Cartoon – Christmas Is For The Dogs
Author: Antarctica Journal
Sixty Seconds
“You’ll fight with your best friend. You’ll blame a new love for things an old one did. You’ll cry because time is passing too fast, and you’ll eventually lose someone you love. So take too many pictures, laugh too much, and love like you’ve never been hurt. Because every sixty seconds you spend angry or upset is a minute of […]
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James Thurber Quote – There Are Two Kinds Of Light
“There are two kinds of light — the glow that illuminates, and the glare that obscures.” – James Thurber
Read moreCartoon – Mixed Messages
Mahatma Gandhi Quote – Human Need
There is enough in the world for human need, but not human greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Read moreSecondhand smoke still lingers
Over the past decade, thanks in part to widespread restrictions on when and where people can light up, the number of Americans who smoke has rapidly declined. But despite that reduction, some 58 million Americans are still regularly exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Although this is a 50 percent drop […]
Read moreMichael Jordan Quote – I’ve Failed Over And Over Again
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – Michael Jordan
Read moreChina looking to access Antarctica with permanent airfield
The frigid continent of Antarctica could prove to be the next location to become a geopolitical battleground, as China announcedthat it is preparing to build its first permanent airfield at the South Pole. The location, about 17 miles away from the Zhongshan Antarctic Station, was surveyed by the 33rd Antarctic expedition in 2017 and will “greatly facilitate the nation’s research […]
Read morePoem – Fast Lane (By David Russell)
Fast Lane Let’s get in the fast lane – Rip off the doors and slice the breezes; Let’s get in the fast lane – Thread the highway through a needle. We can loop the date-line In a coral reef-knot; Turn our jet-lag inside out, Inverted, oblique, reversed. Let’s fly an exploding plane, Turn on our parachutes – Chrysanthemums […]
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