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Manufacturing replaced by Litigation

Here is an interesting, humorous comment by Dave Barry about United States citizen’s and their current method of earning a living:

You youngsters won’t believe this, but there was a time when Americans actually made physical things called “products” right here in America. Workers would go to large grimy buildings called “factories” where they would [...]

Audrey Hepburn said something…

Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering – because you can’t take it in all at once.

Audrey Hepburn

A sense of humor

“No mind is thoroughly well-organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Blue Marble photograph

On this date in 1972, the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft took this famous photograph of the Earth on their way to the Moon:

Here is the original caption with the photograph:

“View of the Earth as seen by the Apollo 17 crew traveling toward the moon. This translunar coast photograph extends from the [...]

The Shift Has Hit The Fan

Skyler brought this article to my attention and it is well worth reading!

The Shift Has Hit The Fan