I just finished reading one of Dan Pink's earlier books, "A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future", and I absolutely loved it. Here is a blurb about the book: The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose … Continue reading The Five-Ounce Bird That Stores 10,000 Maps In Its Head
There has been a great deal written in the past few years about the negative health effects of social isolation. One of the those studies suggested that loneliness has the same impact on mortality as smoking 15 cigarettes a day. Research shows a 26% increased risk of death due to a subjective feeling of loneliness. We … Continue reading If You’re Going to Quit Smoking, Try Not to Lose a Friend Along the Way
We landed in Hawaii yesterday afternoon, and it's been an action packed 33 hours so far. We've gone to a secluded beach in Kona, walked to Coconut Island (where part of the opening credits for Gilligan's Island was filmed - here's the Professor and Maryann), swam with sea turtles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTWzoijjxRA and watched the sunset from … Continue reading The Streak Continues, It’s Just HST
It seemed innocent enough. My daily email from the New York Times contained the following line: How well can you spot grammatical errors from The Times? Take our quiz. So with a great deal of hubris, I clicked on the link, fully expecting to get 100% and a follow-up email asking if I was interested in a … Continue reading This Brought Back (Bad) Memories of the SAT
The Williams Syndrome Association just finished its biennial National Convention; this year it was held at the wonderful Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel. The convention is full of research presentations, advice for parents and teachers, and lots of fun activities for all who attend. Our son Pat was asked to be on one of the panels, … Continue reading Our Son Pat on Panel Session at Williams Syndrome National Convention
This would make a great Jeopardy "question", because it's combining two games shows into one. Do you know what the letters in the image and title of the blog represent? If so, then you must spend some of your evenings like me. Those letters represent the five consonants and one vowel that a contestant is … Continue reading R S T L N E
Fortunately, my wish came through. Last year I wrote about going to see my favorite play, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for the ninth time. In that post I noted that it was my third blog post about going to see Joseph, and I hoped that it would not be my last. Well, welcome … Continue reading Community Theater at Its Finest
I'd heard about earthing (also known as grounding) before, especially after my son's girlfriend did a video on it a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4CvRf1HocI The idea behind grounding is that there are potentially multiple benefits of direct physical contact with the vast supply of electrons on the surface of the Earth. Such physical contact can … Continue reading The Many Potential Benefits of Earthing (aka Grounding)
Today I had a few things I wanted to get done, some more important but more time consuming than others; some not as important but easier to get out of the way. You can probably guess which ones I was successfully able to complete; the more important ones are still on my agenda for tomorrow. … Continue reading My Brain Has a Mind of Its Own – Literally
Fred Wilson, my favorite venture capitalist (doesn't everyone have a favorite venture capitalist?), wrote a blog today about streaks. He noted that his son was teaching himself Japanese using Duolingo, and one of the features of the learning platform that his son likes is that it offers a streak count to motivate you to stay … Continue reading The Motivational Power of Streaks
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