Two paths diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Ever felt like you’re just wandering aimlessly through life? Ever wish someone would just show you the way? …
Monthly Archive: January 2008
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29
Word Play
Alert and loyal reader, Jake Wisse, noticed that I’ve been “phoning it in lately with non-Chris content,” and was good enough to continue enabling my personal mediocrity by sending along the following interesting content (thanks Jake!): Here is the Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational, which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, …
Jan
26
Education: Jung on our young
“We have, consequently, the comparatively complex problem in educating our young of training them not simply to assume uncritically the patterns of the past, but to recognize and cultivate their own creative possibilities; not to remain on some proven level of earlier biology and sociology, but to represent a movement of the species forward.” The …
Jan
21
When was the last time you were curious?
Can’t remember? Don’t feel bad. Seth Godin says: “It’s easy to underestimate how difficult it is for someone to become curious. For 7, 10,15 years of school, you are required to not be curious. Over and over and over again, the curious are punished.” Got a minute (or five)? Check out the rest of what …
Jan
04
Remember your first time?
I know my timing may be a little off here, but is it ever too early to start talking about this? . . .What?
Jan
04
Brain Power
I was scanning through educational articles this evening (because I’m a complete nerd) and found these interesting brain facts. Use them as you wish. But remember, with great knowledge comes great responsibility. Billions of bits of information pass through your brain every second of your life. Messages in your brain travel through trillions of neural …
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