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The COVID is Coming, The COVID is Coming!
March 2020, a new and deadly virus hits the shores of America. Panic is unleased among the population. “What is this thing? Where did it come from? How did we get it?” are the outcries.
By Diane Stewart5 years ago in FYI
Gossip or Truth?
I recently went to the grocery store and when I was about to go through the check out, a headline on a magazine caught my attention. I couldn't believe it, did you know that Elvis is still alive? (Where have they been hiding him?)
By Cathy Deslippe5 years ago in FYI
Hedonistic Tendencies
Many people think that because I am a minimalist that I don’t buy anything. By this logic, I must use photosynthesis to make food and water because humans need food to eat, and I’m not hunter-gather. That being said, I do spend quite a bit of my money on food and related items. However, besides necessities, I have a different system besides just “add to cart” before I buy something. Just because I am a minimalist doesn’t mean I don’t enjoy buying things conscientiously. My system includes never using the buy now button and creating lists of the things I want. This list is then reviewed to see if those things I thought I wanted, are still what I want. I do this weekly. Then depending on how much the item is, I will take this system further. This helps me avoid unnecessary spending as well as collecting random items I don’t need. Would you believe I don’t even have amazon prime anymore? Crazy in this day and age, I know. However there have been a few items on my list lately, so I felt that they were a splurge-worthy of sharing with you.
By Jazzy 5 years ago in FYI
Giving a Voice to the True Americans
When native lands were invaded by foreign Europeans in the 1700s, the people who lived upon those areas were quick to take action. Battles were fought; blood was shed. This may sound like the start of a very interesting movie, but as we all know, it is history. Native Americans were driven away from their homes to designated areas the government had “given” to them. Yes, given. After taking their homes and forcing them to walk miles upon miles chained up, they decided compensation would be provided by giving them land. This type of mistreatment was not uncommon back then, and it is not uncommon nowadays, either. Native people are just like you and I. They have the same hopes, dreams, and feelings as you do, but they are still being treated otherwise. That is the issue. The general public wants to believe reservation life is great, but unless you are there, you will never know the struggles the people face every day. Since living conditions, schools systems, and healthcare are severely flawed on reservations, more must be done to finally end the injustice Native Americans receive in the United States..
By makenna5 years ago in FYI
They saw you in your underwear, and they actually exist.
There is some commotion going on at the park, or maybe it’s the grocery store--everything is extremely strange and continually morphing before your eyes. You aren’t fully aware of where you are, or if you are even yourself. You can’t see yourself, after all. Where’s a mirror when you need one?
By R. A. Lee5 years ago in FYI
How a Great Dane Made Her Mark
Soldiers understand the threatening reality of explosives in warfare. Some specialize in the most conventional and unconventional explosives to ensure the safe disposal of such devices. These brave men and women are called Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technicians. These military personnel are on call to respond to any type of ordnance, including chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. According to the Navy Careers Website,
By Bryan R..5 years ago in FYI
Perspective
“There is only a perspectival seeing, only a perspectival ‘knowing’; the more affects we are able to put into words about a thing, the more eyes, various eyes we are able to use for the same thing, the more complete will be our ‘concept’ of the thing, our ‘objectivity’.” - Nietzsche
By Dan Garro5 years ago in FYI
Murder, He Wrote
It was when someone told me about a crash of rhinos that I hit the wall. It was one of those things that come up in casual conversation, when going down the road the of fact-finding factoids inevitably brings you to the weird and wacky anomalies of the English language, and how there’s a word for everything — even when there isn’t.
By Hamish Alexander5 years ago in FYI
The Slippery Issue of Palm Oil
Forget the adage that you never more than 6ft away from a rat. In all likelihood, you are never more than 6ft away from palm oil in some shape or form, which may in fact be a scarier thought than those rodent residents. Palm oil is the most popular edible oil in the world. Check the back of the nearest packet of biscuits, your tube of shampoo or your daily makeup and in all likelihood you’ll see it there - PKO or Palm Kernel Oil. It may even sneak in under disguise, with around 500 different processed forms, or ‘derivatives’, that make up about 60% of global palm oil use.
By Georgia Melodie Hole5 years ago in FYI
Curiosity, Perplexity, and the Wisdom of Socrates
“I know that I know nothing" - Socrates Plato begins his dialogue, Meno, rather abruptly. At the very outset, Meno poses the following question to Socrates: “Can you tell me, Socrates, can virtue be taught?” Meno believes he has a clear understanding of virtue and what it entails. He even suggests as much to Socrates: “I have made many speeches about virtue before large audiences on a thousand occasions, very good speeches I thought.”
By Dan Garro5 years ago in FYI
What in the world is a Gremlin Bell?
Man do I have some nuggets of uncommon knowledge for you to add to your conversational tool bag. We all have one, don’t be shy. Uncommon, weird, or strange knowledge is mandatory for everyone. Some people have some strange facts tucked away about how sharks clean their teeth, some have the golden nugget of how many stairs are in the Statue of Liberty (not that it matters) while others have more socially acceptable nuggets about household cleaning cheats (please share them with me).
By Brian Pehrson5 years ago in FYI
Navigating the Pain Game
“Candidate One-Zero-Eight, out of the van,” the unseen driver barked. I disembarked hastily from the back of a blacked-out moving van and hustled towards the silhouette in the adjacent clearing. The tacticool ball cap rattled off two series of numbers before dismissing himself. On bended knee I raced through a few calculations and scratched a few figures on my laminated map.
By Nom de Guerre5 years ago in FYI