Good Stuff

Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola
Image Credit: International Gemini Observatory / NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab),
T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

Explanation: Nā ʻUhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola, is the Hawaiian name given to this image of a pair of spiral galaxies locked in a mutual gravitational embrace. Some 200 million light-years distant toward the high flying constellation Pegasus their spectacular, galactic scale merger is captured in sharp detail in the image from the 8.1 meter Gemini North telescope on Maunakea, Hawai‘i. The galaxy pair, known as NGC 7253 and Arp 278, was chosen as a target, researched, and given a Hawaiian name by high school students in the joint Gemini Observatory and University of Hawaiʻi Project Hōkūlani internship program. The name translates to “The Twin Spirits Pulling Together Creating Life”. That’s both culturally and astronomically appropriate for galaxy collisions that trigger a cosmic maelstrom of star formation from galactic reservoirs of elemental building blocks of life. These merging galaxies are found within a region of Pegasus identified as the Hawaiian navigational constellation Ka Lupe o Kawelo.

Tomorrow’s picture: chasing shadows

Bible Verse

September 4, 2026September 4, 2026 tolleystopicsLeave a comment

God is very great! He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that his Holy Spirit will make you wise. I pray that his Holy Spirit will help you to understand what God is like. Then you will know God better and better.

Good Stuff

September 3, 2026September 3, 2026 tolleystopicsLeave a comment

Alarm Clock….a device for waking up people who don’t have small children.

Once a task has begun, Never leave it until it’s done. Though the task be great or small, Do it well or not at all.

Fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

The amount of sleep required by the average person is about five more minutes.

There is not a right way to do a wrong thing.

Fun Facts: Food & Drinks Part 6

September 3, 2026September 2, 2026 tolleystopicsLeave a comment

Coca-Cola has made over 3,500 different kinds of beverages. If you drank one per day it would take you over nine years to try them all.

The term “sandwich” was named after John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, a town in England. He would ask his servants to bring him slices of meat between two slices of bread while he was gambling at a table so he wouldn’t have to leave the game.

In the Philippines, there’s a banana ketchup. During World War II there was actually a shortage of tomatoes, so they used bananas as a replacement in ketchup.

There are red bananas that taste sweet, creamy, and a little bit like raspberries.

Green bell peppers are just less mature, less ripe versions of red, orange, and yellow peppers.

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

September 3, 2026August 30, 2026 tolleystopicsLeave a comment

Comparison is the thief of joy.
Theodore Roosevelt

THE SPHINX—FALLING

September 3, 2026September 2, 2026 tolleystopicsLeave a comment

Your verdict ?????

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/09/01/the-lindsay-clancy-trial-gets-more-insane-continues-as-woman-arrested-for-interfering-with-jurors-n2206386

https://townhall.com/news/mattvespa/2026/09/01/once-it-was-reported-some-lindsay-clancy-jurors-were-wearing-pink-trouble-was-brewing-n2682285

*****

Is this your artificial sweetener ?

https://nypost.com/2026/08/31/health/popular-artificial-sweetener-linked-to-potentially-dangerous-heart-risk/

*****

China censors flood damage in Tibet.

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2026/08/31/china-starts-erasing-tibet-flood-videos-punishing-citizens-for-alleged-misinformation/

*****

For El-Sayed-champion for Ohio football.

https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/08/29/yay-sports-abdul-el-sayeds-unforgivable-college-football-gaffe-n4956679#google_vignette

*****

Help yourself.

https://www.breitbart.com/health/2026/08/30/33585072report-officials-fielded-thousands-of-food-safety-violations-by-illegal-street-vendors-but-now-do-nothing/

*****

Don’t do it.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/49772714/ex-tcu-s-jacob-fields-charged-alleged-punch-teammate

*****

Data centers.

https://www.newsmax.com/us/donald-trump-data-centers-communities/2026/08/31/id/1267852/

*****

Indict the crooked state agency personnel.

https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/08/31/sec-duffy-starts-shutting-down-the-illegitimate-cdl-school-pipeline-n3818535

*****

Be careful who you let in.

https://hotair.com/headlines/2026/08/31/muslim-workers-threaten-strike-after-venice-mayor-blocks-mosque-n3818524

*****

The Assistant Editor: Who fell at your place today, LL ?

