One of the many advantages of being a loner is that often there’s time to think, ponder, brood, meditate deeply, and figure things out to one’s satisfaction. | |
— Andrea Seigel | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | A “Modest” Goal |
I’ve Had Enough | |
2020 | BLM |
2019 | Courage And Patience |
2018 | Push The Envelope |
2017 | Ents |
2016 | Are You Sure? |
2015 | Distracted |
2014 | What It Takes |
2013 | We Are |
2012 | Utopian |
2011 | Seen Any Black Swans Lately? |
Posts Tagged ‘Thinking’
A Time Advantage
Posted in Economics, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Advantages, Andrea Seigel, Loners, Philosophy, Quotes, Satisfaction, Thinking, Time on July 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Modern Republicans Have Long Since Concluded…
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Politics, Quotes, tagged American Politcs, Conclusions, Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Republican Party, Steven Wright, Thinking on February 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. | |
— Steven Wright | |
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On This Day In: | |
2021 | Do Senate Republicans Believe In The Constitution And The Rule Of Law (Or Not)? |
With Your Red Dress On | |
2020 | Morally Treasonable |
2019 | Lost Again Or Still? |
2018 | Why #LazyDonald Starts Work At 11AM |
2017 | At Least Most Of The Time |
2016 | But Doctor, I Never Learned How To Read |
2015 | Punch The Keys, For God’s Sake! |
2014 | Ouch! |
2013 | Revelations |
2012 | Movies And Juicing |
Brady Gets #4 (Prediction) | |
Happy To Get Up | |
2011 | What About Good Blogs? |
2010 | Slowly, Slowly… |
Sift And Stir
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, tagged Eleanor Roosevelt, Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Thinking on July 3, 2021| 2 Comments »
What counts, in the long run, is not what you read; it is what you sift through your own mind; it is the ideas and impressions that are aroused in you by your reading. It is the ideas stirred in your own mind, the ideas which are a reflection of your own thinking, which make you an interesting person. | |
— Eleanor Roosevelt | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Role Reversal |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part I) | |
Time To Defend The Constitution (Part II) | |
2019 | Right Or Wrong |
2018 | Open Doors |
2017 | When It Deserves It |
2016 | Expiation For Rest |
2015 | You’ll Get Through It |
2014 | A Special Kind Of Fall |
2013 | Very Rewarding |
2012 | MIB3 – The Team Is Closer Than Ever |
Yet | |
2011 | Little By Little |
Two Quotes Which Remind Me Of Our Lame Duck President
Posted in Education, Politics, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged #DonTheCon, Alan Greenspan, Knowledge, Mortimer Adler, Politics, Quotes, Thinking, Understanding on November 16, 2020| 2 Comments »
The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he thinks. | |
— Mortimer Adler | |
I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant. | |
— Alan Greenspan | |
[I have frequently heard people asking why President Trump can’t form words into intelligible sentences and (loosely defined) sentences into a coherent paragraph. | |
My (opinion) response is: I + I + I + U = BS. | |
Start with Ignorance (doesn’t know what he needs to know), add Indifference (doesn’t care about what he needs to know), low Intelligence and an Unwillingness to read / listen / learn == spew a typical #DonTheCon string of words (non-sense / garbage) aka: Bull Sh*t and lies. | |
And that’s why I’m looking forward to 20 January 2021. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | I’m Up For Trying |
60 Day Health / Weight Update (Nov 2019) | |
2018 | #PresidentBoneSpur |
2017 | My Staggering Confusion |
Zapped!!! | |
2016 | And Bloggers? |
2015 | Ethical Energy |
2014 | Are You Likely To Defend It? |
2013 | Might As Well |
2012 | The Long And Short Of It |
2011 | Bravery |
For Your Consideration…
Posted in Education, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Anonymous, Doing, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Thinking on August 19, 2019| Leave a Comment »
We learn neither by thinking or by doing. We learn by thinking about what we are doing. | |
— Anonymous | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Brown’s Rules |
Day 23: Fasting Visualized | |
2017 | Still Trying To Make It |
2016 | One Lucky Man |
2015 | Food Change ==> Health Change |
2014 | 10 Commandments Of Logical Arguments (Fallacies) |
2013 | Sociology Of The Future |
2012 | 1010 |
There In The Sunshine | |
2011 | Not Enough Time |
Why #45 (#LazyDonald) Was Destined To Be A Failed Presidency
Posted in Politics, Quotes, tagged #DumbDonald, #IncompetentDonald, #LazyDonald, Hard Work, Politics, Quotes, Solving Problems, Thinking, Thomas J. Watson on May 7, 2019| Leave a Comment »
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. | |
— Thomas J. Watson | |
[Actually, “just” thinking can not settle ALL of the world’s problems. Compromise and diplomacy are also often required… More reasons #IncompetentDonald never really had a leg to stand on. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | Easter In Liverpool |
Star Guides To Destiny | |
Growl | |
2017 | Decisions |
2016 | Along The Path |
2015 | Make Mine Rare, Please |
2014 | Passion Flooding |
2013 | On Purpose |
2012 | Sans Gall Bladder, Day 4 |
How Did You Spend Your Day? | |
