Hannah Arendt Quote – To Go On Living
“In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.” – Hannah Arendt
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Poem – The Waking Nightmare (By Henryk Baranski)
The Waking Nightmare IN THE WAKE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS I RISE AND BLINK HAVE I BEEN LAUGHING HAVE I BEEN CRYING HAVE I BEEN AFRAID OR EXALTED HAVE I SEEN MY UNCONSCIOUS HAVE I BEEN TO OTHER WORLDS HAVE I SEEN THE OTHER OR IS IT ALL BUT A DREAM WHERE I WEPT AND RAN AND […]
Read moreMost of us are parking the wrong way
AAA says more than 76 percent of U.S. drivers are parking the wrong way. “U.S. drivers most frequently park their vehicle by pulling forward into a parking spot … a riskier practice that driving experts warn leaves pedestrians more vulnerable.” So it seems, we should really be backing into parking spots instead of pulling in head first. As part of a […]
Read morePoem – Hocus Pocus (By Changming Yuan)
Hocus Pocus This [bread] is no other than Jesus’ flesh This [horse’s open mouth] is Vaisvanara This [word] has A magic power This [fish head] brings Courage & posterity This [fluid] cures All diseases This [sequence of syllables] drives away All evils & devils This [ritual] ensures Good weather & good harvest This [hat/hood] guarantees Purity, loyalty This [flag] […]
Read moreCartoon – There’s A Pill For That
William Hazlitt Quote – Seat of Wisdom
“The seat of knowledge is in the head, of wisdom, in the heart.” – William Hazlitt
Read moreMore Than Others
“Care more than others think is wise; risk more than others think is safe; dream more than others think is practical; expect more than others think is possible.”
Read moreMississippi Abolishes Slavery – 148 Years Late
Jackson, Miss. Belated ratification: Mississippi officially ratified the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery—148 years late. The approval came after University of Mississippi medical professor Dr. Ranjan Batra watched the Oscar-nominated film Lincoln, and began looking into whether the state had ever endorsed the end of slavery. Batra discovered that by December 1865 the measure had been ratified by the three fourths […]
Read moreCartoon – Stairway to Inconvenience
Poem – The Truth Is Out There (By Amy Hrynchuk)
The Truth Is Out There On a cold, dark evening in a big city, A woman left a small box In front of a well lit house. She knocked on the door And when the porch light was lit, She left without that box she brought. The inside of the box Contained only two things. ********** On a warm, […]
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