first day
so many things to wonder, so many things to discover
“the larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.”
-ralph washington sockman
Sep10
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Sep9
more dance numbers, please.
Calvin: They say the world is a stage.
But obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines.
Hobbes: Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Calvin: We need more special effects and dance numbers.
— Calvin and Hobbes, from “Calvin & Hobbes,” on the tragicomedy of life
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image credit: sbs
Sep8
how long is forever?
the usps has announced that the price of forever stamps is going up
isn’t that the purpose of buying forever stamps,
so you never ever have to pay more or wonder what the current price is?
so forever isn’t forever?
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i decided to ask my reliable old friend, merriam webster –
forever adverb
for·ev·er | \ fə-ˈre-vər , fȯ-; Southern often fə-ˈe-və \
Definition of forever
1
: for a limitless time
wants to live forever
2
: at all times : CONTINUALLY
is forever making bad puns
forever noun
Definition of forever
: a seemingly interminable time : excessively long
it took her forever to find the answer
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i then asked my two steves for their answer:
” intend to live forever. so far, so good.”
-steven wright
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“nothing cannot exist forever.”
-stephen hawking
Sep7
diagnosis.
my laptop suddenly went black and i couldn’t do anything to revive it
soon left in the hands of my local miracle-working tech wizards
the diagnosis wasn’t the best
it quickly landed in their icu unit
after some long days passed
and lots of finger-crossing
they somehow managed to save it
took it all apart
unwired, rewired, cleaned parts,
twisted things, fidgeted with things, checked things,
moved things, tested things,
put the puzzle all back together
(the technical play by play)
and wow – it now works
i’m squeamish so i didn’t ask for too many details of the surgery
the prognosis moving ahead was
“it will last for a while longer”
(like all of us)
there could be many reasons
why it had a near-death experience
just happy that it’s working and back in action
and that’s a very good thing.
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“a lot of people asked me if it was frustrating not having a clear specific diagnosis,
but i didn’t mind. i just chose the most optimistic diagnosis.”
-karen duffy
Sep6
Good cheer.
Celebrating in color at the end
of a long summer season.
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“I drink to the general joy
of the whole table”
-Macbeth, Act 3, Scene 41
Sep5
Fire.
Relaxing around the fire
with cold drinks and warm friends
on a late summer night
in the irish hills.
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“the four building blocks of the universe
are fire, water, gravel, and vinyl.”
-dave barry
Sep4
memorable.
i’ve always loved movies of all kinds
and seeing this poster
brought back warm memories of watching
every western, wwII movie, and screwball comedy on tv
with my dad on lazy saturday afternoons.
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“your children get only one childhood. make it memorable.”
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-regina brett
Sep3
get in line.
safe travels.
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“if all the cars in the united states were placed end to end,
it would probably be labor day weekend.”
-doug larson
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image credit: national toy museum (record for world’s longest line of toy cars)
Sep2
piaget. (repost-computer still in flux)
*Jean Piaget (1896-1980) in his office.
Shout out to all those who didn’t tidy their office before the start of the school year.
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“simple solutions seldom are. it takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.”
-alfred north whitehead
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*Piaget’s (1936) theory of cognitive development explains how a child constructs a mental model of the world. He disagreed with the idea that intelligence was a fixed trait, and regarded cognitive development as a process which occurs due to biological maturation and interaction with the environment.
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credit: modern language association
Sep1
the art of lounging around.
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“like those great sphinxes lounging through eternity in noble attitudes upon the desert sand,
they gaze incuriously at nothing, calm and wise.”
-charles baudelaire
I didn't have my glasses on.... 