The Power of Patterns

The Power of Patterns

Sometimes a thing looks like both the component parts that make up the thing and a collection of the thing itself. A rock, for example, looks both like a grain of sand and a mountain. Chunks of ice, too, look both like ice crystals and icebergs. Human nature can often...
Why I Never Check Luggage

Why I Never Check Luggage

There are a lot of reasons why I don’t ever check my bags when I get on a flight: First, I believe that there are only two kinds of luggage; carry-on and lost. Case in point, Gloria and I attended an over-the-top 50th birthday party in Austria that included a...
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

Whenever I park my bicycle, I’m careful to lock it securely to a bike rack or lamp post. I use a Kryptonite shackle lock and always make sure I run it through my bike frame and around secure anchors. I do all this with the hope that my bike will be right where I left...
People Don’t Know What They Want

People Don’t Know What They Want

A lot of people don’t know what they want, what their goals and aspirations are or what they are capable of. Because people don’t have a good understanding of who they are and what they want, offering them bromides about “being all they can be,” or “grabbing life by...
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