Book Learnin’
Obviously this sort of thing had come up during dinner conversations before! They helped me pronounce it, and I’ve remembered it since.
Thinking
Ya Gotta Believe
I’ve seen it attributed to Kurt Vonnegut. Supposedly the full context is….
Funk’s First Observation
Andy Funk is an Emmy-award-winning broadcast engineer. His observation is 20/20 (or maybe 20/15), but now I want to know what his second observation is!
Just Do It
Well of course they were scared and felt outside their “comfort zone.” They just did it anyway. If your goal doesn’t scare you at least a little, it’s not a big enough goal.
What Could Go Wrong?
Don’t tempt the Universe. Last year was bad? Maybe, but don’t overlook that there was plenty of good, too. (Photo: The Sombrero Galaxy, Hubble Space Telescope/STScI.)
Always In the Budget
Just the holidays? Nope: just a reminder that you should be doing this all the time.
Unanswered Questions
Feynman (1918–1988) was a Nobel-prize-winning theoretical physicist known for his work in quantum mechanics and the theory of quantum electrodynamics.
Life Lessons from Princess Bride (#3)
#3 of 5. The movie — released this week in 1987 (31 years ago!) — is #88 on The American Film Institute’s list of the 100 greatest film love stories.
Discernment
This is one helpful way to decide whether someone should be your friend. Happy 17th Anniversary to my best friend: my wife.
More Than One Thing to Remember
It’s important to remember the fallen from that day. But it is perhaps more important to remember the lessons we have learned since.