?

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Caryn

Airplane hijacking isn’t a new thing in our day and age, and usually the hijacker is extremely dangerous and often has plans to crash the plane, but there have been, in times past, some hijackings that weren’t “so bad” in … Continue reading →

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The Great Train Robbery

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Caryn

When we think of train robberies, most of us think of the Old West, and bandits on horseback, riding up along side the train, and jumping on. Then, with guns pointed at everyone, they robbed the train, and left the … Continue reading →

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Getting Good At Adulting

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Caryn

As a little kid, my grandson, Caalab Royce, like most kids was a typically goofy kid. He always had a great sense of humor, and loved making people laugh. He didn’t even have to try to make jokes, it just … Continue reading →

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Making Money

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Caryn

During the Civil War, money was made out of silver and gold. People would not have trusted any other form of money, but having enough silver and gold to make that money wasn’t always easy. The Northern states needed money, … Continue reading →

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