by John M. Jennings | Jul 29, 2022 | The IFOD
In 1631 Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, royal printers to King Charles I of England, printed about 1,000 copies of the Bible that had a curious mistake in the Ten Commandments. The Ten Commandments are found in Exodus 20: 3-17. Here’s the list from the Wicked...
by John M. Jennings | Jul 27, 2022 | The IFOD
Dr. David Sinclair of Harvard Medical School, one of the world’s foremost experts on aging, thinks aging is a disease that someday can be cured. In the meantime, there are treatments that can add years (or even decades) to our lifespans. The information for this...
by John M. Jennings | Jul 22, 2022 | The IFOD
“Success is failure in progress.”-Albert Einstein In 1953, fledgling start-up Rocket Chemical Company’s three employees sought to create a rust-prevention and degreaser for the aerospace industry. Their first 39 “water displacement” formulas...
by John M. Jennings | Jul 20, 2022 | The IFOD
“The harder we try with the conscious will to do something, the less we shall succeed.”― Aldous Huxley I’ve recently written a book which will be published in the spring of 2023. While overall the experience has been deeply satisfying, at times it was incredibly...
by John M. Jennings | Jul 15, 2022 | The IFOD
A few weekends ago, I watched Lethal Weapon 2 with my daughters and nephew. Early in the movie the main characters, Martin Riggs (played by Mel Gibson) and Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover), are startled by a worker at Murtaugh’s house using an air gun. Riggs and...
by John M. Jennings | Jul 13, 2022 | The IFOD
I love to read both fiction and non-fiction (and do so in about equal amounts). While I think fiction is hugely important and beneficial, non-fiction books have had a bigger impact on how I view the world. (For the IFOD on the special benefits of reading fiction,...
