Cartoon – The Cleaning Was Just More Than He Could Bear
Author: Antarctica Journal
Poem – Adultery (By DS Maolalai)
Adultery I’d bang them out, wine-drunk and excited, and send them off to magazines. I had two lists; ones which liked me and ones I liked, and I’d fire them unedited like a shotgun scaring birds. each one 5 times to 5 different places. then I’d wait for any to come back. in general it started with rejections; […]
Read moreSimone Weiss Quote – Sins
“All sins are attempts to fill voids.” – Simone Weiss
Read moreFifth of world’s food lost to waste and over-eating
Almost one-fifth of world’s food lost to waste and over-eating, a study suggests. The world population consumes around 10 per cent more food than it needs, while almost nine per cent of food lost to waste or left to spoil, researchers say. Efforts to reduce the billions of tonnes lost could improve global food security — ensuring everyone has access […]
Read moreSophocles Quote – The Man Who Is Afraid
“To the man who is afraid, everything rustles.” – Sophocles
Read moreIt was a bad week for . . .
. . . the Ukrainian navy, after the Russian military seized control of the country’s combat-dolphin program, which had been based in Crimea. “Dolphins get used to the people they work with,” said a Ukrainian official. “It’s not so easy for them to change allegiance.”
Read moreCartoon – Grucci Has Declined Any Involvement
Cartoon – Interest Free Checking
The evolutionary roots of monogamy
As an evolutionary strategy, the evolutionary roots of monogamy have long puzzled scientists: When a male pairs off for life with one female, he limits how many offspring he can produce, thus reducing his chances to pass on his genes. Few species are monogamous, yet 5 percent of mammal species are, including wolves and beavers—and about a quarter of primates. […]
Read moreRichard Rohr Quote – Initiate Young Men
“It seems that it is only the recent West that has deemed it unnecessary to “initiate” young men. Otherwise, culture after culture felt that if the young man were not introduced to “the mysteries,” he would not know what to do with his pain and would almost always abuse his power. It looks like they were right.” – Richard Rohr
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