In a previous post, I wrote about a new term I had read about in Adam Grant's best selling book Originals. The term was vuja de, the opposite of deja vu. As Grant explains it, "Deja vu occurs when we encounter something new, but if feels as if we’ve seen it all before. Vuja de is the … Continue reading It’s Vuja De All Over Again
Maybe I'm a little claustrophobic. Or maybe I find the idea of being stuck in an elevator at my house with nobody around kind of frightening. Or maybe I just like the idea of having an escalator in my house. An escalator seems so much more flexible than an elevator: if the power goes out … Continue reading Why Don’t Houses Have Escalators?
"And to avoide the tedious repetition of these woordes, is equalle to, I will sette as I doe often in woorke use, a paire of paralleles." Thus were the words of Robert Recorde, a true polymath born in Wales in 1510 who made advances in economics, medicine, theology, and poetry. But his greatest contribution is taught … Continue reading Something You Probably Never Even Thought About
No, it's not my infamous cat and bunny video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjqkiYKi8x4 It's not James Cagney dancing down the steps of the White House in Yankee Doodle Dandy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlvB4xk4LNQ And it's not this classic video from ESPN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDR1sQr_Lgo&feature=player_embedded Prior to this week, the most watched video was Gangnam Style by Psy, with over 2.8 billion views. However, … Continue reading And the Most Viewed YouTube Video of All Time Is…
I don't consider myself a big shopper, but for some reason I got caught up in Amazon Prime Day this year. There wasn't anything that I specifically wanted or needed, but it just seemed like with the constant reminders about it in my inbox, my web browser, the nightly news, etc., that there would surely … Continue reading I’ll Admit It, I Fell Victim to the Marketing Genius of Amazon Prime Day
Seth Godin, my favorite marketing guru and bestselling author, published a book a few years ago titled, "We Are All Weird." Here's a short video of an interview Seth did with the President of High Point University where he discusses what the book was about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUxtUOz5FL8 When Seth uses the word "weird", he is referring to … Continue reading Seth Godin Was Right, We Are Weird
I was briefly watching a Phillies game on TV today (they actually won!), and I realized that besides the names of a couple of the starting pitchers, I couldn't name one position player on the team. If someone gave me the name of one of the starting players, I wouldn't be able to tell you … Continue reading I Hope I Haven’t Become a Bandwagon Sort of Guy
Today is my wife's birthday, so we decided to spend part of the day at a nice lake in New Jersey that offered the chance to just relax, take a little dip, and do some reading. As we were walking back from the snack bar (there's not many snacks better than french fries), a song … Continue reading It’s Possible I’m the Last Person in America to Know about This Great Song
In a previous post I wrote about how I've gotten a little braver about answering questions in class, even when I'm not quite sure of the answer. Well now I might have to go back to my old ways of being a "bump on log". The other day the teacher asked a question, and I … Continue reading I’m Just Glad My Teacher Didn’t Burst Out Laughing
I'm sitting here writing this post on my MacBook Air, which is my favorite computer to use (I also have an iMac desktop and my laptop from work). But it's the first blog I've written using my MacBook in six months. Why the hiatus? Procrastination, plain and simple. My power adapter had stopped working, and … Continue reading Why Did I Wait So Long?
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