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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The World Was Never the Same: Events That Changed "My" Life
I ordered from "The Great Courses" (college lectures you listen to in your car or home) The World Was Never the Same: Events That Changed History. Professor J. Fears from the University of Oklahoma selected 36 events beginning in 1750BC through today that in some way he feels impacted and changed the world.
The Battle of Vienna (1683) anyone? It got me to thinking. Now that's a dangerous thing to do. It got me to thinking about what major events IN MY LIFE changed MY life. Were they decisions I consciously made or was I fortunate (to use a favorite Obama word) or had dumb/bad luck? Read more...
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