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Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 9 views
A man afraid of spiders spotted one in his Seattle laundry room. In order to get rid of it he grabbed a lighter and a can of spray paint. There is no report about the fate of the spider but the house caught fire causing about $60, 000 dollars worth of damage. That is a lot to get rid of one spider. Fear…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 4 views
A Detroit man with a fear of spiders caused a fire when he tried to kill a spider with a lighter. The man says he thought he saw a spider near the fuel door of his car while getting gas and tried to remove it. The lighter actually ignited gasoline on the side of the car, the pump, and the pavement. On…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 17 views
Bill Cosby said, “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” —Jim L. Wilson and Rondall Leggett “The 15 Best Quotes to Inspire Perseverance,” http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/comfort-cravings/201401/the-15-best-quotes-inspire-perseverance Galatians 6:9…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 10 views
New research suggests your fears can actually make a problem look bigger. A study done on those with a fear of spiders found that those with sever arachnophobia thought the spiders were larger than those with less sever forms of the disorder. Researchers say they were puzzled as to why so many people…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 34 views
Do you have Paraskevidekatriaphobia? If you do, 2012 is a bad year for you. Paraskevidekatriaphobia is the fear of Friday the 13th. In most years, two Fridays fall on the 13th. In 2012 and again in 2015 there will be three. Tom Fernsler is a University of Delaware math professor who has studied Friday…
Rusty Russell • Illustration • • 9 views
If you had been reading the July 22, 1776 edition of the Boston Gazette, you would have come across a notice that read: Deserted from my company, in Col. Craft’s battalion of colony train of artillery, Michael Carrick, 31 years of age, about 5 foot 8 inches high, with a cut over his right eye brow, well…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 47 views
FEAR What are we afraid of today? One author who spent his career writing novels that scare people warns against taking the scares too literally. The late Michael Crichton, who wrote “The Andromeda Strain,” and “Jurassic Park,” warned us to “Stop Scaring Ourselves.” Crichton gave a list of the proclaimed…
Jim L. Wilson • Illustration • • 7 views
FEAR In his book, A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, Bill O'Reilly writes, “The big reason that many folks accept the unacceptable and settle for less than they can achieve can be summed up in one word: fear.” A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity, Kindle Loc. 580-81 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson Proverbs 28:1…