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The Golden Opportunity Is In Yourself Alone

April 22, 2006January 10, 2010 John Orison Swett Marden, Success, Success Magazine

The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck

Was J. Edgar Hoover a Transvestite

April 22, 2006January 10, 2010 John Clyde Tolson, homosexual, J Edgar Hoover, Transvestite

In “Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover,” author Anthony Summers quotes Susan L. Rosenstiel as saying she once observed Hoover in a black dress and high heels at the Plaza Hotel. The story isn’t very credible. Rosenstiel’s husband was involved in organized crime, and Susan was once convicted of perjury in an unrelated case. Additionally, why would the head of the FBI put himself in a position to be easily blackmailed?

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The Great Opportunity Is Where You Are

April 21, 2006January 10, 2010 John intention, John Burroughs, Opportunity

Burroughs is trying to remind us that its easy to look far away and imagine great deeds we could accomplish, but the important thing is to be in the here and now, and make something of the current situation.

Culture

Why We Bless Sneezers

April 21, 2006January 10, 2010 John Bubonic Plague, demons, God bless you, Middle Ages, satan, sneeze

The origin of the “bless you” tradition is not entirely clear. The urban legend experts at Snopes.com list an impressive

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Why Do Beans Give Us Gas?

April 20, 2006January 10, 2010 John Beans, Digestion, gas

Kidz World explains that beans contain sugars the human body simply cannot digest. Once these sugars (called oligosaccharides) reach a person’s lower intestines, “the bacteria go berserk, start feasting, and make loads of gas.” Before you know it — toxic fumes.