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Funny Lone Star State Texas Loves Hot Moms Novelty Joke touts all those well maintained moms who take good care of themselves physically. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09G4FWC7R" target="_blank">Get your Texas sized love on in this hot mom novelty</a> eveyone will love.<br>Funny Lone Star State Texas Loves Hot Moms Novelty Joke makes a great gift for mom, grandmothers and men who love them. No one ever has to wonder which mom you're talking about. She stands out in a crowd like a shiny diamond.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><!-- AddThis Bookmark Post Button BEGIN -->
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and eventually found the artist on youtube. I guess I was surprised to see that he was indeed black. Guess that should not
have shocked me but it did. Very insightful video about an experience that I shared growing up in a very small southern town
always aware that I was different or out of place or creatively alone most times. That's not a complaint; its an observation and
acceptance of my experience. I AM NOT A HATEMONGER nor do I support rude inconsiderate commentors; remember that if you commment.
This is merely a dialogue outloud not about an incident but ANOTHER moment ....
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<span style="background-color: #fcfcfc; font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span style="color: #333333;">"Our study provides compelling evidence that the moon does not seem to influence people's behavior. The only significant finding was the 1% sleep alteration in full moon, and this is largely explained by our large sample size that maximizes statistical power," said Chaput.The clinical implication of sleeping 5 minutes less during full moon does not represent a considerable threat to health. "Overall, I think we should not be worried about the full moon. Our behaviors are largely influenced by many other factors like genes, education, income and psychosocial aspects rather than by gravitational forces," he added. <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/f-dtm050616.php" target="_blank">full article</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><div><span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">#moonchild #ownthenight #lunarchild</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">#welovethemoon</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><br /></span></div>The dark side of the moon is a myth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">In reality both sides of the Moon see the same amount of sunlight however only one face of the Moon is ever seen from Earth. This is because the Moon rotates around on its own axis in exactly the same time it takes to orbit the Earth, meaning the same side is always facing the Earth. The side facing away from Earth has only been seen by the human eye from spacecraft.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The rise and fall of the tides on Earth is caused by the Moon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">There are two bulges in the Earth due to the gravitational pull that the Moon exerts; one on the side facing the Moon, and the other on the opposite side that faces away from the Moon, The bulges move around the oceans as the Earth rotates, causing high and low tides around the globe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The Moon is drifting away from the Earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The Moon is moving approximately 3.8 cm away from our planet every year. It is estimated that it will continue to do so for around 50 billion years. By the time that happens, the Moon will be taking around 47 days to orbit the Earth instead of the current 27.3 days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">A person would weigh much less on the Moon.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The Moon has much weaker gravity than Earth, due to its smaller mass, so you would weigh about one sixth (16.5%) of your weight on Earth. This is why the lunar astronauts could leap and bound so high in the air.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The Moon has only been walked on by 12 people; all American males.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The first man to set foot on the Moon in 1969 was Neil Armstrong on the Apollo 11 mission, while the last man to walk on the Moon in 1972 was Gene Cernan on the Apollo 17 mission. Since then the Moon has only be visited by unmanned vehicles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The Moon has no atmosphere.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">This means that the surface of the Moon is unprotected from cosmic rays, meteorites and solar winds, and has huge temperature variations. The lack of atmosphere means no sound can be heard on the Moon, and the sky always appears black.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The Moon has quakes.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">These are caused by the gravitational pull of the Earth. Lunar astronauts used seismographs on their visits to the Moon, and found that small moonquakes occurred several kilometres beneath the surface, causing ruptures and cracks. Scientists think the Moon has a molten core, just like Earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The first spacecraft to reach the Moon was Luna 1 in 1959.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">This was a Soviet craft, which was launched from the USSR. It passed within 5995 km of the surface of the Moon before going into orbit around the Sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The Moon is the fifth largest natural satellite in the Solar System.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">At 3,475 km in diameter, the Moon is much smaller than the major moons of Jupiter and Saturn. Earth is about 80 times the volume than the Moon, but both are about the same age. A prevailing theory is that the Moon was once part of the Earth, and was formed from a chunk that broke away due to a huge object colliding with Earth when it was relatively young.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The Moon will be visited by man in the near future.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">NASA plans to return astronauts to the moon to set up a permanent space station. Mankind may once again walk on the moon in 2019, if all goes according to plan.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">During the 1950’s the USA considered detonating a nuclear bomb on the Moon.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 18px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">The secret project was during the height cold war was known as “A Study of Lunar Research Flights” or “Project A119” and meant as a show of strength at a time they were lagging behind in the space race.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was as if a warm comforter had been wrapped around me. I inhale again as my eyes slide shut. At that moment, there truely is peace in the valley and every cell along the surface of my skin pebbles. I feel the cup dent my lip with its presence, my lips growing warm from proximity. I sip. The heat flowing into my mouth, crawling around every crevice to explore my intentions and hopes, chasing away the dread of eight hours before a long Labor Day weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now I am smiling. The sound of the keys as I type like a great symphony being preformed just for me. I swallow and the warmth fades like morning defrost on a cool windshield, chasing the liquid down into my stomach. This one dragon can be relived over and over again or at least till this cup is empty; but that won't be soon. Sip slow and long, dear me, sip slow and long. </span><br />
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Scars: They are a testament to injury, proof of survival and, at times, as indiscernible as a line etched delicately along the crevice of an eye. Although not all mar the physical appearance, they are all there, emotionally and mentally etched upon the skin like a latticework of fragmented memories and barely-remembered moments.<br />
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As badges of both honor and dishonor, scars are forever, branded on the heart, and as time continues, we soldier on, somehow stronger.<br />
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I dont remember the day and hour; just the silence....the deep deep silence of absence. It was the day I shattered to a million pieces without a hope in the world to piece it back together.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been so long that I cannot recall where all the words once came from before. Even now, I wonder where they are hidden; could I somehow find this secret place and edit it prior to leaking from quivering blunt fingertips. No such luck. I will chose not to stifle its path, letting it unwind as it will, just like the persistent breaths blocking out the nosie of the day. So many thing shave happened. So many lives have changed. Everything has ebbed and flowed at the design of the universe unseen; though some would argue due to cause and effect.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is as the sea; infinitely powerful and vast, but limited and precious. Like most things precious, it is not thought of often enough, but horribly missed once gone; if not, essential. It stretches to the horizon, stretched over forever and not long enough, crashing against our lives like weak pebbles littering the beaches of eternity grinding our corners into smooth edges just before the inevitable consumption of time and consequence. The sea rages in noise and silence, in terror and peace, life-giving and taking...maybe returning to what we once were.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The beautiful warm light crawls up the sides of the silent skyscrapers, painting their tinted windows with shades of yellow and orange. The coolness of the pavements ushers its way back into the shadows like roaches who have been disturbed. Oh what a glorious sunrise! The light bleeds back into the night sky and I see the birds soar on the winds without utterance. Morning jets accent the orange hues with white lines to underscore the vastness of the sky that lies beyond my morning view. The blue sky darkens into a more emotional blue; like postcards that have surely been enhanced and the sun becomes radiant on its way to its noon throne. Its Friday morning and what a beautiful one its going to be. It is a gift yet to be unwrapped, a mystery yet to be solved, a day yet to be lived and smiles yet to be shared. I bid thee a fine top of the morning.</span></div>
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