Virgilia Peterson Quote – Memory Must Be Selective
“I can understand that memory must be selective, else it would choke on the glut of experience. What I cannot understand is why it selects what it does.” – Virgilia Peterson
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Live Like You Were Dying
Tim McGraw, “Live Like You Were Dying”
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 […]
Read morePoem – Bears Starving in the Woods (By Donal Mahoney)
Bears Starving in the Woods Long article in the paper this morning stops Tim from gobbling his bacon and eggs. Bears are starving in the woods. Too many cubs, too little food. There’s a plan to feed them. But no plan yet to feed people in the city nearby waving signs about working for food.
Read moreGold’s cosmic origins
All the gold on Earth was forged in the collisions of massively dense stars billions of years ago. Astronomers have come to this conclusion after observing and analyzing the afterglow of a crash between two neutron stars in a galaxy 3.9 billion light-years away that yielded a hoard of gold likely equal to the mass of 20 Earths. “At today’s […]
Read moreOur Greatest Glory
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising up every time we fall.”
Read moreTaurids Meteor Stream Could Cause Disaster To Earth
Scientists have discovered a new branch of the Taurids meteor stream that could prove to be a major disaster for Earth, with asteroids up to 1,000 feet wide flying past us every few years. The Taurids meteor shower peaks every October and November, producing a relatively small display of shooting stars as Earth passes through its stream. Meteor showers are […]
Read moreZadie Smith Quote – The End
“The end is simply the beginning of an even longer story.” – Zadie Smith
Read moreHelen Keller Quote – Overcoming Suffering
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”- Helen Keller
Read moreCartoon – Have you herd?
