Author: Elsa
The relationship between twins is a much discussed and mythologized one. It’s undeniable that a set of twins will have a very close bond throughout their lives. They’ll be almost inseparable, no doubt. But is there really an almost psychic link between them? Some people claim so. Who knows… All we know for certain is that the love is strong. And it’s easy to see why. As children – when bonds and connections are so vital – they’re always there next to each other. Just watch these two twin babies. Grayson and Griffin, they’re called. They’re talking to each other in…
Camarillo, California. The friendly janitor at Los Primeros School is loved by all. Colleagues, teachers, pupils, parents… Everyone thinks that Rocky is The Man. It’s his unflappably friendly demeanor, mostly. He’s just an all-round great guy. So nice and well liked is Rocky that everyone at Los Primeros wanted to do something nice for him. So, with the help of the fine people at the ‘Dude Be Nice’ project – they set up a surprise for him. Out of the blue, he’d get s little surprise party. His treat? Lots of his favorite candy and a special guests from his team, the…
We’re always told never to judge a book by its cover, aren’t we? And it’s a saying with the best intentions. But it’s human nature to make snap judgments about things and people. There’s no real way around it. And, often, our instincts are right. But not always… Take Panda Ross, for instance. When she stepped out onto the stage for The X Factor in 2012, her unassuming look didn’t exactly scream, ‘pop star!’ at the judges. You can tell just by looking at Britney Spears and Simon Cowell’s faces. But Panda soon left them totally speechless with her incredible…
Retired Marine corps Sgt. Dan Clark is a patriotic man. And when he was given the opportunity to sing ‘God Bless America’ at Fenway Park…? He seized the chance with both hands. It would fulfill a lifetime goal of his. And he was so glad that he did. And, heck – so are we! Not only is this guy a veteran, and one brave fella! He’s also got a great singing voice. It certainly touches the majority of the crowd when he starts warbling in the seventh innings break. He’s got serious skills. And maybe a career ahead of him…
When Claudio Viera de Oliveira was born, doctors didn’t give him very long to live at all. In fact, they told his mother he probably wouldn’t leave the hospital. The reason why? A condition known in the medical community as ‘arthrogryposis’. But no one ever really uses that word. Nor do they often use Claudio’s name. For he’s more often known, quite simply, as ‘The Man With The Upside Down Head’. Claudio is from Monte Santo in Brazil and has gone on to defy the doctors’ expectations. He’s now forty years old and living a full life, despite his crippling disability.…
Poor 16 year-old Hailey Ashmore has several debilitating medical conditions including: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, epilepsy, reactive hypoglycemia, many severe allergies, gastroparesis and pretty bad asthma. For this Texan teenager, life can be tough. That’s why her service dog Flynn is so important to her. He goes everywhere with her… “To get a service dog you must be disabled to the point where you can no longer function at a normal quality of life without the assistance of service dogs,” says Hailey. “It takes around two years of intense training and thousands of dollars (if you owner train) to…
It’s fair to say that little Sebastian Lopez likes Star Wars. Almost as much as his big kid dad love Star Wars. Like father, like son. Their shared love of George Lucas’ sci-fi world is more than enough to help their bond as pop n’ kid. And Dad Rob Lopez just decided to treat Sebastian to an awakening with The Force! With permission from mom – of course – Rob goes about waking up his son dressed up in full Darth Vader costume. Pretty scary, huh? To have the Dark Lord of the Sith prod you awake with his lightsaber is more…
Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson. What a song. An absolute runaway smash of a hit. When was the last time a song went as huge as that, huh? We can’t remember. Maybe Daft Punk’s Get Lucky? It seems like everywhere you went for a while, all you heard was Uptown Funk. It was a song that made you want to dance, no doubt. Just ask Fred Rawicz. A video of him ‘ripping it up’ at the Scottish music festival T in the Park is going viral at the moment and it’s not hard to see why. He’s the absolute…
At the risk of sounding like old people… Do you remember the good old days? Back years ago. When families all used to get around a dinner table at least once a day and enjoy a meal together? It seems almost like ancient history for a lot of us now, doesn’t it? People eat in front of the TV a lot now, don’t they? Or at the table, but while looking at their smartphone or tablet… It gets a lot of parents down. And pasta sauce people Dolmio have noticed. Their Australian side of the business has decided to fight…
Australia. A strange country. Sure, the people are nice and the weather’s lovely. But it’s a treacherous place, with untold numbers of snakes and spiders and things to watch out for. Not only that, but place is HUGE. Cities are scattered along its coastlines, with thousands of miles between them sometimes… It makes logistics a bit of a nightmare. The normal transport systems used in other countries don’t always do the job. So they had to come up with something special. And they have. Australian road trains. They’re used to move large groups of cattle or other things across the unbelievably long roads…