Puns, No. 7
I tried to catch some fog. I mist.When chemists die, they barium. Jokes about German sausage are the wurst. A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran. I know a guy...
View ArticleEscaped Syrian Child Soldier: "Don't Join ISIS"
At age 14, Khaled held his first gun. Fifteen days later, one of the world's most feared extremist groups sent him into battle. Khaled remembers how heavy the Kalashnikov rifle felt, how the noise hurt...
View ArticleQuotes about Being Crazy
cra·zyadjective: mentally deranged, especially as manifested in a wild or aggressive way.synonyms:mad, insane, out of one's mind, deranged, demented.noun: a mentally deranged person.* *...
View ArticlePolitical Insanity, or How to Destroy a Country and Not Give a Damn
Republican Party IdiotsRepublican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina is campaigning for the right for restaurant employees not to practice proper hygiene. Tillis who also does not support a minimum...
View ArticleFacts about Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British overseas territory that is located to the south of Spain on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. Gibraltar is a peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea with an area of just 2.6...
View ArticleShinto, The Religion of Japan
The word "Shinto", comes from the Chinese words "Shin Tao". It means "Way of the Gods", or in Japanese, "Kami no Michi". There are between three and five million believer of Shinto world-wide. But,...
View ArticleTwo Poem by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a British novelist, short story writer, poet, fighter pilot and screenwriter. His parents were from Norway but he was born in 1915 in Wales and he died in 1990 also in Wales, The New...
View ArticleNews You May Have Missed, No. 63
Pope Francis: World Not Over-Populated So Have More ChildrenLess than a month after saying Catholics don’t have to multiply “like rabbits,” on February 11, 2015, Pope Francis once again praised big...
View ArticleKnowledge Quiz, No. 51
I dislike the term trivia. No knowledge is trivial. All information contributes to the whole of an intelligent human being. And, it is an essential part of critical thinking. That is why I did not call...
View ArticleFigures of Speech: Paraprosdokians
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part. It is...
View ArticleQuotes about Religion
This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. - Dalai Lama, Tibetan spiritual...
View ArticleFacts about Dinosaurs
The word dinosaur comes from the Greek language and means ‘terrible lizard’. The word was coined by English paleontologist Richard Owen in 1842 and was meant to refer to the dinosaur's impressive size...
View ArticleTwo Poems by Edward Arlington Robinson
Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869-1935) was an American poet and the winner of three Pulitzer Prizes in the 1920s for his works. He was born in Head Tide, Lincoln County, Maine. He described his childhood...
View ArticleFacts about the Female Vagina
The word “vagina” is Latin for “sheath” or “scabbard.” The plural of vagina is vaginae orvaginas.The vagina is a potential space. That means it will not open unless nothing something is inserted in it...
View ArticleAmerica's Unique Home-Grown Religions
Christian Unitarian Universalist AssociationThe Universalist Church of America was founded by John Murray in 1793. The American Unitarian Association was founded in 1825. While neither denomination...
View ArticleNews You May Have Missed, No. 64
Male Narcissism Men are more narcissistic than women. This is the primary finding from an extensive study led by the University at Buffalo School of Management. Researchers examined data from over 31...
View ArticleFigures of Speech: Paraprosdokians
A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reinterpret the first part. It is...
View ArticleKnowledge Quiz, No. 51
I dislike the term trivia. No knowledge is trivial. All information contributes to the whole of an intelligent human being. And, it is an essential part of critical thinking. That is why I did not call...
View ArticleOld Negro Spiritual: Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
There are some of the more recent plantation hymns which have added an element of culture without diminishing religious fervor. One of the best of these is "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?"...
View ArticleFacts about Thailand
The official name of Thailand is the Kingdom of Thailand and it was formerly known as Siam.Thailand’s name in the Thai language is Prathet Thai, which means “Land of the Free.” It is the only country...
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