Friedrich Nietzsche Quote – Interpretation
“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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Fran Lebowitz Quote – As A Teenager
“As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.” – Fran Lebowitz
Read moreCartoon – Extreme Pie In the Face
Voyager 1 Escaping Our Solar System
On the 35th anniversary of its launch, the Voyager 1 spacecraft is close to becoming the first man-made object to escape our solar system. The spacecraft—run by a 1977 computer 100,000 times less powerful than an iPod Nano—is currently 11.3 billion miles away. In 2004, Voyager 1 entered the turbulent boundary zone beyond Pluto, where solar winds encounter plasma pushing […]
Read moreAfrican Elephants are Being Born Without Tusks
About 98% of the female elephants are now showing up without tusks. There were only 2% – 6% born on average a few years ago. Poachers target the elephants with tusks for the best ivory and now that they have been doing this for so long, they have altered the gene pool. In the past ten years they have slaughtered […]
Read moreRobert Louis Stevenson Quote – Don’t Judge Each Day
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
Read moreHenry Ward Beecher Quote – Every Pebble In The Road
“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble in the road.” – Henry Ward Beecher
Read moreObesity: Why Americans keep expanding
Why are Americans so fat—and getting fatter with every passing year? said Brian Stelter in The New York Times. Seventy percent of adults in the U.S. are either overweight or obese, and so are one third of children and teens. This week, HBO began airing a four-part documentary, The Weight of the Nation, that aims to serve as a “wake-up […]
Read moreAntoine de Saint-Exupé Quote – Enable The Future
“As for the future, your task is not to foresee it but to enable it.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Read moreCartoon – Making Fruitcake Popular Again
