The Voynich Manuscript For centuries the world’s greatest scholars have tried unsuccessfully to decipher the Voynich manuscript, a vellum codex that has been carbon-dated to the early 15th century (1404–1438). Claims that it is a hoax are to be expected when human intelligence comes up short, especially after baffling the best professional and amateur cryptographers, including American and British codebreakers …
Pssst, want to see a naked man? How about lots of naked men? Then this article is for you, because it is all about a naked man – plant that is. But, to see all this amazing botanical beauty has to offer, you have to use a little imagination. It is a human trait to see ourselves in other things, …
Over the years the Nelson area has been the center of numerous UFO sightings. While these sightings in the West Kootenays have stayed out of the media, there is a lot of talk on the streets on what people have observed overhead. Several times I have watched a brightly lit craft come out of the northwest heading southeast. On two …
First introduced in the hit comedy, ‘Get Smart’, the cone of silence was meant to prevent spies from hearing private conversations. Now it has been adapted in a way that parallels the hilarity of the original. Kids can sit and cuss parents out, parents can get drunk and sing along to all their old favorites, and seniors can have cybersex …
We were sitting here looking out the window at all the snow this morning, thinking to ourselves, “Sweet, spring will be here soon.” But then I vividly remembered what we went through last year. So, you know what, I hope we have winter ALL year long! This post is from May of 2013… but I thought I’d bring it up …
Isn’t my fetus just the neatest? Aw, you’re pregnant! A beautiful glow radiates from your skin, and you are having a ball shopping, planning and brainstorming about baby with friends. Yep, you are playing up your pregnancy like it’s the bloody biological marvel of the century. Soon, you feel the need to involve people with the growing baby personally, so …
How can you not love Walmart people? You just never know what you might see! Walmart people seem to be some of the most interesting people out there, and it is one of their favorite hangouts. It doesn’t matter what city, or even country that you are in, Walmart is like Barnum and Bailey’s retail emporium. Walmart people come in all …
If you ever doubt the ingenious evil of man, here is a true story of how men used virtual cows to create real poop to deal with. Far, far away, in a foreign land called Romania, eight online “farmers” applied for, and received, government subsidies of about $150 per virtual cow, for almost two thousand cows. Three years later, the …
Too Much Emphasis Is Placed On Education, And Far Too Little Is Placed On Ability It is said that things happen for a reason, but millions of us are much more concerned about what we must learn to become, than we are about who and what we really are. We live in a world today where far too much emphasis …
Selling human organs may very well become a reality in Canada. For decades, a number of organizations have spent a great deal of time, effort and money to encourage the public to donate organs. And, while their efforts have indeed helped thousands, in the grand scheme of things, the success rate is dismal. The reality is that thousands of people …
Avoid all the hassles of traditional education, just do what your boss and local politicians did, either collect enough cereal box tops to trade in for a...
There is a disturbing trend happening across the world. Governments are shutting down and dismantling their UFO programs. Citing a lack of activity or success, programs and organizations are closing up shop due to a number of factors. Funding is always a huge issue, so as the world plunged into a financial crisis, non-essential services and programs were the first …
