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24 Jul 2023 1 minute read 3 comments Drew Binsky $0.11
The World's FRIENDLIEST People! (IRAN) Out of all my travels in 137 countries, it is right here, in Iran, where I have found the most hospitable and friendly people. Complete strangers coming up to me on the street, from big cities to smal...
4 Jul 2023 1 minute read 1 comment Allen Taylor $0.33
Happy Independence Day to my American readers! If you have a digital wallet, you can collect this post on Paragraph for only 1 MATIC. Capture the Sasquatch and me in identical poses. Jefferson, Texas has a rich and interesting history. The town was f...
1 Jul 2023 17 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne $0.03
“Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.”Ephesians 4:29 I am in Mexico for every reason. Good, bad, and everything in between. Beautiful a...
1 Jul 2023 10 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat $0.03
"He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty." - Lao Tzu Can we truly escape the demands of authority? "Master and Commander: Far Side of the World," a 2003 historical fiction film directed by Peter Weir and adapte...
28 Jun 2023 7 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat $0.29
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse." - John Stuart Mill, "The Contest in America" Is war a game? The 1970 film "M*A*...
27 Jun 2023 16 minute read 3 comments Abhijoy Sarkar $0.61
Continued from Part I – Bitcoin v/s Ethereum (and Other Crypto) Culture Part II – Key Opinion Makers and Cultural Influencers Part III – Lexicon and Memes In Part I we asked if terms like GM, GN, WAGMI, HODL, DYOR, probably nothing, ser etc. sounded...
27 Jun 2023 34 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey $0.01
“Profile” by Paul-Henri Bourguignon January 1 OSU gets smoked in the Outback Bowl, quite naturally, only scoring a season-low 7 points to South Carolina’s 24. January 2 John Cooper is finally fired as head coach of the Buckeye football team. The YWC...
27 Jun 2023 11 minute read 0 comments MatTehCat $0.03
"War is the father of all things." - Heraclitus Why do we fight? In the 1970 battle epic directed by Sergei Bondarchuk and produced by Dino De Laurentis, war's nature is revealed. Although the film was not well-received upon its initial release, i...
24 Jun 2023 12 minute read 2 comments MatTehCat $0.14
"Death is the mother of all beauty." -- Wallace Stevens Throughout my life, I have been captivated by Ridley Scott's 1979 film, "Alien." The film's haunting soundscape -- horror music's epitome in my opinion -- and its visually striking aestheti...
22 Jun 2023 8 minute read 1 comment MatTehCat $0.19
"Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The 1977 classic dance drama "Saturday Night Fever" is probably not regarded as a profoundly or philosophically compl...
