Cartoon – Hostage Crisis
Author: Antarctica Journal
Poem – A Stationary Bicycle (By Donal Mahoney)
A Stationary Bicycle The doctor tells Phil and his wife he’s in pretty good health for a man his age but he needs to exercise. And Phil says he agrees and then goes on to explain his faith in recliner therapy. He sits in a recliner for hours, watches TV or reads the paper and wiggles his toes at least three […]
Read moreQuote – Love and Laughter
“All you need in the world is love and laughter. That’s all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the other.” August Wilson
Read moreAdlai Stevenson Quote – Principles
“It is often easier to fight for a principle than to live up to it.” – Adlai Stevenson
Read moreANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN TEENS
Teenagers in America are facing an epidemic of anxiety and depression. When freshmen were asked, they said that they feel overwhelmed with all the studying and work that they must accomplish. Most teens feel that they need to be perfect because they see it all the time on Social Media. This has increased from 2011 to 2018, hospitals have also […]
Read moreCartoon – Where the traffic begins
Abraham Lincoln Quote – If I Had Six Hours
“If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the ax.” – Abraham Lincoln
Read moreA Genetic Guide To Happiness
Human beings appear to be genetically engineered to be happiest and healthiest when we spend a lot of time selflessly helping others—and unhealthy when we’re mostly devoted to self-gratification. That’s the eye-opening conclusion of University of North Carolina researchers, based on a study of 80 volunteers. The study subjects were asked how often they felt hedonic pleasure—the kind of happiness […]
Read morePoem – To The Last Detail (By Henryk Baranski)
To The Last Detail AND THE YOUNG WHORE PLAYED OUT HER PART AS THE FORGOTTEN SAILORS PLAYED OUT THEIRS SHE LOOKED SO LOVELY SITTING THERE ALL NAKED AND BEAUTIFUL ENTICING THE PRISONER TO RUN AWAY. AND HE DID TRY TO RUN AWAY BUT HIS COMPADRES CAUGHT HIM REBUKING HIM FOR ESCAPING ABUSING HIM FOR RUNNING […]
Read morePoem – Remnants (By Gary Beck)
Remnants The once proud avenues of vaunted shops now are deserted. Only the ghosts of employees past haunt the cobwebbed stores, all that remains of the departed unable to get other jobs, abandoned by their masters, unable to adapt to changing circumstances, conditioned to servitude, unfit for opportunities limited to the few capable of functioning in the Information Age.
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