George Washington Carver Quote – Ninety-nine Percent Of Failures
“Ninety-nine percent of failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” – George Washington Carver
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Poem – WHAT LIES BENEATH (By Ray Gallucci)
WHAT LIES BENEATH At base of elevator shaft Lives planet I once knew (Preserved by technologic craft) On which earth’s surface grew. Beneath a roof of greenhouse glass Lies planet of my birth Supporting seven levels vast Of Hotel Planet Earth. Atop the seventh level like The Babylon of old Are gardens hanging lush and ripe […]
Read moreAncient Tools Found in North Africa
Archeologists have found some stone tools from about 2 million years ago in Algeria. The 250 tools found alongside some 300 animal bones suggests that humans were butchering animals in North Africa long before they were originally thought to had arrived in the region. This really has changed the theory that human life began in East Africa. The discovery shows […]
Read morePoem – THE MULTIPLEX (By John Zedolik)
THE MULTIPLEX – By John Zedolik Walking on the left side is walking on the same street but it’s the other of the one if the right has been the only I have used in my journeys up the hill and back home in falling leaves or following cold. And yet another arises when walking in the middle […]
Read moreCharlie Chaplin Quote – Nothing Is Permanent
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world—not even our troubles.” – Charlie Chaplin
Read moreMeister Eckhart quote – Secretly all nature seeks god
“Whether you like it or not, whether you know it or not, secretly all nature seeks God and works toward him.” – Meister Eckhart
Read morePirates
Portion of the Indian Ocean that is underexplored by scientists because of pirates: 1/4
Read moreGertrude Stein Quote – Human Beings
“Human beings are interested in two things. They are interested in reality and interested in telling about it.” – Gertrude Stein
Read morePoem – Rethinking Things (By Gil Hoy)
Rethinking Things – By Gil Hoy I should have married a computer with high-speed internet at an early age. I wouldn’t have needed so much school. Just search for “Most useful info” and read on for four years. Grad school? Just search: “Most useful info—advanced.” It’s all there. If Bill Gates had thought of this, he could really truly […]
Read moreA remedy for existential angst
If thinking about your own death freaks you out, there may be over-the-counter solution. A new study shows that the main ingredient in Tylenol, acetaminophen, can help calm existential dread in the same way it reduces the physical pain of a headache. To get volunteers worried about their own mortality, University of British Columbia researchers asked them to watch scenes […]
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