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Are you rich or poor? An easy way to tell
As you read this sentence, my friends, imagine that you have exactly 24 hours left to live - and not one minute more.
Oct 26
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Ben Talley
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Every picture tells a story
Pic one below:
Oct 19
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Humanity's secret superpower: grandparents
Anthropologists (you know, those really smart scientists who study ancient humans) tell us that something extraordinary happened to the human race…
Oct 12
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Ben Talley
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Just five minutes
(Something new this time!
Oct 5
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Ben Talley
8
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September 2025
Bristol's Atticus Finch
In the multiple Oscar award-winning movie, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’, the protagonist is a small-town attorney who goes by the name of Atticus Finch.
Sep 28
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Ben Talley
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A (very) brief update on the state of Hometown Stories
(Well, I woke up early yesterday morning thinking it was Sunday.
Sep 21
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Ben Talley
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A simple solution to America's political divide
Perhaps there is no child’s nursery rhyme more untrue than the following one I first heard long ago: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words…
Sep 20
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Ben Talley
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The blind girl who could see
Imagine you had perfect eyesight during the first ten years of your life.
Sep 14
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Ben Talley
8
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Bristol’s new Hall of Fame
Making a hall of fame in anything is not supposed to be easy.
Sep 7
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Ben Talley
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August 2025
Men of few words (Shamas of Bristol, Jesus of Nazereth, Forrest Gump, Mark Twain, Abe Lincoln, a man named Joyce, and Jack the Drunk)
Consider the words of the world famous fictional character, Forrest Gump.
Aug 31
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Ben Talley
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The Search for Happiness
Her name was Maria.
Aug 24
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Ben Talley
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Attendin' a Bonafide Moonshine Sippin’, Dart Throwin’, Hootin’ and a-Hollerin’, Big Ol’ Wild Party out in Hickory Tree
A few years back, several of the former inmates I once taught at the Bristol Jail decided to throw a big ol' wild party out in the Hickory Tree section…
Aug 17
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Ben Talley
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