I have written before on the ‘small world’ phenomena (related to ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ also known as ‘Bacon’s Law’), in fact a couple of times, including some unqualified statistical analysis. This seems to happen to us on a fairly regular basis, and others have told…
Two Saturday nights ago, I was reading John Mark Comer’s The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry in bed. I have read his previous book, Practicing the Way a couple of times, but this was my first time diving into his previous book. While his Elimination of Hurry book is…
With Mother’s Day upon us I was thinking about some of the lessons my mom taught me. She’s been gone a few years now, but the reminders of her presence are never far. Some are physical, like the plates we use daily,…
I maintain a list of thoughts I have found valuable, which include a couple from my dad: “To the extent possible, make decisions that leave the most options open.” There will of course be times that your decisions close off other options,…
I’ve written before about what I call Secret Clubs, including stovetop coffee roasting, PDX Carpet, and Luv Ya Bye. As we become interested in a particular topic or skill, we naturally learn more about it and/or get better at it through practice and experimentation. We…
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There have been a couple of plane crashes in the news recently, which has gotten me thinking. I think one of the reasons that plane crashes are horrifying is that they don’t happen very often, so they are news, which means…
An alert reader shelli stein (apparently I’m not the only one who loves the simplicity and lower ink weight of all lower case) forwarded me a picture she snapped of a sign in Honolulu, Hawaii, which had a speed limit…
In their book The Genius of Dogs, Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods explore the cognitive abilities of dogs, arguing that they have unique intelligence, based on their social skills. I haven’t finished the book yet, as we are listening to it on…
The winding down of the holidays doesn’t involve the same excitement as the run up to them. The ornaments are packed away, the tree will soon be on the curb for the Boy Scouts to cart away. But it’s a great time…
When I pack for a backpacking trip, I’m pretty darned good at saying ‘No’. To head out with a sub-5 lb. base weight, a lot of ‘No’ is required. And the light weight gained by saying ‘No’ so many times means I…
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