Bo Diddley passed away, but a story about his life makes him seem kind of like a bitter jerk. We also learned that humans can see the future. Well, at least a tenth of a second into the future anyway. We also got to talk with two organizers of Marion's Relay for Life.
Relay For Life is Friday
At River Valley High School on Friday, a group of dedicated, amazing volunteers will gather for 18 hours of tears, cheers, memories, and fun at the annual Relay for Life.
Angie Griffith and Deb Gwinner stopped by to talk about the event. It kicks off Friday, June 6, at 6:00 p.m. They get started with the Survivor's Walk and are still looking for people to participate.
From that point on through the night, relay groups will have campsites set up with food, raffles, games, and other activities. This is less a relay and more a festival and you do not have to run or even walk around the track.
You can find the complete list of events and how much money they have raised to this point by searching at www.cancer.org or directly by clicking here.
You can also learn about all the teams and individuals involved and even make a donation right online.
Want to get involved? Angie and Deb say just come out to the relay. Then if you want to keep helping, just start small and work your way up.
Bo Diddley - A Jerk?
Bo Diddley, a rock pioneer, passed away Monday from heart failure at the age of 79. While I don't like to talk bad about the dead and I certainly don't think he deserved to die in any shape or form, I can't help but think that maybe he was a jerk.
I don't really know much about him or rock history that much, but an article on his death pretty much portrays him as a self-important, arrogant, and bitter man.
Usually when a person dies, particularly a famous one, the article is full of quotes from others talking about how great a person is. This article had most of the quotes from Diddley himself.
Strange.
Humans Can See The Future
This article from LiveScience.com was pretty interesting, of course, that might just be me. Basically science is showing that humans can see into the future, one-tenth of a second at a time.
It has to do with the lag between light hitting our eye and our brain decoding that message. We have to compensate somehow and science is showing that our brain is actually showing us an image of what it thinks will happen in the future.
One way you can see this is catching a baseball. If you had that delay, you would never catch the ball. But because the brain learns what happens next, it actually shows you that future and then you can catch the ball.
Of course, this doesn't always work and that's why we see optical illusions.
Cool, eh? Click here to learn more.
Weather Kid
Today's Weather Kid was Dalton. Because of summer vacation, we moved away from George Washington Elementary and onto Epworth Preschool and Daycare.
You can download Weather Kids and listen to them any time on your computer, just click here.
