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Stan’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Stan’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Life's Great Mysteries - Why don't we ever see any green mammals?
Someone once asked why I go to so much trouble to answer such weird questions. To paraphrase George Carlin… The reason I answer these questions myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept. :)
Okay, think about this. There are plenty of green birds, green reptiles, green amphibians, green fish, green insects… why aren’t there any green mammals? Wait… the Grinch is green. Is the Grinch Read more of this blog post »
Okay, think about this. There are plenty of green birds, green reptiles, green amphibians, green fish, green insects… why aren’t there any green mammals? Wait… the Grinch is green. Is the Grinch Read more of this blog post »
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“My parents were anthropologists. They studied indigenous people here in New Guinea, and I know exactly what you’re referring to. People know of poverty because they have learned about personal possessions and money. People know shame because they were shown clothing. They live in fear because they were given modern weapons”
― Diffusion
― Diffusion
“Quentin was floating in space. Stars were everywhere, all around him, above and below. The stars appeared to be passing by in the vast distance, as if he were moving at unimaginable speed. A cold loneliness washed over him, a sensation that he’d been alone for a long, long time. Quentin noticed one particular star growing larger as it approached. It continued to grow, until he had to look away from its blinding light.”
― Diffusion
― Diffusion
“We’re all biologists, not geologists,” Xavier said. “But I’ve read speculation that rising ocean levels from global warming are affecting the tectonic plates in some ways no one had predicted.”
― The Lure of Infinity
― The Lure of Infinity
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Stress Free Readi...: Fajriy on the Yellow Brick Road | 105 | 39 | Oct 22, 2018 07:30PM | |
| Nothing But Readi...: TBR Tackler Challenge : 2020 | 93 | 603 | Dec 31, 2020 06:00PM | |
| The Challenge Fac...: Hiker Eunice | 53 | 14 | Mar 10, 2023 03:14AM |
