Winston Churchill Quote – Stood Up For Something
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life” –Winston Churchill
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Poem – Once this bedroom door is closed… (By Simon Perchik)
Once this bedroom door is closed the rug deals in flowers, its dark scent reaching up where your eyes expect sunlight and miles away the heady whiff from a firefly –already she’s naked the woman you just this minute inhaled, a deep breath who can’t see, has to feel along the grass though the dead still stake a […]
Read moreCartoon – I Love My Pit Bull
Bruce Barton Quote – Conceit
“Conceit is God’s gift to little men.” – Bruce Barton
Read moreAcknowledging Beijing’s Pollution
The smog which suffocates Beijing has gotten so bad that the Chinese media has concluded that something must be done. Poor visibility has led to canceled flights and highway closings. The level of particulates in the air topped 35 times the World Health Organization’s safety limit. China’s new leaders “appear to be sending a signal that they want to allow […]
Read moreMavis Gallant quote – now that he was rich
“Now that he was rich he was not thought ignorant anymore, but simply eccentric.” – Mavis Gallant
Read moreSteve Jobs Quote – Let’s Go Invent Tomorrow
“Let’s go invent tomorrow instead of worrying about what happened yesterday” – Steve Jobs
Read morePope Francis Quote – Humanity
“None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.” – Pope Francis
Read moreMargaret J. Wheatley Quote – Risks That Are Unimaginable
“Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.” – Margaret J. Wheatley
Read moreMission to the Sun
Since NASA has made missions to the moon, Mars, and Pluto they are now getting ready to mission to the sun. This spacecraft will come within four million miles from the sun’s surface to explore its atmosphere and observe how this star works. The probe called Solar Probe Plus will have a shield on it so that it can survive […]
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