Cartoon – Stupid Birds
Author: Antarctica Journal
Bullying teens into suicide
Children and young adults who are bullied are more than twice as likely to consider suicide and two and a half times as likely to try to kill themselves, a new study has concluded—and those taunted online are even more vulnerable. The findings are based on more than 40 studies, involving more than 284,000 young people ages 9 to 21, […]
Read moreHumans’ indelible mark on new era
Geologists are convinced that humans have left a mark upon the planet that will detectable millions of years from now. Long after human civilization has perished, there could be a stratum of fossilized rock and a geological time zone that says: “We were here.” So there is a case for calling the present epoch “the Anthropocene” − probably dating from […]
Read moreEllen Key Quote – Corporal Punishment
“Corporal punishment is as humiliating for him who gives it as for him who receives it; it is ineffective besides. Neither shame nor physical pain have any other effect than a hardening one.” – Ellen Key
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. Quote – Faith is
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Read moreBartlett’s Book of Anecdotes quote – Now You Know Why
“Censuring Joseph Stalin at a public meeting, Soviet premier Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was interrupted by a voice from the audience. “You were one of Stalin’s colleagues,” shouted the heckler. “Why didn’t you stop him?” “Who said that?” roared Khrushchev. There was an agonizing silence in the room. Nobody dared moved a muscle. Then, in a quiet voice, Khrushchev said, “Now […]
Read moreCartoon – When Deregulation Goes Too Far
Cartoon – How Most Blockbuster Movies Are Made
Poem – CRESCENT MOON (By John Tustin)
CRESCENT MOON You reside In this room That stinks Like moonlight And me. Crescent Moon Pries as She is wont To do In rooms That stink Like her light, Where only Silence Is Uttered, Sharper than The silver Flashing In my hair. [su_john_tustin]
Read morePoem – Echoes (By Chanacee Ruth-Killgore)
Echoes Sometimes… laughter echoes, hollow, haunting and mean. Mocking memories and gnawing away at the mangled pieces left behind. Raw, aching moments past, their humor lost. The memory though still too near. ~Chanacee Ruth-Killgore Author Bio: Chanacee Ruth-Killgore lives in East Tennessee with her husband, Michael, and their two wild and crazy pups, Wrigley and […]
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