Buckets of Ice Water

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I’m taking a timeout here to blog about something I’ve seen on social media everywhere…the mass dumping of ice water on people’s heads in the name of ALS.  This meme/fad originally started with Pro Golfer Chris Kennedy and his trainer, James Whatmore, when the latter was assigned to complete an ice bucket challenge and pass it on.  The idea here was that you had to donate to charity should you fail to complete the challenge within twenty-four hours.  This started a revolution that swept the nation, to the point where celebrities and other famous persons became involved.  I’ll be honest, this idea is both ingenious and incredibly stupid.  Just as a side note, I had originally titled this article as “Freezing your ass off for ALS”, but opted not to for SEO reasons.

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