• Language of Afrikaans and Khoisan Two of 24 Spoken in South Africa

    Language of Afrikaans and Khoisan Two of 24 Spoken in South Africa

    Not many people know that 24 living languages are spoken in South Africa today. Of these, according to some estimates, Afrikaans is spoken by around 23 million people, or 46% of the population of nearly 50 million people. At the other end of the scale, an almost extinct Khoisan language known by various names, including Ng’uki,…

  • Dan Balsam Emails-Anti-Spam-Crusader. This Man Is My Hero

    Dan Balsam Emails-Anti-Spam-Crusader. This Man Is My Hero

    Eight years ago Dan Balsam received one too many emails inviting him to take advantage of an offer to enlarge his breasts. The rest is history. Dan launched a web site called danhatesspam.com, quit his job in marketing to go to law school and is now making a living suing the authors of emails offering…

  • Records On Xray Film: Propaganda Video of Cuban-Missile-Crisis Era

    Records On Xray Film: Propaganda Video of Cuban-Missile-Crisis Era

    In common with America in the Cold War era of the 1950s, Soviet authorities tried to prevent the evil spread of rock and roll and to save the youth from it’s moral dangers. The video shows a bunch of youths “stiljagi” who are dealing in black-market records behind Related posts: American Icon 1950s Cadillac Martha Graham…

  • Was 3 BC Venus “Star of Wonder” the Real Christmas Star?

    Was 3 BC Venus “Star of Wonder” the Real Christmas Star?

    A week ago, one morning after a restless night, I was up before dawn. There in the predawn blue-black sky was a burning “star”. So startling in it’s intensity and so bright it was that it seemed unreal. I stared at it for a long time thinking that I had never seen anything quite so…