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The garbage project When I was growing up we had a dump in town. The dump was an enormous pit. People would back their station wagons up to the edge and toss their bags of trash into the hole. One time I saw an old lady back over the edge and her car was at …
Power Posing and Running Form! I listened to a great TED Talk by Amy Cuddy about power posing. I’m not going to do the research justice but let me try to summarize. http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html She knew that our body language affects the way other people react to us. This has been studied and shown to be …
Sleepless in Seattle effect What can we take away from remote, one-way and digital relationships in the internet age? As I think through the last couple decades and my involvement in the internet I find that there are lessons we can draw from the experience. We have our online community but how many of us …
Crazy 8’s The no-man’s land of the age grouper I had a lovely birthday this week. I’m in as good shape as I have been for many years. But I am at an age group disadvantage. My age now ends with an 8. The 8’s are the wasteland of age for the amateur endurance athlete. …
The List “Man perishes; his corpse turns to dust; all his relatives pass away. But writings make him remembered in the mouth of the reader.” – The Teachings of Ani, 16th century BC Egyptian text. Fallen echoes of time drifting through human space. Ripples of quiet desperations. Sense-smells of humanity. S. CREAM ROLLS SNACKWELLS BALANCE …
