Cartoon – Nerds In The Sandbox
Author: Antarctica Journal
Hunter of Loch Ness monster says “I’m not quitting”
The world’s most dedicated Loch Ness monster hunter has scotched reports that has finally given up looking for the legendary Scottish beast after a quarter of a century of searching. Last week, the Times newspaper reported that Steve Feltham, who gave up his job, house and girlfriend 24 years ago to look for the creature full-time, had abandoned his long […]
Read moreEleanor Roosevelt Quote – I Can Take The Next Thing That Comes Along
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’” ― Eleanor Roosevelt
Read moreAlexander Pope Quote – Generous
“Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.” – Alexander Pope
Read moreOliver Wendell Holmes Quote – Called An Old Man
“A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
Read moreWill You Get Sick If You go to the Beach?
If you go to the beach this summer you may come home with some bacteria from the water. Studies show that the water may be contaminated with all sorts of unsafe bacteria. Before rainwater can be absorbed by the ground or evaporated back into the air it travels down to the ocean waters through sewer pipes where it can pick […]
Read moreFrom the mouths of babes
A Florida man has been arrested and convicted of running a prostitution ring, thanks to the honesty of his 7-year-old son. Robert Burton, 34, was pulled over during a traffic stop while driving with his son and two unnamed women. When police asked who the women were, the boy replied, “Those are my daddy’s hos.” Burton last week was sentenced […]
Read moreGeorge Berkeley Quote – Truth Is The Cry Of All
“Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few.” – George Berkeley
Read moreGeorge Bernard Shaw Quote – All Progress Depends On The Unreasonable Man
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw
Read moreLeo Tolstoy Quote – Where He Ended And She Began
“He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.” – Leo Tolstoy
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