The trade journal ‘Science’ has published new research proving that global warming is causing Earth’s creatures to move away from the equator, and faster than was expected. The study included around 2,000 species, and found that they are moving away from the equator at an average rate of 5 meters (15 feet) per day, or about 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) …
Will’s Thoughts – Beliefs And Being A Belief-O-Holic Hi, my name is Will, and I am a belief-o-holic. Beliefs have always been a problem for me. I used beliefs to feel better, to ease my pain, and to end my loneliness. Sometimes I believed in public, but most often I believed alone. I have suffered horribly, and caused others to …
True or False? Mars Inc. refused the chance for its flagship product, M&Ms, to be used in the 1982 film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Mars Inc. passed on the chance for its flagship product, M&Ms, to be used in the 1982 film, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial allowing the Hershey Foods Corporation’s Reese’s Pieces to become a huge international success. Amblin Productions approached …
The government of British Columbia has changed wildlife regulations to encourage the indiscriminate slaughter of wolves in ten B.C. wildlife management units in the Cariboo – including Quesnel, 100 Mile House, Williams Lake and the Chilcotin. Under the new regulations, there is now no closed season, and no limit on wolves killed, including mother wolves and pups. The changes also …
One rumor says the reason Kentucky Fried Chicken changed its name to KFC, was because the chicken outlet bred mutant birds with extra-large breasts and additional legs. Until the U.S. Food and Drug Agency said the genetically engineered birds could not legally be sold as chicken, but the company sidestepped the problem simply by changing its name to KFC, thus …
Will’s Thoughts – Being So Smart That You Outsmart Yourself Over the years, I’ve known a few times when I was so darn smart, that I out-smarted myself. I reckon it ain’t something to be real proud of, but as they say, ‘manure manifests’. The other evening I was sitting here, ankle deep in thought, watching a television show about …
Will’s Thoughts – War On Drugs And Thugs Is A Limp Wristed Action In my opinion, Canada either needs to declare ‘war’ on illegal drugs, or give them to users as legal prescriptions. For decades we’ve heard about what is called a war on drugs, but really, all it has been is a limp wristed ‘military action’ on minor thugs. …
True or False? Currency is subject to printing errors, so over the course of time, a number of coins and banknotes with misprints were bound to have been found in circulation. Often such ‘misstrikes’ make those particular items more valuable than they otherwise would have been. In the case of Canadian paper currency, an unusual image, a demon, which was …
Will’s Thoughts – Thinking Things Through Before Doing Them I reckon there is virtue in thinking things through before doing them: I have learned that the formula for human activity is 96% action, 4% thought. Now, I’m a big fan of ‘gittin’ things dun’, but not before thinking them through a bit. It took decades for me to arrive at …
