Cartoon – Cupcake Conformity
Author: Antarctica Journal
Over 14 Million People Enslaved In New Delhi
According to a report from the foundation Walk Free there are over 14 million people are living in slavery. The foundation reported that this number includes adults and children. Which is about 40% of the global amount. The highest numbers of slavery are in the countries of Mauritania, Uzbekistan, Qatar, China, Pakistan, and Haiti. Some believe that slave trade is […]
Read moreNASA paid people to lay in bed
That’s right… NASA paid people to lay in bed! NASA asked for volunteers who’d like to lie in bed for 24 hours a day for 10 weeks to volunteer for a program to study prolonged idleness. The test subjects, had access to TVs, books, and computers, and even had to wash up in bed. Volunteers were paid $12,000, but NASA […]
Read moreSource unknown – the real measure of your wealth
“The real measure of your wealth is how much you’d be worth if you lost all your money.” – Source unknown
Read moreCartoon – Connected Funeral
Poem – Mrs. Giles who lives at the foot of beautiful Forest Park (By Tom Brogan)
My friend, Edith Giles, is the mom of my childhood friend Tom. Tom is kind and loves sports and was my childhood protector against the likes of Michael Lombardi in grammar school. My brother Ed was another who looked out for me. Mrs. Giles would always say hello, how are you, and would read my writing, something always important […]
Read moreCartoon – Jumping The Gun
Poem – The Path of Art II (By Gary Beck)
The Path of Art II In primitive times unknown individuals painted on cave walls not for interior decoration, but artistic expression, that would unlike today, with no gallery opening for an elite crowd, perhaps just the clan, yet if they saw the strange images might have burned, stoned, banished the strange one, rather than give a scathing review in […]
Read moreCartoon – Its Vince All Right
Poem – Hope (By Naushena)
Hope I bring sunshine in your day, A spark in your eyes, Spread smile in your sinking heart, I fill warmth in your body I am hope, a ray – The silver lining behind the dark clouds The embers in the dying fire, I come secretly, tip toe silently You see me not but feel Like a blowing wind, For […]
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