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What Kills You At Each Age?

Happy Tuesday!  (via Reddit)

Posted 18 August 2026 § Canada § Infographic § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Ordinary Abundance

As always, there are threats, worries and stresses.  But we live in a magical time and I’d encourage you to click this link and read the whole list!

Posted 14 August 2026 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Richard Feynman Explains Magnetism in a Very Thorough Way

I mean, this is both cool but also some strong “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” energy here too… In 1983, a BBC interviewer asked Richard Feynman why two magnets push each other apart — and he refused to answer it. What he did instead is the best seven minutes on thinking ever filmed. Bookmark & […]

Posted 07 August 2026 § FridayFunLink § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Peacock Feathers – Regular and Albino

Is a peacock’s feathers proof of evolution or evidence of God’s perfection?  Or are they just really cool to see in person and out in the open (well, one of them anyhow!)

Posted 19 July 2026 § Animals § Photo § SecularSunday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – How Well Can You Remember Colours?

You probably think you know and recognize colours.  But in terms of actually remembering them, turns out humans aren’t really great at it. This site lets you test your ability to remember a specific shade of a random colour by flashing a certain colour for a brief time then asking you to pinpoint it on […]

Posted 04 April 2026 § Family § FridayFunLink § Meme ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – A $2.5 Billion Robot, Designed To Function on Mars For Two Years, Is Still Working 13 Years Later!

A $2.5 billion robot has been alone on another planet for 13 years and is still doing science. The scale of that sentence gets worse the longer you think about it. Curiosity landed in August 2012. Obama was president. Instagram had 80 million users. The iPhone 5 hadn’t shipped… https://t.co/AzXQenKDnH — Aakash Gupta (@aakashgupta) March […]

Posted 27 March 2026 § FridayFunLink § Internet § MemoryLane § News § Technology § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – New Extremely Detailed Photo of the Milky Way’s Central Zone

Yay science! https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-26/alma-telescope-milky-way-photo/106380644

Posted 15 March 2026 § SecularSunday § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Canadian Astronaut Heading To The Moon

This is pretty amazing…  

Posted 30 January 2026 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – See The Seaweed Situation At The Live Cam Nearest Your Resort

Sargassum seaweed has been a huge (and growing) issue for the past fifteen years or so along the coast of Mexico from Cancun south to Tulum. This site lists the various hotels that have livecams pointed at their beaches so you can have a (rough) idea of how bad it might be when you arrive […]

Posted 16 January 2026 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – Carl Sagan on The Earth From Space

30 years ago, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took an image of our home planet from 6.4 billion kilometers away. Carl Sagan eloquently described what that image meant for humanity. pic.twitter.com/N1WRuuoTPr — Prof. Carl Sagan (@ProfCarlSagan) December 29, 2025  

Posted 04 January 2026 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: ,