Cartoon – New Years Resolutions
Author: Antarctica Journal
British Woman Skis Unaided Across Antarctica
A British woman has become the first person to ski across Antarctica without the help of kites, machines, or dogs. Felicity Aston, 34, completed the 1,084-mile journey in 59 days, battling through the frozen wastes in temperatures as low as -22 and dragging 187 pounds of supplies behind her on a sled. She overcame crushing loneliness by listening to Agatha Christie […]
Read moreHomicide
Homicide is the leading cause of on-the-job death among women. And taxi drivers are the people most likely to be murdered while working.
Read moreChris Burden Quote – In The Eye Of The Beholder
“‘Limits’ is a relative term. Like beauty, it is often in the eye of the beholder.” – Chris Burden
Read moreG.K. Chesterton Quote – Love Life
“We must learn to love life without ever trusting it.” – G.K. Chesterton
Read moreTheodore Roosevelt Quote – Dare Mighty Things
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
Read moreWhat it means to be a brother
The birth order of brothers, says George Howe Colt, is just one of the things that cause them to be so different. History is full of brothers so different that it seems impossible they could have the same parents. A brief sampling through the ages might include the Arouets (Armand was a sanctimonious, evangelical Catholic; his younger brother Frangois-Marie, […]
Read moreWarren Buffett Quote – Human Characteristic
“There seems to be some perverse human characteristic that likes to make easy things difficult.” – Warren Buffett
Read moreSCARIEST STREETS IN THE WORLD
Below is a listing of what has been considered to be the most scariest streets in the world. Some have been labeled scary because of their sheer location, while others are scary because of the way they were designed. Either way, we hope you enjoy this list of the world’s scariest streets as much as we did. WINSTON […]
Read moreR. A. Salvatore Quote – How Many People
“How many people long for that “past, simpler, and better world,” I wonder, without ever recognizing the truth that perhaps it was they who were simpler and better, and not the world about them?” – R. A. Salvatore
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