Category Archives: Lifelong Learning
You Snooze, You Lose
Actually it isn’t quite as bad as the cartoon implies. Tax ID fraud is going up — there were about 1.8 million tax-related ID thefts during 2012, but after a big hassle the victims are reimbursed. Typically they get their … Continue reading
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Age
Age is no better … qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost. One may almost doubt if the wisest man has learned anything of absolute value by living. —Henry David … Continue reading
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Details
Our life is frittered away by detail. … Simplify, simplify. —-Henry David Thoreau Do you agree with that quote? I partially do. I’ve always kept my wants simple so I wouldn’t be trapped in a job I didn’t like. And … Continue reading
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Walden
Recently at Transforming Stress we talked about the coming proliferation of drones, and it reminded me of the Thoreau quote, “Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth!” A … Continue reading
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Too Complicated?
I’ve been playing with a lot of drawing/painting/photo apps on my iPad. My favorite is Art Studio because it lets me do a lot of the things that I can do in Photoshop, and it lets me export my work … Continue reading
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Trust Me!
Apparently on March 4th U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said it was technically legal for the U.S. to order a targeted attack on an American citizen on American soil without due process of the law, but it would only be … Continue reading
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Homo Imbecilus
I somewhat follow the news to see what’s going on in the world — it’s usually manageable in small doses. I also read/listen to a lot of history, to keep things in perspective and to understand what we humans are … Continue reading
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Extreme Techie
From time to time I get a letter from my Internet provider pointing out I’m an Extreme Techie because of my internet usage, wouldn’t I like to pay more for faster service? Well no, not yet. My present rate is … Continue reading
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Simplifying
The fellow who answered the question above gets high marks for cleverness, but he got no points on the quiz. I love the joke because it’s a good reminder that we can get carried away with trying to simplify. … Continue reading
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Modern Education
Apparently the U.S. is doing a major revamping of its elementary education right now — the idea is to prepare the kids for the 21st century. Since there isn’t time to teach everything, a lot of schools have dropped cursive … Continue reading
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