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A Short List of Things to Make the World a Better Place- In My Humble Opinion
Ever Play “King for a Day?”
We all did this as kids. Let’s do a grown-up version. If I were granted the power to do anything, including some fanciful things, this is my short To-Do list of a dozen items as it stands today. Enjoy!
Physiology
Time Shapes So Much of Our Lives. Yet We Understand It Hardly at All
What is Time, Anyway?
Seems a simple question, but there is little agreement out there among people who cogitate on such musings. For most of us, time is a given. It is what provides the benchmarks and guideposts of life. When we think of life’s events, we often think of when they happened, and in what sequence. Time and events, life as a whole, seem intertwined inexorably.
But there is a serious coterie of scientists who think time is not a real thing but is just something we incorrectly perceive.
Join the discussion at: Taking Some Time to Think About Time
A Small But Varied Collection of Fun/Interesting Things Found Online
Smorgasbord Time
Every so often we take a break from focusing on one thing to share some assorted tidbits that seem worth sharing. Today is such a day. Hope you enjoy these as much as I have. Most are short descriptions of and reflections on interesting articles, along with links to those articles. The last two are simply me thinking out loud. One never knows what will bubble to the top of my (or your) brain; here are a couple for today.
10 Books About Geopolitics
One of my disappointments in high school (boy,
A Quick Look at a Mix of Subjects – Have Fun!
Table Topics?
What the heck is Table Topics? Glad you asked. Many years ago, I stumbled into a Toastmasters Club. What a lucky day that was! I returned for many an enjoyable meeting – and in so doing, picked up a theme for today’s blog.
For those unfamiliar with them, Toastmasters Clubs exist all over the world, bringing together 3 groups of people: those who enjoy public speaking, those who wish to improve their public speaking abilities,
Some Loose Items in My Head to Close Out the Week
Focus? Nah, Not Today
I attempt most of the time to keep this blog focused on a given topic. But if your brain is like mine, loose change rattles around up there between your ears. Occasionally, enough of it builds up that it needs to be used and removed. Today is such a day.
If there is a connecting thread with what follows, it is not obvious to me. Just wanted to share a few items; real roll of the dice stuff.
Q & A with a Space Visitor. It Might Go Like This
Seen Any Little Grey Men Lately?
The idea of advanced civilizations coming from distant galaxies to check out Earth is an old topic, and a fun one. I admit one of my guilty pleasures is a TV Series called Ancient Aliens, on the History channel. Yes, I know: History? Aliens? Really? Bear with me a bit.
This is a show populated by people with way too much time on their hands who probably ate way too much sugared cereal as kids and never calmed down.
Join the discussion at: So, I Was Talking to This Space Alien….
It Will be Hard to Avoid Politics for the Next Couple of Months. Let’s Take a Brain Break
Part of our Hey! Look at That! Series
We are in a time of challenge, tension, and reasons to worry. We have been here before in many ways, I note, on this the anniversary of the terrorism of 9/11. Still, even in times of risk and fear, there is also hope and good news. I thought we might take a one day break today to look at some of those things, take a deep breath,
Join the discussion at: Hope, Promise, and Fun from Science and Technology
Is That Me, You?
The idea of a doppelganger is an ancient concept that literature loves to this day. The term originated in German folklore. It meant a ghostly or paranormal phenomenon, usually as a harbinger of bad luck. Today it is more broadly defined to include a non-biologically related look-alike or double of a living person.
It is a concept fiction writers have loved since its earliest days. I am not much of a fiction reader (unless you count anything Trump says). But I do feast often on science fiction and here, too, the doppelganger often finds a home.
Join the discussion at: The Doppelgänger Effect – You, Meet You
The Isolation of the Pandemic has Given a New Life to Some Old Connectors
Miss Everyone?
As we move towards our sixth, and certainly NOT our last month, of varying degrees of isolation, people are reaching out to find connections. For some, this is more important than to others. A good friend said to me awhile back, “We are huggers. This is killing us!” Some of us, myself included, do miss people, but its manageable. In my heart of hearts, I think I was always one of those old-style forest rangers who spent weeks alone in a fire tower.
Take a Relook at Some Great Commercials
TV Commercials are a Part of American Life
They reflect our culture. Sometimes they shape our culture. This is true as well in other countries (we will do a blog on these soon), but the whole idea of a commercial becoming an icon started here.
It is not hard to come up with a Best Of list. The internet has hundreds of such lists. And I would agree with most of them. They are entertaining and memorable. We all have some permanently in our memory,
Join the discussion at: It’s Friday! How About Something a Little Lighter Today?
