happy april fools’ day, a day meant to celebrate the fool in all of us.
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“to the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.”
-marcus aurelius
Apr1
Tag Archives: problems
Jul10
guts and care.
when their quesadilla is too hot to eat
leave it to the little ones
to think out of the box.
one holds the quesadilla pieces,
while the other rides the rowing machine
to move the fan to cool the food.
problem solved.
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for every two minutes on the rowing machine
riding fast to cool the food
you can eat one triangle and call it even.
#family math
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‘creating problems is easy. we do it all the time. finding solutions, ones that last and produce good results, requires guts and care.’
-henry rollins
Mar27
time after time.
a clock that forces you to do math to find out the time
The Albert Clock is no simple timepiece. In fact, it requires you to think pretty hard. It will tell you the time of day, but only if you can do the math to read it, as Nerdist reports.
Designed by the Paris-based Axel Schindlbeck, the clock is meant to be a mental workout, providing the mathematical calisthenics you need to keep your number skills sharp. It’s technically designed for classrooms and kids, but adults need to practice their multiplication tables regularly, too.
The digital clock has four different levels to help you ramp up your addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division abilities over time. For a real challenge, you can program it to change equations more often than every minute, so you’re presented with a new time-telling puzzle every 10 seconds.
The wall-mounted clock retails for about $300, but you can also download a mobile version of the design for free. It will make you yearn for the simplicity of analog clocks in no time.
(if i had to wake up to this, i might opt for just using the sun or wildly guessing instead)
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“the two most powerful warriors are patience and time.”
-leo tolstoy
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credits: MNTNT, nerdist,shaunacy ferro
Nov2
troubles?
grab paper and pen
put it in writing
give it to the wise woman
see how yours compare.
she will fill a little bag with your writing
toss it onto the big pile of troubles
put it into perspective.
you walk away lighter.
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the art of living lies not in eliminating,
but in growing with troubles.
– bernard baruch
I didn't have my glasses on.... 