Chinese Proverb – Joy
“One joy scatters a thousand griefs.” – Chinese proverb
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Cartoon – Cosmic Comic Relief
The Missing Heat – Global warming hits plateau
Global warming hits plateau. . . What does that mean for the threat of catastrophic climate change? Why has the warming trend slowed? Climatologists aren’t sure. What they do know is that the average air temperatures at the earth’s surface have risen only about 0.2 degrees Fahrenheit since 1998—the hottest year of the 20th century—even as humanity has continued to […]
Read morePoem – Suicide Bomb (By Fern G. Z. Carr)
Suicide Bomb – By Fern G. Z. Carr cavernous thunder shattering normalcy sirens cries, shrieks, moans, whispers shards of metal and glass raining in torrents rat-a-tat-tat rat-a-tat-tat chests impaled by metal girders corpses crushed, smashed oozing blood eyeballs frozen wide open in terror, coated in soot body parts strewn asunder […]
Read moreWHY DON’T MORE PEOPLE GET HIT BY FALLING SPACE JUNK?
Giant chunks of manmade space junk regularly fall to Earth. It has been reported that only one person has been hit by falling debris and she was not hurt. According to a Harvard University astronomer rocket parts and satellites that weigh two tons, or more are falling uncontrollably to the earth about once a month. If you go back a […]
Read moreE.E. Cummings Quote – Live for love and dive for dreams
“Live for love and dive for dreams.” – E.E. Cummings
Read moreHugh Trevor-Roper Quote – History Is Not Merely What Happened
“History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened.” – Hugh Trevor-Roper
Read moreG.K. Chesterton Quote – Bigotry
“Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions.” – G.K. Chesterton
Read moreCartoon – Butterfly Envy
Pope Francis Quote – Learn To Lift Your Hearts
“Dear young people, . . . learn to lift your hearts in an attitude of contemplation.” – Pope Francis
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