Benjamin Franklin Quote – Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame
“Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.” – Benjamin Franklin
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Weight Gain In America
The average American woman now weighs 166.2 pounds, about the same as the average American man weighed in the early 1960’s. Over the same time period, U.S. men have gained nearly 30 pounds, from 166.3 in the ’60’s to 195.5 today.
Read morePoem – On Being Safe (By David B. Axelrod)
ON BEING SAFE His mantra starts out, “Warm, clean, comfortable.” He’s had his share of troubles — health, work, relationships. He’s never been consoled to hear, “Others have it so much worse.” Why would that make him feel better? How many people go hungry, combing dumpsters for food, or sleep in cardboard boxes in freezing weather? Others […]
Read moreFrank Tyger Quote – Progress Is Not Created By Contented People
“Progress is not created by contented people.” – Frank Tyger
Read moreCartoon – Therapeutic Sessions
Pollution’s links to autism
A new study has found the strongest link yet between air pollution and autism, which experts now say affects one in 50 U.S. schoolchildren. Pregnant women who lived in areas with high levels of diesel exhaust and airborne mercury were found to be twice as likely to have a child with autism as those living in places with the lowest […]
Read moreCartoon – What Did You Get For Your Birthday?
Poem – Plain Girl Pretty (By Donal Mahoney)
Plain Girl Pretty Rose was a plain girl from a small town. She sang in the choir, never missed Bible study, left for the big city after high school. She worked nights in a shanty diner next to a bar where working men gathered. Depending on how much the men had to drink Rose looked appealing but she ignored […]
Read moreQuote – Processed Meats
“Processed meats = bacon, sausage, ham, salami, bologna, pepperoni, all red meat in frozen meals. They are too dangerous for human consumption because of sodium nitrite = carcinogen.”
Read moreBack To The Future Quote
“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.” – Christopher Lloyd’s character tells Michael J. Fox, Back to the Future
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