Lets Jump Together

Can you tell what this image is?
I found it on the National Geographic site where they offer free downloads to use as wallpapers for your computer.
They had so many great ones to choose from that I had a really hard time deciding.
I chose the above image which was taken just off the Yucatan Peninsula in [...]

Don`t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
-by Mark Twain

We watched a special on PBS this past weekend that was about the life of Mark Twain.
It was another one of those specials by Ken Brown, and from what I understand there is a whole [...]

They are all shes - all the names on these boats are female.
I heard a question asked on a TV show as to why this was, but no one seemed to have any definitive answers.
After looking around online, I found there are just as many answers as there are people.  One opinion had men showing [...]

A seat beside the lake is the only place to be during these last few hot days.
We like to go in the evening - after 5:00, when most people have left to go home and start dinner.
It is almost like the whole lake is ours - no one is around and the hot sun is [...]

We had heard for the last couple of nights about the Perseids meteor shower that would be occurring just before dawn in our region.
I had thought about setting the alarm clock so we wouldn’t miss them, but upon giving it some thought, my bladder has a really accurate night-time schedule, and it would have me [...]

I remember how excited we were when we finally purchased a TV that had a remote control.
No more getting up to change the channels and channel surfing became a new hobby during commercial time.
The remote never left the arm of the sofa, and it was always aimed at the TV set, ready to click it [...]

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.

- by Benjamin Franklin

This quote certainly puts the term of “don’t waste time” in a new perspective.
Hope you all are having a good weekend!