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From Behind the Pen

As many of you know, The Masked Singer is one of my favorite television shows since its inception. A few days ago, I watched the new season of the show and oh my gosh, all of the season’s beginning performers were outstanding. There was a particular singer who was formerly known as the Gnome but whose voice sounded familiar. I could tell his voice was seasoned, a veteran singer you know? But I guessed wrong about who the singer was.

Well, this singer was sadly sent home, but when his identity was revealed, I literally cried. That singer, formerly known as the Gnome was none other than 97-year-old, Dick Van Dyke! I was in shock at how amazing this man still looked at age 97. He still has a full head of white hair, and even though he now dons a white beard to match, this handsome entertainer still has…

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Review: John Brown, by W. E. Du Bois — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

“The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.”      This was the refrain that Du Bois repeated,  particularly in the last chapter of this surprising biography. I listened to it, and upon finishing, immediately had the urge to read much of it over again at once, in print, especially […]

Review: John Brown, by W. E. Du Bois — Inspiring Critical Thinking and Community via Books, Lessons, and Story

I wrote–Escrevi

Coisas da SIL

Refletir em tudo aquilo
Que um dia já disse
Já escrevi
Já li
Já vivi.

Refletir sobre mim
Sobre os momentos
Os desejos
Os medos.

Refletir sobre os dias
Silêncios
Dolorosos
Chorosos.

Refletir sobre a vida
As escolhas
As amizades
Sobre o que é a verdadeira felicidade.

By: Coisas da SiL

Write

I wrote

Reflect on all that
that I once said
Already write
I’ve already read it
I’ve lived.

reflect on me
About the moments
the wishes
The fears.

Reflect on the days
silences
painful
Crying.

Reflect on life
the choices
the friendships
About what true happiness is.

By: Things from SiL

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Riddles to Enjoy

Kaushal Kishore

This Sunday, I’m going to share a set of 5 riddles collected from social media. You may have come across them, and also tried to answer, but the idea is just to enjoy, to sharpen the genes of cerebral cells.

Answers are given at the bottom of the last question.

A. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires. The second is full of assassins with loaded guns. The third is full of lions that haven’t eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?

B. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be possible?

C. What is black when you buy it, red when you use…

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