The average human, at rest, produces around 100 watts of power. Over periods of a few minutes, humans can comfortably sustain 300-400 watts; and in the case of very short bursts of energy, such as sprinting, some humans can output over 2,000 watts. —Stanford University At rest, we can power a hundred-watt light bulb. With…
Author: Lisa or Li
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#Haikai Challenge 174: Justice
Traitor Winter silhouette swings from a creaking rope asa blood red sun sets. image link here Frank J. Tassone is the host of Haikai Challenge. Frank says:Write the haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga, etc.) that alludes to justice.
#FF — The Nightly News
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields The cavernous studio gleamed on bright screens across the planet. Accustomed to it now, I remember thinking the first broadcast was just like the transporter in the old Star Trek shows. Every evening, we waited and watched our screens like partygoers used to watch for the Times Square ball drop…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #68 – January 19, 2021
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Seymour: An Introduction (2014) Starring: Seymour Bernstein, Ethan Hawke, Sam Bachelor, and several more.Director: Ethan HawkeGenres: documentarySynopsis: Ethan Hawke interviews Seymour, whom he first met when he was randomly seated next to him at a function. Seymour, born in 1927, was a young piano star, later a…
dVerse — Prosery 20 — Hungry
Sometimes the great bones of my life feel so heavy,by Mary Oliver, from from Spring Azures from the book Wild Geese Sometimes the great bones of my life feel so heavy, especially on the nights I hear them, moaning and scratching at the windows. It’s the coldest January on record. I’ve unlocked the outbuilding,…
Bernie Speaks: First we have to respond to the pain
Part 2: Thank you, Stephen Colbert, for having Senator Bernie Sanders on the show. We need Bernie more than ever right now.
earthweal EWC — every atom…
Every atom gets its chance to be every thing. When the Chinese call it the 10,000 things, I thought it was just an expression to encompass all, no matter how many. What I know now is that the term is talking about opportunity rather than quantity. In the beginning, when atoms were trying to figure…
Tao-Talk 