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Thanks to Val Boyko for planting the seed for this blog post. Val’s wonderful website, Find Your Middle Ground, is where she explores, reflects, asks deep questions, shares insights, and connects with other bloggers. Her post today, Bring Peace to The World, included a poem that was written by Chade-Meng Tan formerly Google’s Jolly Good […]
From Jolly Good Fellow to Offical Wizard to Professional Sleeper – What’s Your Job? — Borden’s Blather
1.What exactly is the philosopher’s stone? This is an extremely high THC concentration that is grown in California. 2. What is kept in the Chamber of Secrets? The Cone of Silence. 3. Why was Harry Potter known as “The Boy Who Lived”? He survived an overdose of magic mushrooms. 4. What was the Elder Wand […]
Boy Wizard — A Unique Title For Me
After a spell of having a wizard, Christchurch City Council in New Zealand has decided to take him off the payroll.
With the name of a rather unimaginative, Ian, I guess the magic had gone out of the relationship.
World exclusive: The call from Oslo. Hear Maria Ressa’s reaction when she hears the news from Olav Njølstad, Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on being awarded the 2021 Nobel peace Prize just before the public announcement.
Maria Ressa: “I’m speechless!” — People r People,website
As I mentioned this morning, two journalists, who are used as exemplars of all courageous journalists fighting for free expression, were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The winners are Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, the former working in the Philippines and the latter in Russia. The Committee gave them the prize for their efforts to […]
Filipina and Russian journalists share Nobel Peace Prize for promoting freedom of expression — Why Evolution Is True
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