The Worried Cat: It’s personal, but two strong men were nearby and rescued the fallen person. He was a fool for wearing flip-flops at 78 years old. Fortunately, only his pride was hurt.

This video shows one way to help a fallen person up, if the person is uninjured.

Wear sensible shoes, keep your phone on your person, and know who to call. There are many videos, but the most important thing is to have a plan, and keep some friends on speed-dial.

Get your drama from the media.

Socialism works as well as flip-flops.

https://theonion.com/democratic-socialism-myth-vs-fact/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/

*****

It’s true.

https://babylonbee.com/news/man-arrested-in-britain-for-briefly-thinking-about-sharing-meme

https://townhall.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

September 3, 2026September 3, 2026 kenmitchell92Leave a comment

The Eclipse and the Stork
Image Credit & Copyright: Włodzimierz Bubak
Text: Cecilia Chirenti (NASA GSFC, UMCP, CRESST II)

Explanation: How do animals react to a total solar eclipse? The featured image shows a stork roosting on her nest in Poland at a partial phase of the recent total solar eclipse. If you are lucky enough to experience a total eclipse somewhere quiet and close to nature, you may be able to notice unusual daytime animal behaviors. During totality, you may hear nighttime sounds like crickets and frogs and see fireflies. In the dark, most birds are quiet. Thinking that it is time to go to bed, ducks and other waterfowl prepare to sleep on one leg, with their heads turned around and their beaks tucked into their back feathers (they don’t really sleep with their heads tucked under one wing). When sunlight returns at the end of totality, songbirds greet the new “morning” with their dawn songs. The crickets and frogs go quiet again. Animals and people resume their lifes, only briefly disturbed by the chance alignment of our Sun and Moon.

Tomorrow’s picture: aloha

Things are more like they are now than they have ever been before.

Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.

Never become irritable waiting for things to get better. If you’ll be patient, you’ll find that you can wait much faster.

If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.

Things will get better, despite our efforts to improve them.

Share this:

Like this:

I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book. Groucho Marx

Share this:

Like this:

*****

*****

*****

*****

*****

*****

*****

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

God is very great! He is the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that his Holy Spirit will make you wise. I pray that his Holy Spirit will help you to understand what God is like. Then you will know God better and better.

Share this:

Like this:

Alarm Clock….a device for waking up people who don’t have small children.

Once a task has begun, Never leave it until it’s done. Though the task be great or small, Do it well or not at all.

Fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing.

A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.

The amount of sleep required by the average person is about five more minutes.

There is not a right way to do a wrong thing.

Share this:

Like this:

Coca-Cola has made over 3,500 different kinds of beverages. If you drank one per day it would take you over nine years to try them all.

The term “sandwich” was named after John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich, a town in England. He would ask his servants to bring him slices of meat between two slices of bread while he was gambling at a table so he wouldn’t have to leave the game.

In the Philippines, there’s a banana ketchup. During World War II there was actually a shortage of tomatoes, so they used bananas as a replacement in ketchup.

There are red bananas that taste sweet, creamy, and a little bit like raspberries.

Green bell peppers are just less mature, less ripe versions of red, orange, and yellow peppers.

Share this:

Like this:

Comparison is the thief of joy. Theodore Roosevelt

Share this:

Like this:

*****

*****

*****

*****

*****

*****

*****

*****

*****

*****

Share this:

Like this:

Share this:

Like this:

I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go in the other room and read a book.
Groucho Marx

Comparison is the thief of joy.
Theodore Roosevelt