Cartoon – Shear Stupidity
Author: Antarctica Journal
St. Francis of Assisi Quote – Blessed Is The Servant
“Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might […]
Read moreBenjamin E. Mays Quote – The Tragedy of Life
“The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.” – Benjamin E. Mays
Read moreShot In The Back
Number of U.S. police officers who have been prosecuted in the past decade for shooting someone in the back: 28 Number convicted: 6
Read moreDonald G. Smith Quote – The Two Functions of Family
“The family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time of need and to drive each other insane.” – Donald G. Smith
Read moreSir Ranulph Fiennes Quote – Inappropriate Clothing
“There’s no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.” – Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Read moreElvia Alvarado Quote – I’ll Be There To Help You
“I don’t think that God says, “Go to church and pray all day and everything will be fine.” No. For me God says, “Go out and make the changes that need to be made, and I’ll be there to help you.” – Elvia Alvarado
Read moreCraig Russell, Canadian Novelist Predicts Arctic Event
In 2016, a Canadian novelist, Craig Russell — who is also a lawyer and a theater director in Manitoba — wrote an environmental cli-fi thriller titled “Fragment” about a major calving event along the ice shelf of Antarctica. The Yale Climate Connections website recently recommended the novel, published by Thistledown Press as a good summer read. Ironically, scientists in Antarctica are […]
Read moreNASA Highlights Drought, Mars, Arctic Warming at Science Conference
Long ago, in the largest canyon system in our solar system, vibrations from “marsquakes” shook soft sediments that had accumulated in Martian lakes. The shaken sediments formed features that now appear as a series of low hills apparent in a geological map based on NASA images. The map was released today by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). This map of […]
Read moreEyeball Licking -Japanese Craze
Japanese schoolchildren have been swept up in a new craze— eyeball licking. The bizarre practice, known as “worming” supposedly is an expression of intimacy, and was sparked by a music video in which a woman licks the lead singer’s eye. Ophthalmologists warned that the practice is causing scratched corneas and infections that could lead to blindness. But Japanese teens have […]
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