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A smidgen of history, a dash of culture - a minute dedicated to making you smile.

On The Fly Patrick Ball

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A smidgen of history, a dash of culture - a minute dedicated to making you smile.

    More Than Just Stats

    More Than Just Stats

    The passing of Willie Mays on June 18, 2024, has deeply saddened baseball fans everywhere. However, he leaves behind a remarkable legacy. To honor him . . .


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    • 7 min
    Mindset Magic

    Mindset Magic

    Welcome back to On the Fly! Today, we're exploring something that impacts all of us: Attitude. It serves as our internal compass, guiding how we perceive and engage with the world.


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    • 7 min
    The Hard-Boiled Detective

    The Hard-Boiled Detective

    Welcome back to On the Fly, your dose of literary lightning! Just for fun, let’s continue our study of fictional detectives. Today, we're diving headfirst into the world of crime fiction and the man who practically invented a whole new subgenre: Dashiell Hammett.


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    • 5 min
    Decoding Doyle & Deduction

    Decoding Doyle & Deduction

    This week, fiction fans, we explore the story of the world's most famous detective – Sherlock Holmes! But to understand Holmes fully, we need to crack the code of his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.


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    • 7 min
    Happy Accidents

    Happy Accidents

    Have you ever had one of those moments where you stumbled upon something incredible, completely by chance? Maybe you found a hidden gem of a restaurant while getting lost or ran into an old friend you haven't seen in years. That, my friends, is the magic of serendipity.


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    • 5 min
    Power For the People

    Power For the People

    People often ask me, "You work for a solar company; don’t you have solar on your home?”

    Nope!

    “With an astonished look, they exclaim, “Why not?”

    Here’s the short answer. "I monitor our yearly electricity consumption totals approximately 2,500 kWh per year.”


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    • 6 min