Cat sleeping, photos-public-domain.com *** Will be back on Friday -- with cartoons. -- Marge

Graphite vs. diamonds, Dept. of Geosciences, Penn State University *** It appears that diamonds have been the subject of research a...

*** Wishing you all a peaceful holiday season, here's my tribute to it. (Click on the image.) -- Marge

Cute snowmen, skyHDwallpaper *** Have you ever heard a song, then had it go round and round in your head most of the day? And if the...

Today there's a cartoon about Jeb!, one on D. Trump and the GOP, one on the US budget and one looking at the real Americans. They'r...

Thomas Nast’s most famous drawing, “Merry Old Santa Claus”, from the January 1, 1881 edition of Harper’s Weekly. Public Domain Review ...

Christmas wallpaper, iSkysoft *** Today's mission was to find some of the best non-commercial websites online in the last 2 years...

Seems to me Donald Trump's current popularity is due to his talent for saying out loud what many people in America feel but don't h...

Lamprecht & Moderegger sign for digital dump, New Scientist *** Most of us have had to clean files off that overloaded hard drive...

Sixth taste discovered: calcium (image source: Dreamstime), Live Science *** A while back my taster was off. No, not my personal wine...

Today's mix includes comments on global warming and the Paris climate talks, college youth today, and a "new" definition of t...

The term "led lights" brings up a mix of results on Google. Then the questions arise: do I mean those stick on lights/lamps, or t...

*** A recent post on Google+ led to my discovery of the site Bon Exposé .  In August 2012 Leodor Selenier announced their new site . ...

Today's mix is about the Syrian refugees and the US's refusal to admit them; it also questions who/ what the real security threats ...

Squirrel image from The Unseen Words Project *** Wishing you all a grand Thanksgiving. --Marge

Tri Alpha Energy plasma accelerator, Physics.org *** Time Magazine recently published an intriguing article about man's quest for...

Today's comments include Bernie Sanders on climate change and terrorism, ISIS, a no-Syrians policy in America, innocent Muslim bystande...

Cat's Eye Nebula , HubbleSite *** The attacks in Paris may have been the last straw, they seem to have pierced to heart: so many ...

I am Paris, a memorial, The Nation *** ...when 8 attackers (according to ISIS) kill over 100 Parisians in the name of Allah. -- M...

Glenn McCoy , The Week *** Today's cartoons look at 'safe spaces' vs. the constant barrage of conservative hatespeak. F...