Word of the day Shorpy Shorpy Reader Shared Photo’s Shorpy Reader Comments
Quick View of Traffic Cameras, Road Conditions, etc.
Alaska Weather Links
Weather Camera’s including FAA, Observation & Forecast Links, NWS Forecasts, Satellite & Radar Imagary, Other
Weather Underground
Tim Kelley: Crust Outlook Alaska
“I want to record history through the destiny of individuals who often belong to the least wealthy classes”.
“I used to call myself a war photographer. Now I consider myself as an antiwar photographer”.
“The worst thing is to feel that as a photographer I am benefiting from someone else’s tragedy”.
“In a way, if an individual assumes the risk of placing himself in the middle of a war to communicate to the rest of the world what’s happening, he’s trying to negotiate for peace”.
“The most incomprehensible situation I’ve ever witnessed was Rwanda where we don’t really know how many people died”.
“I saw some massacre sites and I just do not understand how people can do that to each other”.
James Nachtwey, War Photographer
“There is no easy or quick or infallible approach to a secure peace. It is only by patient, persistent, undismayed effort, by trial and error, that peace can be won.”
Ralph Bunche
“Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
“My self-imposed mandate is to be the voice for the voiceless.”
Dionne Warwick
“Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak–and speak in such a way that people will remember it.”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
“The highest of distinctions is service to others.”
King George VI
“Fear of life closes off more opportunities for us than fear of death ever does.”
Agnes Moorehead
The best time for new beginnings is now.
Unknown
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar Wilde – 1854-1900 – Poet-Playwright
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”
Mark Twain
“All good ideas start out as bad ideas; that’s why it takes so long.”
Steven Spielberg
“Where there is no work, there is no dignity.”
Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis)
“Our humanity rests upon a series of learned behaviors, woven together into patterns that are infinitely fragile and never directly inherited.”
Margaret Mead
“It’s almost like peeling an onion. Layer by layer, forgiving others, you really do get to the point where you can forgive yourself.”
Patty Duke
“Just knowing you don’t have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn—and those are all good things.”
Dick Van Dyke
New forms of evil raise new moral questions. Who is to blame for them?
The worst times, as we see, separate the civilized of the world from the uncivilized.
Lance Morrow,
journalist, essayist, writer
1939-2024
The only thing more challenging than pursuing the highest version of yourself is not pursuing the highest version of yourself.
Dan Koe – Freelance Creator
Prioritize the uniqueness that make you you, / and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls / to dance in your orbit.
Donna Ashworth,
poet, writer
I think with everything you do, you can take something from it. You can take some more understanding. You learn something.
I can’t remember what’s happening tomorrow, and I can’t remember what happened last week. Sonnets and Shakespeare I can remember.
Judi Dench,
actor
The problem is not making up the steps but deciding which ones to keep.
Mikhail Baryshnikov,
dancer, choreographer, actor
I probably have genius. But no talent.
Francis Ford Coppola,
filmmaker
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”
Desmond Tutu
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”
Marcel Proust
1598 – Seven-Year War: Battle of Noryang: The final battle of the Seven-Year War is fought between the China and the Korean allied forces and Japanese navies, resulting in a decisive allied forces victory.[6]
The Battle of Noryang, the last major battle of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598), was fought between the Japanese navy and the combined fleets of the Joseon Kingdom and the Ming dynasty. It took place in the early morning of 16 December (19 November in the Lunar calendar) 1598 and ended past dawn.
Read more ->
1582 – Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey (d. 1642)
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey KG (16 December 1582 – 24 October 1642), previously (from 1601 to 1626) 14th Baron Willoughby de Eresby was an English peer, soldier and courtier.[2]
Read more ->
NASA: Astronomy Picture of the Day
EarthSky News
This Day in Tech History
This Day In History
Interesting Facts
Word Genius: Word of the Day
Wise Trivia
The Conversation: Why Pearl Young needed to ‘raise hell’ during NASA’s early days Young’s story is one of persistence through setbacks, advocacy for herself and others, and building a community of support.