2011 | It’s Hammerin’ Time!! |
Convenient Auxiliaries | |
Creative Prayer Time
Posted in Faith, Quotes, Walking, tagged Angels, Attitude, Creative Ideas, Prayer, Quotes, Raymond Inman, Thinking, Victor Hugo, Walking on February 28, 2019| Leave a Comment »
If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk. | |
— Raymond Inman | |
Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees. | |
— Victor Hugo | |
[I try sleep, myself… But walking has worked for me, as well. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2018 | #DumbDonald: Start With Hearing What You Don’t Want Said |
2017 | The Press Is NOT The Enemy |
2016 | It Ain’t Easy |
(Leap Year 29th) | Or Try To, Anyway… |
(Leap Year 29th) | Circles Within Circles |
2015 | A Series Of Funerals |
2014 | And Your Point Is? |
2013 | Infinitely Care |
2012 | In My Room |
(Leap Year 29th) | Stingray – TV Series Review (This is my most popular post since starting my blog – hands down! It still draws hits almost every week. The hits seem to come mostly from Central Europe. I guess the show must be in syndication there.) |
(Leap Year 29th) | A Single Thread |
2011 | Lyrical Mixture |
Teaching = Translating | |
Let Us Dare
Posted in Leadership, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Daring, Leadership, Philosophy, President John Adams, Quotes, Reading, Speaking, Thinking, Timidity, Writing on December 9, 2018| 2 Comments »
The true source of our suffering has been our timidity. We have been afraid to think. . . . . Let us dare to read, think, speak and write. | |
— President John Adams | |
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On This Day In: | |
2017 | Two Good To Be Real |
Secrets | |
2016 | Learning Subtle Differences |
2015 | Dog Eat Dog World? |
2014 | And Sometimes Blogs About It |
2013 | Outside-In |
2012 | They Are All Perfect |
2011 | Delegation – The “How-To’s” |
2009 | Diet Update and Other Bits & Bobs… |
No Universal Thinking
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged Donald E. Knuth, Philosophy, Quotes, Science, The Essential Knuth, Thinking on December 29, 2017| 4 Comments »
There’s no universal way to think about things, so I can’t claim that someone else is thinking about something wrongly if they don’t think about it the way I do. | |
— Donald E. Knuth | |
From the book: “The Essential Knuth“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Supervise The Results |
2015 | Just Magic! |
2014 | It Lies Ahead… |
2013 | At Least One Difference |
2012 | Are We, Are We? |
On Not Playing The Game | |
Scale | |
2011 | Nutcracker And Nooks |
Seeing Differences | |
Time For More Research, Too
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged My Journal, Quotes, Thinking, Thomas J. Watson, Time on November 10, 2017| Leave a Comment »
We must all take time to do enough thinking to formulate our own conclusions. | |
— Thomas J. Watson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2016 | Original Thoughts |
2015 | If They’re Good Enough |
2014 | Three… |
2013 | Uncle Joe’s Song |
Live, Then, As If… | |
2012 | Still Trying |
2011 | Not Deserving |
A Burning Passion To Teach Freedom
Posted in Family and Friends, Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Happy Birthday Sis, Joseph Brodsky, Quotes, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Reading, Thinking on April 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Some books leave us free and some books make us free. | |
–– Ralph Waldo Emerson | |
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. | |
–– Joseph Brodsky | |
[Another is not considering what you’ve just read… | |
My sister has been a teacher for over thirty years and she still loves teaching. And, yes, she is still passing me books to read. | |
Happy Birthday to my big sister, Carmen! Hopefully, there will be many more birthdays (and lessons to help me grow) to come… Love ya — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Before Debit (And Credit) Cards |
2014 | Herding Cats |
2013 | Ooops! |
2012 | Understand A Great Truth |
2011 | Start Here… |
2010 | Random Acts of Vandalism On Easter Weekend… |
Beyond The Foundation
Posted in Quotes, Reading, tagged Books, Maxim Gorky, Quotes, Thinking on March 22, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Keep reading books, but remember that a book is only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself. | |
–– Maxim Gorky | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Become An Affliction |
2014 | Just Setting Out |
2013 | Scott’s Inscription |
2012 | Good Knowledge |
2011 | Social Safety Nets |
Same Old, Same Old
Posted in Quotes, Reading, tagged Haruki Murakami, On Reading, Quotes, Thinking on March 20, 2016| Leave a Comment »
If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. | |
–– Haruki Murakami | |
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On This Day In: | |
2015 | Shout! |
2014 | I Hear Voices |
2013 | Ethics And Standards |
2012 | Swing Higher |
2011 | Convicted For Life |
Trapped (Again)
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Books, Christopher Morley, My Journal, Quotes, The Mind, Thinking on August 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking. | |
— Christopher Morley | |
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On This Day In: | |
2013 | Someone Else Believes |
2012 | The Practical Value of Science |
2011 | Seize Gladly The Difficult Task |
A Constitutional Conversation | |
2010 | The Fierce Urgency Of Now… |