Driving and Cell Phones
Chance that a U.S. automobile accident occurs when at least one of the drivers is texting or talking on a cell phone: 1 in 4
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It Was A Good Week For . . .
Knowing your limits, after Molly Schuyler, a 120-pound mother of four, won a Texas eating competition by wolfing down 13 pounds of steak in four minutes, 18 seconds. Schuyler said she had room for more steak but got sick of the taste.
Read moreFBI Files
The FBI has files on roughly 77.7 million people in the U.S.—the equivalent of one in three American adults. As many as 12,000 new names are added to its master criminal database every day, largely as the result of minor arrests connected to “zero-tolerance” policies at schools.
Read moreM. Scott Peck Quote – Problems
“Problems call forth our courage and wisdom. It is only because of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually. It is through pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn.” – M. Scott Peck
Read moreAbraham Lincoln Quote – Bound To Be True
“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.” Abraham Lincoln
Read morePoem – Somnambulant Webs (By Cynthia Sharp)
To the love I was abducted away from, a satellite to my being, the raven trickster who elevated everyone to laughter from deep within, soaking in the sun that surrounded you – Time lapses in your absence – a stencil of easier days like cut-out paper dolls without heart mirrors vainly what used to be, before I was […]
Read moreCartoon – The Big Questions
Poem – Insignificance (By Robert Ronnow)
Insignificance Late in life I struggle against my insignificance When I should enjoy the freedom from performance before an audience. Applause is happiness but if they withhold applause, embarrassment. When Da Liu put me to work crunching hexagrams and spreadsheet numerology Instead of ghost writing his books about T’ai Chi for longevity I was humiliated but freed. No need to […]
Read moreHaim Ginott Quote – Parents Talk To The Heart
“The world talks to the mind. Parents speak more intimately, they talk to the heart.” – Haim Ginott
Read moreStudy Finds Exercise Could Slow Down Aging
A research group tested a group of about 125 cyclists aged between 50 and around 80 – ¾ of the group were male and ¼ were female. They did not study any people with high blood pressure, alcoholics, smokers, or any other health problems. Another group of non-exercising adults aged between 50 to 80 and 20 to 36 underwent tests […]
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