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Jon Bon Jovi's Heroic Act in Nashville
3+ week, 6+ day ago (258+ words) While filming a music video on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, Jon Bon Jovi stepped into the role of a compassionate hero, heroically saving a woman who was about to jump off the bridge in Nashville, Tennessee. Police confirmed that…...
How to Break Snow: Poem by John Grey
4+ week, 18+ hour ago (146+ words) HOW TO BREAK SNOW " By John Grey Something foreign helps, armored vehicles adorned with unfamiliar grim-faced eagles rolling down white slopes, and explosions in the distance, close at hand " loud red, even louder black, instant thaw. No tool more expedient…...
Jessica C. Bakule on Art and Passion
1+ mon, 23+ hour ago (147+ words) There are three types of people who major in art: those so full of passion they find inspiration in a falling leaf; those who yearn to feel anything at the sight of a falling leaf; and those who cannot do…...
Tennessee Williams on Dreamers and Revolution
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (160+ words) You said, They're harmless dreamers and they're loved by the people." What," I asked you, is harmless about a dreamer, and what," I asked you, is harmless about the love of the people? Revolution only needs good dreamers who remember…...
Unlocking the Science of Laughter and Humor
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (192+ words) Researchers find that humor is a psychological process of discovery that can benefit us when we are put in a sad situation." You may laugh when you go to a tragic event which is your way of coping with the…...
Laurens van der Post on Bach's Musical Genius
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (163+ words) I remembered a story of how Bach was approached by a young admirer one day and asked, "But, Papa Bach, how do you manage to think of all these new tunes?" "My dear fellow," Bach is said to have answered,…...
The Dry River: Poem by John Swain
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (114+ words) Red desert sky collapsing to black in the vast cottonwood shadow. Wind in the cane, rock on rock and a sheep horn in the dirt. Star on her skin in wisdom, the moon returns to mountain. Her mortal also abandons…...
Albert Einstein on Learning from History
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (123+ words) Children don't heed the life experiences of their parents, and nations ignore history. Bad lessons always have to be learned anew." " Albert Einstein The post Albert Einstein Quote " Bad Lessons appeared first on Antarctica Journal. Children don't heed the life…...
Rethinking Life: A Poem by Gil Hoy
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (133+ words) Rethinking Things " By Gil Hoy " I should have married a computer with high-speed internet at an early age. I wouldn't have needed so much school. Just search for "Most useful info" and read on for four years. Grad school? Just…...
Nocturne: Poetic Insights by David Russell
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (165+ words) Small specks at night Made light of all our thoughts Which grew, in wonder, And burned the flesh that knew them And found the first thoughts, And spoke behind the pauses, And thought between the brain-tissues, And swarmed through infinite…...