Annie Dillard Quote – How We Spend Our Lives
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” – Annie Dillard
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Cartoon – Pickup Lines
Cartoon – Future Generations
Poem – Restless in holidays (By Narges Rothermel)
Restless in holidays Trace of white frost on green grass, red ribbons on the fences, menorahs on the lawns, red, green, and silver lights on pine trees manmade icicles on front eaves It is that time of the year again. Boxed ornaments welcome their short-lived freedom while hang on branches of indoor pines. Decorated shop-fronts invite window-shoppers […]
Read moreCRIME IN JAPAN
Police in Japan have reported that crime is at a minimum and that they have nothing to do. They say that there has only been one gun homicide since 2015 when they made firearms illegal. Gun control is the major reason for this low homicide rate. Japanese Law states that no person is allowed to own a firearm or sword. […]
Read moreThe stuff of life on Mercury
Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, has blistering 800-degree temperatures at its equator—but its poles are full of ice. New data from NASA’s Messenger spacecraft, which began orbiting Mercury last year, has revealed that as much as a trillion tons of ice exists in shadowy polar craters, where temperatures can drop to minus 370 degrees. Much of the ice […]
Read moreHermann Hesse Quote – Love Is Stronger
“Soft is stronger than hard, water stronger than rock, love stronger than violence.” – Hermann Hesse
Read moreShirley MacLaine Quote – Friends
“The more I traveled, the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.” – Shirley MacLaine
Read moreJames Thurber Quote – There Are Two Kinds Of Light
“There are two kinds of light — the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.” – James Thurber
Read moreSecret Santa
An anonymous “Secret Santa” traveled to New Jersey and New York last week to hand out $100 bills to people who’d lost their homes and possessions in Hurricane Sandy. The Kansas City, Mo., businessman spent a day in Elizabeth, N.J., and Staten Island, N.Y., giving C-notes to the poor and homeless; he plans to give away $100,000 this holiday season. He was […]
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