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Originally posted by NewAgeMan
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
I'm alone this year, but happy because someone here at ATS helped create my new avatar + background the finished version of which I received as if like a Christmas present, just today!
And with my new avatar-background (said like a little kid) I have the OPTION for the moon to switch between either no moon, full moon rising, or full moon risen, so it's kinda like a transformer almost. Goes off to flip the switch to either no moon or half moon.
It was designed to freak people out and make them think they're either seeing things or that there's maybe a glitch in the matrix..
Originally posted by NewAgeMan
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Heavenly Lights
Photograph by Oshin D. Zakarian, TWAN
The bright lights of Venus (right) and Jupiter appear to draw closer in the sky over Saint Thaddeus Monastery in Iran on Monday night during this week's planetary conjunction. The two worlds-the brightest we're able to see with the unaided eye-were at their closest on Thursday, separated by only three degrees in the sky, or the width of two fingers at arms' length.
Originally posted by DarwinVsJesus
I have a heavy heart this year. I don't celebrate Christmas because it stands for something I hate, but I celebrate the solstice.
Decline of friendships in the U. S. According to a study documented in the June 2006 issue of the journal American Sociological Review, Americans are thought to be suffering a loss in the quality and quantity of close friendships since at least 1985.[8][9] The study states that 25% of Americans have no close confidants and that the average total number of confidants per person has dropped from four to two. According to the study: The percentage of Americans who had at least one confidant not connected to them through kinship dropped from 80% to 57%. Americans' dependence for close contact on a partner or spouse went up from 5% to 9%. Research has found a link between fewer friendships (especially in quality) and psychological regression.