Beverly Sills Quote – In Youth We Run Into Difficulties
“In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. ” – Beverly Sills
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Benjamin Franklin Quote – Say The Right Thing
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” – Benjamin Franklin
Read morePoem – THE “BIG BUST?” (By Ray Gallucci)
THE “BIG BUST?” (Based on the theories of Canadian physicist Paul Marmet, 1932-2005, available at http://www.newtonphysics.on.ca/index.html) Suppose the “Big Bang” had never occurred, Was really just some Creationist’s word Embellished by physics theories absurd. Would “facts” accepted fall? Could ever have been an infinite mass Compressed to a point of volumeless plasma Destined to blast a universe […]
Read moreJonathan Swift Quote – Just Enough Religion
“We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love each other.” – Jonathan Swift
Read moreMarie Curie Quote – Nothing In Life
“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.” – Marie Curie
Read moreFred Allen Quote – All The Sincerity In Hollywood
“You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly, and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart.” -Fred Allen
Read moreRadiation from medical scans
Patients are getting larger and perhaps even dangerous doses of radiation from the growing number of advanced medical-imaging tests being ordered by doctors, a new study says. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, analyzed data from millions of patients who received medical treatment between 1996 and 2010. They found that the number of patients who underwent CT scans […]
Read morePoem – Sandstorm (By Nosakhare Collins)
Sandstorm Howling like a thousand wolves Throwing shadows that swirled around the walls The stand pounded and blinding Feels the stinging his arms and chicks To press the lips together to stop it entering his mouth Like bowing his head into his shoulder So that he could breathe The sand clung to them Coating over his skin Like a drop […]
Read moreHold On
“Whenever you feel like giving up, remember why you held on so long in the first place.”
Read moreA HONEY OF A WEAPON
Pompey the Great’s soldiers were bone tired. For most of 65 BCE, Roman legions marched around the southern edge of the Black Sea as they battled the local ruler, Mithridates VI of Pontus. Then, something magical happened: The exhausted troops discovered a stockpile of honeycombs strewn across their path, and they fell upon the sticky treats like hungry bears. But […]
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