Today's post represents 1,536 straight days of daily blogging. While it has certainly required an investment of my time, it has not really required much of a monetary investment. The annual cost of having my own web site has been about $200 per year, which is less than 60 cents per day. I think it's only … Continue reading Investing in My Daily Blogging
I'll never understand how some people could have so much hate that it leads them to want to kill other people. Yet it happens time and again, and it seems to be getting worse; more violent and more widespread. Despite this, I'm still optimistic that such behavior is not the norm, and that kindness and love … Continue reading How Can One Person Have So Much Hate?
Three unrelated items were in the news today, and from my perspective, all three represented positive developments. The first was the signing of an executive order by Governor Gavin Newsom of California that will place a moratorium on the death penalty in California. At a news conference in Sacramento today, Newsom noted that there are 737 … Continue reading Lots of Good News Today, from My Perspective
I came across this interesting web site that is meant to help you see where you fall on the political spectrum. All you have to do is answer 11 questions that were part of a national survey conducted by the Pew Research Center. The quiz takes less than 10 minutes, and in my case, seemed … Continue reading Where Do You Fall on the Political Spectrum? Here’s My Result…
The New York Times recently published, "The Top 25 Songs That Matter Right Now" in an attempt to highlight songs that capture the current mood of our country. The editors note that the songs selected represent a very earnest, very serious desire to find the right reaction to a world that feels tense and high-stakes … Continue reading Music Monday: The Top 25 Songs That Matter Now
I was reading Annie Duke's wonderful book, "Thinking in Bets", and at one point she was discussing the power of having a diverse set of viewpoints within a group. Such diversity, she argues, leads to better decisions. Duke then mentioned the Dissent Channel, and when I first heard the phrase I thought it was a … Continue reading The Dissent Channel and Red Teams
Today's Wall Street Journal featured an excerpt from ‘Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany’ by Jane Mount. The excerpt looked at the writing lairs of four well-known authors—Virginia Woolf, Dylan Thomas, James Baldwin, and Roald Dahl. The first writer featured was Virginia Woolf. I've certainly heard of her, but more because of the play and movie, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", … Continue reading Another Example of How Little I Know
OK, first off, I'm not getting that many invitations. But even for the few that I do receive, my first thought is usually, "How can I get out of this one?" Well, thanks to an article on the Harvard Business Review site by Grant Donnelly, now I know the answer to that question. Donnelly notes … Continue reading Now I Know the Proper Way to Decline an Invitation
I'm two days late with this post, but you know what they say about better late... March 4 was National Grammar Day, which was established in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG) and author of Things That Make Us [Sic]. This year, National Grammar Day is hosted by Mignon … Continue reading Nashenal Grammer Deigh
Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark found that growing up near vegetation is associated with an up to 55 percent lower risk of mental health disorders in adulthood. Kristine Engemann, the biologist who led the study, combined decades of satellite imagery with extensive health and demographic data of the Danish population to investigate the mental health … Continue reading The Power of Nature, and Some Advice on How to Harness That Power
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