Every square mile of ocean contains 46,000 pieces of plastic trash. Source: Betsy Towner, AARP bulletin

1.75 million years ago, ice covered all of Eorope and most of North America. Source: Betsy Towner, AARP bulletin

Global warming followed each of several ice ages starting in the Precambrian time more than 600 million years ago. Source: Betsy Towner, AARP bulletin

It is said that the earth is 4.5 billion years old. How many four score and seven is that? Source: Betsy Towner, AARP bulletin

The following was copied from: http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp Pain Trigger: Cheese Cheese lovers, take note – your favorite food may be the reason for all those headaches. Aged cheese, such as blue cheese, brie, cheddar, feta, mozzarella, parmesan and Swiss, contain a substance called tyramine. This notorious headache trigger is also found in some processed meats and… Continue reading Pain Triggers

The excerpt below is from an article by Stephen Ohlemacher appearing Monday, February 7, 2011 on the Yahoo website. The article is titled, “Tax News from Yahoo Finance. For the entire article just google the author or the title. “At the request of The Associated Press, The Tax Institute at H&R Block compared 2008 and… Continue reading Federal Income Taxes – Bush vs Obama

I’m going to read our Constitution again. I saw the news segment of John Boehner’s statement but I didn’t catch the oversight pointed out by John Laird, editor of The Columbian newspaper of Vancouver, Washington. Here is the excerpt from the article by Laird: The Constitution deserves our clear thinking. In November 2009 John Boehner… Continue reading The U.S. Constitution

PARAPROSDOKIAN (Thanks to Harley for this one) ….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 re-frame or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing… Continue reading PARAPROSDOKIAN

A crusty old Marine Sergeant Major found himself at a gala event hosted by a local liberal arts college. There was no shortage of extremely young idealistic liberal ladies in attendance, one of whom approached the Sergeant Major for conversation. “Excuse me, Sergeant Major, but you seem to be a very serious man.. Is something… Continue reading No Sex Since 1955

Check out this article which claims that using this special laundry detergent developed for use in cold water will save $140 per year. Here is the link: http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/living/home/consumer-reports-top-laundry-detergent-picks-can-save-money-90604.shtml