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20/20 Vision

Posted on August 17, 2020 by ivanbenson

What the average adult can see if he/she is 20 feet away from an object; “20/20 vision” is the shorthand way we say that, right? When I was a young boy growing up in Chattanooga, TN I would look up … Continue reading →

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The Running Joke

Posted on January 27, 2019 by ivanbenson

There’s been a running joke in my family ever since my wife and I married 43 years ago. You see, my father-in-law, Marty Glynn had begun to cook a good bit soon after we married, since his wife, Mary, suffered … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima Revisited: Out of the Ashes

Posted on September 13, 2016 by ivanbenson

Eight years, three months, and six days before I was prematurely born, an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later another was dropped on Nagasaki, and the Second World War was essentially over. All … Continue reading →

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Statistics: the Truth about US

Posted on January 30, 2016 by ivanbenson

A number of years ago I was driving down the road listening to the radio when I heard an astounding statement come over the air waves. After thorough research, scientists had concluded that children learn more effectively in smaller classrooms, … Continue reading →

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The Lyin’ in Winter

Posted on January 16, 2016 by ivanbenson

To write or not to write; that is the question. “Whether it is nobler in the mind . . . .” Okay! I know I am not very original, but there are worse things I could be, right? Besides, Shakespeare … Continue reading →

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Truth, or Falsies?

Posted on September 4, 2015 by ivanbenson

It was just a few days ago that I heard it for the first time: the word “falsies.” Actually, it wasn’t the very first time I’d heard the word; rather, it was the first time I had heard it used … Continue reading →

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Check Under the Hood?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by ivanbenson

When I was a young boy in the 1950s and early 60s we still had full service filling stations (that’s what we called gas stations, in case you didn’t know). And each time someone drove up and parked beside the … Continue reading →

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