Cartoon – Confirmation
Author: Antarctica Journal
Cartoon – Advice on Confidence
Fewer Americans Killed by Lightning Strikes
Fewer people are being killed by lightning strikes due to better ways to get out of its way. In the United States we have learned that we can get out its way by having covers over us that don’t attract the lightning bolts. In the 1940s there was over 400 people a year that were killed by lightning and in […]
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Monitoring your tweets
What happened to the Conservatives’ promise to roll back the surveillance state? said James Ball. The British are already the most-spied-upon people on the planet, with hundreds of thousands of video cameras recording our comings and goings. Junior-level bureaucrats have the authority to “ping” our mobile phones to find out where we are at any given moment. Now they also […]
Read morePoem – AT A DISTANCE (By Ray Gallucci)
AT A DISTANCE Gently rolling, runneled hills, Colored like a daffodil. Rivulets to ocean spill Under cloudy skies. Atmosphere of shrouding haze Rising from the surface waves, Where beneath lie ancient caves Never brought to light. Yet this sky’s a different hue From what we’re accustomed to B Yellow, not a trace of blue, Dares to […]
Read more♫ Music Review: Spaceship and “Shake Time Loose” (By Melissa R. Mendelson)
Music Review: Spaceship and “Shake Time Loose” by, Melissa R. Mendelson When I was a kid, I remember lying on top of my parents’ car, staring up into the milky way, and waiting, waiting for the stars to fall. It was summer, a cool night, and the meteor shower had arrived. And I wanted to catch a shooting […]
Read moreDrinking Alcohol Linked to Cancer
According to research you may know that smoking can lead to cancer, but did you also know that drinking alcohol can also lead to cancer? You are not alone – about 7 out 0f 10 people don’t realize that when they drink at least two or three drinks a day can lead to cancer. The alcohol changes the chemical and […]
Read moreOBESITY IN AMERICA
America is now in an Obesity Epidemic with 70% of Americans overweight or obese. This according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention state the 40% of adults and 20% of adolescents are obese. In the US obesity is a major health issue – increased risk of certain cancers, diabetes, coronary artery disease, stroke and an early mortality. Obesity […]
Read morePoem – Edits Don’t Exist Right Now (By Mike Roeder)
Edits Don’t Exist Right Now Light shines through the tiny space between shade and wall highlighting her curve and the wrinkled sheets next to her point to the bassinet turning a whole new emotion. A joy unknown now near fully realized and permanent—something to live and die for. They’re both real, breathing quietly in the next room. The hum of […]
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