Cartoon – The Goodmood Blimp
Author: Antarctica Journal
Martin Luther King Jr. Quote – Faith is
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
Read moreVoltaire Quote – Leave Nothing Out
“The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.” – Voltaire
Read moreFleeing From Syria
GRAPHIC WARNING: The following images depict violence which some readers may find disturbing. Syria’s civil war is the worst humanitarian disaster of our time. The number of innocent civilians suffering has surpassed more than 11 million. More than four years after it began, the full-blown civil war has killed over 220,000 people, half of whom are believed to be […]
Read moreCartoon – When Doctors Take Things Too Literally
To succeed in life, you need three things
“To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone, and a funnybone.”
Read morePoem – MY WORDS (By Elaine Nadal)
MY WORDS – By Elaine Nadal Inadequate fragments embedded with Ay, No puede ser, Sí se puede, Pura vida lacking punctuation misunderstood tirelessly running on and on syncopating along the way Lo tengo to’ pensao Pues a veces sometimes spontaneous problem-solving compassionate “Bendito, don’t you worry cariño.” creative making my own spice an unconventional lexicon embedded with made-up words feel […]
Read moreCould we talk with whales?
Human-like sounds made by a captive beluga whale suggest that cetaceans could learn to mimic our voices, and perhaps even converse with us. Researchers at the National Marine Mammal Foundation first noticed in the 1980s that one of their whales was attempting to copy the speech patterns of his handlers and they began recording his human-like vocalizations. Recently, they analyzed […]
Read moreEarl Weaver Quote – It’s What You Learn
“It is what you learn after you know it all that counts.” – Earl Weaver
Read morePlanet Has More Trees
The last study showed that the world has about 3 trillion trees. That is over the estimate of 400 billion in previous studies. Researchers did a count by actually going out and physically counting trees, using satellite imagery, ground survey, and national forest inventories. Even though we have lost trees from fires, drought, and insect outbreaks there are still more […]
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