Colleen Mondor: Probable Cause. #19: 330 accidents in five years.
Ernie Smith, Tedium: Guitar, Synthesized When a synthesizer takes on the traits of a guitar, are you opening up new soundscapes or making musical compromises? Here’s what I’ve learned.
Ernie Smith, Tedium: Pressed This week’s preliminary injunction in the WordPress/WP Engine saga clears a lot of air for the CMS space. But does it clear enough?
By Nancy Lord, David James, ADN: Here are our book reviewers’ favorites from 2024
50 Cent Explains Why Celebrities Never Spoke Out Against Diddy
Cleared Hot Podcast: Shane Claytor – A View From Inside the VA Medical System
Simply Recipes: 19 Easy Retro Appetizer Recipes To Make on Repeat During the Holidays
By Elizabeth Harris, Taste of Home: 74 Christmas Dinner Ideas for Your Celebration
The Kitchn: Peanut Butter Blossoms
Just the Recipe: Paste the URL to any recipe, click submit, and it’ll return literally JUST the recipe- no ads, no life story of the writer, no nothing EXCEPT the recipe.
DamnDelicious
RecipeTinEats wikimediaE-book Deals:
The Book Junction: Where Readers Go To Discover Great New Fiction!
Mystery & Thriller Most Wanted
Welcome to the Stump the Bookseller blog!
Stump the Bookseller is a service offered by Loganberry Books to reconnect people to the books they love but can’t quite remember. In brief (for more detailed information see our About page), people can post their memories here, and the hivemind goes to work. After all, the collective mind of bibliophiles, readers, parents and librarians around the world is much better than just a few of us thinking. Together with these wonderful Stumper Magicians, we have a nearly 50% success rate in finding these long lost but treasured books. The more concrete the book description, the better the success rate, of course. It is a labor of love to keep it going, and there is a modest fee. Please see the How To page to find price information and details on how to submit your Book Stumper and payment.
Thanks to everyone involved to keep this forum going: our blogging team, the well-read Stumper Magicians, the many referrals, and of course to everyone who fondly remembers the wonder of books from their childhood and wants to share or revisit that wonder. Isn’t it amazing, the magic of a book?
KTOO: Big fight looms at Board of Fish meeting over Prince William Sound trawl bycatch and more ->
KYUK: Pacific weather pattern brings a relatively balmy December to the Y-K Delta and more ->
Alaska Native News: This Day in Alaska History-December 16th, 1922 and more ->
KMXT: KIBSD trucks water to Chiniak school after pump equipment reported stolen and more ->
APRN Alaska News APRN Alaska News Bob Mayer Legislative Drafting Institute for Child Protection (LDICP) Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog I didn’t have my glasses on… Legends of Windemere Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life Bluebird of Bitterness Elle Knowles: Finding Myself Through Writing The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company, England. Joan Reeves: Slingwords World United Music WASP Final Flight The Old Motor Shorpy Shorpy Reader Shared Photo’s Shorpy Reader Comments Kim’s Shopping Debra Lynn Dadd BloominThyme Word of the day DamnDelicious ezvid Task & Purpose A Redleg’s Rides Lorie Smith Schaefer Barry Eisler Twice In a Lifetime The Alaska Parkinson’s Rag Alaska Travelgram Alaskan Book Cafe Alaskan Urban Hippie Allergy Free Alaska Backwoods Mom Barbara Brown’s Our Third Thirds Craig Medred Cinthia Ritchie Coleen’s Recipes Laurie Constantino Dabblings and Ramblings Don’t Eat The Paste Get Out, Sitka! Gluten Free & Other Allergen Free Recipes Matt Goff Sitka Nature Life Alaskan Style Life In Alaska Life in the (907) Little Big House Alaska Mountain View Post Northern Lights Mama Sandra’s Alaska Recipes South Anchorage Farmer’s Market wikimedia