Cartoon – You Are What You Eat
Author: Antarctica Journal
Cartoon – Slug Em
Poem – Destinations (By Gil Hoy)
Destinations – By Gil Hoy A lizard crossed my path with no skin, Just armor for protection from car treads and sun tan lotion to keep the sun’s rays out. Its tongue had just scooped up an unsuspecting grasshopper who had hopped off a blade of glistening wet grass, not knowing what was coming— having just kissed the wife and […]
Read moreDebriefing: Michelangelo’s David
■ A Japanese town wants to put underpants on a replica of Michelangelo’s David. The 16-foot-tall statue has caused a stir since it was presented to the town of Okuizumo as a gift. “It’s frightening the children and worrying the adults with its nakedness,” said an official. “Several people have asked us to cover it up with underpants.” Officials are […]
Read moreBenjamin Franklin Quote – Preparing To Fail
“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” – Benjamin Franklin
Read moreWaste management
British scientists invented a cellphone battery powered by urine. This “is about as eco as it gets,” said one researcher, noting that urine is a renewable resource.
Read moreCartoon – Nuts
Poem – WINTER, A LOVE STORY (By John Biscello)
WINTER, A LOVE STORY (By John Biscello) Winter’s brides, wearing long white scarves of sleet and song, touching pale sky to blue lips, breathing memory and frost; their sorrow and spectral want grows hands that enclose me, a robust crush, matrimonial in its grip, until I am no more than a whiff of air, and then, not even that, […]
Read moreZipline Injuries
The more ziplining becomes popular the more injuries are soaring. A study shows that the rise between 2009 and 2012 rose about 50% where kids under the age of 9 rose about 45% of that number. Most of the injuries were broken bones, fractures and about 10% of the injured needed to be hospitalized. Most of the injuries occurred by […]
Read moreHelen Keller Quote – Peace
“I do not want the peace which passeth understanding; I want the understanding which bringeth peace.” – Helen Keller
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