Posted in Education, Humor, Quotes, Reading, tagged Education, Groucho Marx, Humor, Quotes, Reading A Book, Television on August 12, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. | |
| ― Groucho Marx | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | Used To Rejection |
| Day 16: Looking Ahead (Just A Little) | |
| 2017 | Tonight |
| I Rejoice | |
| 2016 | Conscientious Courage |
| Speaking Of Which… | |
| 2015 | The Beautiful Snow |
| 2014 | Nurtured By The Voices |
| 2013 | Précis |
| 2012 | Fear And Understanding |
| 2011 | Just Being Human |
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged #DumbDonald, Education, Friendship, Learning, Muhammad Ali, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes on August 3, 2019| 2 Comments »
| Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything. | |
| ― Muhammad Ali | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | As Long As You Survive Each Experience |
| WordPress to Facebook Test… | |
| Day 7: Oh, Yeah! | |
| 2017 | A Good Habit |
| 2016 | The Minds Of Trumpism |
| 2015 | Expressing Nonsense |
| 2014 | A Real Fight |
| 2013 | Unravelling |
| 2012 | I Resolve |
| 2011 | Practice, Practice, Practice |
| 2009 | Phoenix Trip (Sept ’09) |
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Daniel J. Boorstin, Education, Knowledge, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Science on August 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| Knowledge is not simply another commodity. On the contrary. Knowledge is never used up. It increases by diffusion and grows by dispersion. | |
| — Daniel J. Boorstin | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | The Stumbling Block, Too |
| Day 5: Breezin’ | |
| 2017 | Duty |
| 2016 | Still Gaining |
| 2015 | Filling Gaps |
| 2014 | Even In Our Sleep |
| 2013 | Passion Is Always Personal |
| 2012 | And You Are? |
| 2011 | Innate Talent |
Posted in History, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged 1st Moon Landing, Buzz Adrin, Charles Duke, Eagle, History, Houston, Mission Control, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Quotes, Science, Tranquility Base on July 20, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| Fifty (50) years ago today, the first words were spoken by a human being on the moon (technically, in a vehicle on the moon’s surface). The two astronauts were completing their landing maneuver checklist before speaking to Earth: | ||
| Buzz Adrin: | “Contact Light.“ | |
| Neil Armstrong: | “Shutdown“ | |
| Buzz Adrin: | “Okay. Engine Stop.“ | |
| Buzz Adrin: | “ACA out of Detent.“ | |
| Neil Armstrong: | “Out of Detent. Auto.“ | |
| Buzz Adrin: | “Mode Control, both Auto. Descent Engine Command Override, Off. Engine Arm, Off. 413 is in.“ | |
| Charles Duke (at Mission Control in Houston): |
“We copy you down, Eagle.“ | |
| Neil Armstrong: | “Engine arm is off. Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.“ | |
| Source: | Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Journal, NASA | |
| First word spoken on the moon: “Contact“ | ||
| First person to speak on the moon: “Buzz Aldrin” | ||
| First word spoken on the moon directed towards Earth: “Houston“. | ||
| First person on the moon to say a word directed at Earth: “Neil Armstrong” | ||
| First word spoken by someone on Earth to someone on the moon: “We“ | ||
| First person on Earth to speak to someone on the moon: “Charles Duke” | ||
| Date of first manned landing on the moon: 20 July 1969 | ||
| Date of first human stepping on the moon surface: 21 July 1969 | ||
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| On This Day In: | ||
| 2018 | History Judges Incompetent Presidencies, Too | |
| 2017 | Our Confident New President | |
| 2016 | Ways | |
| 2015 | Be Happy, Too | |
| 2014 | At Least Smile | |
| 2013 | Comfortably Bound | |
| 2012 | Certainty | |
| Thinking About Fathers | ||
| 2011 | And In Every Level Of Media | |
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, Walking, tagged Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walking on July 8, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way, and in that I learn from him. | |
| ― Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | No Religious Test, Yes Religious Ban |
| 2017 | Looking At #DumbDonald |
| 2016 | No Great Thing |
| 2015 | Happy Memory |
| Of Two Minds | |
| 2014 | Sums |
| 2013 | Memories & Binging |
| Admiration Due | |
| 2012 | Choices Matter |
| 2011 | Acceptance Is The Key |
| 2010 | Just A Permanent Crease… |
| Bodily Functions | |
Posted in Health, Quotes, Science and Learning, Walking, Workouts, tagged 1 Mile In 33 Minutes, Health, James Hamblin MD, Journal of the American Medical Association, Push-Ups, Quotes, The Atlantic, The Power of One Push-Up, Walking on July 5, 2019| 2 Comments »
| The speed at which you walk, for example, can be eerily predictive of health status. In a study of nearly 35,000 people aged 65 years or older in the Journal of the American Medical Association, those who walked at about 2.6 feet per second over a short distance — which would amount to a mile in about 33 minutes — were likely to hit their average life expectancy. With every speed increase of around 4 inches per second, the chance of dying in the next decade fell by about 12 percent. (Whenever I think about this study, I start walking faster.) | |
| — James Hamblin, MD | |
| From his article: “The Power of One Push-Up: Several simple ways of measuring a person’s health might matter more than body weight.“ | |
| Appearing in: The Atlantic, dtd: Jun 27, 2019 | |
| The specific article can be found on-line at: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/06/push-ups-body-weight-bmi/592834/ | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | Modern Day Behaviour |
| 2017 | On Misogynist Tweets From #DumbDonald |
| 2016 | Cowboy Boots & Missing Teeth |
| Or Electricity | |
| 2015 | Oh, To Be Vulnerable |
| 2014 | Neglected Horror |
| 2013 | The Price Of Illusions |
| 2012 | Once Again |
| 2011 | And The “Market” Isn’t Always Right |
Posted in Education, Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Dr. Leo F. Buscaglia, Quotes, Reading, Students on July 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
| The best students come from homes where education is revered: where there are books, and children see their parents reading them. | |
| — Leo Buscaglia | |
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| On This Day In: | |
| 2018 | Is #45 STILL Losing America |
| 2017 | We Sleep To Remember And We Sleep To Forget |
| 2016 | Useful Gift |
| 2015 | Who’s The Boss? |
| 2014 | What Counts In The Future |
| 2013 | Improper Sequence? |
| 2012 | Two Gems |
| 2011 | A True Test |
