Links-R-Us, Vol. 7

Once again Link-Friday is upon us.  It seems like it’s been only a couple of days since the last time that I was blogging a Link-Friday post…  Oh, wait, it was.  Well…  On that note…  Here we go!

Our first link is a video link revisiting something that occurred nearly four decades ago – the D. B. Cooper case.  For those who were too young to be born when this occurred, let me just say that D. B. Cooper hijacked an airplane and demanded $200,000 in ransom money.  He then parachuted out of the plane as it flew him to a new destination.  It’s the only unsolved hijacking case in the United States.  New evidence surfaced a few years ago and this link talks about the potential closing of the case:

Rantings of a Child

Every now and then things happen in our lives that remind us of what is important; be it an expressed thought of love, a beautiful sunset or a random act of kindness.  Most times we dismiss these little blessings as just coincidence and of no particular significance -- and we would be wrong.

My Thankfuls

I think one of the biggest pitfalls that we each can experience is ingratitude for all the good that we experience in life.  The best example that I could use to demonstrate what I’m talking about recently happened with my wife while we were having date-night at a restaurant.  I had opened the door for her (and she said thank you) and was about to follow her in when I noticed that there was another woman a few steps behind me.  The door had already started to close so I reopened it and waited for the other woman to enter.  The woman looked at me as if saying, “You’d better hold that door for me,” and never once said, “Thank you,” for the kind act.  Ingratitude.  With that being said, and with Thanksgiving already upon us, I thought I would take the time to write a little bit about the people in my life that I am most thankful for.