Painting Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is by far the most famous painting on the planet. There is no doubt that the majority of people have seen this painting at some point in their life, but how many people know who painted it? For those of you that don’t know Leonardo da Vinci painted this picture [...]
Hobby How-To: Guide to Pinch Strength
What is Pinch Strength?
pinch strength (n): The ability of the thumb to apply force inward towards the palm.
If you’re like me, you’ve never even heard of pinch strength. However, in the following article you’ll learn what you can do with excess amounts of pinch strength, how to train for pinch strength, and where [...]
Worlds Largest Peach
If you’ve every traveled down I-85 through South Carolina you probably seen this famous peach. The city of Gaffney, near Greenville, built this water tower in the shape of a peach back in 1981.
Over 10,000,000 pounds of concrete and a mile and half of welds were required to construct this monster peach. [...]
Fence Plowing: Vandalizing in 2007
When I was a kid, filling a neighbor’s trees with toilet paper and egging their cars was one of the wildest forms of vandalism. If we snuck out at night, traipsed through a field of cow pies, and tried in vain to tip a cow over we were really cool … but not [...]
Intro to the Yo-Yo
Quite simply a yo-yo is a toy consisting of two equally weighted discs of wood, plastic, or metal, connected by an axle, which is then connected to a string. A loop knot is used to connect the string to the axle allowing the yo-yo to ’sleep’ when thrown. The other end of the [...]
