Arthur C. Clarke Quote – Venture Into The Impossible
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke
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Personalized Diets
For years the Federal Dietary Guidelines have handed out a blueprint to Americans for good nutrition. As it turns out this may not be a good outline for all Americans. People are different in all respects; even identical twins have different ways they respond to food. People have been told to follow the same diet as the next person. Now […]
Read moreThe Seasons Of Antarctica
Winter in Antarctica, it is dark all of the time. In the Antarctic summer, (between January and March, when there is plenty of daylight—twenty-four hours a day! In September, the Sun rises, and then doesn’t set again until March. Why does Antarctica have six whole months of darkness in the winter and six whole months of lightness in the summer? […]
Read morePoem – Salvation Days (By R.T. Castleberry)
In the turn from wide to narrow streets seams in the street shudder my tires, loosed leaves flutter through the fog. Police on patrol secure the corner the five-columned church commands. Blocked by brush-wide blurs of contrails, the sun settles behind the storm. There’s a death in my house, a dearth of charity, a chastened child unwrapping his […]
Read moreBill Withers – Lean On Me
“Lean on me when you’re not strong, and I’ll be your friend, I’ll help you carry on. For it won’t be long till I’m gonna need somebody to lean on.” – Bill Withers
Read moreCartoon – Modern Day Santa Snacks
Victor Borge Quote – The Shortest Distance Between Two People
“A smile is the shortest distance between two people.” – Victor Borge
Read moreHelen Hayes Quote – Forget About Success
“Always aim for achievement, and forget about success” – Helen Hayes
Read morePoem – The Song of Songs (By Henryk Baranski)
The Song of Songs FEAR FEAR FOR THE CHILDREN FIND FLIGHT FOR THEM ALL AND OTHERS AND SWEEP FOR SOLOMON AND HIS ANCESTORS AND FIGHT FOR HIS DAUGHTERS AND SONS. THOSE WHO THINK OF LOVE AND REDEMPTION THOSE WHO SPEAK OF HEARTS AND WOE THOSE WHO THRIVE FROM SCATTERING PETALS THOSE WHO SHINE WITH GUTTURAL GRIEF. SO […]
Read moreChipping away at our freedoms
Poland is giving up the liberties it fought so hard to gain, said Jacek Zakowski. There was “no coup, no fanfare, no lofty ideas or slogans.” But slowly and incrementally, our own democratically elected government has been passing law after law restricting our freedoms. In the past six months, we’ve granted the government permission to track us through our cellphone […]
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