LightGramsJanuary 8, 2026Volume 30, Number 2 Airports are busy places with travelers dashing to make connections and staff processing passengers and luggage on tight timelines. It was a surprise, therefore, when the Norfolk (VA) International Airport posted on their social media site an appeal for help in finding someone. A teddy bear had been discovered…
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LightGramsDecember 18, 2025Volume 29, Number 40 Barnaby Wickam is a collector, something that can be said of many people. But Wickam’s focus in collecting – and what he makes of it – sets him apart from others. This Baltimore, MD marketing specialist is an avid cyclist, and for the past two years has picked up…
LightGramsDecember 4, 2025Volume 29, Number 38 GameStop is a name familiar to most video game enthusiasts. According to Wikipedia, there are more than 3,200 of these stores worldwide, with the largest portion of those in the U.S. In the city where I live there are two. Earlier this week, the corporate headquarters announced a transaction…
LightGramsAugust 7, 2025Volume 29, Number 24 Seoul National University in South Korea recently offered scholarships of up to $540, and more than 1,400 students have applied for just 70 spots. These are not academic scholarships, nor ones based on sports. Instead, students must climb at least six mountains. There are about 100 mountains students can…
LightGramsJuly 24, 2025Volume 29, Number 22 You might think that I dozed while typing the title of this installment, but it’s the title of a Facebook post entered July 21 by the Carlisle East Fire Station in Britain. Use a little deduction and it won’t be hard to guess the story they related. Four cows…
LightGramsJune 19, 2025Volume 29, Number 19 Here’s a tip to file away: If you’re going to lose a diamond from your ring, be sure to make it happen at the Pittsburgh International Airport. Workers there have a track record in finding what’s valuable. April Schmitt was returning from a business trip this past Friday (Friday…
LightGramsMay 1, 2025Volume 29, Number 15 A story from last week helps confirm our belief that there are still good people in this world. The good person in this story was a trooper with the Michigan State Police. He found a bundle of cash in the middle of the road. Instead of slipping it in…
LightGramsJanuary 2, 2025Volume 29, Number 1 Neil Skallan of the United Kingdom has set the record again. His first Guinness World Record was set in 2016; in 2017 he broke that record, and again in 2018. The record he holds is for owning the most Monopoly sets. It’s official; staff members of GWR came to…
LightGramsNovember 14, 2024Volume 28, Number 34 Bonnyrigg Rose is the name of a soccer club in Bonnyrigg, Scotland. Among its past members is someone you may have heard of: Sean Connery, one of the more famous actors to play the role of James Bond. Just that fact tells us that this club has a long…
LightGramsOctober 24, 2024Volume 28, Number 31 Earlier this month in Paris, “owlers” were told to stop digging; the replica of the fabled Golden Owl had been discovered. Finding the replica was the last key to claiming an owl made of gold and silver, and with diamond chips on its face. The search began in 1993…