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.)
Thinking
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.
Context Matters
Pet store photo — and the text added to it, even the title — by my friend Al Boss (who even has a super-cool name, and provided permission to use his photo and words here).
Yep: We Talk About That
My friends range from liberal to conservative, and atheist to pious. And they all enrich my life and my understanding of the world.
Get a Read on This
Addison (1672–1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician, and the co-founder of The Spectator magazine in 1711. Yep: they had magazines in 1711.
Plato Speaks
Think before you speak.