This week’s word comes from an anecdote of an English chap, who for six years tried desperately to obtain an investment for his invention. Although his story was inspiring, my blog this week is really about the word persistence. My culture and upbringing have taught me that being pushy is just rude and impolite. A lot of British people have… (more…)
1969 – Remember Pele? The soccer player or the footballer? He scored his one-thousandth goal on this day in history. The Mets were celebrating their first World Series Win too! 1979 – Baseball player Ryan Howard is born. This is the same year that the Pittsburgh Pirates won the World Series with one of my favorite all time sluggers, Willie… (more…)
As a die hard New York Mets Baseball fan, I was surprised by my enjoyment of this year’s World Series. I hadn’t planned on watching, because as a Met fan, the Phillies are our divisional arch rivals and the Yankees are, well, the Yankees. However the players on both teams played their hearts out to such a degree that it… (more…)
Here are just some anecdote samples for Thor’s Day or Thursday November 12th. As you may or may not know etaBlog aka Every Thursday Anecdotes releases an anecdote story or two each Thursday. Some of the anecdote samples are funny and some serious. We aim to make our site thought provoking and enjoyable. You can visit all of the Anecdote… (more…)